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Rolling Stones to play Vancouver on 15-city tour of North America

LOS ANGELES - The Rolling Stones' new tour includes a sole Canadian stop in Vancouver. The band announced Thursday that it will kick off a 15-city leg of its No Filter tour in San Diego on May 8,...

Feb 08, 2020

Report: Emirates pilots unaware engines idle in 2016 crash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The pilots of an Emirates flight that crashed in 2016 and caught fire in Dubai did not realize the engines of their Boeing 777 remained idle as they tried to take off fro...

Feb 08, 2020

Saudi Arabia bars citizens, residents from travel to China

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia on Thursday barred its citizens and residents of the kingdom from travelling to China amid the new virus outbreak. The kingdom's General Directorate of Passp...

Feb 08, 2020

Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about the virus dies

BEIJING - A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died Friday after coming down with the illness. The...

Feb 07, 2020

China virus death toll rises to 722 with 34,546 cases

BEIJING - The death toll in the viral outbreak in mainland China has risen to 722, while new cases jumped to 34,546, reversing declines over previous days. China's ruling Communist Party faced public ...

Feb 07, 2020

Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists ...

Feb 07, 2020

No handshakes at meet and greet? Tech show adapts to virus

LONDON - A major European technology trade fair has a low-tech idea for reducing virus risks: go hands-free. Organizers of this month's Mobile World Congress show are advising attendees to adopt a no-...

Feb 07, 2020

Bolton reviewing letter from White House about manuscript

Former national security adviser John Bolton's team on Friday accused the White House of trying to suppress his unpublished book after word surfaced that the National Security Council had sent him a l...

Feb 07, 2020

Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose

ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex-partner died last month from a heroin overdose, an autopsy found. Nick Gordon, whose legal name is Nicholas Bouler, died from an accidental overdose on New Ye...

Feb 07, 2020

Winfrey says King not doing well after social media backlash

NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey says her friend Gayle King is facing death threats following a social media backlash caused by an interview with retired WNBA star Lisa Leslie that concerned the late Kobe Bry...

Feb 07, 2020