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Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee top Billboard Latin Music Awards

Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee top Billboard Latin Music Awards

SUNRISE, Fla. — Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee triumphed at the Billboard Latin Music Awards Wednesday, claiming seven trophies apiece at the pandemic-delayed show.
The Latest: Sri Lanka orders more curfews over virus cluster

The Latest: Sri Lanka orders more curfews over virus cluster

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Authorities in Sri Lanka have closed the country’s main fish market and widened the curfew in many parts of the island nation following a surge of coronavirus infections related to a new cluster centred on a garment factory.
In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out

In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Barack Obama blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national discord and his overall fitness for the job on Wednesday as he made his first in-person campaign pitch for his form
Remains found in search for 1921 Tulsa race massacre victims

Remains found in search for 1921 Tulsa race massacre victims

OKLAHOMA CITY — At least 10 bodies were found Wednesday in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery where investigators are searching for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma’s state archaeologist said.
Major Hurricane Epsilon: Tropical storm warning for Bermuda

Major Hurricane Epsilon: Tropical storm warning for Bermuda

MIAMI — Epsilon rapidly gained major hurricane strength on Wednesday afternoon and is expected to skirt east of Bermuda in the coming day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center says.
Many thorny global situations hinge on US election outcome

Many thorny global situations hinge on US election outcome

LONDON — Four years after Donald Trump’s election reframed how many nations interacted with the United States, the way that the world’s foremost superpower moves forward after its presidential election stands to impact many geopolitical pressure poin
Officer may face charges in killing of autistic Palestinian

Officer may face charges in killing of autistic Palestinian

JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors on Wednesday recommended charging a police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this year.
Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid growing criticism

Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid growing criticism

ROME — Pope Francis is back to his mask-less old ways a day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service. The about-face came despite surging coronavirus infections across Europe.
Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects coronavirus vaccine from China

Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects coronavirus vaccine from China

SAO PAULO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday rejected the announced purchase of 46 million doses of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus being developed by a Chinese company and tested in a state governed by a political rival, p
Police: 43 bank hostages freed in ex-Soviet republic Georgia

Police: 43 bank hostages freed in ex-Soviet republic Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia — Police in the ex-Soviet nation of Georgia said 43 people were freed after an armed assailant took them hostage in a bank Wednesday, an announcement that came shortly after local media reported the gunman escaped and remained at lar