Year: 2017

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Shonda Rhimes: “People found me valuable” after 150-pound weight loss

ABC/Todd Wawrychuk(HOLLYWOOD) -- When Shonda Rhimes lost 150 pounds a few years ago, she discovered that her entire life was transformed, and not necessarily in a good way. The creator of ABC shows including Grey's Anatomy and Scandal wrote in her Shondaland newsletter that once she shed the weight, people began treating her differently. For the first time, she noticed that people complimented her and seemed excited to chat with her -- […]

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Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley welcome a son

Getty Images/Gilbert Carrasquillo(NEW YORK) --  Fate of the Furious star Jason Statham and his fiancée, model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, are parents. "Our little man arrived! Jack Oscar Statham - 8.8lbs on Saturday June 24th," Rosie shared Wednesday on Instagram, along with a black-and-white shot of the baby clutching her finger. This past February, Huntington-Whiteley, 30, revealed that she and Statham, 49, were expecting a child. The couple, who were first linked in 2010, announced their engagement in 2016. […]

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“Game of Thrones” season 7 to include “longest episode ever”; final season “nearly completed”

HBO(NEW YORK) -- Season seven of Game of Thrones may be the shortest yet, but one of the episodes will be the longest yet.  Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss tell Entertainment Weekly when the show returns for its seventh season next month, there will only be seven episodes instead of the show’s traditional 10. That, we already knew.  But they also say the season will feature two episodes that are well […]

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Trump’s travel ban goes into partial effect

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- President Trump's travel ban, which was mandated by executive order, will partially go into effect Thursday evening at 8:00 p.m. ET, the State Department announced.People seeking visas to travel to the United States from six restricted countries will have to prove a "bona fide relationship" to someone in the U.S., the Supreme Court wrote on Monday, when it allowed parts of the travel ban to go into effect.A […]

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Baker in Supreme Court wedding cake case: ‘I don’t judge’

ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) -- The baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple tells The View exclusively in an interview airing Friday that he doesn't "judge people." "I just don't make cakes for every event," he said.Jack Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, is challenging a Colorado law that says he was wrong to turn away Charlie Craig and David Mullins, who requested a cake for their wedding. […]

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Pregnant SUV driver arrested after allegedly running down suspected thief

Asheville Police Department(ASHEVILLE, N.C.) -- A pregnant woman was arrested in North Carolina on Wednesday after she reportedly mowed down an alleged thief with her SUV in a Walmart parking lot, police said.After an investigation, police said Christine Braswell, 26, of Canton, was returning to her parked car outside a Walmart in Asheville on Wednesday afternoon when she saw a man enter her unattended, unsecured vehicle and rummage through her […]

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Woman who pleaded guilty to running over US sailor: ‘I deeply regret what happened’

ABC News(VISTA COUNTY, Calif.) -- The California woman who pleaded guilty after fatally mowing down a U.S. sailor with her car in an apparent road rage incident opened up about the anguish she now feels about what happened.“It turned out terribly for everyone involved,” Darla Jackson, 27, told ABC News’ 20/20 in an interview at Vista County Jail. “I deeply regret what happened.”She was charged with first-degree murder after a […]

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Sinkhole swallows car while owner exercises at a gym in St. Louis

File photo. (iStock/Thinkstock)(ST. LOUIS) -- A sinkhole opened up in downtown St. Louis Thursday morning, swallowing a white sedan in the process, as seen in aerial footage.Jordan Westerberg and his fiancee drove to the gym early Thursday morning and found a close parking spot, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.As they left the YMCA after a workout, Westerberg told the newspaper, he didn't see his Toyota Camry anywhere. But then, […]

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FBI joins search for missing Starbucks worker

WTVD-TV(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- The FBI has stepped in to assist local law enforcement in the search for a North Carolina woman who vanished this week while taking a work break from her job at Starbucks.Allison Cope never returned from a scheduled break during her shift at the Starbucks inside Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Monday at 3 p.m. ET. She was reported missing to airport police that night.Investigators believe Cope left […]

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