After a season that started in early September, the NFL’s final game is just around the corner. Minneapolis, Minnesota, is hosting the single biggest event in American sports, despite local …
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James Ivory, 89, May Set an Oscar Record, But He’d Rather Work
James Ivory didn’t see “Call Me By Your Name” with an audience until the week before he was nominated for its screenplay. He caught it at a New York theater …
your ads here!Viva Forever? Ex-Spice Girls Meet Up Amid Reunion Rumors
All five former members of the Spice Girls have met up amid rumors of a plan to reunite the girl-power group. Photos posted by several group members on social media …
your ads here!October Wedding Date Set for Britain’s Princess Eugenie
Britain’s Prince Andrew says an Oct. 12 wedding date has been set for his daughter, Princess Eugenie. Andrew, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II, announced the date Friday on …
your ads here!Minneapolis Residents Take to the Sky
February in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is cold — the kind of cold that stings your face and burns your lungs as soon as you walk outside. Today’s temperature is minus 10 …
your ads here!World’s Longest Skyway Gives Minneapolis Residents a Break From Harsh Winter
Minneapolis is known for being cold — extremely cold. But when the temperatures drop and the wind chill bites, how do local residents cope and still carry on with their …
your ads here!Investigators: Actor Robert Wagner a ‘Person of Interest’ in Wife Natalie Wood’s Death
Investigators in the unsolved 1981 drowning death of actress Natalie Wood have named her husband, actor Robert Wagner, as a “person of interest” in a case that stunned the nation. …
your ads here!Haiti’s Women’s Under-20 Soccer Team Makes History, Qualifies for World Cup
Haiti’s teen women’s soccer team made history this week when it qualified for the country’s first FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup berth. Star midfielder Sherly Jeudy scored the winning goal to …
your ads here!Audiobook of Actors Reading Martin Luther King out April 3
Wanda Sykes, Gabourey Sidibe and Danny Glover will be among the readers for an audio edition of speeches and essays by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “The Radical King” …
your ads here!Ice-Sculpting Champion Carves Up Competition
To say winter gets really cold in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the midwestern, American state of Minnesota is an understatement. On this day, with temperatures …
your ads here!Beyonce Photo Captures Grandmother’s Star-Struck Reaction
A Massachusetts grandmother worried that no one would believe her story of meeting Beyonce before the Grammys — until a picture of her star-struck reaction appeared on the singer’s Instagram …
your ads here!Super Bowl Security Includes Off-Site Screening, More Police
Fans attending the Super Bowl in Minneapolis will have the chance to go through security screening off-site, and out of the elements. NFL Chief Security Officer Cathy Lanier says this …
your ads here!Court Reinstates 28 Russians Banned for Alleged Sochi Doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld appeals by 28 Russian athletes who were sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for an alleged doping scheme at the 2014 Olympics …
your ads here!NFL Thursday Night Football Moves to Fox for Five Years
Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games. Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of the league’s other network …
your ads here!US Officials: No Specific Threats to Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
The United States says it is not aware of any specific threats to the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month, despite nuclear tensions with neighboring North Korea. Senior …
your ads here!USA Gymnastics: All Directors Have Resigned After Abuse Scandal
USA Gymnastics, the sport’s U.S. governing body, said Wednesday that all its remaining directors have resigned following revelations that the longtime team doctor had sexually abused numerous athletes under his …
your ads here!Rare Picasso Painting Starts Tour Before Next Month’s Auction
A rare Picasso painting will be auctioned off in London next month. The 1937 work titled “Femme au beret et a la robe quadrillee” (Woman in beret and checked dress), …
your ads here!Beirut Guide Gives Walking Tours of City’s History and His Own
Tour guide Ronnie Chatah, 36, is once again doing what he loves after a four-year hiatus – telling the stories that have shaped Beirut’s history from ancient to modern times. …
your ads here!Cuban Refugee Sets Cold War Stage in ‘Blind Date’
When U.S. President Ronald Reagan met Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva, Switzerland, in November 1985, it was the start of a thaw in Cold War tensions that had dramatically …
your ads here!Jordan Peele Talks Oscars, ‘Get Out’ and Whoopi Goldberg
Jordan Peele has been dreaming of his Oscar moment since he was 13, but now that it’s happened, he can hardly believe it. The 38-year-old received Academy Award nominations last …
your ads here!Helen Mirren Talks ‘Winchester’ Film, Impact of Gun Deaths
Helen Mirren says her new film “Winchester” isn’t a horror flick, but rather a ghost story with foreign roots and a distinct American element — the psychological impact of gun …
your ads here!Latino Civil Rights Site in Texas Named National Treasure
A Texas building connected to the Mexican-American Civil Rights movement has been designated as a National Treasure and will share part of a $450,000 grant in an effort to raise …
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