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European body to begin disciplinary process against Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Europe’s democracy and human rights-promoting body said Friday it is initiating…
State rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses
CHICAGO (AP) — The state rested its case at Jussie Smollett’s trial Thursday after key…
Celebs, fashion, 24k chicken wings at Miami Art Basel
MIAMI (AP) — After a pandemic hiatus, the official Art Basel show is back in…
UNLV, fraternity suspend chapter after fatal boxing event
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fraternity that organized a charity boxing match where a University…
Biden to attend Kennedy Center Honors, resuming tradition
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be in the house for the Kennedy Center…
Review: Steven Spielberg’s rousing ‘West Side Story’ revival
We’re so rife with reboots and remakes today that it can take a moment to…
Ball for 1st Black St. Pete mayor canceled over circus theme
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A ball planned for the first Black mayor of a…
Jacqueline Avant, wife of music legend, killed in shooting
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Jacqueline Avant, a Los Angeles philanthropist and the wife of…
Baldwin to ABC about shooting: ‘I didn’t pull the trigger’
NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing Thursday…
Nova Scotia restricts out-of-province sports-related travel for kids 11 and younger
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s government on Wednesday said children aged 11 and younger could no…
Past molestation evidence allowed in Duggar child porn trial
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jurors in former reality TV star Josh Duggar’s trial on child…
Loyalty to family, instead of CNN, puts Chris Cuomo at risk
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s family, and your job as a journalist. Chris Cuomo’s willingness…
Alabama governor honors state’s first Black poet laureate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recognized the state’s first Black poet laureate,…
Canadian bantamweight Josh Hill hits the books in studying mental side of MMA game
Canadian bantamweight (Gentleman) Josh Hill had had to battle performance anxiety as well as his…
CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN indefinitely suspended anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday after details emerged…
Dystopia, ‘she-cession,’ TikTok dances: We’re over you, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic, politics, pervasive anxiety over the climate and the economy.…
Investigators track ammunition in fatal film set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities pursued new leads Tuesday on possible sources of live…
Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape
NEW YORK (AP) — Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized Tuesday to the man who was…
Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz running for Senate in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the…
Families turn down Travis Scott offer to pay for funerals
HOUSTON (AP) — Several families of the 10 people who died from injuries in a…
Home of Marilyn Manson searched in sex assault investigation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Media storage devices and other items were seized as a search…
Q&A: Mel Brooks, 95, is still riffing
NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to Mel Brooks to blurb his own memoir. There,…
Josh Duggar trial to begin over child pornography charges
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jury selection was set to begin Tuesday in former reality TV…
Sedentary Canadians not making the grade on fitness, ParticipAction report finds
It seems the majority of Canadian adults aren’t making the grade when it comes to…