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Movie Review: Angelina Jolie is graceful and sharp as opera star Maria Callas in 'Maria'

Movie Review: Angelina Jolie is graceful and sharp as opera star Maria Callas in 'Maria'

Angelina Jolie glides through the final days of Maria Callas' short life in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” a dramatic, evocative elegy to the famed soprano.
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Germany's Merkel recalls Putin's 'power games' and contrasting US presidents in her memoirs

Germany's Merkel recalls Putin's 'power games' and contrasting US presidents in her memoirs

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin's “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexi
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Harvey Weinstein files legal claim alleging lack of medical care and hygiene at Rikers Island jail

Harvey Weinstein files legal claim alleging lack of medical care and hygiene at Rikers Island jail

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.
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'We, the Data' book on mass surveillance wins Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

'We, the Data' book on mass surveillance wins Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

TORONTO — Wendy H. Wong has won the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for her book on how mass data collection affects democratic freedom.
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Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rocker Marilyn Manson has agreed to drop a lawsuit against his former fiancée, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood , and to pay her attorneys' fees, lawyers for both sides said Tuesday.
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Harvey Weinstein files legal claim alleging lack of medical care and hygiene at Rikers Island jail

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.
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Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rocker Marilyn Manson has agreed to drop a lawsuit against his former fiancée, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood , and to pay her attorneys' fees, lawyers for both sides said Tuesday.
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At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting

At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting

One of the striking things about how furiously many people reacted to the news last week that MSNBC “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski met with President-Elect Donald Trump was how quaint their defenders sounded.
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Will Trump's return lead to a new wave of bestselling books?

Will Trump's return lead to a new wave of bestselling books?

NEW YORK (AP) — As she anticipates her estranged uncle's return to the White House, Mary Trump isn't expecting any future book to catch on like such first-term tell-alls as Michael Wolff's million-selling “Fire and Fury” or her own blockbuster, “Too
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Jurors end 1st day of deliberations without a verdict in the YSL gang and racketeering trial

Jurors end 1st day of deliberations without a verdict in the YSL gang and racketeering trial

ATLANTA (AP) — Deliberations are underway in Atlanta after a year of testimony in the gang and racketeering trial that originally included the rapper Young Thug.
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