The relationship between Oscar winner Julia Roberts and her half sister, Nancy Motes, had both close and rocky moments. Sadly, the latter overshadowed the former in the days leading up to Motes’ apparent drug overdose death. Motes sent out a
The Woody Allen/Dylan Farrow debate is now filtering into the political world. Consider it the latest front in the GOP’s battle against the left’s willingness to call out Republicans for a so-called War on Women. The Republican Party of Kentucky
Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov produced one of the big upsets of the Olympics as he dethroned superstar Shaun White to win men’s snowboard halfpipe gold on Tuesday. American White, the two-time defending champion, didn’t even make it onto the podium as
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says there is no country with which the United States has “a no-spy agreement.” But he says the United States endeavors to protect privacy rights as it collects foreign intelligence. Obama says the United
CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — Change is coming quickly to the Boy Scouts of America after years of turmoil and debate over its membership policy, with an openly gay 17-year-old in Maryland achieving the highest rank of Eagle Scout. On
LONDON (AP) — If George Clooney thought the battle over art’s rightful ownership — the subject of his World War II movie “The Monuments Men” — was in the past, he knows better now. The actor-director has touched a nerve
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The head of the Sochi Olympics says there’s no need to bring in stored snow to cope with the warm temperatures in the mountains — but organizers are ready to do so if necessary. Dmitry Chernyshenko
(AFP) — New Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that she had no plans to change monetary policy from that mapped out by her predecessor Ben Bernanke.In her first comments on the US central bank’s path forward after the took
An Algerian military aircraft crashed in the east of the country on Tuesday, killing at least 99 people, Algerian radio announced. The C-130 Hercules aircraft, which crashed in Oum El Bouaghi, around 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of the capital,
WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85. Temple, known in private life
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — That drone you might have spotted hovering and zipping around the Sochi Olympic slopes isn’t searching for terrorists or protesters hiding behind the fir trees. It’s being used to transmit live video of snowboard and ski
TOECHON, South Korea (AP) — A single picture captures the regret, shame and rage that Kim Gun-ja has harbored through most of her 89 years. Dressed in a long white wedding gown, she carries a bouquet of red flowers and
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi faces his latest trial starting on Tuesday in Naples for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party’s ranks, even as he attempts to retain a leading political role. The billionaire tycoon, who lost
New research suggests that the prevalence of extremists at UK university campuses has worsened over the past year, with 233 incidents recorded in the 2013 by the pressure group Student Rights. The organization, which monitors hard-line Islamist speakers as well as
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kelly Terry-Willis did not hesitate to look into the eyes of the orange-jumpsuit-clad man involved in the shooting death of her big brother, telling him his “evil decision” took from her a loving confidant, dance partner
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — For years, Julia Mancuso’s skiing accomplishments — and there were many — were overshadowed by Lindsey Vonn’s. When it comes to Olympic Alpine events, though, no American woman comes close. Turning in a terrific run
Los Angeles’ new film czar says the middle class is hurting the most from California’s inability to compete with other states’ studio tax breaks. Film and TV shoots once were commonplace in around L.A., but as more states offered tax
Hip hop star T-Pain wouldn’t hesitate to work with Frank Ocean, the talented R&B star who revealed he was gay in 2012. T-Pain says some his fellow rap stars don’t share his perspective, suggesting a level of discrimination exists in
Readers will have to wait until October to find out if Girls star Lena Dunham’s advice was worth the million-plus dollar price tag. Random House won a bidding war in 2012 for the rights to publish Dunham’s advice/memoir, and now
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) — The employer mandate under the U.S. healthcare reform law has been delayed until 2016 for smaller companies, the federal government said Monday. It’s the second time the deadline for businesses to either offer their workers
The HBO original series True Detective gets a fraction of the press Girls receives despite the presence of two major movie stars and consistently higher ratings. The show’s quality presentation and time-shifting appeal may start to change that. Sunday night’s
People are taking to social media to share their views on the accusation Dylan Farrow made earlier this month against her adoptive father, director Woody Allen. Some Spaniards apparently didn’t feel Twitter or Facebook was sufficient to vent their outrage
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — With temperatures rising on the Black Sea coast, the Sochi Olympics are starting to feel more like the Summer Games. On Monday, these Sub-Tropical Olympics really started to heat up with temperatures soaring to 16 degrees
Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead a former US consulate employee in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said. Two gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Faisal Saeed, 30, outside his residence in Peshawar, senior police official Najibur Rehman
We still dig The Beatles, even if we love the thrills of international competition a mite better. Sunday’s CBS special The Beatles: The Night That Changed America, A Grammy Salute drew 14 million viewers on a night with much heavier than
