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Mike Richards is out as producer of 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Richards is out as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”, days after he exited as the quiz show’s newly appointed host because of past misogynistic and other comments. Richards is also no longer executive producer of “Wheel…

August 31st: Today in Entertainment History

(AP) -- Today in Entertainment History On Aug. 31, 1948, actor Robert Mitchum was arrested during a Hollywood drug raid. The next year, he was found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and was sentenced to 60 days in…

Mississippi highway collapses; 2 dead, 10 injured

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured after a roadway collapsed in Mississippi on Monday night. Troopers told WDSU-TV that both the east and westbound lanes…

WATCH: Hurricane Ida damage aerial footage

(CBS Newspath) -- WATCH: The U.S. Coast Guard surveyed the damage from Hurricane Ida around the Grand Isle, LA region on Monday (8/30). “Assets conducted critical incident search and rescue overflights and assessing for…

USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, investigation finds

(AP) -- A Center for Public Integrity investigation finds that the U.S. Postal Service regularly cheats mail carriers out of their pay. Arbitrators and federal investigators have found managers at hundreds of post offices around the country have illegally underpaid…

Man testifies against R. Kelly in sex-trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — After several days of testimony from women claiming they were sexually abused by R&B star R. Kelly, a man has testified that Kelly exploited him in the same way. The witness took the stand at Kelly’s…

August 30th: Today in Entertainment History

(AP) -- Today in Entertainment History On Aug. 30, 1969, the three-day Texas International Pop Festival opened at the Dallas International Motor Speedway. Performers included Chicago Transit Authority, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin and Santana. In 1973, Rolling Stone reported that…

Education Department investigating states with school mask bans

(AP) -- The Education Department says it’s investigating five Republican-led states with universal mask bans, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions. The department’s office for civil rights sent letters to education chiefs…

US military flies out evacuees in waning hours of withdrawal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war in Afghanistan is in its final hours as the military flew more desperate evacuees out of the Afghan capital. The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate is claiming responsibility for targeting the Kabul airport with…