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When he was cast as the renegade Storm Trooper “Finn” in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Boyega was a relative stranger to movie fans. Now, as one of the next generation of Star Wars heroes, his “Finn” is playing alon
He spent most of his adult career treating the elite athletes of the US Olympic Gymnastics team, now it appears physician Larry Nassar will spend the rest of his life in prison. Nassar, who has been accused by several fo
There’s getting out ahead of a story, and then there’s creating a negative narrative that might not otherwise exist. Longtime TV newsman Geraldo Rivera was on Twitter recently, apologizing for a book that’s been out for
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General Electric is not having a good year. The company has been down of late, with stocks falling and earnings reports landing even lower than many people expected. By the numbers GE has dropped more than 30 percent, ma
The automotive manufacturing industry Down Under is done. At least for now, Australia is finished with making cars at home. General Motors finished the last vehicle about a week ago at its Holden facility, ending what ha
The tragic wildfires in the Pacific Northwest have continued to move south, and now they are ravaging America’s most beloved wine country, Napa Valley. That means the American wine industry is struggling to find a way t