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Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with assault over fight in Sweden

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over a fight in Stockholm last month, in a case that has drawn the attention of fellow recording artists as well as ...

Jul 27, 2019

50 Cent: 'Power' being overlooked by Emmys is racial

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - 50 Cent said he thinks "Power" being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of popular Starz series that has a prominently black cast. "I like to...

Jul 26, 2019

8 dead, 60 hurt as quakes shake northern Philippine isles

MANILA, Philippines - Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, inj...

Jul 26, 2019

Mary J. Blige to star in first of several "Power" spinoffs

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The end of the hit Starz series "Power" is the beginning of several planned spinoffs, the first featuring Mary J. Blige. The Grammy-winning singer and actress said the announce...

Jul 26, 2019

Texas grand jury indicts Michigan professor on assault claim

HOUSTON - A grand jury in Texas this week indicted a University of Michigan professor who's also a renowned opera singer on one count of sexual assault for what prosecutors say was the rape of an inca...

Jul 26, 2019

HBO's 'Dark Materials,' 'Gemstones' both grapple with faith

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - HBO's forthcoming fantasy series "His Dark Materials" and its new televangelist comedy "The Righteous Gemstones" bring wildly different worlds to the screen, yet both grapple w...

Jul 26, 2019

No floppy-haired leading man for TV's 'Four Weddings' take

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hulu's "Four Weddings and a Funeral" pays homage to the 1990s film, but don't expect a Hugh Grant copycat in the limited series. Creator Mindy Kaling says she deliberately avoi...

Jul 26, 2019

High court allows use of Pentagon funds for border wall

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a...

Jul 26, 2019

Court says Turkey violated petition-signing scholars' rights

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top court ruled Friday that 10 academics had their rights violated when they were sentenced on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for signing a petition calling fo...

Jul 26, 2019

Review: 'The Great Hack' explores the dark side of big data

Thinking about finally getting off of Facebook? "The Great Hack ," a new documentary on Netflix, might just be the push you were looking for. At the very least, you'll probably never take another onli...

Jul 26, 2019