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Netflix releases Panama Papers movie despite lawsuit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Netflix has released a movie based on the so-called Panama Papers despite an attempt by two lawyers to stop the streaming premiere. "The Laundromat," starring Gary Oldman, Antonio B...
Oct 18, 2019
Film academy honours 16 Student Academy Award winners
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - "I'd like to thank the academy" is a phrase many only ever get to say in front of their bathroom mirrors. But 16 student filmmakers actually got to utter those words on stage T...
Oct 18, 2019
Chicago teachers to strike in nation's 3rd largest district
Chicago parents and community groups are scrambling to prepare for a massive teachers' strike set to begin Thursday, prompting the city to preemptively cancel classes in the nation's third-largest sch...
Oct 18, 2019
Alleged sex assault victim to file lawsuit against Toronto private school
TORONTO - A former student of an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto alleges in court documents that the bullying and sexual assault he suffered at the hands of his schoolmate...
Oct 18, 2019
Kim Kardashian urges clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY - Kim Kardashian West has joined a chorus of voices calling for clemency for a black man on Oklahoma's death row who has exhausted his appeals, arguing that a racist juror tainted the ou...
Oct 18, 2019
'The Casagrandes' extols Mexican American life via animation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Nickelodeon's "The Casagrandes" premiered this week and became one of the first cartoons in U.S. history to feature a multigenerational Mexican American family. The long awaited sp...
Oct 18, 2019
Most overrated? Mattis laughs off Trump barb at charity gala
NEW YORK - Former U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis is laughing off an insult hurled at him by President Donald Trump. Speaking at a New York charity event Thursday the day after Trump demeaned him ...
Oct 18, 2019
Lebanon paralyzed by nationwide protests over proposed taxes
BEIRUT - Nationwide protests paralyzed Lebanon on Friday as demonstrators blocked major roads in a second day of rallies against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis and the entire co...
Oct 18, 2019
US retail sales dip 0.3% in September
WASHINGTON - Retail sales dropped in September by the largest amount in seven months, possibly signalling that rising trade tensions and turbulent markets are having an impact on consumer spending. Re...
Oct 18, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Coalition government is a possibility, but an unlikely one
KAMLOOPS - IN THESE WANING DAYS of the federal election campaign, a new issue is suddenly top of mind.It's not climate change, or the economy, or immigration. It's the prospect of a coalition governme...
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