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Dale Hansen -- who was twice named the AP’s Sportscaster of the Year -- also acknowledged that his race has given him an advantage in his own career.

A NOAA satellite captured this video of Hurricane Florence gathering steam in the southeast Atlantic early Monday on its path towards the East Coast of the US.

The biggest intrigue surrounding today’s Super Bowl may involve someone who isn’t even there.

How massive are the wildfires torching Southern California? Smoke from the blazes is clearly visible from 438 miles above the Earth. NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image Tuesday afternoon showing gray plumes of smoke from the fires, pushed by Santa Ana winds, drifting far out into the Pacific. The largest plume, top left, is from the Thomas Fire, which has burned more than 50,000 acres in Ventura County. Smaller plumes from the Creek and Rye fires, closer to Los Angeles, also are visible.…

They’re a baseball team in a football-mad state. In their 55 seasons they have never won a championship. Just four years ago, they were the worst team in the majors.

The decade that brought us “Seinfeld,” Tupac, Britney Spears and a very famous white Bronco chase also had plenty of weird stuff. And we actually liked a lot of it.

The first tweet after the Manchester bombing came at 10:34 p.m. People in the arena thought a balloon had popped. But before long, Twitter feeds reflected a growing sense of alarm, dread, horror and grief.

Here’s a guide -- an Oscars for Dummies -- that answers even your most clueless questions about Sunday’s Academy Awards.

As we all know, Thanksgiving isn’t always the harmonious holiday it’s sometimes made out to be.

Every year, manufacturers produce almost 9 billion kernels of candy corn. Here are some things you may not know about the polarizing confection.

Director Michael Cimino, whose searing 1978 Vietnam War drama “The Deer Hunter” won five Oscars, including Best Picture, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 77.

Charlie Sheen is a suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation involving alleged threats he has made, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

It may have been the most emotional moment of the Oscars.

Adele’s performance at the Grammys was marred by audio glitches, and the singer blamed a fallen piano microphone for the problem.

Oh, no, not again. For many movie fans, Thursday’s Oscar nominations brought a dispiriting feeling of deja vu.

With the ‘Blackstar’ album, fans are seeing rock star David Bowie’s final songs and videos in a new light after his startling death Sunday.

Awards season kicks off in earnest Sunday with the 73rd annual Golden Globes, celebrating the best in movies and TV.

Robert Stigwood, the Australian-born producer who managed the Bee Gees and Eric Clapton before becoming a creative force behind “Saturday Night Fever,” “Grease” and other cultural blockbusters of the 1970s, has died. He was 81.

On November 22, 1995, “Toy Story” hit theaters, introducing the world to Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear and forever changing the way movies are made.

Her upset of Ronda Rousey has thrust soft-spoken UFC fighter Holly Holm into the spotlight.