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Flapper follies
OTHELLO — The play opening Thursday at Othello High School promises to be the bee’s knees. Perhaps even the cat’s …
Britain, Turkey reach post-Brexit free trade agreement
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Britain signed a free-trade agreement Tuesday as the U.K. prepares to leave the European Union's economic orbit at the start of the new year.
US stock indexes start higher, continuing a year-end rally
Stocks are continuing a year-end rally on Wall Street, a day after major indexes reached their latest record highs. The S&P 500 added 0.5% in the early going on Tuesday. European markets were mostly higher, and ove…
Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.
UK hospitals struggle; tougher rules eyed to fight variant
LONDON (AP) — British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring.
US home prices rise at fastest pace in more than 6 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices jumped in October by the most in more than six years as a pandemic-fueled buying rush drives the number of available properties for sale to record lows.
Coronavirus-denying Russian monk detained by police
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian riot police stormed into a monastery Tuesday to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus.
Nez Perce Tribe reclaims ancestral land in Eastern Oregon
JOSEPH, Ore. (AP) — The Nez Perce Tribe is reclaiming an ancestral village site in Eastern Oregon more than a century after being pushed out the area.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 1 death reported
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. Authorities said a girl was killed and at least 20 pe…
Maverick French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98
PARIS (AP) — Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose famous name embossed everything from wristwatches to bedsheets after his iconic Space Age styles shot him into the fashion stratosphere in the 1960s, has died, …
5.7 earthquake hits 127 miles off Oregon coast, no tsunami
BANDON, Ore. (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck about 127 miles (204 kilometers) off the Oregon coast early Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
'60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers
NEW YORK (AP) — One of television's hottest shows is also among its oldest.
AP Lifestyles Digest
Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Dec. 28.
The Latest: Russian updates show more than 100K virus deaths
MOSCOW — Russia’s updated statistics on coronavirus-linked deaths show more than 100,000 people had died by December, a number much higher than previously reported by government officials.
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020
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Belarus, Argentina start vaccinations with Russian shots
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus and Argentina launched mass coronavirus vaccinations with the Russian-developed Sputnik V shot on Tuesday, becoming the first countries outside Russia to roll out the vaccine, which has faced …