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Q&A: What would happen if the Bill Cosby jury deadlocks
After three days, the jury in entertainer Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial outside of Philadelphia…
Actress Rebel Wilson wins defamation case against publisher
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rebel Wilson on Thursday won a defamation trial against a magazine publisher…
Gord Downie, indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle to receive Order of Canada on Monday
OTTAWA – Gord Downie and indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle will be appointed to the Order…
CNN chief: Alex Jones interview worthy, but NBC mishandled
NEW YORK – Some top people at CNN have come to Megyn Kelly’s defence in…
Margaret Atwood to get literary lifetime achievement award
LOS ANGELES – Margaret Atwood is receiving a lifetime achievement award from one of the…
Tickets go on sale for Invictus Games as event marks 100-day countdown
TORONTO – The strength of Canada’s team at the upcoming Invictus Games in Toronto lies…
YouTube star charged with child porn ordered to stay offline
CHICAGO – A Chicago federal judge has freed a YouTube singer with millions of teenage…
WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS
Bestselling Books Week Ended June 11th. FICTION 1. “Camino Island” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 2.…
US show of Saudi art aims to share ideas, test perceptions
DETROIT – A U.S. exhibition featuring the works of roughly 40 Saudi Arabian artists aims…
The Latest: Cosby trial jurors call it quits for night
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The Latest on the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby (all times…
Deadlocked jury in Cosby trial wraps up for the night
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual…
Phish drummer wins local election in Maine hometown
LINCOLNVILLE, Maine – The drummer for the jam band Phish has been elected to his…
NBC to air Jones interview despite efforts to ‘distract’
NEW YORK – NBC News vowed Friday to go ahead with Megyn Kelly’s report on…
Peter Criss, Kiss’ founding Catman, saying goodbye to stage
NEW YORK – Goodbye Kitty: Peter Criss can finally come home. No longer playing with…
McCartney, Rowling promoted in the queen’s Birthday Honours
LONDON – Paul McCartney and J.K. Rowling just got promoted, so to speak, in Britain’s…
The Latest: Former escort guilty of trying to hire hit man
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Latest on the trial of a former Florida escort…
Director John Avildsen dies at 81; won Oscar for ‘Rocky’
LOS ANGELES – John G. Avildsen, who directed “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” — two…
At impasse, Bill Cosby jury tests patience of judge, defence
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case ended a fifth day…
Statement from Cosby’s wife assailing judge, prosecutors
Excerpt from statement by Bill Cosby’s wife, Camille, assailing the district attorney, the judge and…
Celebrity reaction to the mistrial in Bill Cosby’s trial
Celebrity reaction to the mistrial declared in Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges after…
Reports swirl about Beyonce’s twins, but no confirmation yet
LOS ANGELES – Are Beyonce and Jay Z parents again? Mum’s the word from the…
Cosby team triumphant, but sex crime retrial, lawsuits loom
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – In one of the more unusual scenes to play out at Bill…
Book explores joy and pain of Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash’s Canadian manager
VICTORIA – When an impaired Johnny Cash crashed his girlfriend June Carter’s Cadillac into a…
High court won’t hear appeal over dancing baby video
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal in a long-running copyright dispute over…