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'Dateline NBC' trying its first multi-part crime drama

NEW YORK - After the format worked for HBO and Netflix, "Dateline NBC" is trying its own version of a multi-part true crime drama this month. The newsmagazine premieres "The Widower," about a Las Vega...

Feb 04, 2021

Social media stars sail away with sea shanty record deals

LONDON - The long forgotten sea shanty has been enjoying a renaissance on social media and is now moving into popular music with two U.K. artists landing record deals, following their online performan...

Feb 04, 2021

Iranian diplomat convicted of planning attack on opposition

ANTWERP, Belgium - An Iranian official identified as an undercover agent was convicted Thursday of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and...

Feb 04, 2021

Prominent Lebanese activist, publisher found dead in his car

BEIRUT - A prominent Lebanese publisher and strong critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group was found dead in his car Thursday morning, shot in the head with two bullets, a security official said...

Feb 04, 2021

Singer Morgan Wallen suspended from label after racial slur

NASHVILLE - Country star Morgan Wallen has been suspended indefinitely from his label and seen his music pulled by radio stations and streaming services Wednesday after video surfaced of him shouting ...

Feb 03, 2021

With ‘Mank’ and ‘The Crown,’ Netflix dominates Globes noms

NEW YORK - After a year where the pandemic nearly emptied movie theatres, Netflix dominated nominations to the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Wednesday, with David Fincher's "Mank" leading film nominees ...

Feb 03, 2021

Ohio police officer charged with murder in Andre Hill case

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A white Ohio police officer was indicted Wednesday on murder charges in the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man. Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy was indict...

Feb 03, 2021

Wisconsin prosecutors seek Rittenhouse arrest, higher bond

MADISON, Wis. - Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during an anti-police protest in Wisconsin af...

Feb 03, 2021

Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her

YANGON, Myanmar - Police levelled their first formal charge against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, her allies said Wednesday, accusing the ousted leader of possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies an...

Feb 03, 2021

Supreme Court sides with Germany in Nazi-era art dispute

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar dispute over a collection of religious artworks will make it harder for some lawsuits to be tried in U.S. courts over claims ...

Feb 03, 2021