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This cover image released by Essence shows Sean “Diddy” Combs, background center, posing with his children, from left, Quincy, 27, Jesse, 12, Christian, 21, Chance, 12, D’Lila, 12;, and Justin, 25, on the digital edition of the 49th anniversary issue of "Essence." (Essence via AP)
April 23, 2019 - 3:36 pm

Diddy opens up about the death of soul mate Kim Porter

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean "Diddy" Combs has opened up about life after the sudden death of his soul mate, former girlfriend Kim Porter. The music mogul posed with his six children on the cover of Essence magazine's 49th anniversary May issue. In excerpts posted online, Combs offered his gratitude for...
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The 1915 painting "Port of La Rochelle" by Paul Signac, stolen from the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy, France last year, is seen at a briefing in Ukraine's Interior Ministry in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 23, 2019 - 3:14 pm

Ukraine police find Impressionist painting stolen in France

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police have recovered a painting by French Impressionist Paul Signac stolen from a French museum. Police chief Serhiy Knyazev said the 1915 painting depicting the port of La Rochelle was found in the possession of a man who was arrested in Kiev on suspicion of...
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Trabajadores colocan lonas sobre partes de la Catedral de Notre Dame, el martes 23 de abril del 2019 en París. (AP Foto/Thibault Camus)
April 23, 2019 - 1:57 pm

Workers install tarps to protect gutted Notre Dame from rain

PARIS (AP) — Professional mountain climbers were hired to install synthetic, waterproof tarps over the gutted, exposed exterior of Notre Dame Cathedral, as authorities raced to prevent further damage ahead of storms that are rolling in toward Paris. The looming bad weather threatens to further...
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April 23, 2019 - 1:09 pm

War veteran Paul Scharre wins award for book 'Army of None'

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has won a $5,000 award named for the late CIA director William E. Colby. Paul Scharre's "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War" is this year's winner of the Colby prize, given annually since 1999 by Norwich University in...
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In this April 19, 2019, photo, Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg answers questions from employees during a campaign stop at a dairy company in Londonderry, N.H. Buttigieg’s presidential campaign has attention and money. Now he has to convert that into a sustainable operation that can keep him in the race well into next year. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
April 23, 2019 - 12:40 pm

Fox News to host town hall meeting with Pete Buttigieg

NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to agree to hold a town hall meeting on Fox News Channel. The May 19 event will be broadcast live from Claremont, New Hampshire. Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace will moderate. Buttigieg is a...
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April 23, 2019 - 11:00 am

Paul Simon to donate festival proceeds to environmental orgs

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Simon is donating all net proceeds from his 2019 Outside Lands Festival performance to two environmental organizations. Simon announced Tuesday that his Aug. 11 performance will benefit the San Francisco Parks Alliance and Friends of the Urban Forest. The Outside Lands Festival...
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In this photo taken on Thursday, April 18, 2019, Booker Prize award winning English novelist and screenwriter Ian Russell McEwan talks to Associated Press about his new novel "Machines Like Me" in London. McEwan is fascinated by artificial intelligence. A central character in his new novel is a lifelike android with access to all human knowledge who writes haiku poetry. The book, published in the United States Tuesday, April 23 by Doubleday, looks at the messy relationship between human minds and artificial ones. (AP Photo/Vudi Xhymshiti)
April 23, 2019 - 10:39 am

I robot? Ian McEwan tells android tale in 'Machines Like Me'

LONDON (AP) — Ian McEwan is fascinated by artificial intelligence. A central character in the British writer's new novel, "Machines Like Me," is a lifelike android with access to all human knowledge who writes haiku poetry. The book, published in the U.S. on Tuesday by Doubleday, looks at the messy...
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April 23, 2019 - 10:30 am

Lowe switches from Premier League horse race to real equines

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Rebecca Lowe is making a one-weekend switch from the Premier League horse race to actual equines. Lowe will co-host NBC's coverage of the Kentucky Derby on May 4 with Mike Tirico, the network said Tuesday. She also will co-host the Kentucky Oaks on NBCSN on May 3, when she...
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April 23, 2019 - 9:14 am

Town keeps playing Smith recording amid racist allegations

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of a New Jersey shore town says they will continue to play Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" on its boardwalk despite allegations of racism against the singer. Wildwood has traditionally started each day by playing the song. Mayor Ernie Troiano says it's...
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Chris Evans arrives at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday, April 22, 2019. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
April 23, 2019 - 8:11 am

Avengers get epic send-off at 'Endgame' world premiere

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There were more than a few sniffles from the audience at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" Monday night in Los Angeles, which Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth proudly admitted contributing to. "I don't know about you, but I cried like six times," Evans said standing alongside...
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