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NYC Ballet must rehire 2 dancers fired over nude photos
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Ballet must reinstate two male dancers who were fired for sharing nude photos of women and sexually explicit texts, an arbitrator ruled Friday. The arbitrator decided the…
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Polanski asks court to restore his film academy membership
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roman Polanski is asking a judge to restore his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he was expelled for misconduct last year. Lawyers for the 85-year-old…
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‘La Llorona’ movie promotion with Mexican healers draws fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A promotion for the new movie “The Curse of La Llorona” using traditional Mexican healers for “spiritual cleansings” before screenings is drawing strong criticism from healers and scholars. Critics say the…
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Pilgrims flock to Colosseum Good Friday event, led by pope
Pilgrims and tourists flocked to the Colosseum for the Way of the Cross procession to join Pope Francis for a Good Friday night ritual in Rome. See photos.
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Embattled US Rep. Ilhan Omar tweets ‘happy Passover’
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is wishing “happy Passover” to Jews commemorating the holiday in her home state of Minnesota and around the world. Omar is a Somali American and one of the…
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked…
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Subpoena issued for Mueller report: ‘It falls to Congress’
While the special counsel declined to prosecute Trump on obstruction of justice, he did not exonerate him, all but leaving the question to Congress.
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Northern Ireland police release video in hunt for killer
LONDON (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland searched for multiple suspects Friday after the fatal shooting of a journalist during rioting in Londonderry and sought help from the public to get “a killer off the…
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Feds’ space for holding migrant families goes mostly unused
HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has warned that Central American families are staging an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border. He has threatened to take migrants to Democratic strongholds to punish political opponents. And his…
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The Latest: Residents clean up after Mississippi twister
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on severe weather in the South (all times local): 4 p.m. Hundreds of people are cleaning up part of a central Mississippi town hit hard by a tornado generated by…
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Sanders claims she didn’t lie, despite Mueller finding
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman Sarah Sanders pushed back Friday against allegations that special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report exposed a culture of lying at the White House. Sanders also disputed allegations that…
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Hurricane Michael gets an upgrade to rare Category 5 status
The upgraded status means Michael was the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States as a Category 5 since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and only the fourth on record.
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Cardi B rejects plea deal in strip club melee case
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has rejected a plea deal in a case stemming from a New York strip club melee last fall. WNBC says the rapper did not speak to journalists before or…
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In Peru, supporters mourn ex-leader Garcia after suicide
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Large crowds on Friday gathered in the Peruvian capital for the funeral procession of former President Alan Garcia, who killed himself after authorities arrived at his home to arrest him for…
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Kansas to allow Farm Bureau health coverage avoid ACA rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow its state Farm Bureau to offer health care coverage that doesn’t satisfy the Affordable Care Act. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly decided Friday not to block a state-level effort…
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