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Feminist lawyer Pamela Cross among authors shortlisted for $60,000 Donner Prize

Feminist lawyer Pamela Cross among authors shortlisted for $60,000 Donner Prize

Pamela Cross’s book about what can be done to prevent intimate partner violence is among the works shortlisted for the $60,000 Donner Prize.
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'Sinners’ mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler’s 1st original film

'Sinners’ mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler’s 1st original film

Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. “Fruitvale Station” was set in his hometown of Oakland, California, and explored the last day of Oscar Grant. “Creed” was dreamed up for his father, who loved “Rocky” unabashedly.
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'Kimberly Akimbo' and Steve Martin-scored 'Bright Star' join Off-Mirvish season

'Kimberly Akimbo' and Steve Martin-scored 'Bright Star' join Off-Mirvish season

TORONTO — Tony-winner “Kimberly Akimbo” and Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s “Bright Star” are among the productions joining the 2025-26 Off-Mirvish season.
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Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event

Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event

Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89.
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Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas

Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas rapper who performed as Tay-K and was best known for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man.
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What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway

What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway

NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs , the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations — plus one that hasn't been
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Prosecutor says Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial

Prosecutor says Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.
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Jury selected for Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times

Jury selected for Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear a retrial of Sarah Palin’s claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago.
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Book Review: Mark Synnott heads ‘Into the Ice’ to chase the maritime mystery of Sir John Franklin

Book Review: Mark Synnott heads ‘Into the Ice’ to chase the maritime mystery of Sir John Franklin

Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that I really am.
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