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Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers

NEW YORK - Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director's chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than ...

Jan 04, 2020

Trump's plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavours

WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavoured e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufa...

Jan 04, 2020

Texas judge: Hospital can remove baby from life support

DALLAS - A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say the infant is in pa...

Jan 04, 2020

Rod Stewart, son, accused of battery in New Year's Eve fight

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son are facing simple battery charges after an altercation with a security guard during a private event in a children's area at The Breakers hotel...

Jan 04, 2020

Bye-bye buoy: Large beacon removed from Florida beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - A large red navigation buoy that escaped from the Atlantic Ocean for the second time was removed Thursday from a Florida beach where it had become something of a tourist attra...

Jan 04, 2020

Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

AUSTIN, Texas - Former Obama housing secretary Julin Castro, the only Latino in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, ended his campaign Thursday after a yearlong run in which he pushed his r...

Jan 04, 2020

Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremony

LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes, known as the "party of the year," is going with a meatless menu for its 77th annual awards show. Guests will be served a 100% plant-based meal just ahead of showtime S...

Jan 04, 2020

Santa Fe Chicano mural slated for destruction for new museum

An iconic Chicano mural in Santa Fe painted by Mexican American artists is scheduled for destruction to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose cultu...

Jan 04, 2020

Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival government seeki...

Jan 04, 2020

Lebanon receives Interpol notice for ex-Nissan fugitive

BEIRUT - Interpol issued a wanted notice Thursday for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in a dram...

Jan 04, 2020