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Judge approves changes to Weinstein's legal team
NEW YORK - A judge signed off Friday on changes to the legal team representing Harvey Weinstein in his rape and sexual assault case, allowing the film producer to swap out his bulldog New York City de...
Jan 26, 2019
Ron Howard to make doc about town devastated by wildfires
PARK CITY, Utah - Director Ron Howard is planning to make a documentary about a Northern California town's attempt to rebuild after a devastating wildfire last year National Geographic Documentary Fil...
Jan 26, 2019
Sundance: Documentary dives deep into the fraud of Theranos
PARK CITY, Utah - Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has always been interested in the psychology of fraud and self-deception. So when HBO CEO Richard Plepler and Graydon Carter proposed that he look...
Jan 26, 2019
Sundance is homecoming for Julianne Moore and husband
PARK CITY, Utah - For director Bart Freundlich and Julianne Moore, having their film "After the Wedding" premiere opening at the Sundance Film Festival holds a special significance. Moore and Freundli...
Jan 26, 2019
Judge sets hearing behind closed doors in Manafort case
WASHINGTON - A federal judge said Friday she will hold a hearing behind closed doors to determine whether former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators, including ab...
Jan 26, 2019
Trump donates $100,000 from salary to alcoholism research
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has donated his salary from the third-quarter of 2018 to the federal agency that researches alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. The White House says Trump dona...
Jan 26, 2019
Civil rights museum reoffers honour to Angela Davis
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama civil rights museum reversed course after a public outcry and reinstated a human rights award to activist Angela Davis that it had previously rescinded, the organization ...
Jan 26, 2019
Rapper Nelly seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sex assault
ST. LOUIS - The rapper Nelly is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a British woman's lawsuit that alleges he sexually assaulted her after a concert in England. The federal lawsuit was filed in November in...
Jan 26, 2019
Greek lawmakers ratify Macedonia name-change deal
ATHENS, Greece - Greek lawmakers ratified an agreement Friday to end a nearly three decade-long dispute over neighbouring Macedonia's name, in a landmark vote that will see the small country renamed N...
Jan 26, 2019
Icy blast reminds of 2014 'polar vortex,' with worst to come
FARGO, N.D. - An arctic blast spread painful cold across the Midwest on Friday, closing schools, opening warming centres and even intimidating ice fishermen in a taste of the even more dangerous weath...
Jan 26, 2019
