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Chappelle to receive Mark Twain Prize for humour

WASHINGTON - Comedian Dave Chappelle has been chosen to receive this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The 45-year-old Chappelle shot to international stardom through his Comedy Central prog...

May 09, 2019

US prosecutors add hate crime charges in synagogue shooting

SAN DIEGO - Federal officials announced Thursday that they have filed 109 hate crime charges against the man suspected of opening fire in a Southern California synagogue and said he called a 911 dispa...

May 09, 2019

James Cameron salutes 'Endgame' for sinking 'Titanic' record

LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker James Cameron has no bad blood with the Avengers, even though "Endgame" has eclipsed "Titanic's" worldwide record and bumped the 1997 blockbuster to third place. Cameron tweete...

May 09, 2019

Popular Virginia children's singer faces child porn charge

RESTON, Va. - A popular children's performer in northern Virginia has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography. Fairfax County Police said on Thursday that 58-year-old Steven Rossi ...

May 09, 2019

Disney slates Fox films, 'Avatar' pushed another year

NEW YORK - Now armed with the upcoming releases of 20th Century Fox, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday set forth a shock-and-awe release schedule spanning the next eight years, including the yet-again-po...

May 09, 2019

Matters of politics, race accompany Red Sox to White House

WASHINGTON - For decades, championship teams have visited the White House in a moment of ritual and tradition. Athletic excellence is celebrated, lame jokes are told and the president is given yet ano...

May 09, 2019

US seizes North Korean cargo ship for violating sanctions

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has seized a North Korean cargo ship used to supply coal to the isolated nation in violation of international sanctions, law enforcement officials said Thursday. ...

May 09, 2019

No thought for their own safety: Hero students disarm gunman

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - The three students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without a word and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the ...

May 09, 2019

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

WASHINGTON - The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retributi...

May 09, 2019

Just add water: Salt battery could help renewable energy use

BERLIN - Amid the hum and heat of Berlin's Reuter thermal power station stands a shining contraption that looks out of place in the decades-old machine hall. Its silver pipes and vats contain a substa...

May 09, 2019