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Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A massive new exhibition and entertainment hall is set to open at Elvis Presley's Graceland in Tennessee with three museum-style exhibits, including one focused on the life and career...

May 23, 2019

Nik Wallenda and sister plan highwire walk over Times Square

NEW YORK - For his next trick, daredevil Nik Wallenda plans to cross New York's Times Square - without his feet touching the ground. ABC announced Thursday that Wallenda and his sister Lijana will cro...

May 23, 2019

Elle Fanning OK after fainting at Cannes dinner

CANNES, France - Elle Fanning says she fainted at a Cannes Film Festival dinner because he dress was too tight. The 21-year-old actress collapsed at the Chopard Trophee dinner Monday evening at Cannes...

May 23, 2019

With Brad and Leo, Tarantino debuts a fairy tale in Cannes

CANNES, France - Twenty-five years after premiering "Pulp Fiction" in Cannes, Quentin Tarantino returned to the French film festival with neither great vengeance nor furious anger but a gentler fairy ...

May 23, 2019

Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was ...

May 23, 2019

Dutch, UK polls open, starting 4 days of European elections

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch polls opened Thursday in elections for the European Parliament, starting four days of voting across the 28-nation bloc that pits supporters of deeper integration against...

May 23, 2019

Celebrity chef Mario Batali facing assault charge in Boston

BOSTON - Celebrity chef Mario Batali is facing a criminal charge on allegations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office...

May 22, 2019

Tennessee House speaker shrugs off 'no confidence' vote

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday said he was ready to call lawmakers back to Nashville for a special legislative session following a historic vote of no confidence in Speaker Glen Casada ...

May 22, 2019

Officials: Last slave ship from Africa ID'd on Alabama coast

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States, historica...

May 22, 2019

3 handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin's home

PONTIAC, Mich. - Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the "Queen of Soul," including one that was discovered under cushion...

May 22, 2019