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Viola Davis, 'Schitt's Creek' among SAG Awards winners
List of winners for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented Sunday in a virtual ceremony: MOVIES Actor: Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Female actor: Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Blac...
Apr 05, 2021
'Godzilla vs. Kong' stomps to pandemic-best $48.5M opening
NEW YORK - With the help of a few old friends, the box office rekindled some of its old might over the weekend. "Godzilla vs. Kong" scored easily the best opening of the pandemic with an estimated $48...
Apr 05, 2021
Vast archives at JFK Library help bring 'Hemingway' to life
BOSTON - A new documentary on Ernest Hemingway - powered by vast but little-known archives kept at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston - is shedding new light on the acclaime...
Apr 05, 2021
UK eyes mass testing as it takes next steps out of lockdown
LONDON - All adults and children in England will be able to have routine coronavirus tests twice a week as a way to stamp out new outbreaks, the British government said Monday as it prepared to announ...
Apr 05, 2021
Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients
BOCHNIA, Poland - Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in re...
Apr 05, 2021
Latest attack pushes US Capitol Police further toward crisis
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol Police are struggling. One officer was killed and another injured when a driver slammed into a barricade Friday afternoon. The attack comes after officers were overrun an...
Apr 05, 2021
Biden's big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade
WASHINGTON - Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it's more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden's ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the cos...
Apr 05, 2021
Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
WASHINGTON - When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines spoke out against Georgia's new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate A...
Apr 05, 2021
Trial in Floyd's death expected to turn to ex-cop's training
MINNEAPOLIS - The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death is expected to turn toward the officer's training on Monday after a first week that was dominated by emotional te...
Apr 05, 2021
Rescuers hampered by damaged roads, more rain in Indonesia
LEMBATA, Indonesia - Rescuers were hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment Monday after torrential rains caused multiple disasters on remote eastern Indonesian islands as w...
Apr 05, 2021
