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Reeves, also known for directing "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," said he's loved the Batman story since he was a child and is honored and excited to "bring an epic and emotional new take on the Caped Crusader to the big screen." Affleck, who is also writing the screenplay, dropped out of directing the project in late January citing the focus required to play the superhero.

VIENNA (AP) — Austria's Heath Ministry says the country's health minister, Sabine Oberhauser, has died at age 53. The ministry said Oberhauser died Thursday. She had been battling cancer for two years and relinquished her government duties a week ago to enter the hospital. Oberhauser, a physician, took office in 2014 after holding various posts for the Social Democrats, the senior partners in Austria's coalition government. She is survived by her husband, fellow doctor Gerold Oberhauser, and their two daughters. Читать дальше...

If you've traveled recently, you know the benefit of services like Airbnb. This Queen Anne gem lets you work the Airbnb market without ever leaving your home.

A corrections officer at an Aberdeen jail faces federal charges following allegations that he smuggled drugs into the jail and gave up the identity of a police informant.

(AP) — Astoria officials are considering placing limits on temporary lodging like Airbnb rentals to free up units for permanent residents of the coastal Oregon city. Grandview Bed & Breakfast owner Loretta Maxwell bolstered that argument when she said Tuesday that her reservations have dwindled as temporary room rentals have taken off over the past three years. Price said the housing shortage shouldn't mean pitting groups against each other and argued that more data should be gathered on temporary... Читать дальше...

Norwegian Air announced Thursday that it's opening new flight crew bases and plans to hire pilots and flight attendants at Rhode Island's T.F. Green Airport and Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, about 60 miles north of New York City. The company won permission from the Obama administration in December for its disputed plan to expand flights to the United States, but did not receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration until Friday evening, spokesman Anders Lindstrom said. Читать дальше...

Seattle's version of "South-by-Southwest" is here, and the line up is a doozy.

Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday morning signed an executive order declaring Washington a "welcoming jurisdiction," spelling out that state resources won't be used to support federal immigration efforts, except where required by law.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. indexes are mixed Thursday as investors sell industrial companies, which have surged over the last few months. With bond yields falling and stocks that are more tightly linked to economic growth trading lower, investors bought shares of companies that pay large dividends. Utilities, real estate investment trusts and phone companies traded higher. Realty Income, which owns properties used by retailers like drugstores and discount stores, gained $1.36, or 2.2 percent, to $62.50. L Brands... Читать дальше...

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(AP) — A Taco Bell treat that has a shell made entirely of fried chicken will vanish from the fast food chain's menu despite its popularity. Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch says the Naked Chicken Chalupa always was planned as a limited-time offer, but it has proven to be popular and exceeded the company's expectations.

According to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, the Denver Broncos will decline their multiyear contract option on former Seahawks tackle Russell Okung after signing him last offseason. The 29-year-old started all 16 games at left tackle for the Broncos last season, but Denver decided to move away from him rather than picking up the four-year option that would have guaranteed him nearly $20 million over the next four seasons.

Even though Octavia Spencer is pleased with the record number of blacks nominated for acting Oscars this year, she's still disappointed by the lack of recognition for other people of color. Spencer is one of six black actors up for an Academy Award at Sunday's ceremony. The diverse slate is a far cry from the past two years, when all-white acting nominees led to the social media hashtag #OscarsSoWhite and a national conversation on race in Hollywood. Spencer wants to create a lane for women and... Читать дальше...

Mnuchin said that tax reform is the administration's top economic priority and the goal is to have a measure approved by the time Congress takes its August recess. The country has struggled through the weakest recovery in the post-World War II period in terms of growth, with GDP averaging annual gains of just above 2 percent in the seven years since the recession ended in mid-2009. GOP lawmakers in the Senate have expressed opposition to a House proposal to replace the current 35 percent tax on corporate profits with a border adjustment tax. Читать дальше...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski in 2001 gave a speech urging colleagues to approve oil drilling in America's largest wildlife refuge. The field of white, he said, was all you could see each winter on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, implying that such a barren landscape would not be harmed by oil rigs. The coastal plain is not the apex of Alaska scenery, but it's a nursery for polar bears, muskoxen and the vast Porcupine Caribou Herd. Few people visit... Читать дальше...

VIENNA (AP) — Austria's defense minister says that state prosecutors have begun preliminary proceedings on suspicion of fraud against Airbus and an affiliated company regarding his country's purchase of 15 combat aircraft. The accusation against Airbus Defence and Space GmbH and Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH is based on Austria's purchase of 15 used Eurofighter Typhoon planes, in 2007 for 1.56 billion euros — $1.66 billion at the present exchange rate.

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Industrial companies and small-company stocks, which have surged in recent months, are slipping Thursday. Stocks are posting moderate gains in early trading on Wall Street, led by gains in energy stocks which recouped some of their losses from a day earlier. Oil rig operator Transocean jumped 4 percent, one of the biggest gains in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Payments processor Square soared 16 percent after reporting higher revenue that analysts were expecting and issuing a strong forecast.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel says he never really wanted to host the Academy Awards. "If anything, what I wanted is for people to publicly say that I should be the host and that it's an outrage that I am not the host, but then to not actually have to host it," the 49-year-old comedian told The Associated Press. Because hosting turns out to be a lot of work, and as you know, people are very critical. Kimmel, who has twice hosted the Emmy Awards, will make his Oscars debut on Sunday. How does... Читать дальше...

Barks finds a bit more depth of character between the lines of the gooey, unsubtle script by Mendeluk and first-time screenwriter Richard Bachynsky-Hoover; Irons, who might play a good Romeo one day, is reduced to smoldering soulfully as his country implodes. A budding artist, Yuri seeks to woo Natalka by painting her; she tries to discourage him, warning that she will bring him misfortune. Stalin — in the first shot, we see him merely via a bushy moustache — has consolidated power after Lenin's death and introduced collectivization... Читать дальше...

AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) — The sun had just risen along Puerto Rico's northwest coast when Paul Schmidt hopped off his surfboard and emerged from the water at Wilderness Beach, ending another session at a remote area that draws surfers from around the world looking for the next big wave. [...] Schmidt and others worry that the days are numbered for this slice of rocky beach ringed by mangrove forest and palm trees, with not a store or house in sight. Developers and local officials eager to improve... Читать дальше...

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on 30-year, fixed-rate loans edged up to 4.16 percent from 4.15 percent last week. Investors bid rates higher because they expect Trump's plans to cut taxes and increase spending on roads, bridges and airports will drive up economic growth and inflation. The economy has been showing solid gains but there is uncertainty around the new Trump administration and its economic policies. Federal Reserve policymakers early this month decided to leave a key interest rate unchanged.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2017 Oscar nominations were a banner year for black nominees both in front of and behind the camera, but other nonwhite groups and women were largely left out of the running. The lead actress category is even bleaker for Asian women. Supporting actor nominee Mahershala Ali hopes that people of color can become part of the fabric of entertainment in a "real and organic way." For women behind the camera, things have gotten worse overall, despite some strides, including "Jackie"... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two years of intense public scrutiny over the academy's all-white acting nominations, the 2017 Oscar nominees are as diverse a group as the organization has ever seen, thanks to films like "Moonlight," ''Fences," ''Hidden Figures" and "Loving." [...] there are some in the industry who wonder whether the rich diversity of this year's Oscars is a blip, a sign of progress, or some complicated combination of the two. Denzel Washington ("Fences") is up for best actor (his seventh nomination)... Читать дальше...