Year: 2017

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At “Detroit” premiere, stars and director say story is timely

Photo: Eric Charbonneau(DETROIT) -- Detroit, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's drama set in the racially charged 1967 Detroit clash between police and black residents, opens in limited release this weekend -- with wide release coming next week.  For all involved, including Bigelow, director of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, the movie is not just about a 50 year old event but its connection to racial tensions today. "Its topicality and timeliness made it […]

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Entertainment

Jon Stewart making a return to stand-up comedy with HBO special

ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) -- After more or less laying low for the past couple of years, Jon Stewart is returning to the small screen in a big way. Stewart, who stepped down as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show in 2015, will headline his first HBO stand-up special in more than 20 years, and emcee the upcoming Night of Too Many Stars charity benefit for autism, Casey Bloys, president of HBO programming announced on Wednesday. The […]

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Angelina Jolie tells “Vanity Fair” about “difficult” split with Brad Pitt; reveals Bell’s palsy diagnosis

Getty Images/Harold Cunningham(LOS ANGELES) -- In an in-depth interview with Vanity Fair, Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie talks about her upcoming projects, her family life following her split from husband Brad Pitt, and reveals some recent health scares. Following surgery to remove her ovaries as a preventative measure against cancer, Jolie, 42, says she began menopause and developed hypertension, both side-effects of the operation. In addition, the left side of her face began to droop last year, leading […]

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Marine Corps grounds KC-130T aircraft in wake of deadly crash

RyanFletcher/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The Marine Corps Reserve has grounded its fleet of 12 KC-130T transport aircraft, the same type of plane that was involved in the deadly July 10 crash in Mississippi that killed 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman.The cause of that crash remains under investigation, but Marine officials had said shortly afterward that it appeared that something occurred to the aircraft while it was at cruising altitude.“Out of […]

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Boy Scouts chief apologizes for President Trump’s politically charged speech

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Boy Scouts of America Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh has penned a blog post apologizing for President Donald Trump's speech at the 2017 National Jamboree, following days of intensifying pressure to denounce the president's politically charged remarks.The 2017 National Jamboree, which this year hosted over 40,000 Boy Scouts, volunteers and visitors, according to the Boy Scouts, was a 10-day celebration for participants across the country to […]

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Man says he killed wife aboard cruise ship because ‘she would not stop laughing at me’: Affidavit

jgroup/iStock/Thinkstock(SKAGWAY, Alaska) -- A man was charged Thursday with killing his wife aboard a Princess Cruises ship in Alaska, according to federal court documents.Kenneth Manzanares has been detained and faces murder charges in the death of his 39-year-old wife, who is identified by her initials K.M., according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court by the FBI. A source with knowledge of the FBI's investigation told ABC News that […]

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New TSA screening for electronics will apply to all US airports

BSPC/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Airline passengers -- already accustomed to taking out their laptops at security checkpoints -- will now have to remove all electronics larger than a cell phone from carry-on bags for individual screening, the TSA announced on Wednesday.This means people will have to remove tablets, e-readers and any other larger-format electronics from bags they plan to carry on to flights and send them through the x-ray machine in their […]

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Ohio State Fair reopens after 18-year-old’s death; rides remain closed

MattGush/iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Eighteen-year-old Tyler Jarrell of Columbus, Ohio, was killed Wednesday evening when the Fire Ball ride he was on at the Ohio State Fair broke apart in mid-air, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.Seven people were also injured in the incident. Authorities have identified them as Tamika Dunlap, 36; Russell Franks, 42; Keziah Lewis, 19; Jacob Andrews, 22; Jennifer Lambert, 18; and Abdihakim Hussein, 19. A 14-year-old boy […]

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Protests erupt nationwide following Trump’s transgender military ban announcement

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Wednesday in New York City, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco to protest President Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members in the military.The protests came just hours after Trump announced the ban on Twitter.The president did not specify what the ban would mean for currently serving transgender soldiers.Below, a round-up of the protests across the country.NEW YORK CITY Hundreds of protesters -- many carrying […]

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