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SXSW plots in-person film fest with 'Atlanta,' 'Lost City'

SXSW plots in-person film fest with 'Atlanta,' 'Lost City'

NEW YORK (AP) — After the pandemic forced the South by Southwest Film Festival to turn virtual the last two years, the Austin, Texas, festival is plotting a largely in-person event this March that will feature the premieres of the third season of Don
Slow down: States get infrastructure cash for speed cameras

Slow down: States get infrastructure cash for speed cameras

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drivers, beware: Speed cameras could be on their way to a location near you thanks to President Joe Biden's infrastructure law .
Doctors: Cancer patients cured a decade after gene therapy

Doctors: Cancer patients cured a decade after gene therapy

In 2010, doctors treated Doug Olson’s leukemia with an experimental gene therapy that transformed some of his blood cells into cancer killers. More than a decade later, there's no sign of cancer in his body.
Review: Our favorite crash-test dummies return in 'Jackass'

Review: Our favorite crash-test dummies return in 'Jackass'

Pity those in charge of COVID-19 protocols on “Jackass Forever.” Imagine, just for starters, the challenges of monitoring the health of participants in something called the “Vomitron.
Pandemic creates openings for would-be entrepreneurs

Pandemic creates openings for would-be entrepreneurs

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans looking to start their own business is on the rise, as the coronavirus pandemic creates opportunities for some would-be entrepreneurs.
'Queen of Italian cinema' Monica Vitti dies at age 90

'Queen of Italian cinema' Monica Vitti dies at age 90

ROME (AP) — Monica Vitti, the versatile movie star of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “L’Avventura” and other Italian alienation films of the 1960s, and later a leading comic actress, has died. She was 90.
Review: Journey to the origins of the Earth

Review: Journey to the origins of the Earth

“Otherlands: Journeys in Earth's Extinct Ecosystems,” by Thomas Halliday (Random House) If there is one uncertainty that has persisted since the beginning of time, it’s our planet’s impermanence.
`The View' presses on with a simple 'OK' on Whoopi Goldberg

`The View' presses on with a simple 'OK' on Whoopi Goldberg

NEW YORK (AP) — With Tara Setmayer, a former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill, sitting in Wednesday as guest co-host for a second day this week, Whoopi Goldberg's colleagues on “The View” had virtually nothing to say about her two-week sus
Vatican, Italy bishop slam "profane" Sanremo performance

Vatican, Italy bishop slam "profane" Sanremo performance

ROME (AP) — The Vatican and an Italian Catholic bishop on Wednesday protested a performance at Italy’s Sanremo music festival that featured a “profane” faux baptism on stage, lamenting in particular that it was broadcast on public television.
Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among Rock Hall nominees

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among Rock Hall nominees

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Duran Duran and A Tribe Called Quest are among this year's first-time nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame .
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