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Severe weather, flooding expected for Great Plains, Midwest through weekend

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- More than 300 damaging storm reports were made Thursday from the Rockies into the Midwest, including 11 reported tornadoes. Lots of damage was reported in the Ohio Valley from Louisville, Kentucky, to Cincinnati, Ohio, leaving thousands without power.More storms are expected in the Plains and Midwest on Friday.A new storm system with a cold front will be moving into the Plains and parts of the Midwest […]

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Clergy abuse survivors to receive $210M from Catholic archdiocese in Minnesota

iStock/Thinkstock(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has reached a $210 million settlement to be dispersed among 450 survivors of alleged clergy abuse as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, an archbishop said.The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in 2015, two years after the Minnesota Legislature opened a three-year window that allowed people who said they had been sexually abused in the past to sue for damages, according […]

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Three bodies found at kidnapping suspect’s home

iStock/Thinkstock(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) -- Three bodies have been found at a Massachusetts home associated with a kidnapping suspect.The investigation is active and ongoing, according to Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni. The bodies were found in and around the Springfield home, he added.Police have not yet named a suspect in the deaths, citing an active investigation, but confirmed they are suspicious.The home is a property associated with a man named Steward Weldon, […]

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Entertainment

Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump an expletive

TBS(NEW YORK) -- Samantha Bee issued an apology Thursday for using an expletive to describe first daughter Ivanka Trump on her TBS show Full Frontal Wednesday night. The host referred to Trump as a "feckless c---" during her taped broadcast, which has resulted in sponsors State Farm and AutoTrader suspending their advertising. "I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last […]

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“Luke Cage” showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker admits the loss of Mahershala Ali’s character “shifted” the series

Netflix - 2017(NEW YORK) --  As Cheo Hodari Coker gears up for the second season return of his hit Netflix series, Luke Cage, the director-producer is also reflecting on the first season's successes and challenges. In season one, the now Oscar-winning actor Marhershala Ali played villain Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes. Coker says because of Ali's outstanding performance, some fans were upset and somewhat turned off of the show when his character […]

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Brigitte Nielsen is pregnant at 54

Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen is expecting a baby, she revealed Wednesday. The 54-year-old TV personality and model took to Instagram to unveil two photos of her pregnant belly and tell her nearly 86,000 followers: "family getting larger." "happy time positive vibes #happyness [sic] #positivevibes," she captioned one shot. This will be the fifth child for Nielsen, who has been married to her current husband, Mattia […]

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Hailee Steinfeld to star in TV series about 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson

ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) -- For her next acting gig, Hailee Steinfeld is getting literary. The singer and Oscar nominaed actress will star as real-life 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson in a new Apple series called Dickinson. The show will be a comedic coming-of-age story told from Emily’s point of view, which shows the budding writer trying to break free from the societal constraints of her time. Dickinson's most famous poem is […]

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Former Roseanne writer hopes the fictional Connors “can find a home somewhere”

ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- As the Roseanne cancellation saga continues to unfold on Twitter, those who knew the comedian long before the show returned to ABC this year are speaking out.Stan Zimmerman was a writer on the original Roseanne run on ABC in the 1980s and 1990s.  He says he doesn't recognize the Roseanne Barr who made the racist comment on Twitter that got her show cancelled, and who's continued to fan social media flames since.Zimmerman told ABC News that the […]

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Bachelorette Becca Kufrin wants viewers to “stay open-minded” amid Garrett Yrigoyen controversy

ABC/Craig Sjodin (LOS ANGELES) -- When Garrett Yrigoyen stepped out of the minivan on Monday night's season premiere of The Bachelorette, Becca Kufrin seemed to instantly be smitten. In fact, she gave him the first impression rose, making him an early front runner. But, reports about his social media practices have been called into question, sparking a controversy. Yrigoyen has "liked" photos on Instagram that mock feminism, transgender people, and […]

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