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Long-rumoured Woody Allen memoir coming in April
NEW YORK - A memoir by Woody Allen, rumoured for years and once thought unpublishable in the #MeToo era, is coming out next month. Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, announce...
Mar 03, 2020
Opera union board member alleges coverup in Domingo scandal
SAN FRANCISCO - A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a coverup in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment...
Mar 03, 2020
Klobuchar is ending her presidential bid, will endorse Biden
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and plans to endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice-president's White Ho...
Mar 03, 2020
Sri Lankan Parliament dissolved, elections set for April
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's president dissolved Parliament ahead of schedule on Monday and set new elections for April in which he aims to secure a strong majority allowing him to push for consti...
Mar 03, 2020
Supreme Court will decide the fate of Obama health care law
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, a case that will keep health care squarely in front of voters even though a decision won'...
Mar 03, 2020
Authorities confirm New Hampshire's 1st case of coronavirus
CONCORD, N.H. - A hospital employee who recently travelled to Italy is the first person in New Hampshire to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Monday. The male patient is expe...
Mar 03, 2020
Recording Academy fires ousted CEO, citing investigations
LOS ANGELES - The Recording Academy on Monday fired Deborah Dugan, its former president who called into question the integrity of the Grammy Awards nominations process and said she was sexually harass...
Mar 03, 2020
Media faces challenges in covering coronavirus outbreak
NEW YORK - Covering the coronavirus story requires careful navigation and constant attention. News organizations trying to responsibly report on the growing health crisis are confronted with the task ...
Mar 03, 2020
ECB's Lagarde: 'Ready to take targeted action' on economy
FRANKFURT - The head of the European Central Bank said Monday that Europe's top monetary authority is ready to take "appropriate and targeted measures" if necessary to support the economy against the ...
Mar 03, 2020
Vatican sends top 2 sex crimes investigators to Mexico
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is sending its top two sex crimes investigators to Mexico on a fact-finding and assistance mission as the Catholic hierarchy in the world's second-largest Catholic country b...
Mar 03, 2020
