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'Mr. Big Stuff' singer Jean Knight dies at 80

'Mr. Big Stuff' singer Jean Knight dies at 80

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jean Knight, a New Orleans-born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died at 80.
Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act

Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act

NEW YORK (AP) — For a year, New York's Adult Survivors Act suspended the usual legal deadlines to give sexual assault victims one last chance to file lawsuits over misconduct that occurred years or decades ago.
60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public service

60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public service

NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, remembers being a young state legislator in Rhode Island some 30 years ago and hearing encouraging words from the opposition leader at the time.
Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday.
Paramount Plus Canada developing comedies about prime minister, widowed limo driver

Paramount Plus Canada developing comedies about prime minister, widowed limo driver

TORONTO — Paramount Plus Canada says it's developing two more homegrown comedies, one centred on a widowed limo driver trying to raise his kids, the other on an A-list actor who gets the chance to become prime minister.
Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' pulled until next week as host recovers from surgery

Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' pulled until next week as host recovers from surgery

First this fall, another round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert's “The Late Show.” Now the show is again sidelined as the host recovers from a burst appendix.
Book Review: 'Welcome to The O.C.' serves as a definitive look-back at the 20-year-old Fox drama

Book Review: 'Welcome to The O.C.' serves as a definitive look-back at the 20-year-old Fox drama

“California, here we come.” The refrain from the Phantom Planet tune “California” that served as the theme song for “The O.C.
Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know

Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know

NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven't used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week.
Hiam Abbass' Palestinian family documentary 'Bye Bye Tiberias' applauded at Marrakech Film Festival

Hiam Abbass' Palestinian family documentary 'Bye Bye Tiberias' applauded at Marrakech Film Festival

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Thirty years ago, Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass left her home to pursue her dreams of being in the movies, joining generations of women in her family who were shaped by exile and “learned to leave everything and start anew.
Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state

Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — In one painting, a child sits, mouth wide open, as a worker in white medical garb extends a long cotton swab toward her tonsils.
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