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No matter where you stand politically, it is hard to shake a feeling of sympathy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Channel 2 has opened its primetime news broadcasts nearly every night this past week with selected minutes from their recorded talks.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Oscar nominations are announced next week, Amazon is virtually assured of notching the first — but probably not the last — best-picture nomination for a streaming service.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Oscar nominations are announced next week, Amazon is virtually assured of notching the first — but probably not the last — best-picture nomination for a streaming service.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Oscar nominations are announced next week, Amazon is virtually assured of notching the first — but probably not the last — best-picture nomination for a streaming service.

Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester by the Sea," which Amazon plunked down $10 million for at the Sundance Film Festival last year, is widely expected to be among the leading contenders at the Academy Awards. Netflix and Amazon are increasingly influencing the movie awards season, playing the role of both hero and villain in an industry where their entry into the movie business is welcomed and feared in equal measures. Though Netflix gave its 2015 Oscar horse, Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation," a wide theatrical release... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Oscar nominations are announced next week, Amazon is virtually assured of notching the first — but probably not the last — best-picture nomination for a streaming service.

Chrissy Teigen struggled to keep her cool Thursday after a racist question was allegedly asked about her husband, John Legend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro, Sally Field and other celebrities plan to join the mayors of New York and Minneapolis to rally cities to chart their own course on health care, climate change and other issues during Donald…

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro, Sally Field and other celebrities plan to join the mayors of New York and Minneapolis to rally cities to chart their own course on health care, climate change and other issues during Donald…

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro, Sally Field and other celebrities plan to join the mayors of New York and Minneapolis to rally cities to chart their own course on health care, climate change and other issues during Donald…

Aiming to energize and unite city dwellers concerned about the president-elect's plans, activists and dignitaries planned to gather Thursday evening in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower, about a half-mile from his Trump Tower home. Cities and towns across the country have the power to protect people and the environment by joining together," actor Mark Ruffalo said in a statement, adding that the rally would signal to Washington "that we will fight, at every step, discrimination and harmful policies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro, Sally Field and other celebrities plan to join the mayors of New York and Minneapolis to rally cities to chart their own course on health care, climate change and other issues during Donald…

On Thursday, Donald Trump’s Energy Secretary nominee, Gov. Rick Perry, discussed his views on climate change and said he "regrets" calling for the elimination of the Department of Energy several years ago. Photo: AP.

The “Make America Great Again!” welcome celebration is taking place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Watch the performances of Toby Keith, the Piano Guys, Lee Greenwood, D.J. RaviDrums, 3 Doors Down, and the Frontmen of Country.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — One Minnesota lawmaker thinks that raffles to raise campaign money are the perfect way to spice up dull political parties.

The maker of an EpiPen rival said its emergency allergy treatment would return to the market on Feb. 14, adding more competition to the market for the costly products.

During his final hours in the White House, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of more than 300 prisoners Thursday. Obama has commuted the sentences of more prisoners than any president in U.S. history, with his final number totaling 1,715 commutations, including 568 people who were serving life sentences, according to a report released by the White House. In fact, Obama has granted more commutations than the last 13 presidents combined.

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Samsung's Galaxy S8, as it's expected to be called, is said to be announced within the next couple months, and we have a bunch of good rumors from reliable sources to share.

Most recently, one of the most well known gadgets leakers posted an image of the supposed Galaxy S8, leaving very little to the imagination of what it could look like. 

Check out what we've seen and heard about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S8:

This is allegedly the Galaxy S8.

HONOLULU — A group of NASA-funded researchers was poised to enter an isolated geodesic dome on a remote Hawaii volcano to study human behavior in long-term space exploration, including a planned voyage to Mars. The team will have no physical contact with people in the outside world and will work with a 20-minute delay in communications, the time it would take for an email to reach Earth from Mars. The project is designed to help the U.S. space agency send humans on long space voyages including to Mars by the 2030s. Читать дальше...

Ricardo Rosselló says there is ‘a willingness to pay’ creditors and make reforms

President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the 20-year prison sentenced imposed on Richard Ruiz Montes, convicted in 2008 for his role in the Modesto’s pot-dealing California Healthcare Collective. In one … Click to Continue »

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota would use state money to offset the health premium hikes for more than 100,000 residents under a measure legislators were considering Thursday, a novel approach as states across the country grapple with the rising…

(AP) — Minnesota would use state money to offset the health premium hikes for more than 100,000 residents under a measure legislators were considering Thursday, a novel approach as states across the country grapple with the rising costs and uncertain future of the Affordable Care Act. Even as President-elect Donald Trump plots a repeal of the law after taking office Friday, Minnesota officials from both parties agree they need to step in and help by tapping roughly $300 million in rainy day funds. Читать дальше...