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Julia Roberts to receive George Eastman Award for movie work
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Actress Julia Roberts will be this year’s recipient of the George Eastman Award, given to honor contributions to the art of

White House indicates Trump to veto disapproval of emergency
President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday.

Smollett developments leave some baffled, others outraged
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New developments in the Jussie Smollett case are making the once cut-and-dry narrative around his reported attack a divisive topic on

More than 1,500 attend vigil for Aurora shooting victims
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — More than 1,500 people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil for five co-workers who were fatally shot

The Latest: Chicago police still seek Smollett interview
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the reported attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Chicago police say they still want

Dog reunited with owner after 8 month, 175-mile journey
A dog that went missing in Massachusetts months ago has been reunited with its family after being found in Maine, 175 miles away.

North Macedonia police find 22 migrants trying Balkans route
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say two vehicles carrying 22 migrants who allegedly planned to enter Serbia illegally and travel on

Chicago police seek follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police and representatives for Jussie Smollett aren’t speaking publicly about the investigation into a reported attack on the “Empire” actor. Police

Former governor spent $22K on Trump hotel stays: report
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Documents obtained by a Maine newspaper show the state’s former Republican governor and his staff spent at least $22,000 in public

Officials: Centralia sinkhole unrelated to underground fire
CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) — State environmental authorities say a 100-foot (30-meter) sinkhole found in a central Pennsylvania town almost completely emptied by a decades-long underground

Suspect in killing of 4 hostages during standoff has died
CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a 34-year-old man who killed four people during a hostage situation inside a Mississippi home has died at a

Groups: ICE detainees in Boston jail go on hunger strike
BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of people detained by federal immigration officials are on a hunger strike at a Boston jail. Rhode Island-based community groups Alliance

NYC’s Chinatown welcomes Year of the Pig with vibrant parade
NEW YORK (AP) — Drums, dragons and dancers are parading through New York’s Chinatown to ring in the Year of the Pig. Confetti and spectators

Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner released from prison
AYER, Mass. (AP) — Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison in Massachusetts. The New York Democrat, a once-rising star who

USS Tulsa commissioned as the US Navy’s newest warship
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A vessel that bears the name of Oklahoma’s second-largest city has been commissioned as the newest warship in the U.S. Navy’s