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White House threatens FDA chief's job over vaccine approval

WASHINGTON - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the e...

Dec 11, 2020

Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year

LOS ANGELES - Yes, 2020 may seem like a complete fail with all the constant bad news and tragic moments. It's been filled with gloom and doom, but some celebrities and those inspired by them have trie...

Dec 11, 2020

Disney unveils plans to stream a galaxy of new series, films

NEW YORK - The Walt Disney Co.'s streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxy's worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 "Star Wars" series spinoff...

Dec 11, 2020

US wholesale prices up 0.1% in November; food and energy up

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices edged up 0.1% in November as the cost of both food and energy were up. The increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach...

Dec 11, 2020

Anthony Veasna So, acclaimed fiction writer, dead at age 28

NEW YORK - The author of a highly anticipated debut story collection has died. Anthony Veasna So was 28. His death was announced Thursday by his publisher, Ecco, which did not immediately provide addi...

Dec 11, 2020

Argentina's lower house approves draft legalizing abortion

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Lawmakers in Argentina's lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases, responding to long-sought demands from women's rights activists. The ...

Dec 11, 2020

Hezbollah member sentenced to life in Hariri assassination

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - A U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced a member of the Hezbollah militant group to life imprisonment Friday for his involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime...

Dec 11, 2020

EU leaders struggle to break deadlock on climate deal

BRUSSELS - European Union leaders were still looking Friday for an agreement to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels following a...

Dec 10, 2020

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security law

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local media reports. Lai, who fo...

Dec 10, 2020

Biden, Harris named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'

WASHINGTON - Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris its "Person of the Year." Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the h...

Dec 10, 2020