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Today marks the first day of fall, as the equinox arrives. Murray Wood says that despite the fantastic temperatures we'v...
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Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
NEW YORK - Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film "The Sound of Music" and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has di...
Feb 05, 2021
Capt. Tom Moore, UK veteran who walked for health-care workers, dies at 100
LONDON - Capt. Tom Moore, the Second World War veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for health-care workers, has died after t...
Feb 02, 2021 Captain Sir Thomas Moore receives his knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth during a ceremony at Windsor Castle on July 17, 2020. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies at 94
LOS ANGELES - Cloris Leachman, an Oscar winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in "The Last Picture Show" and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blucher in "Young Frankenstein" and neighbo...
Jan 27, 2021
House sending Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial
WASHINGTON - As the House prepares to take the impeachment charge against Donald Trump to the Senate for trial, a growing number of Republican senators say they are opposed to the proceeding, dimming ...
Jan 25, 2021 Vice President Mike Pence administers the oath of office to Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D, during a reenactment ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 3, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)
Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8
By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the f...
Jan 23, 2021
Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87
By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conver...
Jan 23, 2021
Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, dies at 86
ATLANTA - Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball's greatest all-around players, die...
Jan 22, 2021
Biden takes the helm as president: 'Democracy has prevailed'
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that "democracy has prevailed" as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence o...
Jan 20, 2021
McConnell: Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol siege, mob ‘fed lies’
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly placed blame on President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was "fed lies" and that the presid...
Jan 19, 2021 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with "incitement of insurrection" over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift ...
Jan 13, 2021
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