Comic-Con ovation as Spielberg previews sci-fi adventure movie

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of fans were treated to a first look at Steven Spielberg's hotly anticipated sci-fi adventure Ready Player One at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.

Quake kills two, causes panic in holiday resorts

KOS, Greece - A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey on Friday, killing two tourists and injuring nearly 500 people.

Blasting from New York to DC in 29 mins

NEW YORK - US entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Thursday he'd received "verbal approval" from the government to build a conceptual "hyperloop" system that would blast passenger pods down vacuum-sealed tubes from New York to Washington at near-supersonic speeds.

ROK presses DPRK on dialogue proposal

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea on Friday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to make a positive response to dialogue overtures earlier this week to discuss military and humanitarian affairs.

Duterte loses patience with rebel peace talks

MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that peace talks with rebels are to cease, saying the government is just wasting money in negotiating with them.

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Bank proves to be Philly's bride and joy

PHILADELPHIA - The Second Bank of the United States might not be the city's top tourist draw, having to compete with neighbors like Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, but its regal architecture is luring a whole different type of visitor: Wedding photographers and brides and grooms.

Musical miracle as guitarist strums through brain op

BANGALORE, India - It sounds surreal, but a musician strummed on his guitar at a Bangalore hospital as doctors performed brain surgery on him to cure his crippled fingers of a rare movement disorder.

Slaying of tragic lion's cub causes fresh outrage

JOHANNESBURG - A trophy hunter in Zimbabwe has shot dead a cub of Cecil the lion whose death in 2015 caused worldwide outrage, researchers tracking the pride confirmed on Friday.

Moon dust's astronomical price

NEW YORK - A bag used by US astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first samples of moon dust back to Earth was sold to an anonymous bidder for $1.8 million at an auction in New York on Thursday, marking the 48th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Bridging the infrastructure gap

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Millions of people living in central Bangladesh used to refer to the Dhaleshwari River as the "River of Sorrows" as the waterway made it extremely difficult for people to get to the capital city Dhaka.

Painting provokes upset in art world

TONAWANDA, New York-Martin Kober is convinced the painting of a dying Jesus that hung above the mantel in his childhood home is the work of Michelangelo. Getting experts to agree remains the $300 million hurdle.