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'The Buffalo Hunt' seeks to show tribe in a new light

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...

Jun 09, 2019

Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger announce marriage

Chris Pratt says he and Katherine Schwarzenegger were married over the weekend. He announced the nuptials Sunday in an Instagram post accompanied by a photo of the couple walking hand-in-hand. He says...

Jun 09, 2019

'Secret Life of Pets 2' bests 'Dark Phoenix' at box office

LOS ANGELES - After nearly 20 years, the current manifestation of X-Men movies is going out with a whimper. Studios on Sunday estimate that "Dark Phoenix" earned a franchise low of $33 million from 3,...

Jun 09, 2019

Spike Lee calls for Hollywood to 'shut it down' in Georgia

LOS ANGELES - Director Spike Lee is calling for Hollywood production companies to leave Georgia over a law that would ban abortions as early as six weeks, upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. Most stu...

Jun 09, 2019

6 dead in storms and floods in southeastern China

BEIJING - Six people have died and one is missing after heavy rains and flooding in southeastern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday. Xinhua said that 88,000 people have been evacuated ...

Jun 09, 2019

Pope laments current "culture of insults," church propaganda

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has lamented what he calls today's "culture of insults" in the world. In his homily during Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. Peter's Square, Francis also decried that "the more ...

Jun 09, 2019

G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth

FUKUOKA, Japan - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies wrapped up a meeting in Japan on Sunday with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global...

Jun 09, 2019

Huge extradition law protest fills Hong Kong streets

HONG KONG - A sea of protesters was marching through central Hong Kong on Sunday in a major demonstration against government-sponsored legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland ...

Jun 09, 2019

US-Mexico deal offers few new solutions, political victory

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's deal to avert his threatened tariffs on Mexico includes few new solutions to swiftly stem the surge of Central American migrants flowing over America's southern b...

Jun 09, 2019

'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies

NEW ORLEANS - Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said....

Jun 08, 2019