‘Dallas Buyers Club’ director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58
By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO…
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Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed in quiet end of year trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mixed at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries…
Continue Reading Jonathan D. Spence, popular China scholar, dead at age 85
By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime Yale University professor and sinologist Jonathan D. Spence has died at age 85. The…
Continue Reading Australia’s most populous state reports 1st omicron death
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s New South Wales state has reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases and confirmed its first death from the omicron…
Continue Reading Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who at 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion…
Continue Reading Nancy Keating, matriarch of influential family, dies at 94
CINCINNATI (AP) — Nancy Keating, matriarch of a large family with deep and philanthropic ties to the Cincinnati area, has died at age 94. Her son…
Continue Reading 1st U.S. gay bishop remembers Tutu’s generosity, kindness
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first openly gay bishop in the U.S. Episcopal Church is remembering when the late Desmond…
Continue Reading Missouri woman charged with killing boyfriend with a sword
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve. Cape Girardeau Police said…
Continue Reading Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush colors and textures, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artist Wayne Thiebaud, who was known for his colorful and luscious paintings of cakes, gum ball machines and other everyday…
Continue Reading Dam breaks threaten worse flooding in northeast Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Two dams have broken in northeastern Brazil, threatening worse flooding in a rain-drenched region that has already seen…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s foe of apartheid, dies at 90
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice, has…
Continue Reading Whitmer kidnapping plot defense seeks to dismiss indictment
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Defense attorneys have sought to dismiss the indictment against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen…
Continue Reading Major storm dumps snow, closes mountain routes in California
COLFAX, Calif. (AP) — A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern…
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‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant,…
Continue Reading COVID-19 variant disrupts holiday travel but not shopping
By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands…
Continue Reading 2 strong tremors strike off Greek island of Crete
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two tremors with a magnitude of 5.2 and 5.4, respectively, have jolted Greece’s…
Continue Reading 41 killed in Burkina Faso ambush including volunteer leader
By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says 41 people were killed last…
Continue Reading After suicide bombing, Congo officials fear more attacks
By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Authorities in eastern Congo have announced an evening curfew and new security…
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Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with…
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