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Coffee cup in 'Game of Thrones' scene perks up viewers

LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" fans got a taste of the modern world when eagle-eyed viewers spotted a takeout coffee cup on the table during a celebration in which the actors drank from goblets and h...

May 06, 2019

Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral

LOS ANGELES - Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters are among those who have mourned director John Singleton at his funeral. Monday's privat...

May 06, 2019

Met Gala goes 'camp' for the annual A-list fashion parade

NEW YORK - The worlds of fashion, film, music and sports converge at the massive Met Gala on Monday night and will show off "camp" as this year's theme. Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles wil...

May 06, 2019

Wyoming US Sen. Mike Enzi won't seek re-election in 2020

GILLETTE, Wyo. - Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi announced Saturday that he will not run for a fifth term in 2020, costing the GOP a loyal conservative senator but likely not the seat. Enzi, 75...

May 06, 2019

Bring on the camp: Met Gala exhibit explores camp in fashion

NEW YORK - Louis XIV and Oscar Wilde, meet Bjork and Lady Gaga. What quality do they share, across the centuries? An innate sense of camp - the esthetic that's being celebrated in the new fashion mega...

May 06, 2019

'Jane the Virgin' star Gina Rodriguez weds

LOS ANGELES - "Jane the Virgin" star Gina Rodriguez has gotten married. The 34-year-old shared a video on Instagram of Saturday's wedding to Joe LoCicero. Cast member Justin Baldoni sang at the servic...

May 06, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Putin on 'no collusion'; economy myths

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still pulling numbers out of thin air on the economy. Trump repeatedly asserted that the U.S. economy is perhaps the best "ever" and insisted that last quarter's...

May 06, 2019

On his way to prison, Michael Cohen says 'much to be told'

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and fixer for President Donald Trump, said Monday there "remains much to be told" as he heads to prison to begin a three-year prison sente...

May 06, 2019

8 trapped ducklings rescued from storm drain

STORRS, Conn. - Firefighters have rescued eight ducklings from a storm drain on the University of Connecticut campus. The school says bystanders walking near the chemistry building called the fire dep...

May 06, 2019

Surprise threat from Trump to raise tariffs sinks stocks

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading Monday, following a sell-off in Europe and Asia, after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a trade war between the world's two l...

May 06, 2019