The new film Son of God is off to a blessed box office start. The movie, spun from the popular miniseries The Bible, hauled in $1.2 million during Thursday evening screenings. That’s more than Non-Stop, the latest action film from Liam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first wave of a powerful Pacific storm spread rain and snow early Friday through much of California, where communities endangered by a wildfire just weeks ago now faced the threat of mud and debris flows.
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has a mom dance, but she just says no to mom jeans. The first lady showed former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager how to boogie like a mom during an interview for NBC’s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday he will seek re-election this year, an expected step into a contest in which he is the favorite. The 75-year-old Democrat said in a statement on his campaign website that
LeBron James, unhindered by the mask protecting his broken nose, poured in 31 points to lead Miami to a 108-82 NBA rout of the New York Knicks. James on Thursday played for the first time since his nose was broken
Enjoy one minute of President Obama and Vice President Biden trotting around the White House and making awkward small talk about their wives in this promotional video for the Let’s Move campaign.
TOKYO (AP) — The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for. The exchange’s CEO Mark Karpeles appeared before Japanese TV news
Ukraine’s security authorities said on Friday they had regained control of two airports on the volatile Crimean peninsula that had been seized by gunmen that officials in Kiev said had links to the Russian military. The news comes after reports
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United States told Russia to demonstrate in coming days that it was sincere about its promise not to intervene in Ukraine as armed men stormed the regional parliament and hours later others seized
Nicolas Anelka was banned for five matches on Thursday for his controversial ‘quenelle’ goal celebration, a gesture which was widely condemned as anti-Semitic. The Football Association found the French striker guilty of an “aggravated breach” of FA rules which in
Tim Wilson, who successfully married his country-tinged comedy with songs, died of a massive heart attack Wednesday. Wilson was 52. The performer was Michigan bound for a family visit on the way to a Birmingham gig when he took ill.
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russia granted protection to the fugitive Ukrainian president, Russian media reported Thursday, as dozens of heavily armed gunmen seized control of government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea region and raised the Russian flag. The moves pose an
Spike Lee profited from gentrification long before he railed against it. So says Errol Louis, a columnist at the New York Daily News in the wake of Lee’s anti-gentrification rant made in Brooklyn earlier this week. Louis dubbed parts of the
Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has said Bayern Munich can expect a backlash from Schalke 04 on Saturday in the wake of the Royal Blues’ 6-1 drubbing by Real Madrid. Schalke head to Munich’s Allianz Arena to face runaway Bundesliga leaders
Both Robin Thicke and wife Paula Patton initially brushed off any concerns that Thicke’s raunchy performance at the VMAs with Miley Cyrus mattered to them. It’s all an act, they said, something that didn’t impact their marriage no matter how
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder has been taken to the hospital as a precaution after experiencing faintness and shortness of breath at work. A statement from the department says Holder is “resting comfortably and
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, in an apparent effort to protest ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises that Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion.
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to cut annual net migration to below 100,000 was undermined on Thursday after figures showed the net flow of migrants coming into Britain rose by 37 percent to 212,000 people in the year to
Deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych said on Thursday said he still considers himself to be Ukraine’s head of state but asked Russia to ensure his personal security. “I still consider myself to be the legal head of the Ukrainian state,”
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — As deaths from heroin and powerful painkillers skyrocket nationwide, governments and clinics are working to put a drug that can reverse an opiate overdose into the hands of more paramedics, police officers and the people advocates
From EFE, via Fox News: Six presumed drug traffickers died Wednesday in a shootout with Brazilian police in the city of Niteroi in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, authorities said. The gun battle broke out after nightfall when the
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia ordered 150,000 troops to test their combat readiness Wednesday in a show of force that prompted a blunt warning from the United States that any military intervention in Ukraine would be a “grave mistake.” Vladimir
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties. Loud
(AFP)–A Russian warship was docked in Havana Wednesday, without explanation from Communist Cuba or its state media. The Viktor Leonov CCB-175 boat, measuring 91.5 meters (300 feet) long and 14.5 meters wide, was docked at the port of Havana’s cruise
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ordered YouTube on Wednesday to take down an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent riots in parts of the Middle East and death threats to the actors. The decision by a divided three-judge
