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Ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34

BOSTON - Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig's disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday....

Dec 09, 2019

Wanna cover Miss America? Buy a ticket, 3 media outlets told

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Miss America Organization has denied credentials to at least three media outlets seeking to cover this year's competition, including its longtime hometown newspaper, The Pres...

Dec 09, 2019

Consulting firm allows Buttigieg to release names of clients

The McKinsey & Co. consulting firm said Monday that it will allow Pete Buttigieg to identify the clients he served more than a decade ago while the Democratic presidential contender also pledged t...

Dec 09, 2019

Margaret Atwood and Laurie Anderson talk art, age and more

NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood and Laurie Anderson, strangers until now, covered a wide range of topics in their first public conversation. Starting with their ages. "How old are you?" the 80-year-old Atw...

Dec 09, 2019

Led by 'Marriage Story,' Netflix dominates Golden Globe noms

NEW YORK - With four films up for best picture, four series nominated for the top television awards and 34 total nominations, Netflix dominated the 77th Golden Globe nominations on Monday. Noah Baumba...

Dec 09, 2019

Dozens feared dead in eruption of New Zealand volcano

WHAKATANE, New Zealand - A volcano on a New Zealand island erupted Monday with a towering blast of ash and scalding steam as tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leav...

Dec 09, 2019

Trump, Dems in tentative deal on North American trade pact

WASHINGTON - House Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labour leaders and the White House over a rewrite of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal that has been a top priority for President D...

Dec 09, 2019

Announcement of the nominees for 2020 Golden Globes begins

NEW YORK - "Fleabag," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Chornobyl" are among the first nominees announced for the the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards have begun. Dakota Fanning, Susan Kelechi Watson an...

Dec 09, 2019

Greta asks media to focus on other young climate activists

MADRID - Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists. The 16-year-old Swede has drawn huge crowds with her appearances at protests ...

Dec 09, 2019

Kosovo, Albania to boycott Nobel Literature award ceremony

PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the Nobel Literature Prize ceremony Tuesday to protest the award being given to Austrian writer Peter Handke who both countries link to the ...

Dec 09, 2019