Year: 2017

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State News

Leopold ends campaign, says ‘outsider’ has ‘slim’ chance of winning

The first of Democrat who announced a run for governor in 2018 is dropping out. On January 4, Rich Leopold kicked off his campaign, but after five months, operations are shutting down. Leopold, who is 52, served as director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and is currently director of Polk County Conservation. Leopold said […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

Kevin Hart talks becoming a dad for third time, and inspiration for his new book “I Can’t Make This Up”

ABC/Ida Mae Astute(NEW YORK) -- Comedian-actor Kevin Hart opened up on Good Morning America about his new book, I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons and preparing for his third child, who’s on the way. "No, [I'm] absolutely not [ready]," Hart, who has two children from his first marriage, joked about being a father again with his second wife Eniko Parrish. "I kept buying dogs. I held off for a long time. Every […]

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Entertainment

Cosby’s accuser says she was drugged, groped; “I was frozen”

iStock/Thinkstock(NORRISTOWN, Penn.) -- Bill Cosby's chief accuser took the stand at his sexual assault trial Tuesday in Norristown, Pennsylvania to publicly tell her side for the first time, saying the comedian groped her after giving her three blue pills that left her paralyzed and helpless. "In my head, I was trying to get my hands to move or my legs to move, but I was frozen," Andrea Constand, a former employee […]

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Entertainment

Hollywood comes to Nashville: Ashton Kutcher, Jada Pinkett Smith and more set for 2017 CMT Music Awards

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are headed to Music City to serve as presenters for the 2017 CMT Music Awards. Ashton Kutcher, Jada Pinkett Smith, Big Bang Theory’s Johnny Galecki  and Katherine Heigl -- who is the sister-in-law of Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley -- will present on Wednesday night’s show. NBC’s Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford will be at the podium as well […]

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Entertainment

Ice Cube to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame this month

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Ice Cube will soon receive his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  The superstar will be honored in the category of Recording by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.  While Cube is now a sought-after director, producer and actor, he first found fame as a member of the groundbreaking West Coast rap group N.W.A., and then as a critically-acclaimed solo artist in his own […]

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Entertainment

George and Amal Clooney welcome twins

David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Netflix (LOS ANGELES) -- George and Amal Clooney's twins have arrived. The actor and the human rights attorney have welcomed a son named Alexander and a daughter named Ella, the Oscar winner's publicist confirmed to ABC News.  In a statement, the rep said, "Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine.  George is sedated and should recover in a few days." Clooney, […]

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Entertainment

Matthew Perry: “Friends” reunion would be a “nightmare”

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Hoping for a Friends reunion somewhere down the line? Count Matthew Perry out. Perry, who played the wise-cracking Chandler Bing in the popular series that ran on NBC from 1994-2004, tells Variety that a reunion with his former co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, would be a “nightmare.” “I have this recurring nightmare -- I’m not kidding about this. When I’m asleep, I have this nightmare that we do Friends again and nobody cares. […]

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National

Who is Reality Winner? Details about the woman accused of leaking top secret intelligence

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Reality Leigh Winner, a federal contractor from Augusta, Georgia, has been charged by the Department of Justice for leaking classified information on a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack to The Intercept, an online news outlet.Winner, who is 25 years old, was not a public figure prior to the news of her arrest. Here's what we know about her so far.A federal contractor who allegedly took a riskWinner served […]

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National

Hawaii becomes first state to enact law that aligns with Paris agreement

Governor David Y. Ige/Flickr(HONOLULU) -- Hawaii has become the first state to enact a law that aligns with the Paris agreement after its governor signed two bills into law Tuesday that "support the commitments and goals" of the accord, Gov. David Ige's office announced Tuesday.The governor, as well as the state's county mayors and state representatives gathered in Honolulu to sign two bills and a mayor's agreement in support of […]

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