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Huge Confederate flag near Interstate is one man's mission
In this Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo, Marion Lambert poses in Tampa, Fla. Lambert, 69, spearheaded an effort more than a decade ago to unfurl the largest Confederate flag at the corner of Interstates 85 and 4 in Florida. The flag's been a thorn in the side of local officials and a source of puzzlement and disgust to many residents and visitors. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)
Skeptics dismiss Bannon's call for economic war with China
FILE - In this April 29, 2017, file photo, Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump is seen in Harrisburg, Pa. Bannon says there’s no military solution to North Korea’s threats and says the U.S. is losing the economic race against China. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
California mass killer spared death sentence
Officials say extremist group beheads 3 people in Kenya
Mourners remember Virginia trooper killed in copter crash
Susanne Kain, center left, comforts her husband, Virginia State Police Sgt. CM Kain, center right, during the funeral of Virginia State Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates at St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Bates died in a fatal crash of a helicopter that had been monitoring a violent white-nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
US general pledges to defend Japan from North Korean attack
Maryland removes Dred Scott ruling author's statue
Workers sits the monument dedicated to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney on a flatbed truck after it was removed from outside the Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Md., early Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Maryland workers hauled several monuments away, days after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Hopkins is first female baseball scout in more than 50 years
In this Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, Amanda Hopkins, center, talks on a panel on women in baseball with Sarah Gelles, left, director of analytics and major league contracts for the Baltimore Orioles, and Kelly Munro, Mariners senior manager of baseball information, before a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles in Seattle. Hopkins, 24, is about to complete her second year as an area scout for the Mariners, a position that has made her a part of baseball history. She is the first full-time female baseball scout in more than a half-century, breaking through a barrier that required diligence on her end and willingness by the Mariners organization. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Burundi: 1 killed, 29 injured in grenade attacks, say police
Grand Teton park to escape Yellowstone's shadow for eclipse
The Latest: Young Australian boy missing after van attack
An armed policeman grimaces while on patrol in Cambrils, Spain, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Spanish police on Friday shot and killed five people carrying bomb belts who were connected to the Barcelona van attack that killed at least 13, as the manhunt intensified for the perpetrators of Europe's latest rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Spanish plan for carnage started with botched explosion
Man in custody over 'black power' graffiti on Rizzo statue
Eclipse concerns cause school district to cancel classes
Indian IT company Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigns
NFL linebacker Greene says dropped gun charge 'was false'
FILE - In this June 13, 2016 file photo, Khaseem Greene of the Detroit Lions NFL football team poses for a photo. An attorney for the former NFL linebacker said a gun charge against his client has been dropped because the man who said he gave him a weapon admitted he lied. NJ.com reported this week the charges against Greene were dismissed by a judge on July 17, 2017, after a request from prosecutors. (AP Photo/File)
'Spectacular' autumn foliage is forecast for New England
Math experts join brainpower to help address gerrymandering
In this Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 photo, mathematics professor Moon Duchin speaks to attendees during a conference at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Lawsuits challenging voting districts have risen since a 2013 Supreme Court case made it easier to draw new districts. Duchin realized her geometry research could be used to fight gerrymandering by figuring out if new voting districts pass legal muster. She's now started a summer program to teach mathematicians how to testify in court to help illuminate the complicated topic. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
Judge: Ex-treasure hunter should remain jailed for contempt
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office in Delaware, Ohio, shows Tommy Thompson, jailed on contempt-of-court charges since December 2015 for violating terms of a plea deal by refusing to respond to questions about the location of 500 missing gold coins. The ex-treasure hunter is ready to argue before an Ohio judge why his imprisonment should be ended. Federal Judge Algenon Marbley has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Columbus. (Delaware County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Federal judge delays sentencing man who plotted US attacks
FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, front left, speaks with his attorney Sam Shamansky, right, during a hearing to set bond in Columbus, Ohio. Mohamud pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in 2015 and is asking for leniency at his scheduled sentencing Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, saying he abandoned his plan to kill military members in the U.S., Shamansky said in a Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, court filing. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)
Troopers pay tribute to 4 people killed in 1997 shootings
The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture
The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture
In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, cashiers stand at checkout counters waiting to serve customers at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. Three generations into Kim Jong Un's ruling dynasty, markets have blossomed and a consumer culture is taking root. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
State fair to feature 40 food trucks in competition
Birds cut down by kite flying on Indian Independence Day
Rolls of kite strings are displayed for sale in the old quarters of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. The annual tradition of flying kites over the Indian capital on Independence Day takes a painful toll on birds that fall victim to their razor-sharp strings. It happens mostly to pigeons but also to crows, eagles and parrots. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
A van veered onto a promenade and barreled down the busy walkway in Barcelona, Spain, killing 13 people and wounding dozens
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Review: Tense and immersive, Good Time features a new, gritty Robert Pattinson
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Review: Ingrid Goes West is a sharp satire of millennial isolation
Ingrid (Aubrey Plaza) and Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen) in Ingrid Goes West.
Aubrey Plaza on her character’s sanity in Ingrid Goes West and getting pigeonholed as deadpan
Aubrey Plaza attends the premiere for Ingrid Goes West in New York on Aug. 8. While her character in the film takes extreme actions, she says she ‘really focused on trying to understand where all that comes from, why someone would behave like that.’
How filmmaker Lina Rodriguez captures the naturalism of family life
Toronto-based director Lina Rodriguez returned to her Colombian homeland to film Manana a esta hora (This Time Tomorrow).
Review: Suddenly, This Time Tomorrow takes on a stronger vision
This Time Tomorrow
Review: In This Corner of the World is a gorgeously animated wartime story
In This Corner of the World is animated feature set in Hiroshima during the Second World War.
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