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Chuck Norris manager says actor was not at U.S. Capitol riot

NEW YORK - Chuck Norris' manager says the "Walker, Texas Ranger" star was not present at last week's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. A photo of a man resembling Norris apparently with a member of the...

Jan 12, 2021

Sundance adds Coogler-produced ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

The Ryan Coogler-produced Fred Hampton film "Judas and the Black Messiah" will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to HBO Max and theatres, programmers announced Tuesday. Da...

Jan 12, 2021

US prosecutors weighing sedition charges in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are considering sedition charges against at least some of the Trump loyalists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week and will be examining the movement and money flow ...

Jan 12, 2021

Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe

DETROIT - Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the m...

Jan 12, 2021

Supreme Court wrestles with Georgia college free speech case

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian lit...

Jan 12, 2021

US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise

WASHINGTON - Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. The move came af...

Jan 12, 2021

Spike Lee's children named Golden Globe ambassadors

LOS ANGELES - Spike Lee's daughter and son have been chosen as the Golden Globe ambassadors to assist with the awards ceremony. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday morning that S...

Jan 12, 2021

Third lawmaker in lockdown tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON - A third Democratic member of the House who was forced to go into lockdown during last week's violent siege at the U.S. Capitol has tested positive for COVID-19. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill...

Jan 12, 2021

Trump takes no responsibility for riot as he heads to Texas

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday took no responsibility for his part in fomenting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite his comments encouraging supporters to mar...

Jan 12, 2021

Analysis: Trump abdicating in the job he fought to retain

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's days in office are numbered. But he's already stopped doing much of his job. In the last three weeks, a bomb went off in a major city and the president said nothi...

Jan 12, 2021