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Suspect in Jam Master Jay killing pleads not guilty

Suspect in Jam Master Jay killing pleads not guilty

NEW YORK — A man eyed for years as a possible suspect in the 2002 fatal shooting of hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Tuesday, and remained in federal custody where he is already serving a prison sentence for rob
WHAT TO WATCH: Biden agenda and reviving Obama enthusiasm

WHAT TO WATCH: Biden agenda and reviving Obama enthusiasm

LAS VEGAS — Democrats hoping to create a surge of enthusiasm behind Joe Biden’s presidential bid will look to Wednesday’s convention headliners to broaden the party's focus from a multipart rebuke of President Donald Trump to a message of change.
Detailed plans in place for careful removal of Lee statue

Detailed plans in place for careful removal of Lee statue

RICHMOND, Va. — When the bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E.
Official: Kanye signature work in Wyoming too close to polls

Official: Kanye signature work in Wyoming too close to polls

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Rapper and music producer Kanye West's campaign ran into trouble Tuesday on his first day of trying to get on the presidential ballot in his home state of Wyoming.

'60 Minutes' leads quiet week in Nielsen ratings

NEW YORK — Led by the reliable “60 Minutes” on CBS, news programming dominated the television rankings on a quiet week in mid-August.
Democrats hope unconventional travelogue entices viewers

Democrats hope unconventional travelogue entices viewers

NEW YORK — An unexpected travelogue connected as a television event during the second night of the Democrats' virtual convention, livening up a show that so far is struggling in the ratings.
Lawsuit: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. raped New York woman in 2013

Lawsuit: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. raped New York woman in 2013

NEW YORK — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, according to a lawsuit that escalates the severity of the growing number of claims against him.
Canada's drag queens on staying fierce after COVID-19 sidelined a big year

Canada's drag queens on staying fierce after COVID-19 sidelined a big year

TORONTO — Kevin Levesque rarely hesitates to get his hands dirty working the crowds as drag queen Miss Conception, but when things got hairy this summer in the live entertainment world, the Toronto performer literally dug his heels into the mud.
Appeals court rules Spanish museum can keep looted Nazi art

Appeals court rules Spanish museum can keep looted Nazi art

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Camille Pissarro painting a Jewish woman traded to the Nazis to escape the Holocaust in 1939 may remain the property of a Spanish museum that acquired it more than a half-century later.
Britney Spears asks court to curb father's power over her

Britney Spears asks court to curb father's power over her

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears on Tuesday asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12 years.