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North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation 11/21/2024 02:52am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the North���s state media said Thursday, as they continue to align in the face of their confrontations with Washington. North Korea���s of Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum? 11/21/2024 12:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: ���Chopin.��� A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master Frederic Chopin appea Ridley Scott on going big with 'Gladiator II' 11/21/2024 12:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he���s about to release, you���ll find him already knee-deep in his next project. Scott, Hollywood���s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil ���Gladiator II,��� one of his biggest e Virgin Mary statue, a symbol of resilience, returns to Notre Dame Cathedral 5 years after fire 11/20/2024 05:29pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as ���The Virgin of Paris,��� returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the devastating 2019 fire that engulfed the landmark. The nearly six-foot-tall stone sculpture, a symbol of hope and faith fo Movie Review: Netflix's 'Joy' is a loud cheer for fertility, for never giving up ��� and science 11/20/2024 10:58am • Toward the end of Netflix's ���Joy,��� the muffled cry of a newborn baby prompts a man and woman in a hospital to embrace out of pure bliss. They aren't the parents, but they had as much to do with the birth as the mom and dad. This charming and winning movie charts the decade-long true story of how Someone accessed files said to contain damaging info about Trump AG-nominee Gaetz, lawyer says 11/19/2024 09:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An unauthorized person gained access to a file containing confidential testimony from women who have made allegations about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's pick to become the next attorney general, a lawyer said Tuesday. Attorneys involved in a civil case brought by a Gae Editorial Roundup: United States 11/19/2024 08:54pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 17 The Washington Post on a way forward for student loan relief Many Democrats thought President Joe Biden���s efforts to forgive vast swaths of student debt would be both good policy and good politics. But their hopes of winn Texts reveal details of an effort to bribe a juror in a fraud case, prosecutors say 11/19/2024 05:11pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A new court document details what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a frantic effort by defendants to get a juror to vote for an acquittal in a pandemic fraud case. Mukhtar Shariff is among five people convicted in the case earlier this year. In a supplement to a presente 'Tis the season for holiday albums, from Jennifer Hudson to Toby Keith and Jimmy Fallon 11/19/2024 09:40am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It's not the holiday season until the house is full of festive music, from classics to covers and reimaginations across genres, for all to enjoy. In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, here are some of the best new holiday releases for the 2024 season. and ���When I Th Today he is a high school football player. Soon he'll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas 11/18/2024 04:56pm • ISANTI, Minn. (AP) ��� The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile. Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery 7 Things Retirees Can Be Thankful for This Year 11/17/2024 07:00pm • As 2024 winds down and Americans prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. and international stocks show healthy gains, giving retirement investors reason to cheer. In addition, saving has gotten easier in several ways due to new laws regarding tax treatment. Here's a look at some items th Jayden Maiava passes for 3 TDs, runs for another in debut start to lead USC past Nebraska, 28-20 11/16/2024 09:19pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Jayden Maiava passed for 259 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score in his first start for Southern California, leading the Trojans to a 28-20 victory over slumping Nebraska on Saturday. Woody Marks rushed for 146 yards for USC (5-5, 3-5 Big Ten), and Maiava capped In the polar bear capital of the world, a community lives with the predator next door and loves it 11/16/2024 12:29am • CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) ��� Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back and forth, then settle on a crowd of people standing outside a van. He scans the area for safety a Speaker Johnson says Gaetz ethics report should not be released, rebuffing senators 11/15/2024 04:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will ���strongly request��� that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of its investigation into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, rebuffing senators who are demanding access now that Gaetz is President-elect Donald Trump 's nominee f Winston Churchill portrait returns to Ottawa after international art caper 11/15/2024 01:35pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ��� A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a forgery during the pandemic has returned to its rightful place, after two Ottawa police detectives traveled to Rome to retrieve it. Police said ���The Roaring Lion" was stolen from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier ho