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Justin Bieber working with YouTube on 'top secret project'

NEW YORK - Justin Bieber got his start posting cover songs on YouTube and now he's working with the platform on a "top secret project." YouTube announced Thursday that it is planning a project with th...

May 02, 2019

Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday. Riley Howell, 21, w...

May 02, 2019

19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival

NEW YORK - Nineteen-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans has won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Burning Cane," which Youmans finished as a 17-year-old graduating high school, on Thursday t...

May 02, 2019

Former Miss Uruguay found dead at a Mexico City hotel

MEXICO CITY - A former Miss Uruguay pageant winner has been found dead at a Mexico City hotel. City prosecutors say a Uruguayan woman was found hanged in the bathroom of one of the hotel's rooms early...

May 02, 2019

Inspector in Kraft case says she saw evidence of trafficking

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida health inspector testified Tuesday that she saw possible evidence of human trafficking at the massage parlour where police say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft...

May 02, 2019

Sundance co-founder pleads guilty to 2nd count of sex abuse

WEST JORDAN, Utah - A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s has pleaded guilty to a second count of sexual abus...

May 02, 2019

HBO to air 'Gilded Age' series from 'Downton Abbey' creator

LOS ANGELES - A long-planned series from "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes has a new home. HBO said Thursday it will air the drama, "The Gilded Age," which originally was to be on NBC. The serie...

May 02, 2019

Trump easing offshore drilling safety rules from Deepwater

PORT FOURCHON, La. - The Trump administration moved Thursday to give oil and gas companies more flexibility in meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, which ...

May 02, 2019

John Singleton's work resonated to diverse audiences

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Much has been made about how John Singleton brought the issues gripping black youth in South Central Los Angeles to mainstream audiences with his 1991 classic "Boyz N the Hood." Bu...

May 02, 2019

Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse

AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen...

May 02, 2019