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Good grief! 'Peanuts' celebrates 70th anniversary with art

NEW YORK - The virus pandemic won't stop Charlie Brown, Snoopy or the "Peanuts" gang from marking an important birthday and they're hoping to raise the spirits of sick kids while they celebrate. The b...

Oct 2, 2020

In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

BUCHTEL, Ohio - The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming to the trough...

Oct 2, 2020

Canadian actor Rick Moranis sucker punched while walking in NYC

NEW YORK - Canadian actor Rick Moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking Thursday on a sidewalk near New York's Central Park, a law enforcement official told the Associated Pres...

Oct 2, 2020

Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance

NEW YORK - In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" anthology is an unqualified main event. While many other filmmakers are on hold, the "12 Years a Slave" d...

Oct 2, 2020

TV's 'Warrior' latest proof that Bruce Lee still holds sway

PHOENIX - Even nearly 50 years after his death, Bruce Lee can still make ripples. From this summer's ESPN documentary, "Be Water," to Quentin Tarantino's heavily criticized depiction of him in "Once U...

Oct 2, 2020

Denying, defending and numb: Voters not moved by Trump taxes

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Danielle Fairbank closed the tailgate of her fire-engine red pickup truck in a Target parking lot in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and offered a hearty "Fake news!" to dismiss reports that Presid...

Oct 2, 2020

In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules

RALEIGH, N.C. - When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to so...

Oct 2, 2020

Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has floated the unconstitutional idea of delaying the Nov. 3 election. His administration may have violated a judge's order on the 2020 census and could be held in ...

Oct 2, 2020

US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%

WASHINGTON - America's employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic r...

Oct 2, 2020

David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of colour

NEW YORK - Bestselling authors David and Nicola Yoon are launching a Random House Children's Books imprint for young adult romance novels by and about people of colour. They are calling the imprint Jo...

Oct 2, 2020