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Instagram stars: Harry, Meghan fastest to hit 1 million fans

LONDON - Pay no attention to Hollywood stars or pop idols. When it comes to Instagram, it seems no one can match the allure of a youthful royal couple expecting their first child. Guinness World Recor...

Apr 03, 2019

Chicago symphony, striking musicians to restart negotiations

CHICAGO - The union that represents striking Chicago Symphony musicians is returning to the bargaining table with orchestra officials. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra said in a Wednesday statement that...

Apr 03, 2019

Mexican American group MEChA eyes name change amid furor

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - MEChA, a Mexican American student group founded 50 years ago at the end of the turbulent 1960s, is considering a name change, highlighting the divisions between older civil rights ...

Apr 03, 2019

Baltimore mayor goes on leave as book scandal intensifies

Baltimore's embattled mayor announced Monday that she is taking an indefinite leave of absence, just as a political scandal intensifies over what critics call a "self-dealing" book-sales arrangement t...

Apr 03, 2019

Movie theatre owners, studios and stars convene at CinemaCon

LAS VEGAS - The movie industry - everyone from the Hollywood studios that produce the films to the companies that make the screens, speakers and seats in theatres - are descending on Las Vegas this we...

Apr 03, 2019

'Harry Potter' books burned at Catholic parish in Poland

WARSAW, Poland - Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have drawn criticism after they burned books, including from the "Harry Potter" series, and other items that their owners said had evil...

Apr 03, 2019

4 dead in 'multiple homicide' at North Dakota business

MANDAN, N.D. - Four people were found dead Monday in what police called a "multiple homicide" at a North Dakota property-management business. The bodies of three men and a woman were discovered inside...

Apr 03, 2019

R. Kelly lawyer says Avenatti has 'polluted' sex-abuse case

CHICAGO - R. Kelly's attorney accused the state's attorney Monday of succumbing to pressure from attorney Michael Avenatti in bringing sex-abuse charges against the R&B singer in Illinois, saying ...

Apr 03, 2019

Book of Gorsuch speeches and writings out in September

NEW YORK - Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has a collection of speeches, writings and eight original essays coming out this fall. Crown Forum, a conservative imprint at Penguin Random House, announ...

Apr 03, 2019

TSA's social media highlight weird stuff in travellers' bags

WASHINGTON - David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: a glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a gre...

Apr 03, 2019