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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Television and movie writers declared late Monday that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era. The Writers Guild of America
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CNN By Josh Campbell, Ed Lavandera and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The man accused of fatally shooting five neighbors, including a mother and her 9-year-old son, in a Texas home has been taken into custody after a dayslong manhunt, two law enforcement sources told CNN. The arrest was made in the town of Cut and Shoot,
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN The first time Angela Davis went to a food bank was mortifying. The single mother of five — with three kids still living at home — had realized that after paying her bills, she simply had no money left to buy food. “It felt degrading. I was a bit down about
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Ed Lavandera and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A man accused of fatally shooting five people at a neighbor’s home in Texas last week, including a mother and her 9-year-old son, was arrested Tuesday evening after a dayslong manhunt, officials announced. The suspect, Francisco Oropesa, was found in a house just miles from the
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DENVER (AP) — The playing status of Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul remains uncertain after leaving Game 2 with groin tightness in the third quarter Monday night against Denver. “We’ll find out more (Tuesday),” coach Monty Williams said after a 97-87 loss that allowed the Nuggets to take a 2-0 lead in the second-round
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils surprised a lot of hockey experts this past season in going from an NHL also-ran to one of the top teams in the league. The Devils unleashed another stunner to open the playoffs against their river-rival New York Rangers — 22-year-old
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers to begin strike Tuesday after contract negotiations break down; first industry walkout in 15 years.
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has told visiting ex-U.S. national security adviser John Bolton that her country is willing to deepen cooperation with the U.S. and “other like-minded partners” to safeguard peace, as the self-governed island faces increasing military threats from China. President Tsai Ing-wen also expressed hopes to Bolton, a potential Republican presidential
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD and YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writers YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Osamu Furukawa has driven lots of Japanese cars for his business converting classic gasoline-powered models to electric. But his favorite ride is an import: A battery-powered SUV from China’s BYD Auto. BYD Auto is part of a wave of Chinese electric car
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN One of the Met Gala’s most fervently anticipated guests finally arrived, albeit several hours after the cream carpet opened to attendees. But Rihanna made sure her look was worth the wait. The Met mainstay closed out the public portion of the Met Gala — the red carpet — in an elaborate white
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after a nearly three-month hunger strike, Israel’s prison service announced, at a time of already soaring tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. Khader Adnan, a leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, is the first
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday with some markets closed or anticipating holidays and investors showing muted reaction to the latest historic U.S. banking failure. Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged up 0.2% to 29,175.44 in morning trading. Trading in Tokyo will be closed for Golden Week holidays the
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday with some markets closed or anticipating holidays and investors showing muted reaction to the latest historic U.S. banking failure. Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged up 0.2% to 29,175.44 in morning trading. Trading in Tokyo will be closed for Golden Week holidays the
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Qantas says Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive. Hudson has been with the Australian airline in various roles for 28 years and will replace Alan Joyce in November. Joyce has been its CEO since 2008. He noted that there weren’t many female CEOs in the aviation industry
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Qantas says Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive. Hudson has been with the Australian airline in various roles for 28 years and will replace Alan Joyce in November. Joyce has been its CEO since 2008. He noted that there weren’t many female CEOs in the aviation industry
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, Irene Nasser and Teele Rebane, CNN Search efforts are underway for three missing crew members after a Gabon-registered oil tanker caught fire off the coast of southern Malaysia, Malaysian maritime authorities said in a statement. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said it had received an alert at 4pm local time Monday
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Mauricio Dubón had three hits, highlighted by a tiebreaking RBI double in a five-run seventh inning, and the Houston Astros beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Monday night. The game was tied at 2-2 with one on and one out when Dubón, who played for
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Debería haber sido uno de los días más felices de la vida de Samantha Miller: se acababa de casar. Pero apenas cinco horas después de decir “sí, acepto”, la novia de 34 años murió atropellada por una conductora supuestamente ebria en Folly Beach, Carolina del Sur, cuando salía de su banquete
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Amy Simonson and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Federal and state law enforcement in Virginia and North Carolina are searching for two men who escaped from jail, one of whom was facing a murder charge in the death of a sheriff’s deputy. The two men escaped from a Farmville, Virginia, jail sometime over the
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US Marshals Service is still recovering from a February ransomware attack on a computer system holding sensitive law enforcement data and will soon bring a new version of the system online with better security, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday. “Most critical tools” related to the affected computer network
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