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Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author’s 125th birthday in his beloved Key West
By David Fischer (), The Associated Press on July 20th, 2024
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) – Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life. Hemingway Days started in 1981 with a short-story competition and a look-alike contest. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!89-year-old comedian recovering after she was randomly punched on New York street
By The Associated Press on July 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – An 89-year-old comedian is recovering after being randomly punched and knocked to the ground while waiting to cross a street in New York earlier this month. D’yan Forest said she had just stopped at a coffee shop and was heading to a swimming pool when someone came up to her from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of ongoing contract negotiations
By The Associated Press on July 20th, 2024
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Thousands of workers at Disney’s theme park and resort properties in California voted late Friday to authorize a potential strike, as contract negotiations drag on over wages, sick leave and other benefits. The strike authorization was approved by an overwhelming margin, nearly 99% of the members who cast votes, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of continued contract negotiations
By The Associated Press on July 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Thousands of workers at Disney’s theme park and resort properties in California voted late Friday to authorize a potential strike, as contract negotiations drag on. The strike authorization was approved by an overwhelming margin, nearly 99% of the members who cast votes according to a union statement. The election was held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Letterman will headline Biden fundraiser with Hawaii governor on July 29
By Colleen Long And Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
HONOLULU (AP) – David Letterman will headline a fundraiser with President Joe Biden in 10 days with Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a sign that his campaign is forging ahead despite continued calls for the president to bow out of the 2024 race. The fundraiser on July 29 will be at the home of a family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From a media perspective, it was a tale of two Trump speeches – and long enough for both
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
From a media perspective, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing at the Republican convention that nominated him as its presidential candidate for a third time. His acceptance speech, which exceeded 90 minutes and stretched past midnight Eastern time into Friday, won him wide praise for its vivid recounting of last weekend’s assassination attempt yet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Letterman will headline Biden fundraiser at Hawaii governor’s home on July 29, AP source says
By Colleen Long, The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – David Letterman will headline a fundraiser with President Joe Biden in 10 days at the home of Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a person familiar with the plans told The Associated Press, a sign that his campaign is forging ahead despite continued calls for the president to bow out of the 2024 race. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother indicted on federal charges in $1M fraud scheme
By The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
MIAMI (AP) – Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted in South Florida on federal charges of committing more than $1 million worth of fraud. Kingston, 34, and his mother, 61-year-old Janice Turner, made their first appearances Friday in federal court, according to court records. A Miami grand jury returned an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy rain collapses part of ancient Michigan cave where ‘The Great Train Robbery’ was filmed
By The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (AP) – Part of an ancient Michigan cave where “The Great Train Robbery” was filmed has collapsed under heavy rain. A wall of Bear Cave in Buchanan collapsed this week, Adam Morris, the property manager at a campground that operates near the cave, told MLive.com. The wall collapsed at night and was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New judge sets ground rules for long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug
By The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – The new judge presiding over the racketeering and gang prosecution of rapper Young Thug and several other defendants said Friday she plans to move forward expeditiously with the trial, which has already dragged on for more than a year. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker held a hearing with prosecutors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weird Al on new music, Sabrina Carpenter, a decade of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and 40 years of ‘Eat It’
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on July 19th, 2024
Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history, as he is wont to do. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was not only unprecedented for Yankovic, but unprecedented for his genre as a whole: Never before had a comedy album debuted at the top ... Read More »
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