Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop…
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Auburn QB Thorne says angry bettors sent him Venmo requests after loss
AP Sports Writer Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne has taken heat from a different source after struggling in a loss to California: Angry sports…
Continue ReadingProtesters storm Mexico’s Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters pushed into Mexico’s Senate as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli official floats safe passage for Oct. 7 architect Yahya Sinwar in return for hostages
By Hira Humayun and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli official has floated the possibility of offering Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar safe passage…
Continue ReadingA residential care worker gets prison in Maine for assaults on a disabled man
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A residential care center employee in Maine is going to prison after pleading guilty to what prosecutors described as…
Continue Reading‘Free Kshamenk’: The campaign to release the last captive orca in Latin America
Ivan Sarmenti, CNNE (CNN) — The last captive orca in all of Latin America cuts a lonely figure. “Kshamenk” has lived in the Mundo Marino…
Continue ReadingDetroit-area officer sentenced to prison for assaulting man after his arrest
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer who punched a young Black man in the face and slammed his head to the ground has…
Continue ReadingItaly says Russia or China could gain influence in Western Balkans if EU dream fails
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Italy’s foreign minister has voiced strong support for Western Balkan countries’ European Union accession bids,…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas man pleads guilty in lucrative telemarketing scam
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge alleging that he duped people into making…
Continue ReadingNobel Prize Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Nobel Prize, an international award given yearly for achievements in physics, chemistry,…
Continue ReadingEPA says Vermont fails to comply with Clean Water Act through inadequate regulation of some farms
Associated Press The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state from adequately controlling…
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Oregon agency, AARP, others partner for ‘Scam Jam’ events this week in Bend, Sisters
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation and Oregon AARP are hosting back-to-back Scam Jam seminars in Bend on Thursday at…
Continue ReadingMan charged with plotting to attack a Jewish center in New York was in Canada on a student visa
NANAIMO, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian authorities say a Pakistani man arrested last week in Quebec and accused of plotting to attack a Jewish…
Continue ReadingKing Charles III to visit Australia and Samoa in a test of stamina after cancer diagnosis
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has announced plans to visit Australia and Samoa next month on a trip that will span a dozen time…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Lily Collins is ‘Emily in Paris,’ Rome and Barcelona
The Associated Press ROME (AP) — Filming “Emily in Paris” in Rome has given star Lily Collins a confidence boost ahead of her West End debut.…
Continue ReadingSmoke clouds Sao Paulo’s skies and the Pinheiros River turns emerald green amid fire and drought
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A major river in the Brazilian metropolis Sao Paulo is suddenly emerald green and clear skies have turned from…
Continue ReadingWisconsin appeals court says teenager accused of killing 10-year-old girl will stay in adult court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that a Wisconsin teenager accused of killing a 10-year-old girl will be tried as an adult. The…
Continue ReadingDolphins coaches, players react to ’emotional’ and ‘triggering’ footage of Tyreek Hill traffic stop
AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill’s teammates and coaches used words like “triggering” and a “shame” to…
Continue ReadingNYC mayor won’t say if he backs police commissioner under an investigative cloud
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declined to say if he remains confident in the city’s police…
Continue ReadingDeclassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War spy case
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that…
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