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Asia Argento, a prominent accuser of Harvey Weinstein, remained silent on Monday on an explosive report that she paid a financial settlement to an underage actor who accused her of sexual assault. A New York Times piece published Sunday afternoon said Argento paid costar Jimmy Bennet $380,000, after he accused the actress of assaulting him in a California hotel when he was 17. Read the full article on The Wrap

ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who returned to work and delayed care after her 8-year-old son shot his 4-year-old sister multiple times with a rifle has been sentenced to six months in jail. Alyssa Edwards also was sentenced Monday in Ashland to three years' probation after pleading guilty in July to child endangerment charges. She will be allowed work release privileges while in jail. Authorities say the 28-year-old Hayesville woman came home after learning of the shooting March 3, bandaged the girl and returned to work. Читать дальше...

New Line Cinema has picked up a romantic comedy spec script from writer Lillian Yu called “Singles Day,” that focuses on the anti-Valentine’s Day Chinese holiday of the same name. The move comes after the success of “Crazy Rich Asians,” the first film in 25 years — since 1993’s “The Joy Luck Club” — to have an all-Asian cast supported by a major studio. Read the full article on The Wrap

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Attendance and sales at the Illinois State Fair declined from last year, vendors said. Vendors also said the mostly favorable weather didn't help boost sales for the fair that's seen a downward trend over the past decade, The State Journal-Register reported. "We've had our busy nights, don't get me wrong," said Kelsie Vose, whose family runs the Vose Corn Dogs stand. "But I've heard from a lot of vendors, not just ourselves, but most of the vendors we've spoken to have all been on the same page about that. Читать дальше...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It hasn't been a good year for manatees in Florida. According to state wildlife statistics, there have been more manatee deaths so far this year than all of last year. A total of 540 manatees have died through Aug. 12, compared to 538 in 2017. Experts blame a cold snap at the beginning of the year and the toxic red tide algae in the Gulf of Mexico for the fatalities. Statistics from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission say that red tide is to blame for 97 manatee deaths. Читать дальше...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A member of the MS-13 street gang has pleaded guilty to participating in the brutal massacre of four young men on Long Island. Prosecutors say 17-year-old Josue Portillo pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip Monday to racketeering charges. Portillo admitted planning the April 2017 killings with other MS-13 defendants because he said they believed the four were rival gang members. The victims were lured to a park and attacked with machetes, knives and clubs. The violence... Читать дальше...

WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Monday's weather was a mix of good and bad news for firefighters working in Glacier National Park. Some rain fell in the West Glacier area, offering a brief respite from the smoke, but there wasn't enough precipitation to have much of an effect on a lightning-caused fire burning northwest of Lake McDonald. "It's nothing to write home about," fire information officer Chris Wyatt said Monday of the rain that fell on the 12.5-square-mile (32-square-kilometer) Howe Ridge Fire. Читать дальше...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela on Monday began to launch dramatic reforms announced by President Nicolas Maduro to rescue a downward-spiraling economy, including a new currency and a more-than-3,000 percent hike in the minimum wage. The changes start with the introduction of a currency that lops five zeros off the country’s fast-depreciating bills. Maduro says he’ll also raise gasoline prices to international levels — a combination of measures critics say will only make things worse. Читать дальше...

During the six-minute opening montage of Aneesh Chaganty’s inventive new film “Searching” (opening Aug. 24) — a hyper-contemporary thriller that takes place entirely on computer and smartphone screens — we see 15 years of highs and lows in the lives of a San Jose family unfurl in very 21st century fashion. Through the portal of an initially blank Windows desktop screen, proud father David Kim, played by John Cho (“Harold & Kumar,” “Star Trek”), types, searches and scrolls his way through YouTube videos... Читать дальше...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered Michigan's state health director to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in the deaths of two men linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Flint area, the highest ranking official to stand trial as a result of the scandal. Nick Lyon is accused of failing to issue a timely alert to the public about the outbreak. Judge David Goggins said deaths likely could have been prevented if the outbreak had been publicly known and keeping the... Читать дальше...

TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Monday, August 20, 2018 _____ 509 FPUS54 KSHV 202031 ZFPSHV Zone Forecasts National Weather Service Shreveport LA 331 PM CDT Mon Aug 20 2018 TXZ096-211545- Red River- Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata 331 PM CDT Mon Aug 20 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly... Читать дальше...

