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After being postponed from its original mid-April dates, the AIFF saw around 400 people in attendance for its opening night, including Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, the chairman of Jordan’s Royal Film Commission and his wife, Princess Rym Ali, the festival’s president.

1ST LEE MANDERSON 21 POINTS 2ND JIM TOUGH 20 POINTS 3RD DAVID THOMSON 17 POINTS

Thousands of activists from the New York area boarded buses early Friday and headed to the nation's capitol to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, an anniversary that has taken on new meaning in the wake of the latest police involved shooting in Wisconsin.

SIMON Cowell’s six-year-old son Eric tried his hand at surfing and boogie boarding as his mum treated him to a day at the beach. The pair were in high spirits as they were spotted out and about in Malibu while 60-year-old Simon continued to recover from his recent back injury at home. Lauren, 43, looked […]

This week, Epic cues up two A-list games.

Former first lady Michelle Obama called out the White House on Friday in a lengthy statement posted online. “I’m just devastated by the shootings in Kenosha. First, the seven shots from a police officer’s gun at Jacob Blake’s back as his children looked on. Then, two nights later, the bullets that killed two protestors, with […]

Powell's CEO Emily Powell said Amazon's business has had a "detrimental impact" on booksellers and the local community.

Russian opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, is currently in hospital in Germany with medics stating tests appear to indicate poisoning with a “cholinesterase inhibitor.” Frequently termed as “nerve agents,” this category of chemicals includes, among other things, some military chemical warfare agents, some drugs, and numerous pesticides.  This article will broadly detail the nature of cholinesterase […]

The rivalry with Indy is alive and well with Tom Brady

Gloria Hunniford had a moving message for Sarah Harding after hearing the news of her cancer diagnosis. The television presenter tragically lost her daughter to cancer in 2004

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New Jersey is raising the state's gas tax rate by nearly 10 cents per gallon.

The lawsuit challenges a key element in Silicon Valley recruitment: restricted stock unit (RSU) agreements.

The World Bank has said that it is pausing the publication of the Doing Business report that ranks countries on the basis of their business competitiveness, pending investigation into a “number of irregularities” in its 2018 and 2020 surveys.

President Donald Trump made several claims about U.S. immigration policy during his Republican National Convention speech Thursday night.

SEATAC, Wash. (AP) - The Federal Detention Center in SeaTac says it has a cluster of coronavirus infections among inmates and staff.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) – A powerful explosion was reported at a Turkish observation post in western Idlib this evening, amid increased tensions in northwestern Syria.

THROUGHOUT the early stages of lockdown, Brits were taken by Joe Wicks’ home workouts. The fitness star is now hosting a reunion workout on YouTube. While schools were closed in lockdown, Joe launched PE with Joe, in which he’d exercise and encourage the nation to join him through social media. Fans will get a glimpse […]

A team of scientists and researchers led by Old Dominion University will help make sure the burgeoning offshore wind industry won’t interfere with the efforts of thousands of active duty military personnel in Hampton Roads.

Leonard Cohen fans were left feeling cold and broken at the end of the Republican National Convention Thursday night, as the Canadian singer’s “Hallelujah” was blasted during a patriotic fireworks display. 

Every week, the avalanche gets bigger: Even though we’re reaching the end of the proverbial dog days of August, the songs keep coming, in greater numbers each week. I got nearly 400 emails between midnight and noon, and easily half were about new songs or albums (NOT COMPLAINING but wow). And that’s not even including […]

Lebanon confirmed 676 new coronavirus cases and two deaths Friday, bringing the total number of cases registered in the country to 15,613.

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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attends a press conference at Cook County Health’s Professional Building last month. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

The Illinois Department of Public Health slapped the “warning level” label on 30 of the state’s 102 counties — up from 20 last week.