Debate erupts over memoir by former Border Patrol agent
PHOENIX (AP) — Francisco Cantu said he joined the Border Patrol at age 23 to get an on-the-ground education in international relations. Now 32, he...
AP Newsbreak: Sherman Alexie declines literary award
NEW YORK (AP) — Sherman Alexie has declined the Carnegie Medal he received last month, the American Library Association told The Associated Press on Friday....
Watchdog group: DOJ should investigate porn actress payment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonprofit watchdog group has asked the Justice Department and the Office of Government Ethics to investigate whether a secret payment to...
Internal probe finds misconduct within Bono’s charity
WASHINGTON (AP) — The One Campaign, an advocacy organization co-founded by Bono of the rock band U2, is acknowledging “an institutional failure” after an internal...
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ film company to pay $60M settlement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The production company behind “The Wolf of Wall Street” has agreed to pay the U.S. government $60 million to settle claims...
Disney’s ‘Black Panther’ reaches $1 billion globally
Disney’s megahit “Black Panther” has passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. The studio said Saturday that the milestone is based on...
Internal probe finds misconduct within Bono’s advocacy group
WASHINGTON (AP) — The One Campaign, an advocacy organization co-founded by Bono of the rock band U2, is acknowledging “an institutional failure” after an internal...
Reward posted for Picasso print taken from Milwaukee gallery
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of stolen artwork by Pablo Picasso. The original 1949...
Airport police find gun in bag, suspect rapper Juelz Santana
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Airport police are searching for rapper Juelz Santana after a gun was found in a carry-on bag containing his identification at...
Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft collapses backstage
LONDON (AP) — Singer Lorna Luft, the daughter of Judy Garland, has collapsed backstage after a concert in London and was rushed to the hospital,...
Lady Antebellum members to deliver UGA’s commencement
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Two members of the Grammy Award-winning trio Lady Antebellum are graduates of the University of Georgia and will deliver the spring...
Lorna Luft undergoing tests after collapsing backstage
LONDON (AP) — Singer Lorna Luft, the daughter of Judy Garland, was undergoing tests in a London hospital following an initial diagnosis of a brain...
Nun involved in lawsuit with Katy Perry over convent dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A nun who was involved in a lawsuit with pop star Katy Perry over the sale of a convent in Los...
Reward posted for Picasso print taken from Milwaukee firm
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A fine art appraisal firm is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of stolen artwork by Pablo Picasso....
Anti-opioid protesters scatter pill bottles at NYC museum
NEW YORK (AP) — Activists protesting a prominent donor family’s link to the opioid crisis unfurled banners and scattered pill bottles inside New York’s Metropolitan...
Kathy Griffin to do new shows, 9 months after Trump photo
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Kathy Griffin is embarking on her comeback, some nine months after she provoked outrage — and lost much of her...
Cheer up, Americans, say Canadians _ you’re great
NEW YORK (AP) — America’s neighbors to the north — so often the butt of their jokes — are taking to social media to try...
Emma Stone, Jane Curtin join Bill Murray tribute in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Emma Stone and Jane Curtin are late additions to the lineup of performers who’ll celebrate Bill Murray when he receives the nation’s...
Prosecutors: Cosby used fame and fortune to hide his crimes
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Suburban prosecutors on Tuesday accused Bill Cosby’s “cadre of high-priced lawyers” of stretching the truth as they try again to get a...
No-brainer: $300K campaign to rescue Dorothy’s ruby slippers
WASHINGTON (AP) — It will take more than three clicks of the heels to preserve the ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas at...
Robert ‘Big Sonny’ Edwards, member of The Intruders, dies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An original member of the pioneering Philadelphia-based soul group The Intruders has died. Robert “Big Sonny” Edwards was 74. Edwards died Saturday...
Michelle Obama shines in Versace at White House dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama dazzled at her final state dinner as first lady, wearing a figure-hugging, floor-length rose gold chainmail gown. She chose Italian...
Witnesses back People writer’s account of Trump sex assault
WASHINGTON (AP) — People Magazine reported Tuesday that a half-dozen people have come forward to corroborate its writer’s account of being sexually assaulted by Donald...
Thom Jones, author of ‘The Pugilist at Rest,’ dies at 71
NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Jones, an acclaimed short-story writer who drew upon family tragedy and his own painful struggles for “The Pugilist At Rest”...
