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At long last, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff has a name. The firehouse-set drama, starring “Grey’s” vet Jason George, is officially titled “Station 19.” The announcement title comes not a moment too soon, as the series is set to premiere with a two-hour episode on Thursday, March 22. Earlier this month, ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey explained that the network had a difficult time coming up with the right title. “The truth of the matter is coming up with a title is one of the most challenging things that we do... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A circus that owns four elephants that were briefly stranded this week along an Oklahoma roadway also had a pachyderm escape its enclosure and roam free through a Wisconsin residential neighborhood last summer, federal records show. A female Carson & Barnes Circus elephant named Kelly got loose in July at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report. Circus World spokesman Dave Saloutos told The Associated Press at the time that another female elephant... Читать дальше...

The list of qualities that go into making Lou Harrison’s music so amiably inviting is almost as extensive and varied as the catalog itself. There’s his insistence on the primacy of melody, for instance, along with the rhythmic vitality that underlies those melodies, his dappled instrumental palette, and the combination of spirited freedom and fierce discipline. Many of those — though not all — were in evidence on Wednesday, Jan. 24, when a passel of Bay Area new-music luminaries... Читать дальше...

Harvey Weinstein has been hit with another lawsuit, this time by a woman who says, among other things, that the disgraced producer dictated emails while naked. In the lawsuit filed Thursday, Sandeep Rehal says that she began working at The Weinstein Company in 2013, and worked as Weinstein’s personal assistant until February 2015. During that time, the suit says, Rehal was subjected to “a personal and severe sexually hostile work environment” that was “defined endless offensive, degrading and sexually harassing actions... Читать дальше...

“The Insult” takes a small incident and uses it to throw audiences right into the experience of contemporary Lebanon. As if in passing, it gives us an education into a country’s history, its fault lines and its people. It’s a strange thing. If you were to take a poll and ask most American moviegoers if they wanted to see a movie all about modern Lebanon, a small minority would say yes. But if you forced those same people to sit through a screening of “The Insult,” the vast majority would thank you. Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey — The United States would prefer that Turkish troops “remove themselves” from a conflict in the Syrian border town of Afrin, President Trump’s homeland security adviser said Thursday. He also appealed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to focus on “longer-term strategic goals” of a peaceable Syria. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos before Trump’s arrival later, Tom Bossert said Turkey “ought to be mindful of the potential for escalation as they move into Syria and Afrin.

“He Hate Me” may be retired from professional football, but Rod Smart’s legacy could live on in Vince McMahon’s new XFL. On a Thursday conference call, TheWrap asked the WWE chairman if he plans to allow nicknames (as opposed to just given surnames) on the backs of jerseys in the 2020 NFL-alternative reboot — an option that McMahon’s short-lived professional pigskin league got a lot of attention for the first time around. The Las Vegas Outlaw player’s “He Hate Me” (pictured above) is the one everyone remembers. Читать дальше...

“He Hate Me” may be retired from professional football, but Rod Smart’s legacy may live on in Vince McMahon’s new XFL. TheWrap asked the WWE chairman if he plans to allow nicknames — as opposed to just surnames — on the backs of jerseys in the 2020 NFL-alternative reboot, which is something McMahon’s league got a lot of attention for the first time around. “I’m not sure about the individuality of the ‘He Hate Me’ — we’re not there yet,” he told TheWrap. “But it’s amazing that people remember that.” Also Read... Читать дальше...

Next-level horror movie fans near the South Bay will soon get a chance to simultaneously watch a haunting in a house while maybe being haunted in that same house.

WASHINGTON—White supremacist and other far-right extremist groups have killed 51 police officers since 1990, according to a report published by the Anti-Defamation League last week. Left-wing extremist groups, including black nationalists, killed 11 during the same period. In 2017 alone, black nationalists and other leftists killed no police, while white supremacists and antigovernment extremists fatally attacked a police officer and two corrections officers, the report said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy Award host James Corden says Sunday's show will carve out some time to allow artists to express solidarity with the "Me Too" and Times Up movements. Corden, returning for his second stint as host, will do his own part to support victims of sexual misconduct — he'll wear a white rose. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, the late night talk host said he didn't know about the new initiative but supported it. The push was launched late Wednesday when women music... Читать дальше...

