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In a week of layoffs, MGM Resorts adds 18,000 more

MGM Resorts is laying off 18,000 people as an unchecked pandemic leaves economic scars across numerous U.S. industries, particularly those that really on healthy crowds of people. Casinos in Nevada cl...

Aug 28, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts record; BLM falsely accused

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump claimed accomplishments he didn't earn on the pandemic, energy and veterans at a Republican convention finale that also heard Black Lives Matter baselessly accused ...

Aug 28, 2020

US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.9% in July

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.9% last month, a dose of support for an economy struggling to emerge from the grip of a pandemic that has held back a recovery and kept roughl...

Aug 28, 2020

Israel lists first commercial passenger flight to UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel's first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two cou...

Aug 28, 2020

Reports: Abe expresses intent to step down due to health

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed intention to step down, citing his declining health, according to Japan's NHK television and other media. Japan's Prime Minister's Office said ...

Aug 27, 2020

'WHATS POPPIN' remakes by 2 Georgia teachers go viral

ATLANTA - Two teachers were recently looking for ways to motivate their students for a new school year amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit their south Georgia community especially hard. Their...

Aug 27, 2020

Attorney: R&B singer R Kelly attacked in federal detention

CHICAGO - The lawyer for R. Kelly said Thursday the R&B singer, who is awaiting trial on child pornography and other charges, was assaulted by a fellow detainee at the Metropolitan Correctional Ce...

Aug 27, 2020

'Black Lady Sketch Show' creator relishes Emmy nod firsts

LOS ANGELES - Robin Thede's face lights up when she hears that the deliciously clever humour of her "A Black Lady Sketch Show" provokes a laugh-out-loud response. "That means the most. That's the whol...

Aug 27, 2020

Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are 'absurd and silly'

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...

Aug 27, 2020

Sean Penn ups fight against COVID-19 with relief expansion

LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn has expanded his fight against the coronavirus beyond his own expectations. The Oscar winner's disaster relief organization CORE has gone from providing 6,500 tests in a couple...

Aug 27, 2020