Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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John Lennon's killer denied parole for an 11th time
ALBANY, N.Y. - The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Mark David Chapman was denied...
Aug 26, 2020
Kanye West qualifies for Tennessee presidential ballot
NASHVILLE - Rapper and producer Kanye West will be on Tennessee's presidential ballot in November, the state election's office confirmed. The secretary of state's office announced this week that West ...
Aug 26, 2020
Radio station fires worker over role in Yusuf Hawkins death
NEW YORK - A man who was among those charged in the notorious 1989 killing of Yusuf Hawkins, a Black teen set upon by a white mob and shot, was fired from a New York hip-hop radio station after a new ...
Aug 26, 2020
Biden campaign 'flooding the zone' with celebrity backers
WILMINGTON, Del. - Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play "I Feel the Earth Move" during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her...
Aug 26, 2020
Writer Gail Sheehy, author of ‘Passages,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK - Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose bestselling "Passages" helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to middle age and beyond, has died. She w...
Aug 25, 2020
20 years later, ‘Bring It On’ still gets the cheers
No one expected "Bring It On" to win its opening weekend. The Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union teen cheerleading comedy was facing off against a $60 million Wesley Snipes action film. But on the week...
Aug 25, 2020
Quebec adaptation of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' faces backlash from actors and Quebecers
MONTREAL - Quebec's French-language adaptation of the popular American police comedy, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," is already taking heat before the first episode airs - from one of the actors...
Aug 25, 2020
Dyson's 'Long Time Coming' addresses history of racism in US
NEW YORK - One of the country's most prominent scholars on race has a new book out in December. Michael Eric Dyson's "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America" will be released Dec. 1, St. Mar...
Aug 25, 2020
Suffrage anniversary commemorations highlight racial divide
HARTFORD, Conn. - As the U.S. marks the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, many event organizers, mindful that the 19th Amendment originally benefited mostly white women, have been careful to pres...
Aug 25, 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli get prison time in college bribery plot
BOSTON - Breaking their silence for the first time since their arrest, "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli apologized Friday for using their wealth and privilege to ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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