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Iran journalist who fueled 2017 protests sentenced to death

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran sentenced a once-exiled journalist to death over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests that began at the end of 2017, authorities said Tuesday. Ruhollah ...

Jun 30, 2020

AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier th...

Jun 29, 2020

Venezuela's Maduro orders EU envoy to leave after sanctions

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro ordered the European Union's ambassador to leave the country on Monday hours after the bloc that's pushing for a democratic transition hit sever...

Jun 29, 2020

Using 'face doubles,' a new doc captures an anti-LGBTQ purge

Anonymous sources in documentaries have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure - or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Tuesday on HBO has, with the aid of advan...

Jun 29, 2020

Adjusting to COVID, Sundance to expand footprint nationwide

NEW YORK - The Sundance Film Festival, held annually at altitude in the snowy reaches of a Utah ski town, is expanding beyond the mountains. Sundance, the premier independent film festival, isn't givi...

Jun 29, 2020

Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until January

NEW YORK - The shutdown on Broadway has been extended again - until at least early January. Although an exact date for performances to resume has yet to be determined, Broadway producers are now offer...

Jun 29, 2020

UK judge says Depp broke court order in Sun libel case

LONDON - A U.K. High Court judge ruled Monday that actor Johnny Depp violated a court order by failing to disclose evidence relating to his drug use to lawyers for British tabloid The Sun, which he is...

Jun 29, 2020

Band's pandemic diversion leads to every-night gig in park

NEW YORK - What started as a way for two musicians to get out of the house during the pandemic has turned into nightly concerts at the boathouse in Brooklyn's Prospect Park -- with fans who expect the...

Jun 29, 2020

Afghan official: Bomb, mortars kill 23 civilians in Helmand

KABUL - A car bombing and mortar shells fired at a busy market in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday killed 23 people, including children, a statement from a provincial governor's offic...

Jun 29, 2020

Supreme Court refuses to block upcoming federal executions

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use ...

Jun 29, 2020