NY Binghamton NY Zone Forecast for Monday, August 20, 2018 _____ 112 FPUS51 KBGM 202031 ZFPBGM Zone Forecast Product for Central New York and Northeast Pennsylvania National Weather Service Binghamton NY 430 PM EDT Mon Aug 20 2018 This is an automatically generated product that contains an area forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site-specific forecast, please visit... Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has found two priests unsuitable for the ministry, one as a result of allegations of sexual abuse of a minor that surfaced in a 2011 report by a grand jury. The Rev. Andrew McCormick had been on leave since 2011 because of the abuse claim. Criminal charges against him were withdrawn after mistrials in 2014 and 2015. The church says McCormick could be dismissed from the clergy or could enter a supervised life of prayer and penance. The Philadelphia... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Smoke from wildfires clogged the sky across the U.S. West, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors. As large cities dealt with unhealthy air for a second summer in a row, experts warned that it could become more common as the American West faces larger and more destructive wildfires because of heat and drought blamed on climate change. Officials also must... Читать дальше...

TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Monday, August 20, 2018 _____ 900 FPUS54 KSJT 202017 ZFPSJT Zone Forecast Product for Texas National Weather Service San Angelo TX 317 PM CDT Mon Aug 20 2018 TXZ127-210915- Taylor- Including the city of ABILENE 317 PM CDT Mon Aug 20 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's tribute to federal immigration officials (all times local): 4:25 p.m. President Donald Trump invited a U.S. Border Patrol agent to the podium during a White House event to pay tribute to federal immigration officials and joked that the agent could speak "perfect English." Trump asked the agent, Adrian Anzaldua, to discuss his apprehension of a smuggler accused of locking 78 migrants inside a truck near Laredo, Texas, about a week ago. Trump... Читать дальше...

ALAPPUZHA, India — Thousands of people in flood-ravaged south India waded Monday through muck and mud to begin the immense task of cleaning their homes and businesses. Rains have been diminishing in parts of Kerala state, where floods and landslides have killed more than 200 people in less than two weeks and about 800,000 more have been forced into relief camps. Abdul Samad, a fish seller, scooped water and garbage from his devastated concrete home in the town of Pandalam. Читать дальше...

For decades, Michael Drweiga has opened his wallet whenever the donation basket comes around at church, but the latest revelations of priests sexually abusing children brought him to the conclusion that he can no longer justify giving. Brice Sokolowski helps small Catholic nonprofits and churches raise money, but he too supports the recent calls to withhold donations. And Georgene Sorensen has felt enough anger and "just total sadness" over the past few weeks that she's reconsidering her weekly offering at her parish. Читать дальше...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The union representing faculty at the Vermont State College System says the administration and union have reached an impasse after five months of contract negotiations while the administration said the two sides are close to resolving several remaining issues. The Vermont State Colleges said Monday that the two sides plan to meet with a mediator on Aug. 31. The union says the mission of the state colleges — to provide affordable, high quality public higher education-requires spending on instruction... Читать дальше...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priest sexual abuse and its cover-up. He demanded accountability but offered no indication of how he plans to sanction complicit bishops or end the Vatican’s long-standing culture of secrecy. Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in the effort to root out abuse and cover-up. He blasted the clerical culture that has been blamed for the crisis... Читать дальше...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Ben Brafman accused Weinstein accuser Asia Argento of a “stunning level of hypocrisy” following a a report that she paid $380,000 to a young actor who accused her of sexual misconduct. “This development reveals a stunning level of hypocrisy by Asia Argento, one of the most vocal catalysts who sought to destroy Harvey Weinstein,” Brafman said in a statement to TheWrap. “What is perhaps most egregious, is the timing, which suggests that at the very same time Argento was working... Читать дальше...

SEOUL — The 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday, their first meeting since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 1950-53 Korean War. “How many children do you have? Do you have a son?” Lee Keum-seom asked her son Ri Sang Chol during their long-awaited encounter at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort. The emotional reunion came after dozens of elderly South Koreans crossed the... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Judge orders Michigan health chief to face trial on manslaughter charges tied to Flint-area Legionnaires' outbreak.

A version of this story about Henry Winkler first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. When Henry Winkler’s agent told him he was on the short list for a part in an upcoming HBO comedy series from Bill Hader and Alec Berg, Winkler had an immediate response: “Is Dustin Hoffman also on the short list? ‘Cause if he is, I’m not going in.” Read the full article on The Wrap