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Turner Classic Movies Festival heads to TCM and HBO Max

Don't worry about making the trip to Hollywood for the Turner Classic Movies Festival this year - it's coming straight to your living room. TCM said Wednesday that its 12th installment will run on bot...

Mar 10, 2021

Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be US attorney general

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general with a strong bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the post as President Joe Biden...

Mar 10, 2021

Invalidations of Meghan's claims of racism hurt Black women

CHICAGO - As Prince Harry and Meghan's TV interview reverberates internationally, it's left the more than 17 million viewers who tuned in grappling with the couple's claims of racism and lack of suppo...

Mar 10, 2021

Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems

WASHINGTON - A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the gov...

Mar 10, 2021

Attorneys probe jurors' racial attitudes in ex-cop's trial

MINNEAPOLIS - Attorneys in the trial of a Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death questioned potential jurors Wednesday about their attitudes toward both law enforcement and the Bla...

Mar 10, 2021

Russia slows down Twitter, part of social media clampdown

MOSCOW - Russian authorities said Wednesday they are slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its failure to remove banned content - part of growing efforts to curb social...

Mar 10, 2021

Facebook moves to dismiss federal, state antitrust suits

Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wed...

Mar 10, 2021

Senate confirms Ohio Rep. Fudge as Housing secretary

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, placing the longtime Ohio lawmaker in charge of the agency just as Congress is poised to pas...

Mar 10, 2021

Complaints pour in over Morgan's comments, including from Meghan herself

LONDON - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has reportedly complained to Britain's ITV about presenter Piers Morgan's comments on her interview with Oprah Winfrey. That's according to the channe...

Mar 10, 2021

Prosecutors oppose Ghislaine Maxwell's 3rd quest for bail

NEW YORK - Prosecutors urged a judge to reject a third quest for bail by a British socialite charged with soliciting teenage girls in the 1990s for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. There a...

Mar 10, 2021