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New York (AFP) - Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of American rock-blues group ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77, the band and their publicist announced Tuesday.  Beard,...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo on Tuesday became the first Black African to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....

Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a US federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately...

Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children,...

Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Facebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred over witnesses and financial penalties....

New York (AFP) - "WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"Eager cruise passengers zipping around New York's southern shores rush to the starboard bow: a humpback whale is up for air, a breathtaking...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data...

New York (AFP) - The state murder trial of Luigi Mangione, who admitted to gunning down a US health insurance executive, will be postponed following his guilty plea in a...

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will lease a massive new data center in the United States for 20 years, backed by a $105 billion financing commitment from...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - A group of parents in Texas asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to block a state law that requires the Bible's Ten Commandments to...