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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ is No. 1 with $40.6M debut
Published On: January 21, 2019 03:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press
M. Night Shyamalan scored his fifth No. 1 movie as the director’s “Glass,” while not quite the blockbuster some expected, nevertheless dominated Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office with $40.6 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday.
More sexual abuse claims rock South Korean skating
Published On: January 21, 2019 02:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan 21: More South Korean female skaters are accusing their coaches of sexually abusing them, a group representing the athletes disclosed Monday following claims by two-time Olympic champion Shim Suk-hee that her former coach had repeatedly raped her.
Deputies shoot man after he kills 4, including baby daughter
Published On: January 21, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PORTLAND, Jan 21: A rural Oregon man killed four members of his family at the home they shared and was shot by sheriff’s deputies as he tried to kill a girl, authorities said.
Oxfam says world wealth gap widening, advocates fairer taxes
Published On: January 21, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
DAVOS, Jan 21: Wealth inequality around the world is “out of control” and doing particular harm to women, anti-poverty campaigner Oxfam warned Monday ahead of the annual gathering of business and political leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.
UPDATE: Death toll reaches 85 in Mexico fuel pipeline fire horror
Published On: January 21, 2019 11:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TLAHUELILPAN, Jan 21: People in the town where a gasoline explosion killed at least 85 people say the section of pipeline that gushed fuel has been a habitual gathering site for thieves, repeatedly damaged and patched like a trusty pair of jeans.
Curtain rising Sunday night on total lunar eclipse
Published On: January 21, 2019 10:02 AM NPT By: Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Jan 21: The celestial curtain will be rising soon on a lunar extravaganza. Sunday night, the Earth will slide directly between the moon and the sun, creating a total lunar eclipse. There won’t be another until 2021.
Timberlake pops in on patients at Texas children’s hospital
Published On: January 20, 2019 04:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Justin Timberlake has pulled some sunshine from his pocket for the patients at a Texas children’s hospital.
Thom Browne goes for spectacle at Paris Fashion Week
Published On: January 20, 2019 03:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Thom Browne provided the biggest spectacle on a relatively quiet day at Paris Fashion Week as some fashion houses decided to switch presentation dates or showing times to avoid Saturday’s yellow vest protesters who took to the streets in the French capital and beyond.
Film airing on PBS highlights Native American links to rock
Published On: January 20, 2019 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
As a child, Fred Lincoln “Link” Wray Jr. hid under a bed when the Ku Klux Klan came to his parents’ home in rural North Carolina. Racist groups often targeted the poor family of Shawnee Native American ancestry as the Wrays endured segregation in the American South just like African-Americans.
‘Green Book’ takes top honor at the Producers Guild Awards
Published On: January 20, 2019 01:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The Oscars race may have gotten a little clearer Saturday night as the race-themed road trip drama “Green Book” drove off with the top honor at the Producers Guild Awards, winning out over presumed front-runners like “Roma,” ″A Star Is Born” and “Black Panther.”
US airstrike in Somalia kills 52 al-Shabab extremists
Published On: January 20, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 20: The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a “large group” mounted an attack on Somali forces.
Winter storm forces airline cancellations, road troubles
Published On: January 20, 2019 11:53 AM NPT By: Associated Press
DETROIT, Jan 20: A plane carrying 129 people skidded Saturday from a slick Chicago runway and a plow driver was killed when his truck rolled over outside Kansas City following a winter storm that covered many parts of the Midwest in snow and ice.
Trump offers temporary ‘Dreamers’ deal for border wall
Published On: January 20, 2019 09:41 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 : In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump on Saturday offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while Trump cast the move as a “common-sense compromise,” Democrats were quick to dismiss it at a “non-starter.”
James Blake, music’s most requested collaborator, opens up
Published On: January 19, 2019 03:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Some people get lots of invitations. James Blake gets the right ones.
Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
Published On: January 19, 2019 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Jan 19: Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one.
Dior pulls the stars in conveyor-belt menswear show in Paris
Published On: January 19, 2019 02:04 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The black box construction branded “DIOR” was so big it obscured the view of the Eiffel Tower.
Wendy Williams to take health-related break from TV show
Published On: January 19, 2019 01:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Wendy Williams is taking an extended break from her TV talk show to deal with health issues related to her immune system disorder, her family said Friday.
Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold 2nd summit
Published On: January 19, 2019 09:42 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal to coax the North to give up its nuclear weapons, the White House announced Friday.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83
Published On: January 18, 2019 02:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose rapturous odes to nature and animal life brought her critical acclaim and popular affection, has died. She was 83.
Netflix has no plans to cut ‘Bird Box’ scene despite outcry
Published On: January 18, 2019 02:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Netflix’s post-apocalyptic survival film “Bird Box” is drawing criticism for using footage of a real fiery train disaster but the streaming giant has no plans to remove it.
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