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Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing company in a deal valued at $1 billion, the latest cos...

Feb 04, 2020

Best picture '1917' is big winner at British Academy Awards

LONDON - Gut-wrenching World War I epic "1917" was the big winner at Sunday's British Academy Film Awards, winning seven prizes including best picture and best director. Sam Mendes' drama about one of...

Feb 04, 2020

Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds

NEW YORK - Hollywood's awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds. According to new research released Tuesday by the University of Southern C...

Feb 04, 2020

Official: 2nd student dies after truck hits Oklahoma runners

MOORE, Okla. - A second suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a pickup truck, a school official said Tuesday. Dustin Horstkoetter, di...

Feb 04, 2020

Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death

LONDON - A man recently released from prison after serving time for terrorism-related offences strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a busy London street Sunday before being shot to death ...

Feb 04, 2020

US general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq Tuesday, as the Trump administration works to salvage relations with Iraqi leaders and shut down the government's push for an Ameri...

Feb 04, 2020

Brazil's government blasts Oscar-nominated documentary-maker

SAO PAULO - Brazil's government criticized Oscar-nominated filmmaker Petra Costa on Monday after she once more labeled far-right President Jair Bolsonaro a risk to the country's democracy. Costa's doc...

Feb 04, 2020

Rush Limbaugh says he's been diagnosed with lung cancer

LOS ANGELES - Conservative radio host and Republican kingmaker Rush Limbaugh said he's been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Addressing listeners on his program Monday, Limbaugh said he will take ...

Feb 04, 2020

8 films from the Sundance Film Festival you’ll want to see

PARK CITY, Utah - When the 36th annual edition of the Sundance Film Festival wrapped Sunday after 11 days of snow and cinema, it had ushered in an avalanche of new voices. The festival, a wintery bast...

Feb 04, 2020

Tulane acquires archive of "Vampire" author Anne Rice

NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University has acquired the complete archives of bestselling author Anne Rice, who was born and raised in New Orleans and whose books, including "Interview with the Vampire," ofte...

Feb 04, 2020