Comedian Maria Bamford details her decades-long journey to address her various mental health issues with compassion and humor in her new memoir, “Sure I'll Join Your Cult.” Bamford was diagnosed …
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By MAE ANDERSON
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9/5/23
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Hollywood is at a standstill. Actors and screenwriters are months into a dual strike. Film sets are dark. But the movies are still coming – or, at least, most of them. Even if that means some …
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By JAKE COYLE
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9/5/23
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is preparing to face his impeachment trial in the state Senate. The proceedings will provide the first formal airing of corruption allegations that could lead …
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By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM VERTUNO
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9/5/23
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A driver slammed into a a busy Denny's restaurant in a suburb of Houston, injuring twenty-three people. Police in the Rosenberg say the victims suffered injuries ranging from cuts to more severe …
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9/4/23
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A study conducted over 18 years in Costa Rica shows that small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest can provide a refuge for some tropical …
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By CHRISTINA LARSON
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9/4/23
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On Monday, the Rolling Stones announced they will release their first album of original material in 18 years. Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the legendary rock band will reveal the full details on …
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By MARIA SHERMAN
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9/4/23
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Pope Francis has defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors. He said Monday the three-week conference is a …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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9/4/23
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West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall. The crisis comes as the GOP leadership is pushing economic …
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY
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9/4/23
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The fate of the mounted lion, bears, gorilla and other animals that have long greeted visitors entering a Sioux Falls zoo looks grim. After finding arsenic in nearly 80 percent of the more than 150 …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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9/4/23
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the …
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9/4/23
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Four astronauts are back on Earth after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic early Monday off the Florida coast. Returning were two …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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9/4/23
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Iga Swiatek’s U.S. Open title defense has ended with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round. The loss Sunday night also means Swiatek’s stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings …
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
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9/4/23
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A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells. One former inmate on Sunday called the move by …
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9/3/23
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According to studio estimates, the third installment in the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise has topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million. By the end of the …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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9/3/23
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The remote fishing village of Horseshoe Beach, Florida, took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck as a Category 3 storm last week. The storm flattened some homes and knocked …
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By REBECCA BLACKWELL and JAMES POLLARD
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9/3/23
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Authorities say a recently convicted murderer who escaped from a suburban Pennsylvania prison this week was spotted on residential surveillance cameras in an area not far from the prison. According …
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9/2/23
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Police in New Mexico’s capital city are investigating the partial destruction of a public monument to 19th century frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson. The U.S. soldier had a leading role in …
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By MORGAN LEE
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9/1/23
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against the use of a drug that is not …
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By KEVIN McGILL
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9/1/23
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A Minnesota man who was a teenager when he was sent to prison for life in a high-profile murder case — then released 18 years later when his sentence was commuted — has been charged with gun and …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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9/1/23
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Hundreds of law enforcement agents are searching for a man convicted of murder in Pennsylvania for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, a day after he escaped from a county jail. The search …
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9/1/23
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