The Associated Press Taylor Swift fans are getting a double reason to celebrate this year – the singer-songwriter is about to release her second album in 2020. “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” Swift wrote in social media posts Thursday morning. “I’ve never done this before. […]
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Kristin M. Hall The Associated Press NASHVILLE – Musician and actor Kevin Bacon is bringing live music back to venues that have been shuttered this year with an all-star concert TV special. Bacon is the co-host and an executive producer for “Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make […]
Jonathan Landrum Jr. The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Mark Cuban, Anthony Anderson and Skylar Diggins-Smith will take part in a series of panel discussions on YouTube that are focused on racial justice. The video-sharing platform announced the lineup on Thursday for “Bear Witness, Take Action 2.” The two-hour special […]
Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Major Biden is getting an early start in the spotlight as a presidential pet after a play date ended with his owner, President-elect Joe Biden, suffering a broken foot. As if that weren’t enough for one weekend, it was also confirmed that Major will have […]
The Associated Press GENEVA–As several European countries have suspended access to the ski slopes to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said the risk of catching COVID-19 while skiing is likely minimal. “I suspect many people won’t be infected barrelling down the slopes […]
Jeff Amy The Associated Press ATLANTA–Voters in the Atlanta area were summoned back to the polls on Tuesday to decide who to send to Washington for a month to briefly fill the seat of the late civil rights legend John Lewis. Former Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall and former […]
DaNica Coto The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet […]
The Associated PressZeke MillerColleen LongAlanna Durkin Richer WASHINGTON–Monday seemed like the end of President Donald Trump’s relentless challenges to the election, after the federal government acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden was the “apparent winner” and Trump cleared the way for co-operation on a transition of power. But his baseless claims have […]
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Lindsay Whitehurst
Lindsay Whitehurst
SALT LAKE CITY – Andy Larsen is a sports writer, but with so many games scratched during the pandemic he has spent a lot of time digging into coronavirus data and its sobering implications. Then on Monday, while he was sorting his spare change – some from a childhood piggy […]
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Michael Rubinkam
Michael Rubinkam
In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask – and so are your friends. That’s the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no intention of following it. “No one is going to tell me what I can or not do in my own home,” […]
The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. – Milwaukee County could complete the recounting of its presidential election results as soon as Wednesday and no later than Friday, a county spokesman said Tuesday. The recount got off to a slow start last week as elections officials addressed a myriad of complaints from […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is warning that tough talk about China could hurt efforts to gain the release of two arbitrarily detained Canadians. Testifying before the House of Commons Canada-China relations committee, Champagne is urging MPs not to give in to the temptation to […]