TEHRAN — One day late last month, a woman wearing black trousers and gray sneakers climbed atop a telephone utility box in Tehran’s crowded Enghelab Square. In an act of defiance as quiet as it was striking, she removed her white head scarf, tied it to a stick and waved the garment back and forth like a flag in protest against modesty laws that require Iranian women to cover their hair. In cell phone videos captured by onlookers, her movements are slow, almost hypnotic... Читать дальше...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan teacher has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for slashing his wife's throat after she discovered evidence of an affair that investigators said involved a middle-school student. James Chelekis was sentenced Tuesday in Kent County Circuit Court after pleaded no contest to attempted murder for attacking his wife at their home in June. The 32-year-old also pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct related to the student. The attack came after Amanda Chelekis found evidence of an affair. Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several of Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens' key budget recommendations are getting a chilly response from lawmakers. Leaders in the Republican-led Legislature on Thursday said they don't like Greitens' call for cuts to higher education institutions. Greitens asked for a 10 percent decrease compared to what was originally budgeted for the current year. Republican Senate President Ron Richard says lawmakers will soften that to "considerably less." He said "we're not... Читать дальше...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Many school districts across Illinois are experiencing substitute teacher shortages, a survey shows. The survey of more than 500 superintendents was conducted by the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools. Superintendents in southern Illinois described their shortage as more severe than most in other areas of the state. Some school officials have been recruiting substitute teachers by posting on social media, attending job fairs and asking parents for help. Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the death of retired Indianapolis Catholic Archbishop Daniel Buechlein (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Funeral services for retired Indianapolis Catholic Archbishop Daniel Buechlein (BEEK'-lyn) are planned for next week at the cathedral where he presided for 19 years. The archdiocese says the 79-year-old Buechlein died early Thursday at southern Indiana's St. Meinrad (MYN'-rehd) Archabbey, where he moved after a stroke forced his retirement in 2011. Services will begin... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last year's best actor winner Casey Affleck will not be presenting at the 90th Academy Awards. Affleck's publicist confirmed Thursday that the actor is not attending the ceremony on March 4. Traditionally, the reigning best actor winner returns to present the best actress award. Sexual harassment allegations were made against Affleck in 2010 during the production of "I'm Not There." The civil suits were settled for undisclosed sums. Affleck has said the terms of the settlement prevent him from discussing it. Читать дальше...

You have to admire an animator who can make a star out of a stick figure, and that’s just what Canadian filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming has accomplished. “Stick Girl,” drawn with the simplest of lines, has appeared in Fleming’s earlier work, and she now takes the leading role in a pretty good new feature, “Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming.” The movie is, among other things, a celebration of multiculturalism. Rosie Ming (voice of Sandra Oh, also... Читать дальше...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's top Republican lawmakers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an order by the state's highest court throwing out the boundaries of its 18 congressional districts in a gerrymandering case. Thursday's filing by the Legislature's Republican leaders says the state Supreme Court justices unconstitutionally usurped the authority of lawmakers to create congressional districts. It asked the nation's high court to put the state court's decision on hold while it considers their claims. Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — Almost 400 people were evacuated from their homes in the Paris region as a precaution Thursday as rivers across France kept swelling. Thirteen departments across the country remained on alert for floods as heavy rainfall continued to batter many regions. In addition to Paris, where the Seine river is expected to keep rising until Saturday, the other regions threatened are in the north and east of the country. Seven other departments in central France have been placed on alert for snow and ice. Читать дальше...

XIANGYANG, China (AP) — With two young children, Deng Guilian hadn't planned on going back to work. That changed after her husband was arrested while investigating labor abuses at Chinese suppliers for Ivanka Trump's brand. Now the 36-year-old mom works the overnight shift at a karaoke parlor and stays in a dorm nearby. She gets just three days off a month to see her kids. "They seem accustomed to not having their mom," Deng said of her 7-year-old daughter, Chen Chen, and 4-year-old son, Bo Bo. She flashed an uneasy smile. Читать дальше...

NFL-alternative The XFL is set to kick off (again) in 2020, and visionary Vince McMahon wants to see all of his players stand and salute the flag during the “Star-Spangled Banner.” As a matter of fact, he’s considering making that a rule. “I think, again, it’s a time-honored tradition to stand and appreciate the national anthem with any sport,” the WWE boss told TheWrap. “Here in America — for that matter, in any country…so I think it’d be appropriate to do that.” Also Read: The XFL Expected to... Читать дальше...

TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Thursday, January 25, 2018 _____ 355 FPUS54 KOUN 252021 ZFPOUN Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Norman OK 221 PM CST Thu Jan 25 2018 TXZ086-261000- Wichita- Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls 221 PM CST Thu Jan 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening. Not as cool. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. Читать дальше...

XIANGYANG, China (AP) — The young woman, new to the grind of Chinese factory life, knew the man who called himself Kalen only by the photo on his chat profile. It showed him with a pressed smile holding a paper cup in a swank skyscraper somewhere late at night. Yu Chunyan and her friends didn't know what to make of him. Some thought his eyes were shifty. Others said he looked handsome in a heroic sort of way. Yu was among the doubters. The daughter of factory workers, Yu paid her way through college by working in factories herself. Читать дальше...

HANOI — A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is expected to make a port visit to Vietnam in March, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. It would be the first such visit in the postwar era. The planned visit to Danang is likely to irritatte China, which is critical of U.S. moves to add to its military muscle in the region. Mattis and his counterpart, Ngo Xuan Lich, discussed the planned carrier visit during a closed-door meeting, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said. Читать дальше...