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Daddy Yankee to open reggaeton museum in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico reggaeton star Daddy Yankee is opening a museum in the U.S. Caribbean territory that will be dedicated to his life and the music that made him famous. The Daddy Yan...

Nov 21, 2019

Marvel ‘Voices’ podcast inspires comic book anthology

NEW YORK - A Marvel podcast series is inspiring an anthology of new adventures for some of its most popular superheroes. Actor and rapper Method Man and author Roxane Gay are among the writers being g...

Nov 21, 2019

Pennsylvania on verge of extending time for abuse charges

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A bill to provide more time to file charges or lawsuits over sexual abuse is on its way to Pennsylvania's governor. The House sent the statute-of-limitations bill to Democratic Gov. ...

Nov 21, 2019

‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ top Spirit Awards nominations

NEW YORK - The Safdie brothers' Diamond District crime film "Uncut Gems" and Robert Eggers' fever-dream period tale "The Lighthouse" lead the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nomin...

Nov 21, 2019

Bei Bei, an American-born panda, leaves Washington for China

WASHINGTON - A specially equipped Boeing 777 jet took off from Dulles International Airport on Tuesday carrying a true Washington celebrity: Bei Bei, a 4-year-old giant panda. Visitors to Washington's...

Nov 21, 2019

Jury awards $58M in lawsuit against body donation firm

PHOENIX - A civil jury has awarded $58 million Tuesday to 10 people who alleged a now-closed body donation facility mishandled the donated remains of their relatives and deceived them about how the bo...

Nov 21, 2019

Embattled Illinois prosecutor announces bid for reelection

CHICAGO - A prosecutor who came under harsh criticism when her office suddenly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett and is now the subject of a court-ordered investigation announced Tuesday s...

Nov 21, 2019

Israel’s Netanyahu charged in corruption cases

JERUSALEM - Israel's attorney general on Thursday formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, throwing the country's paralyzed political system into further dis...

Nov 21, 2019

Trump says he went through ‘very routine physical’

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he went through a "very routine physical" when he visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center over the weekend. The president complained that ...

Nov 21, 2019

Susan Choi, Sarah M. Broom win National Book Awards

NEW YORK - Susan Choi's novel "Trust Exercise," in which a high school romance is spun out into a web of memories and perspectives, has won the National Book Award for fiction. Sarah M. Broom's family...

Nov 21, 2019