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'M3gan' dolls up with $30.2M while 'Avatar' stays No. 1

By Jake Coyle - AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Blumhouse evil-doll horror film "M3gan" got off to a killer start, debuting with $30.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates, while "Avatar: The Way of Water"…

Adam Rich. former 'Eight is Enough' child star, dies at 54

By Brian Melley - Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as "America's little brother" on "Eight is Enough," has died. He was 54.…

Russell Banks, praised author of 'Cloudsplitter,' dies at 82

By Hillel Italie - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as "Affliction" and "The Sweet Hereafter" in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams…

EXPLAINER: New drug slows Alzheimer's but comes with caveats

By Lauran Neerguard and Matthew Perrone - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Alzheimer's drug is hitting the market — the first with clear-cut evidence that it can slow, by several months, the mind-robbing disease. It's a long-needed new…

Speaker McCarthy: A weakened leader or emboldened survivor?

By Lisa Mascaro - AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but as bruising as it was for him to seize the gavel in a history-making election, it may be even more difficult…

Hamlin's recovery continues, still in critical condition

By John Wawrow- AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Doctors described Damar Hamlin's neurological function as "excellent" Saturday, as the Buffalo Bills safety continued making progress in his recovery after having to be resuscitated on the field in…

Delta says free Wi-Fi coming to many US flights next month

By Rio Yamat and David Koenig - Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will provide free Wi-Fi service on most of its U.S. flights starting in February, CEO Ed Bastian announced Thursday at the CES technology trade…

Heart screening may not have prevented Hamlin's collapse

(AP) ---Quick on-the-field emergency care is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin’s life, but it's unclear if his cardiac arrest could have been prevented with screening. FILE - Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin with his helmet…

Rapper Young Thug to go to trial in gang, racketeering case

By Kate Brumbag - Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug, accused by prosecutors of co-founding a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes and using his songs and social media to promote it, is set to go to…

Prosecutors: 11 charged in illegal sports betting operation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Friday that 11 people across the country have been charged with tax evasion and other crimes in connection to an online sports betting organization. Prosecutors said the defendants operated the Red44 sports betting…