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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Walt Disney was a complex figure, both celebrated and condemned, but allegations that he was a rabid anti-Semite are unproven, Disney experts said. Talking to TV critics Sunday about PBS' "American Experience" September documentary on Disney, composer Richard Sherman (Disney's "Mary Poppins," ''The Jungle Book") dismissed such lingering criticism outright. It's "absolutely preposterous to call him anti-Semitic," said Sherman, the son of Jewish immigrants. He and his brother Robert... Читать дальше...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Walt Disney was a complex figure, both celebrated and condemned, but allegations that he was a rabid anti-Semite are unproven, Disney experts said.

DANA POINT, Calif. — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch on Sunday compared the efforts of his political network to the fight for civil rights and other “freedom movements,” part of a growing effort by the organization to emphasize its commitment to the plight of the disenfranchised. Read full article >>

A surfer who punched a great white shark during a frenzied attack on NSW's northern coast had his hand almost severed.

Newspaper and online job advertisements weakened in July, suggesting employment growth could be slowing.

Technology companies whose earnings disappoint investors are paying an unusually large toll this quarter, highlighting Wall Street’s high expectations for the sector at a time of uneven economic growth.

Police will continue to search on Monday morning for the bodies of two men who have been missing since they failed to return from a fishing trip in the Pilbara more than two weeks ago.

Dan Andrews needs to show that he cares about state schools.

As Vice President Joe Biden mulls a primary challenge to her, liberal Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders gains on her, and contenders on the GOP side build their campaigns around attacking her, Hillary Rodham Clinton is about to make a show of force.

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will launch her first 2016 presidential campaign ads on Tuesday. Both commercials, which will air in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, focus on illuminating details from Clinton's biography. 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleaded not guilty on Monday to breaching the rules of his home detention sentence by drinking alcohol.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleaded not guilty on Monday to breaching the rules of his home detention sentence by drinking alcohol.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleaded not guilty on Monday to breaching the rules of his home detention sentence by drinking alcohol.

This production of the Patrick Hamilton classic has some strong performances and high production values, but needs more pace and tension.

Yes, the battery charges against Bills offensive line coach Aaron Kromer were dropped. No, that doesn’t matter to the NFL. The Bills have announced that Kromer will be suspended for the first six regular-season games of 2015. “Over the past several weeks the Bills organization has gathered information regarding the incident involving offensive line coach…

A pickup truck driver intentionally slammed into as many as 40 vehicles, including police cruisers, before officer shot him dead, cops said.

NFL training camps are underway and former Husker wide receiver Kenny Bell is wasting little time winning over coaches.

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" topped the local box office last weekend, pushing the star-studded Korean action film "Assassination" down to second place, data showed Monday. The fifth installment in the nearly 20-ye

No injuries were reported.

Every so often, a scientific development appears with an immense potential for good, but at the same time it also carries great risks if misused, either accidentally or deliberately. So it is with a technology called “gene drives” which is a means of spreading genetic traits rapidly through a population of insects or other kinds of fast-breeding organisms, rather like a virus. It “supercharges” genetically modified genes so that they defy the normal rules of inheritance. Normally, GM traits would... Читать дальше...

Peter Slipper's lawyer says his client was denied the opportunity to deal with expenses claims internally.

The first-ever federal limits on power-plant carbon emissions aim to change the way Americans make and consume electricity and ease climate change.

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Unification Ministry said Monday it is not considering asking a former first lady to deliver a government message on inter-Korean relations to North Korea when she visits there this week. Lee Hee-ho, the widow of forme