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Mexican protest singer Oscar Chávez dies of COVID-19 at 85

MEXICO CITY - One of Mexico's best-known protest singers, Oscar Chvez, died Thursday at age 85 after being infected with the coronavirus. Mexico's culture secretary confirmed the singer's death, and t...

May 1, 2020

Kelly Rowland: ‘Coffee’ song, video is my ode to black women

NEW YORK - Kelly Rowland says her new single "Coffee" and its accompanying music video is her "ode to the beauty of black women." Rowland debuted the breezy R&B track and video featuring black wom...

May 1, 2020

Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name

NEW YORK - Anderson Cooper is a father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn't believe would ever happen. Cooper announced the birth of his son, Wyatt, Thursday evening on his show and ...

May 1, 2020

Duchess of Sussex loses first round in privacy claim

LONDON - The Duchess of Sussex has lost an early round in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday newspaper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father. Meghan is suing for invasion o...

May 1, 2020

Lives Lost: Virus silences angelic voice of WWII evacuee

LISBON, Portugal - After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz travelled to Portugal without her parents as a refugee from hunger, cold and post...

Apr 30, 2020

Queen and Adam Lambert honour global COVID-19 'Champions'

LONDON - Queen and singer Adam Lambert have a message for workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight: "You Are the Champions." Brian May, Roger Taylor and Lambert recently gathered virtually to re...

Apr 30, 2020

Apple pinched by pandemic; profit, iPhone sales decline

BERKELEY, Calif. - Apple's profit dipped slightly while revenues rose in the January-March quarter, reflecting early fallout from a coronavirus pandemic that shut down its factories and then forced hu...

Apr 30, 2020

Gigi Hadid expects first child with Zayn Malik in September

LOS ANGELES - Gigi Hadid is about to strut into motherhood. The supermodel's mother, Yolanda Hadid, confirmed with Dutch outlet RTL Boulevard on Wednesday that her daughter is pregnant. She is expecti...

Apr 30, 2020

'Goonies' cast, 'Flintstones' rescue TV viewers in pandemic

LOS ANGELES - Josh Gad had a notion about what might soothe the kid in him during a scary time and maybe do the same for others. The actor got to work organizing an online reunion of the cast and crea...

Apr 30, 2020

US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory

WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the new coronavirus was "not manmade or genetically modified" but say they are still examining whether the origins of the pandemic trace to ...

Apr 30, 2020