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LONDON — Britain’s 99-year-old Prince Philip has spent a second night in a London hospital after being admitted earlier this week as a precaution due to feeling unwell.

FRANKFURT — Car and truck maker Daimler increased its profits by 48% to 4.0 billion euros ($4.

NEW YORK — They already knew she looked good in a coat.

BOSTON — The Boston Symphony Orchestra on Thursday announced Gail Samuel as its next president and chief executive.

PARIS — European plane maker Airbus lost 1.1 billion euros ($1.

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections.

WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits, which typically signal activity ahead, rose sharply. The decline pushed home and apartment construction down to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.

LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton received a special gift for her 40th birthday: an engagement. Hilton announced her engagement to entrepreneur Carter Reum in her social media post on Wednesday — the same day as her birthday.

NEW YORK — An Asian woman standing on a New York City street was violently shoved to the ground and police were searching for the suspect, with a spotlight being put on the case by actor Olivia Munn who said she was a friend of the woman's daughter.

MADRID — More than 50 people were arrested and dozens injured during a second night of protests that turned violent in several Spanish cities.