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Backlash over second straight year of all-white acting nominees is also putting heavy pressure on Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to diversify its overwhelmingly white male membership
China ordered to stop any drilling, remove oil rig from area where two countries' continental shelves overlap
Yasutaro Koide, born on March 13, 1903, died two months short of his 113th birthday
Tibetan Buddhist leader has been going to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for regular health checkups for past nine years
Now doctors are getting new tips on how to avoid unnecessary antibiotics for these common complaints -- and to withstand patients who demand one
Stone-throwing protesters smashed windows, started fires as calls intensified for new elections and removal of outgoing President Michel Martelly
Algerian man has become the first person arrested in connection with a string of sexual assault during New Year's celebrations in Cologne that sparked a debate about Germany's ability to integrate migrants
Data on twins shows that adolescents at risk for smoking pot probably will show IQ drop regardless of whether they actually smoke marijuana, author says
At least 28 high risk contacts have been placed under quarantine, and the remaining 109 contacts are being assessed, says a health official
Clinton, Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the steps of the South Carolina statehouse, which, for the first time, was celebrated with no Confederate flag flying overhead
Since it was released two days before Bowie died of cancer on January 10, 'Blackstar' has sold 174,000 copies
Hubert Zafke is accused of working as a medic in Auschwitz in an SS hospital. Prosecutors argue that in that role, the former SS sergeant helped the death camp function
Turkish Airlines announced the cancellation of 250 international and domestic flights to and from Istanbul's Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen airports on Monday and airline also canceled at least 149 flights scheduled for Tuesday due to heavy snow
National currency was down 1.8 percent at 79 rubles to the dollar and at all-time record low against euro
Investigative journalism drama 'Spotlight' wins top prize at Critics' Choice Awards, while awards favorites Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio win top acting prizes
Hannibal Buress calls it weird surprise that his Bill Cosby 'rapist' joke precipitated movie, TV star's fall from grace
Bernie Sanders airbrushes complexities of trying to overhaul health care and Hillary Clinton offers selective reading of her rival's record on gun control in latest Democratic presidential debate
Drinking water crisis in Flint, began months ago; the state attorney general announced Friday that his office would investigate how the situation was handled
The famous basketball player is enjoying his farewell tour even as his Los Angeles Lakers lost their game Thursday game to the Golden State Warriors
Did Ted Cruz mean to suggest he would have gone to war with Iran over its brief detention of US sailors? Did Donald Trump forget that he proposed a massive tax on Chinese goods? And does Ben Carson really think IS militants chill out with a cigar?
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