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A violent flash flood at the Nepal-China border tore through a checkpoint, leaving at least 100 people dead and hundreds missing, including 291 foreigners who were identified by local authorities.

The mudslide struck at ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Three recent graduates of Annunciation Catholic School skipped alongside Minnehaha Creek on a recent August afternoon. A light rain fell, but nothing could keep these teenage girls from one more Starbucks ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In what could prove to be the final court ruling in the long-running legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over “It Ends With Us,” a federal judge on Wednesday awarded Lively about $407,...Read more

NEW YORK — A reckless gunman who shot and wounded a Brooklyn woman’s pet labradoodle rushed to scene of the shooting, gun in his waistband, because someone was harassing his girlfriend, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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LOS ANGELES — Miley Cyrus joined the chorus of celebrities mourning the loss of Dolly Parton, penning a heartfelt tribute to the transcendent country music star-humanitarian who was also her godmother.

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Blake Lively was awarded a meager portion of the millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees that she demanded be paid by Justin Baldoni.

Judge Lewis Liman on Wednesday ordered Baldoni to pay Lively $363,245.40 in attorneys�...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 900 immigrants across Minnesota since March, according to a Star Tribune analysis of federal records released by the Deportation Data Project ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. said it agreed to pay up to $18 billion in landmark settlements to resolve allegations from multiple U.S. states that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use...Read more

General Mills has met its own deadline to remove artificial colors from all its cereals, including Trix and Lucky Charms, sold in the United States.

The company said Wednesday it met its deadline to remove these colors by...Read more

Parents and guardians can now access live video of their teens as they take an Uber.

The San Francisco ride-hailing company has added the new feature to its teen accounts program, designed to ensure safety and ...Read more

BALTIMORE — An Anne Arundel County judge ruled Wednesday that Maryland’s proposed congressional redistricting amendment should be kept off the November ballot, handing Republican challengers a victory after finding ...Read more

88-year-old Ridley Scott has churned out eight feature films in the last 11 years; the apocalyptic drama “The Dog Stars” is his latest. Some of these films are masterpieces (“The Martian,” “The Last Duel”), ...Read more

Bill Gates wants to tax robots.

Specifically, Gates is calling for a tax on artificial intelligence automated systems, like tokens and robots, that employers may use to slowly replace human workers as the technology ...Read more

THE DOG STARS

Rated R for strong violence and language.

What it’s about: A post-apocalyptic tale of survival and finding things to live for.

The kid attractor factor: This is an adult drama with some violence, action ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — One way to understand Dolly Parton’s unique blend of talents — her wit, her savvy, her intelligence, her pluck — is to consider that she wrote one of music’s most enduring love songs about a crummy ...Read more

British actor Tim Curry, who famously commanded attention as the seductive mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in cult classic oddball musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” has died. He was 80.

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WASHINGTON — Democrat Everton Blair has won the special election to succeed the late Democratic Rep. David Scott, becoming the first openly gay man elected to Congress from Georgia.

With more than 95% of votes counted, ...Read more

The late Dolly Parton received a royal send-off from the King and Queen Wednesday morning.

During the traditional Changing of the Guard ceremony, the Band of the Coldstream Guards came together with the Irish Guards’ ...Read more

A coalition of Democratic-led states sued again Wednesday to block the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new nationwide rules for mail ballots, arguing they usurp state authority over elections at President Donald ...Read more

“Rocky Horror Picture Show” star Tim Curry has died. He was 80.

Curry died late Tuesday night in his Los Angeles home, according to TMZ, 14 years after he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed. No specific cause ...Read more