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John Singleton's work resonated to diverse audiences

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Much has been made about how John Singleton brought the issues gripping black youth in South Central Los Angeles to mainstream audiences with his 1991 classic "Boyz N the Hood." Bu...

Apr 30, 2019

Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse

AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen...

Apr 30, 2019

Squirrel initially scares, then snuggles with subway riders

BOSTON - A surprise passenger hitched a ride on a Boston commuter trolley, frightening some people at first, but warming their hearts when it willingly snuggled in a human passenger's arms. Commuters ...

Apr 30, 2019

Roy Moore vs. Sacha Baron Cohen lawsuit moves to New York

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A lawsuit that former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore filed against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen will be heard in New York. A federal judge on Monday ordered the case transferred from...

Apr 30, 2019

Bomb plot suspect was kicked out of the Army

LOS ANGELES - A U.S. official says an Army veteran accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern California was discharged from the military for a serious offence. The official told The Associated...

Apr 30, 2019

Man charged in synagogue attack was star scholar and athlete

POWAY, Calif. - The man accused of opening fire inside a Southern California synagogue was a star scholar, athlete and musician whose embrace of white supremacy and anti-Semitism has dumbfounded his f...

Apr 30, 2019

Richard Lugar, who helped in securing Soviet arsenal, dies

INDIANAPOLIS - Richard Lugar worked to alert Americans about the threat of terrorism years before "weapons of mass destruction" became a common phrase following the Sept. 11 attacks. The longtime Repu...

Apr 30, 2019

'We are with you!' US says of Venezuela opposition uprising

WASHINGTON - Venezuelan opposition leaders calling for a military uprising against the government of President Nicolas Maduro gained quick messages of support Tuesday from the Trump administration ami...

Apr 30, 2019

Daniel Radcliffe to return to London stage in Beckett play

LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe is returning to the London stage in a Samuel Beckett double bill. The Old Vic Theatre says the former "Harry Potter" star will appear alongside Alan Cumming in a production o...

Apr 30, 2019

Jill Biden says Joe must be a better judge of personal space

WASHINGTON - Jill Biden says she's been the target of men invading her personal space - as some women have criticized her husband, Joe Biden, for doing. And she says the former vice-president and 2020...

Apr 30, 2019