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Ticketing plan for Kobe Bryant public memorial released

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers announced Friday that fans seeking to attend the Feb. 24 memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, at Staples Center must register to purchase tickets and...

Feb 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders pranked by Russians posing as Greta Thunberg

MOSCOW - Russian pranksters claim they called U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pretending to be climate activist Greta Thunberg and offered Thunberg's support to his campaign. Vla...

Feb 14, 2020

'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' finds heart, song in tragedy

LOS ANGELES - The zestfully titled, song-and-dance filled "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" has an unlikely origin. The NBC series, about a young woman who channels other people's thoughts through pop s...

Feb 14, 2020

Reworked charges in Chicago cite another R. Kelly accuser

CHICAGO - An updated federal indictment against R. Kelly filed Friday in Chicago includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser, adding to the jailed singer's mounting legal challenges across ...

Feb 14, 2020

Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike

NEW YORK - Michael Avenatti, a lawyer who gained fame by representing a porn star in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike. The verdic...

Feb 14, 2020

Michael Kors reminds that staying in can be chic, glamorous

NEW YORK - Michael Kors is so over leggings and sports bras. He used Wednesday's fall collection as a reminder that staying in and cozying up by the fire can still be chic and glamorous. Blake Lively,...

Feb 14, 2020

Baltimore shooting leaves 2 officers wounded; suspect dead

BALTIMORE - A shooting at a Baltimore apartment complex Wednesday ended with the death of a former state corrections official who had been under investigation and the wounding of two fugitive task for...

Feb 14, 2020

BP lays out long-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions

LONDON - Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by 2050, an ambitious target born out of p...

Feb 14, 2020

After residents cry fowl: Miami to relocate pack of peacocks

MIAMI - A pack of peacocks that has wreaked havoc on a Miami neighbourhood will be relocated after city commissioners voted Thursday night to side with residents and agreed to have the birds taken awa...

Feb 14, 2020

Full board of France's Cesar film awards steps down

PARIS - The entire leadership of the Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has stepped down in a spat over both its opaque decision-making process and controversial director Roman Polanski, wh...

Feb 14, 2020