Actor Bernard Hill, of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ has died at 79
LONDON (AP) — Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The...
‘The Fall Guy’ gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio...
Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 60, with 101 people missing
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state killed at least 60 people and another 101 were...
Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and...
China’s president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions
PARIS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-country trip to Europe on Sunday with the continent divided over how to deal...
A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches’ decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion
The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S.,...
Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century's worth of denominational bans on gay...
Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday,...
Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom.Centering on allegations Trump...
German teen turns himself in over attack on European election candidate
BERLIN (AP) — A teenager surrendered to police on Sunday over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that...