Obama uses final state dinner to honor Italy and its leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday held one of the largest state dinners of his tenure to celebrate the “enduring alliance” between the...
Obama honors Italy’s leader at ‘bittersweet’ state dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Bittersweet” was the word of the night, the one used most often to describe President Barack Obama’s final state dinner. “We saved...
Thank You “Citizen Four”
(The Bullet Wire)- I just got home from a screening of the Laura Poitras documentary on Edward Snowden “Citizen Four”. As a citizen of the...
Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth reunite on new show
NEW YORK (AP) — Tori Spelling can crack Jennie Garth up. When thinking of an upcoming scene from their new ABC Family sitcom, “Mystery Girls,”...
Memorial for Ruby Dee set for September in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — A public memorial for actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee will be held Sept. 20 in New York. The Terrie...
A return to (old) ‘Breaking Bad’ for AMC
NEW YORK (AP) — No new episodes of “Breaking Bad”? No problem for the AMC network. AMC said Tuesday that it will fill its Sunday...
Barbara Walters still a ratings power
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters isn’t forgotten, and isn’t gone. Less than two months after stepping away from a regular role on television, Walters...
Oscar-nominated writer-director Mazursky dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Mazursky, the innovative and versatile director who showed the absurdity of modern life in such movies as “Bob & Carol...
Robin Williams pursues ongoing 12-step treatment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robin Williams is reconnecting with the 12-step program during a brief stay at a Minnesota facility. A spokeswoman for the 62-year-old...
Lou Reed’s estate worth over $20M, executors say
NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Reed’s estate is worth over $20 million, and it’s bequeathed to his wife — musician Laurie Anderson — and his...
Time apart strengthens bluegrass trio Nickel Creek
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The trio of musicians in Nickel Creek grew up performing together, but ultimately it was the nearly seven years spent concentrating...
New owner for former Vegas Hilton where Elvis sang
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The storied former Las Vegas Hilton, famous for staging Liberace and more than 800 sold-out Elvis Presley concerts in the 1960s...
Cameron Diaz bares all in ‘Sex Tape’ movie
NEW YORK (AP) — Cameron Diaz does something she’s never done before in her upcoming movie, “Sex Tape.” She gets naked on camera. It’s a...
Rolf Harris faces new allegations of abuse
LONDON (AP) — Australia-born TV entertainer Rolf Harris faces new allegations of sex abuse after being convicted of a string of indecent assaults on teenage...
Richard Armitage goes from ‘Hobbit’ to ‘Crucible’
LONDON (AP) — It’s a long way from Middle Earth to 17th-century Massachusetts, but Richard Armitage has made the journey — and found a surprising...
Aquino: Honoring Aunor would be wrong drug message
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is defending his decision not to appoint actress Nora Aunor as a national artist because it...
‘Fault in Our Stars’ Amsterdam bench missing
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The city of Amsterdam isn’t quite sure whether to blame fate or human error, but a bench upon which the star-crossed teenage...
‘Glee’-type music contest crowns winners in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — A teenager from suburban Chicago who sang an aching Jason Robert Brown song and another from Georgia who chose to sing...
‘Glee’-type school music contest crowns winners
NEW YORK (AP) — A teenager from Utah who sang as the Scarlet Pimpernel and then tackled an aching Jason Robert Brown song and another...
Madonna donating to her hometown of Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Madonna, who was “inspired” during a recent visit to Detroit, is donating money toward the construction of a new youth boxing gym...
Actress Jenny Mollen puts it out there in new book
NEW YORK (AP) — Jenny Mollen has no filter. And she’s fine with that. The actress often tweets raunchy commentary about ABC’s “The Bachelor” and...
‘Transformers’ dominates box office with $100M
The “Transformers” film franchise is far from extinct. “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” the fourth installment in Paramount’s morphing robots series, earned $100 million in North...
Springsteen to debut short film on website July 9
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen will debut a short film on his website July 9. A poster of the film “Hunter of Invisible Game”...
Madonna donating to gym in her hometown of Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Madonna is donating money toward the construction of a new youth boxing gym in Detroit and buying iPads and other supplies for...
Play of ‘The War of the Roses’ coming to Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the darkest views of a marriage is coming to Broadway from a producing couple who are enjoying a long,...
Bryan Cranston leaves ‘All the Way’ on a new high
NEW YORK (AP) — Bryan Cranston left Broadway with a Tony Award and a new record. The former “Breaking Bad” star ended the run of...