Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax
Aug 21, 2026, 8:03 AM | Updated: 8:10 am
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Dolly Parton’s multifaceted legacy showcased at Nashville museum and hotel
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton’s longtime creative director, Steve Summers, designed hundreds of dresses and outfits for the late singer and entertainer every year, so he saw her in many stages of her career. “Every person in here has a different Dolly Parton that they are in love with,” Summers told a crowd of […]
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Personal information for over 1 million people stolen in a cyberattack on Arizona’s court system
PHOENIX (AP) — A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system stole personal information for more than a million people and is believed to have started when a court employee clicked a malicious link in an email. The Arizona Supreme Court said the information was copied for 1.3 million people with unpaid court fees, fines and restitution […]
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Students turn on Cornell’s president over the school’s handling of gang rape allegations
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Some of the students outraged by Cornell University’s handling of an alleged fraternity house gang rape are directing their ire at the school’s president, a longtime molecular physiology professor who has faced several crises since taking the top job. Michael Kotlikoff was Cornell’s longest-serving provost before assuming the presidency on an […]
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Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North by Northwest,” has died. She was 102. Saint, whose acting work lasted well into her 90s, died at her home in […]
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Orphaned kittens meet sharks and stingrays on an aquarium field trip at the Mall of America
A pair of kittens gazed up through the aquarium’s shimmering blue waters as a (relatively) enormous fish passed overhead. One kitten stared transfixed through the glass while the other, unfazed, was more interested in darting around playfully. Inside a clear dome, a kitten named Turkey Leg stood up on its back legs as brightly colored […]
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Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would be talking with Putin about the case “very soon.” Health authorities are investigating […]
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