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Sen. Gillibrand says she's ending 2020 presidential bid

WASHINGTON - Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) is dropping out of the presidential race. The 52-year-old New York senator announced her decision Wednesday on Twitter as her campa...

Aug 28, 2019

Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series

LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about America's first ladies. Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said ...

Aug 28, 2019

Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary

SZEGED, Hungary - Opera legend Placido Domingo was set to appear Wednesday at a concert in southern Hungary to inaugurate a sports and youth complex for a local Catholic diocese, continuing his calend...

Aug 28, 2019

Actor McConaughey named professor at University of Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university's Department of Radio-Television-Film. McConaughey h...

Aug 28, 2019

Florida nursing home employees charged in patient deaths

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power were charged Monday, at least three of them with aggravated manslau...

Aug 28, 2019

GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress

MADISON, Wis. - Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who was on the cast of MTV's "The Real World" before he went into politics, announced Monday that he is resign...

Aug 28, 2019

Judge approves plea deal for 'The Bachelor' star

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa - A judge has approved a plea deal that imposes two years' probation and a suspended prison term for an Iowa farmer who appeared on "The Bachelor." Buchanan County District Court re...

Aug 28, 2019

Venice Film Festival opens with debate over Polanski, quotas

VENICE, Italy - Leaders of the 76th Venice International Film Festival have kicked off the festival by debating the inclusion of a film by Roman Polanski and the limited numbers of female directors in...

Aug 28, 2019

Virginia Beach official resigns over mass shooting response

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A top Virginia Beach official is resigning after being criticized for his response to a recent mass shooting by a city employee. Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen announced...

Aug 28, 2019

Citing health, Georgia GOP Sen. Isakson say he'll retire

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia says he'll retire at the end of 2019, citing what he calls "health challenges." The 74-year-old lawmaker says he'll be leaving the job he loves b...

Aug 28, 2019