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Clooney, ‘Billie Holiday’ among AARP movie award honorees

  By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” “Minari,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “One Night in Miami” are among the films AARP is honoring at its annual Movies for Grownups Awards, the nonprofit organization said Thursday. Director Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” starring Andra Day as the […]

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Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on US drug charges

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested Monday in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former beauty queen, was […]

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Building On Family Entrepreneurship, Construction Company Secures American Dream

Brian Ortiz, the founder and owner of Trinidad Construction, inherited his passion for working hard from his great-grandfather Trinidad, who came from Mexico searching for the American Dream. Trinidad Ortiz pursued it in Chicago, where he founded a mechanical service company. His son opened a mechanical contracting business there, too. True to his family history […]

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EXPLAINER: Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond

By DAVID KOENIG and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather’s seasonal shifts were more consistent and predictable — conditions that most experts believe no longer exist. This isn’t just happening in Texas, of course. […]

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VIDEO: Trump Would Have Been Convicted On Secret Ballot, Says Impeachment Manager

Former President Donald J. Trump would have been convicted in last week’s impeachment trial if senators had been allowed to cast ballots in private, according to one of the House Democrats who prosecuted the case. “Would he be convicted on a secret ballot? Hell yeah. Without question,” Del. Stacey E. Plaskett (D-USVI) told Zenger News […]

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Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot

www.theurbanfly.com Eds: UPDATES: 1st paragraph to note that it was Congress that was certifying the results. Raises reference to Thompson’s position in Congress. Adds that other members of Congress are expected to join the lawsuit. With AP Photos. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security committee accused Donald Trump in a […]

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Daring To Be ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’

The PBS American Masters biographical documentary, “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” doesn’t just focus on the successes and struggles of Moreno’s monumental journey as an entertainer for over 70 years. Filmmaker Mariem Pérez Riera practically turns her story into a selfie. The camera relentlessly follows the performer, who calmly flows […]