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St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests try to force her out

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and others of a co-ordinated and racist ...

Jan 13, 2020

‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind

Female filmmakers were shut out, "Parasite" made history and "Joker" edged out "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" in Monday's Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips' R-rated supe...

Jan 13, 2020

Hinch, Luhnow fired for Astros' sign stealing

HOUSTON - Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's sign-stealing during Houston's run to the 2017...

Jan 13, 2020

Storms sweep southern US, Midwest as death toll rises to 11

HOUSTON - Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, t...

Jan 13, 2020

Brazil documentary gets Oscar nomination, exposes division

SAO PAULO - The Academy Award nomination for a Brazilian documentary about the impeachment of then-President Dilma Rousseff has once again laid bare the polarization of Latin America's largest democra...

Jan 13, 2020

Vegas hotel denies defaming OJ Simpson in reports of his ban

LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino denied that O.J. Simpson was defamed when employees banned him from the property in 2017 and a celebrity news site reported the paroled former football hero ...

Jan 13, 2020

ScarJo and Erivo go for 2, and other Oscar facts and figures

LOS ANGELES - A look at some of the historic achievements and trivial tidbits from Monday's nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards. ___ A record 62 women, representing nearly a third of nominees, wer...

Jan 13, 2020

Panelist Abby Huntsman says she's leaving 'The View'

NEW YORK - Abby Huntsman, a panelist on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," said Monday she's leaving to help run her father's campaign for governor of Utah and spend more time with her family. Huntsm...

Jan 13, 2020

Here we go again: #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars

NEW YORK - Once again, it was #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars. "Congratulations to those men," said presenter Issa Rae pointedly, after the announcement of an all-male directors slate. Denied were cont...

Jan 13, 2020

Weinstein back in court as jurors winnowed for rape trial

NEW YORK - Jury selection resumed Monday at the trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of raping a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another in 2...

Jan 13, 2020