Articles filed under Associated Press
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A heist movie gleefully collides with a monster movie in ‘Abigail’Apr 18, 2024 11:56 am - If you always thought your garden-variety heist movies could do with a bit more blood-sucking vampire, have we got a flick for you. “Abigail,” featuring a 12-year-old tutu-wearing member of the undead, is a gleeful genre-smashing romp through puddles of gore.
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‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ amps up a true-tale WWII heistApr 18, 2024 7:57 am - The latest Guy Ritchie flick, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” has a spine of true story to it, even if it does all it can to amplify a long-declassified World War II tale with enough dead Nazis to make “Inglourious Basterds” blush.
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The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits holds steady as labor market remains strongApr 18, 2024 7:56 am - The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits didn't change last week as the labor market continues to defy efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool hiring. The Labor...
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Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captiveApr 18, 2024 7:46 am - JERUSALEM — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family's Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this ye...
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Biden scores endorsements from Kennedy family, looking to shore up support against Trump and RFK JrApr 18, 2024 7:41 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Thursday as h...
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Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll findsApr 18, 2024 7:39 am - Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punct...
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Jury selection in Trump hush money trial faces pivotal stretch as former president returns to courtApr 18, 2024 7:35 am - WASHINGTON — Jury selection in the hush money trial of Donald Trump enters a pivotal and potentially final stretch Thursday as lawyers look to round out the panel of New ...
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House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his jobApr 17, 2024 1:52 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Republi...
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Love wins in triumphant ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’Apr 17, 2024 12:39 pm - In “Housekeeping for Beginners,” writer and director Goran Stolevski gives us an atypical family portrait that's brilliantly political without being preachy, loving without being maudlin and epic by being specifically tiny.
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‘I was afraid for my life’ — Orlando Bloom puts himself in peril for new TV seriesApr 17, 2024 11:53 am - Orlando Bloom wanted to test himself for his latest adventure project. Not by eating something gross or visiting a new country. He wanted to risk death — with not one but...