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Sister of missing Thai dissident meets with Cambodian judge

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The sister of an exiled Thai dissident who was reportedly abducted in Cambodia earlier this year appeared before a judge in Cambodia's capital on Tuesday to offer evidence that ...

Dec 07, 2020

'B.A.P.S.' star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53

LOS ANGELES - Natalie Desselle Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film "B.A.P.S." and on the sitcom "Eve," has died. She was 53. Reid's death on Monday was confirmed by Je'Caryous Joh...

Dec 07, 2020

AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defence

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defence, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the...

Dec 07, 2020

Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of 'Mank'

NEW YORK - The first time Gary Oldman and David Fincher met was in London 1990, when Fincher was looking to cast him in "Alien 3." "And he had the sense to say no," Fincher recalls. In the 30 years si...

Dec 07, 2020

Lawmakers who met with Giuliani scramble after COVID news

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was "doing very well" after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleground states that Giulian...

Dec 07, 2020

2020 indelible TV moments: Trebek, debate bluster and Floyd

When the coronavirus pushed people out of the world and into homebound isolation, the small-screen's role grew bigger than ever. Television and its mobile iterations bore witness to a tumultuous year ...

Dec 07, 2020

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place...

Dec 07, 2020

Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency

NEW YORK - Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending. Woodward is teaming with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa on a book about the waning day...

Dec 07, 2020

Adin Steinsaltz, groundbreaking Talmud translator, dies

JERUSALEM - Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, a prolific Jewish scholar who spent 45 years compiling a monumental and ground-breaking translation of the Talmud, has died. He was 83. The Steinsaltz Ce...

Dec 07, 2020

California unveils smartphone tool to trace virus cases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is rolling out a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people if they spent time near someone who tests positive for the coronavirus as cases and hospitalizations soar thr...

Dec 07, 2020