By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now here’s something you might not quite believe about Victoria Beckham, glam Spice Girl turned high-profile fashion designer: At theater school, they purposely put her in the back row. Because she was too heavy. “It was really difficult,” she says now of the memory from
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, banned from traveling, put under house arrest and ordered to stop making films for 20 years. And, yet, Panahi has continually made films. Many of them rank among the greatest of the century. Most would call that
Continue ReadingBy NATALIA ALAMDARI/Flatwater Free Press Flatwater Free Press At first glance, they look like raises. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a music professor’s salary jumped $13,000 in the past decade. A University of Nebraska at Kearney political science professor’s grew by $15,000. A University of Nebraska at Omaha social work professor got a $19,000 bump.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-RANGERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the New York Rangers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-RANGERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the New York Rangers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-RANGERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the New York Rangers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-RANGERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the New York Rangers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
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By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician’s “first love.” The Grammy-nominated and Juno Award winner’s music often feels like spoken poetry, backed by a mix of R&B, hip-hop and Latin beats. When music, and the commercial demands of the industry, fail to satiate
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Former national security adviser John Bolton turned himself in to federal authorities Friday morning in Maryland and pleaded not guilty after being indicted on charges of keeping top secret documents at his home and sharing classified information with family members. Bolton was ordered released from custody after making his court appearance. His criminal case is
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By MIKE CATALINI and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Barack Obama has endorsed the Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, seeking to boost Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger ahead of high-stakes elections next month. The two-term Democratic former president appears in digital ads for the candidates, who are running
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By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Making his pitch to connect with a Republican crowd that instantly recognized him, Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron likened the gathering to a family reunion — a feel-good reminder of his status as a party stalwart in the Bluegrass State. Cameron — a former state attorney
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age Broadway musical is all grown up and leaving the nest. And, like any happy parent, Keys may visit it every once in a while. A new “Hell’s Kitchen” cast has assembled in Cleveland for a national tour that will take them
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Oct. 18 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 4 a.m. FS2 — AFL: St. Kilda at Carlton Midnight FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Collingwood 2 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Western at Gold Coast AUTO RACING 12:55 p.m. ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Sprint
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Federline says concern for his two sons with Britney Spears long kept him from telling his story, and those same concerns are the reason he’s telling it now that they’re men. In a memoir to be released Tuesday, “You Thought You Knew,” Federline documents
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By SIBI ARASU and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. Earlier this year, amid much fanfare, the world’s largest maritime nations agreed on the regulations, which would impose a
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv18-19 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Oct. 20 COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) 6 p.m. BTN — Washington at Penn St. 8 p.m. BTN — UCLA at Michigan St. MLB BASEBALL 5:05 p.m. TBS — N.L. Championship Series: L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, Game 6 (If Necessary) TRUTV —
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 4 1 .800 — Boston 3 1 .750 ½ Toronto 4 2 .667 ½ Brooklyn 2 2 .500 1½ Philadelphia 1 3 .250 2½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 4 0 1.000 — Atlanta 2 2 .500 2 Charlotte 2
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday that he commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s main center-left political group on Friday kicked out the party of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is accused of cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and undermining the rule of law in his own country. The Party of European Socialists voted unanimously to expel Fico’s Smer party for taking
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By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister’s office said, a handover from Hamas as the militant group worked to shore up a ceasefire by using bulldozers in a search for bodies under the rubble in the war-scarred
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By STEVE PEOPLES and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More U.S. adults support President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict in Israel after he brokered a ceasefire deal in Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll finds — but his approval ratings on domestic issues remain weak. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step on the path to unity next week when Britain’s King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV pray together in the Sistine
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By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press/Report For America Big crowds of protesters are expected Saturday in thousands of places around the U.S. in opposition to what some are characterizing as increasingly authoritarian practices by President Donald Trump. It’s the second “No Kings” protest and third mass movement against the administration this year, and it comes amid
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By AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM, MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump’s frustration with the conflict has surfaced
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By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pressure mounted Friday on police authorities in the English city of Birmingham to reverse a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans attending a Europa League game at Aston Villa next month over security concerns, a decision that drew widespread condemnation. Behind the scenes,
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