Mj Rodriguez wore teal, Billy Porter winged black at Emmys
NEW YORK — Billy Porter chose winged chic black and worked the poses on the red carpet, and O-T Fagbenle wore a traditional Nigerian...
California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves
THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Hot, dry weather on Sunday added to the challenges facing California firefighters who are battling to keep flames from driving...
‘Shang-Chi’ tops box office for 3rd straight weekend
NEW YORK — “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is the top film at the box office for the third straight weekend,...
Chris Rock says he has COVID-19, urges vaccination
NEW YORK — Chris Rock on Sunday said he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent a message to anyone still on the fence:...
Recall vote highlights California’s geopolitical divisions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California recall election was a blowout win for Gov. Gavin Newsom that reinforced the state's political divisions: The Democratic governor...
Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ wins TIFF People’s Choice Award
Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” a black-and-white family drama about the Northern Ireland city during the tumult of the late 1960s, on Saturday won the...
Fred Dakota, Native American gambling pioneer, dies at 84
BARAGA, Mich. — Fred Dakota, whose garage casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 1983 was a milestone for Native American gambling, has died at...
New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines
When voters in some states created new commissions to handle the politically thorny process of redistricting, the hope was that the bipartisan panelists could...
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to...
US nears plan for widescale expulsions of Haitian migrants
DEL RIO, Texas — The Biden administration worked Saturday on plans to send many of the thousands of Haitian immigrants who have gathered in...