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Tom Hanks, Chris Rock added to Oscars presenters

LOS ANGELES - Tom Hanks, Chris Rock and Taika Waititi are some of the presenters who will take the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theatre during Sunday's ceremony. Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Steph...

Feb 05, 2020

Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

LOS ANGELES - Kirk Douglas, the muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films and helped fatally weaken the Hollywood blacklist, has died a...

Feb 05, 2020

2 women killed, child hurt in shooting at Texas dormitory

COMMERCE, Texas - Two women were killed and a child was wounded in a shooting Monday morning at a university dormitory in Texas, officials said. A recommendation for students and employees to shelter ...

Feb 05, 2020

Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election

DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic party officials in Iowa worked furiously Tuesday to deliver the delayed results of their first-in-the-nation caucus, as frustrated presidential candidates claimed momentu...

Feb 05, 2020

Iraqi officials: At least 6 shot dead in southern Iraq

BAGHDAD - At least six anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and act...

Feb 05, 2020

Sen. Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will vote to convict President Donald Trump, becoming the first and likely only Republican in the Senate's impeachment trial to break ranks and favour removing ...

Feb 05, 2020

Plane skids off Istanbul runway, breaks apart; 120 hurt

ISTANBUL - A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday as it tried to land in bad weather in Istanbul, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces. Passengers had to evacuate through cracks in the sma...

Feb 05, 2020

Oscar Predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?

NEW YORK - Ahead of Sunday's 92nd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle shares his predictions for a ceremony with a lot of locks but the potential for a few surprises. BEST PICTURE ...

Feb 05, 2020

Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history

WASHINGTON - Closing arguments Monday in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial were directed more toward history than to sway the outcome, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the...

Feb 05, 2020

Accuser in LA case to testify at Weinstein’s NY rape trial

NEW YORK - The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial is expected to take the witness stand Wednesday as prosecutors wind down the New York City case by highlighting an alleged assault that's ...

Feb 05, 2020