Year: 2017

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“The Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay feeling the pressure for tonight’s premiere

(LOS ANGELES) -- Rachel Lindsay makes her debut tonight on The Bachelorette.  There's been a lot of talk about how she's the first African-American star of the franchise, and she tells ABC Radio she's feeling the pressure, though she's trying to roll with it. "All eyes are going to be on me. I'm setting a standard," Lindsay says. "They're going to be judging me. Some for the good, some for the bad, […]

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“Dancing with the Stars” finale kicks off tonight

ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- Tonight is night one of the two-night Dancing with the Stars finale! NFL star Rashad Jennings and his partner Emma Slater tell ABC Radio that no matter what happens now, they're already won: "It's amazing that you get a chance to finish everything that you started.  It's like, there are no more weeks. There are no more weeks. You know, that's a really good feeling [that] […]

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Zoe Saldana says she doesn’t believe in diets

Warner Bros. - 2016(LOS ANGELES) -- Zoe Saldana has given up on dieting. "I try not to deprive my body of anything because the moment I have just salads and protein for a few days, I crave carbs," the Guardians of the Galaxy actress said in the June issue of Shape. "But when I eat everything in balance, I think less about food and more about everything else. It’s about eating to live, not […]

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“Saturday Night Live” closes best season in 23 years with highest rated finale in 6

NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) -- It's been a great year for Saturday Night Live.The late-night sketch comedy show ended its season last Saturday night with its highest-rated season finale in six years, NBC proclaimed.  The episode -- with host Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and musical guest Katy Perry -- averaged 8.272 million viewers Saturday night.Most importantly to the network, the episode was the top show through Saturday night, in any timeslot, […]

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“Alien: Covenant” edges “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” at weekend box office

© 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Mark Rogers(LOS ANGELES) -- It was a real squeaker at the box office this weekend, as Alien: Covenant edged out Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, according to Box Office Mojo. Ridley Scott's latest Alien exploit, which stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup, took in an estimated $36 million -- a substantial drop from the $51 million its predecessor, Prometheus, earned its opening weekend, but […]

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University of Maryland stabbing suspect held without bond

iStock/Thinkstock(COLLEGE PARK, Md.) -- A white University of Maryland student accused of fatally stabbing a black man on campus was held without bond after he made his first appearance in court Monday via closed-circuit TV.The FBI is investigating the fatal assault of Richard Collins III, a student at Bowie State University, as a possible hate crime.The suspect, Sean Christopher Urbanski, has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree […]

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Over 700,000 foreigners overstayed their visas in 2016, says new DHS report

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- More than half a million foreigners stayed in the United States after their visas expired during the last fiscal year, according to a new report released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Monday.Of the more than 50 million foreigners that entered the U.S., 1.47 percent -- or 739,478 people -- stayed in the country past the length of their visa. That includes those who stay one day […]

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Tampa man arrested for allegedly killing ‘neo-Nazi’ roommates who ‘disrespected’ his Muslim faith

iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Tampa police are investigating after a man allegedly admitted to killing his two roommates because he believes they disrespected his Muslim faith.Devon Arthurs, 18, was arrested Friday and faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault and three counts of armed kidnapping.Around 5:29 p.m. local time on May 19, Arthurs entered Green Planet Smoke Shop in Tampa armed with a black semiautomatic pistol, according […]

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FBI is not involved in Seth Rich case, officials say

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- FBI and other law enforcement officials are privately knocking down a conspiracy theory Monday, fueled by conservative commentators on Fox News, that seeks to divert attention from Russia’s involvement in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee last year by suggesting a DNC staffer was murdered to cover up his involvement in passing the information to WikiLeaks.According to officials with knowledge of the matter, the FBI is not […]

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