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They're the names you don't know. Hollywood's 'journeyman' actors explain why they are striking

They're the names you don't know. Hollywood's 'journeyman' actors explain why they are striking

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kravits gets a lot of this: People recognize him — they’re just not sure how. “I’m that guy who looks like the guy you went to high school with,” says Kravits. “People think they've just seen me somewhere.
How David Bowie, long thought ambivalent to country music, became a writer on a Chris Young song

How David Bowie, long thought ambivalent to country music, became a writer on a Chris Young song

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country star Chris Young's latest single, “Young Love & Saturday Nights,” is a vivid love letter to summertime weekends, old trucks, dive bar bands, and crushes.
CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

As a heat wave grips parts of the world, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair captured Palestinians enjoying a day at the beach on the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City. A boy is tossed in the air as a camel is walked on the beach.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5: July 30: Blues guitarist Buddy Guy is 87. Singer Paul Anka is 82. Jazz saxophonist David Sanborn is 78. Actor William Atherton (“Die Hard” films”) is 76.
Cheesy, oven-baked potato tacos evoke Los Angeles’ innovative tortilla scene

Cheesy, oven-baked potato tacos evoke Los Angeles’ innovative tortilla scene

While exploring the taco scene in Los Angeles, we learned just how wide of a world filled tortillas could be. Corn tortillas filled with stingray. Hard-shell tacos shaped like baskets.
Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy's sight. Similar treatments could help millions

Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy's sight. Similar treatments could help millions

MIAMI (AP) — Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye.
Liz Weston: Don’t let your credit scores retire

Liz Weston: Don’t let your credit scores retire

Getting rid of debt before retirement is often a good idea. Getting rid of your credit scores? Not so much.
Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdown

Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country's biggest e-commerce company and launched judicial procedures after it published pictures online showing female employees not wearing the mandator
Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins Hemingway look-alike contest

Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins Hemingway look-alike contest

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — On his 68th birthday, a white-bearded Wisconsin man won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West’s annual Hemingway Days celebration that ends Sunday.
Say goodbye to Bodypainting Day, New York City’s annual celebration of nudity and artistry

Say goodbye to Bodypainting Day, New York City’s annual celebration of nudity and artistry

NEW YORK (AP) — If you've ever dreamed of standing naked in New York City with dozens of strangers while artists turn your skin into a work of art, you may have missed your chance.
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