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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II's New Year honors list makes knights and dames out of some of Britain's best loved stage and screen stars even as it ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country's high school c...

NEW YORK (AP) — The race for best original song at the Academy Awards is a full-blown battle of the 20-something pop stars, with Lady Gaga, Sam Smith ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's first parliament in three years is off to a rocky start, with flamboyant displays of support for the president and general rowdin...

NEW YORK (AP) — With the extension of "Sesame Street" into a high-price neighborhood — HBO, where it premieres Saturday morning — it has signaled sign...

LONDON (AP) — What does the woman who has everything get as gifts? A list of official gifts received by Queen Elizabeth II from world leaders and dign...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after their two small boats allegedly drifted into Iranian territorial waters around one...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Fifty Shades of Grey" is all tied up with "Pixels," ''Jupiter Ascending" and "Paul Blart Mall Cop 2" for the most nominations at t...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A convicted killer who is the subject of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has filed a new appeal seeking his release. Steven Av...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Actor Sean Penn said he has "nothin' to hide," after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with t...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's biggest music awards will pay tribute to David Bowie at next month's ceremony. Brit Awards chairman Max Lousada said Tuesday t...

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Spain's Princess Cristina spent 12 hours in court Monday at the start of her landmark criminal case, confronting accus...

LONDON (AP) — Tributes have poured in for singer David Bowie, who died Sunday aged 69. Politicians, entertainers, actors and astronauts have expressed...

LONDON (AP) — The latest on the death of singer David Bowie. All times local. 8:35 p.m. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has eulogized David...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The "Star Wars" version of Monopoly will add a game piece based on the female character Rey after an 8-year-old girl wrote to ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea tries to get under the skin of its archrival with border broadcasts that feature not only criticism of North Kor...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — This is a dirty job one Discovery Channel star would not do. Fans of the TV show "Dirty Jobs" noticed that photos of an Oregon ba...

NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio feels optimistic that the debate over climate change has begun to wane and world leaders are finally starting to tak...

MUNICH (AP) — An annotated edition of "Mein Kampf," the first version of Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto to be published in Germany since the end o...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A juror involved in the homicide case that spawned the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer" says she stands by the verdict. The...