Joan Plowright, Acclaimed Star of ‘Enchanted April’ and ‘Stalin,’ Passes Away at 95

Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, her family said Friday in a statement to the Associated Press. She was 95. “She enjoyed a long and…

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Military Humvee Sighted Parked Outside Ben Affleck’s Home During Wildfires

After having to evacuate his Pacific Palisades home amid the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, Ben Affleck returned to find a massive military vehicle outside the home Thursday. Photos published by TMZ show a man dressed in military fatigues and a khaki-colored Humvee parked right outside the 52-year-old Oscar winner’s Brentwood estate. The “Gone Girl” star was seen…

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Amex Settles for $230 Million Due to Deceptive Sales Practices

American Express Co. will pay about $230 million to resolve a long-running investigation into some of the firm’s prior sales practices which regulators said misled small-business owners. Amex reached agreements with federal prosecutors and the Federal Reserve to settle the allegations, according to statements from the parties involved. The misconduct stems from a practice where Amex workers offered…

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Army and Police Investigate Fort Carson Soldier Recorded in Online Sting Operation by Pedophile Hunter Groups

A Fort Carson soldier is under investigation after he was caught by a civilian group of pedophile hunters. Fort Carson Spc. Brandon Storey states in the first few minutes of a video on YouTube taken by Colorado Ped Patrol he was planning on meeting children, a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old, for sex. The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation…

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Biden Grants Pardons to Fauci, Ret. Gen. Mark Milley, and the January 6 Committee

President Joe Biden issued pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Retired General Mark Milley, and members of the January 6 committee on Monday just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. “I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics,” Biden said in…

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Meredith Vieira’s Husband, Journalist Richard Cohen, Passes Away After 50-Year Struggle with MS

Richard Cohen, an Emmy-winning journalist and husband of former “Today” show anchor Meredith Vieira, died on Christmas Eve, 50 years after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. The three-time Emmy award-winning CBS journalist had been battling pneumonia for two months when he died, Forbes reports. A former senior producer for CBS News and CNN, Cohen sometimes wrote for The New York…

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