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High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sided Monday with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over the internet company's creation of the Android operating system used on most smartphones wor...
Apr 05, 2021
ISM survey: U.S. services surge to record high in March
WASHINGTON - The U.S. services sector, which employs most Americans, recorded record growth in March as the easing of coronavirus restrictions released pent-up consumer demand. The Institute for Suppl...
Apr 05, 2021
Prayer vigil planned for stricken rapper DMX
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A prayer vigil was planned for Monday outside the suburban New York hospital where rapper DMX remained on life support Sunday following a heart attack. The family of the rapper sa...
Apr 05, 2021
'Trial of the Chicago 7' takes top honours at SAG Awards
The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin's 1960s courtroom drama "The Trial of the Chicago 7" took the top prize Sunday at a virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors of colour, for the first time, swept...
Apr 05, 2021
The cast of 'Trial of the Chicago 7' on their SAG Awards win
Instead of congregating on the stage of Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium for their best-ensemble win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast of "The Trial of the Chicago 7" called in on Zoom. For a ...
Apr 05, 2021
Viola Davis, 'Schitt's Creek' among SAG Awards winners
List of winners for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented Sunday in a virtual ceremony: MOVIES Actor: Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Female actor: Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Blac...
Apr 05, 2021
'Godzilla vs. Kong' stomps to pandemic-best $48.5M opening
NEW YORK - With the help of a few old friends, the box office rekindled some of its old might over the weekend. "Godzilla vs. Kong" scored easily the best opening of the pandemic with an estimated $48...
Apr 05, 2021
Vast archives at JFK Library help bring 'Hemingway' to life
BOSTON - A new documentary on Ernest Hemingway - powered by vast but little-known archives kept at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston - is shedding new light on the acclaime...
Apr 05, 2021
UK eyes mass testing as it takes next steps out of lockdown
LONDON - All adults and children in England will be able to have routine coronavirus tests twice a week as a way to stamp out new outbreaks, the British government said Monday as it prepared to announ...
Apr 05, 2021
Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients
BOCHNIA, Poland - Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in re...
Apr 05, 2021
