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Virus whistleblower alleges ongoing retaliation

WASHINGTON - A government whistleblower ousted from a leading role in battling COVID-19 alleged Thursday that the Trump administration has intensified its campaign to punish him for revealing shortcom...

Jun 25, 2020

NYC judge rejects Trump family effort to halt tell-all book

WASHINGTON - A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump's brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president's niece. In a ruling handed down on Thursday,...

Jun 25, 2020

Disney changing ride amid calls it's based on racist film

ORLANDO, Fla. - Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride because of its ties with "Song of the South," the 1946 movie many view as racist, Disney officials said Thursday it was recasti...

Jun 25, 2020

Watchdogs: Trump's Independence Day gala in 2019 cost $13M

Government watchdogs say President Trump's Fourth of July gala in the nation's capital last year cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations. Trump's desire to have De...

Jun 25, 2020

Dixie Chicks drop 'dixie' from name, now known as The Chicks

NASHVILLE - Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. The band's social media accounts and website were changed on Thursday to...

Jun 25, 2020

‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theatres

NEW YORK - Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan's members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their ...

Jun 25, 2020

Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people

WASHINGTON - A government watchdog says nearly 1.1 million relief payments totalling some $1.4 billion went to dead people in the government's coronavirus aid program. More than 130 million so-called ...

Jun 25, 2020

Unilever to drop terms like 'whitening' from beauty products

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Consumer products giant Unilever said Thursday it is aiming for a "more inclusive vision of beauty" in its skin care products and will remove words such as "fair," "whitening"...

Jun 25, 2020

Tabloid's lawyers seek to get Johnny Depp lawsuit thrown out

LONDON - Lawyers for British tabloid The Sun urged a U.K. judge on Thursday to throw out Johnny Depp's libel claim against the paper because the film star allegedly failed to disclose evidence relatin...

Jun 25, 2020

Bialik and Batman: Actor teams up with DC for science books

NEW YORK - "The Big Bang Theory" actor Mayim Bialik is teaming with DC Entertainment on a project that joins superhero power to the power of science. DC Entertainment announced Thursday that Bialik wi...

Jun 25, 2020