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With box office bare, 'Black Panther' makes it 5 in a row

By Jake Coyle - AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On one of the quietest weekends of the year in movie theaters, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" topped the North American box office for the fifth straight weekend, according to…

WEB EXTRA: 2022 Holiday shipping deadlines

(CBS Newspath)--HOLIDAY SHIPPING DEADLINES: 'Tis the season to ship your gifts to friends and family for the holidays. Here are the recommended send-by dates for 2022 from the U.S. Postal Service to make…

NASA's Orion capsule blazes home from test flight to moon

By Marcia Dunn - AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way…

Accused Libyan bombmaker in Pan Am downing now in US custody

By Eric Tucker and Sylvia Hui - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has…

Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84

(AP)----Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who co-founded Ms. Magazine with Gloria Steinem, formed a powerful speaking partnership with her and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the feminist…

Biden called gay marriage 'inevitable' and soon it'll be law

By Chris Megerian-Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss by suddenly declaring his support for gay marriage on national television. But not everyone was surprised. A small…

Ex-cop who kneeled on George Floyd's back gets 3.5-year term

By Stephen Groves and Amy Forliti - Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back while another officer kneeled on the Black man's neck was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in…

Officials grant California girl’s request to keep unicorn

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rules are rules. Animal control officials in Southern California have granted permission for a little girl to keep a unicorn at home, provided she follows strict guidelines. Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control this week…