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Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting

TOPEKA, Kan. - Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice-pres...

May 03, 2020

S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul says North Korean troops fired several bu...

May 02, 2020

Stars deliver inspirational messages in Call to Unite event

LOS ANGELES - Director Lee Daniels talked about past drug use and urged people not to give into the temptation to abuse drugs during the coronavirus pandemic, saying "You are not alone." Actress Eva L...

May 02, 2020

St. Jude music therapists organize backyard jams for kids

Amy Love had to leave the Memphis hospital where she brings music to severely ill children - she and other support staff couldn't take the risk of spreading COVID-19 to these frail patients. But she w...

May 02, 2020

N Korea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumours

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturda...

May 01, 2020

Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel

A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team but allowed their allegation of discriminatory travel accommodations and medical support services to...

May 01, 2020

Indiana easing many coronavirus business restrictions

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Friday a relaxing of business restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus spread for much of the state, allowing more manufacturers, retailers and s...

May 01, 2020

Alaska book controversy draws attention of hometown rockers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Members of the Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. The Man are stepping into a banned book controversy in their Alaska home town. After the school board at the Matanuska-Susitna Bor...

May 01, 2020

Q&A: Director Brad Bird on choosing his 'essentials' for TCM

LOS ANGELES - As the youngest member of his family, Brad Bird would often get dragged along to films that may have been a little out of his depth for a child, like "2001: A Space Odyssey." But even if...

May 01, 2020

Biden on sexual assault allegation: 'never, never happened'

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday categorically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, saying "this never h...

May 01, 2020