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NEW YORK — I like to imagine what King Kong, as a popcorn-chomping moviegoer, might make of “Skyscraper,” the latest summer actioner staring Dwayne Johnson. Would he, watching a goliath ascend the exterior of a high-rise with helicopters and klieg lights swirling, woundedly mumble, “Hey, that’s my gig.” But in Rawson Marshall Thurber’s thriller, there

NEW YORK — Fox News’ Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. People shouted obscenities at Bream and her crew, crowded around and touched crew

MEXICO CITY — Leftist President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is enjoying a bit of a honeymoon with U.S. President Donald Trump, and he was effusive Tuesday in praising the U.S. leader’s restraint in not bringing up his proposed border wall. Instead of confrontational talk, Lopez Obrador will get a visit by Trump’s son-in-law and adviser,

JOHANNESBURG — A new United Nations report says South Sudan government troops and allied fighters killed at least 232 civilians in a five-week period this year, with some victims hung from trees and others burned alive. The U.N. report released Tuesday is the latest snapshot of the widespread atrocities committed in the world’s youngest nation

Jesse Marsch was hired as an assistant coach of RB Leipzig of the German Bundesliga, four days after quitting as head coach of Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls, which is owned by the same parent company. Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick returned as head coach Tuesday. Rangnick coached the team in 2015-16 as

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State plans to increase its athletic department budget for the upcoming fiscal year after setting a record in donations this year. The university announced Tuesday that the athletic department received cash payments of $30.9 million in the last fiscal year. The department says a record $18.9 million of that was designated

MOSCOW — An activist from Russian punk collective Pussy Riot says she has been brought to court for failing to perform the community service that was her sentence for protesting outside Russia’s top KGB successor agency. Maria Alekhina tweeted that bailiffs detained her on Tuesday and escorted her to a Moscow court that would consider

iBook charts for week ending July 8, 2018: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher : 1. Spymaster by Brad Thor – 9781476789439 – (AtriaEmily Bestler Books) 2. The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand – 9780316375245 – (Little, Brown and Company) 3. All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin – 9780399178931 – (Random House

MOSCOW — Explaining Europe’s stranglehold on the World Cup requires delving into a thick handbook of seemingly mind-numbing regulations. The eligibility requirements for clubs playing in Europe’s elite club competitions go far beyond guidelines for stadiums, spectators and players at Champions League and Europa League matches. Flick past finance and governance rules and stop at

OMAHA, Neb. — The firm working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare heat-resistant element says the project won’t need to dump saltwater in the Missouri River. NioCorp Developments said Tuesday the proposed niobium mine near Elk Creek won’t need an expensive water line to the river, and the project won’t

NEW LONDON, Conn. — A man charged in the killings of a Connecticut couple and their adult son in what authorities called a botched fake robbery will be appointed a lawyer later this month. The Norwich Bulletin reports 26-year-old Sergio Correa waived a time limit for a probable cause hearing Monday in New London Superior

LONDON — A quick look at Wimbledon: LOOKAHEAD TO WEDNESDAY Roger Federer won’t have the comforts of Centre Court to rely on as he continues his search for a record-extending ninth Wimbledon title. Federer will play his quarterfinal against Kevin Anderson on No. 1 Court — the first time in three years he has been

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — France President Emmanuel Macron is attending the World Cup semifinal between France and Belgium at St. Petersburg Stadium. Macron met with King Philippe of Belgium, who was with his wife Queen Mathilde, as they took their seats Tuesday shortly before kickoff. Macron and King Philippe shook hands warmly and Macron patted

Rick Astley, “Beautiful Life” (BMG) Rick Astley rick-rolled the world two years ago when he resurfaced with a very good album, his first new music in 23 years. The man who had become a jokey internet meme proved a master crafter of pop songs. Now he’s proved that wasn’t a fluke. The soulful Englishman with

INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Senate candidate Mike Braun has become the latest Republican to call for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign amid allegations he drunkenly groped a lawmaker and three legislative staffers. Braun called the allegations “troubling and serious” in a Tuesday statement that said he supports Gov. Eric Holcomb and state legislative leaders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Opponents of an initiative to split California into three states asked the state Supreme Court to pull the measure from the ballot, arguing it’s too drastic a change to state government to go through the normal initiative process. A lawsuit filed Monday by the Planning and Conservation League argues major changes to

A 22-year-old Columbia University student accused of child sex crimes did not work as an official for Hillary Clinton’s campaign as multiple online sites are reporting. The erroneous claims follow the June arrest of Joel Davis, a college student who campaigned at the United Nations and elsewhere against child sexual abuse, who has been charged

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A newspaper analysis has found that the former CEO of a taxpayer-funded northern Indiana bus system spent more than $61,000 on airfare, hotels, food and other costs last year before he was fired. The South Bend Tribune’s analysis of five years of public records also shows that former Transpo CEO David

SAN DIEGO — The Latest on a court deadline for the Trump administration to reunify parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 11:17 a.m. The U.S. government’s DNA testing of migrant families separated at the Southwest border has turned up some surprises. A Health and Human Services official said Tuesday that

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Police have made two arrests in the 1988 slaying of a pregnant South Bend woman who was beaten to death while walking her dog. The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office says 76-year-old George Kearney and 56-year-old Barbara Brewster are both charged with one count of murder in 28-year-old Miriam Rice’s killing.

MUNICH — Five people have been on trial in Germany since March 2013 for participating in or supporting the crimes of the National Socialist Underground, a neo-Nazi group suspected of carrying out the biggest killing spree targeting migrants in post-war European history. Here is a look at the defendants: BEATE ZSCHAEPE Zschaepe, 43, went on

LONDON — Arsenal signed Uruguay defensive midfielder Lucas Torreira from Sampdoria on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Torreira is the fourth acquisition by Arsenal since Unai Emery was appointed as coach in May. The cost and length of his contract were not disclosed. Torreira played a part in all of Uruguay’s World Cup matches and started their

What hot in home appliances these days? That’s a steamy story, say industry watchers. Across several categories — cookery, cleaning and personal care — steam features are the big news. “I first started seeing them in laundry products,” says Nigel Maynard, an editor based in Hyattsville, Maryland, who covers the kitchen, bath and architecture industries.

NILES, Mich. — An official says construction on a nearly $1 billion natural gas power plant in southwestern Michigan probably has been pushed back to next year. Michael DuBois, vice president of project development for Buffalo Grove, Illinois-based Indeck Energy Services, told the South Bend Tribune that the company continues to work on financing for

A new, posthumously published collection of essays by Peter Mayle takes readers back to the idyllic, slow-paced and occasionally befuddling world that Mayle first wrote about in his best-selling memoir “A Year in Provence.” “My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now” was published in late June by Alfred A. Knopf, five months