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Iconic director Mike Nichols dies at 83: ‘He was a true visionary’

December 17, 2018 at 8:32 p.m.

Mike Nichols, a nine-time Tony Award winner on Broadway and the Oscar-winning director of films such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "The Graduate" and "Carnal Knowledge," died on Wednesday...

2 Americans freed by North Korea back on U.S. soil

May 17, 2019 at 10:41 a.m.

Two Americans freed from secretive North Korea stepped off a plane into the welcoming arms of family on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official who...

2 Americans freed by North Korea arrive in U.S., hug family members

August 18, 2019 at 6:12 p.m.

Two Americans freed from secretive North Korea returned home on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official who traveled to Pyongyang to secure their release. Kenneth...

U.S. city health officials want tighter restrictions on e-cigarettes

May 14, 2019 at 12:56 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of urban health officials on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to go beyond the regulations it proposed last week for e-cigarettes and treat...

U.S. city health officials want tighter restrictions on e-cigarettes

August 24, 2021 at 11:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of urban health officials on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to go beyond the regulations it proposed last week for e-cigarettes and treat...

Ex-U.S. defense secretary knows accuracy of his tax return is unknown

December 23, 2018 at 5:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Rumsfeld has a new addition to his list of known unknowns - the accuracy of his 2013 tax filing. Rumsfeld, who was U.S. defense secretary under...

Ex-U.S. defense secretary knows accuracy of his tax return is unknown

November 3, 2021 at 8:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Rumsfeld has a new addition to his list of known unknowns - the accuracy of his 2013 tax filing. Rumsfeld, who was U.S. defense secretary under...

Actor Mickey Rooney, brash star of 1930s and ’40s, dies at 93

August 24, 2021 at 10:44 p.m.

(Reuters) - Actor Mickey Rooney, who became the United States' biggest movie star while still a brash teenager in the 1930s and later a versatile character actor in a career...

Book tells how CIA turned ‘Doctor Zhivago’ into propaganda tool

August 24, 2021 at 10:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA officials had rave reviews for Boris Pasternak's classic Russian novel "Doctor Zhivago" - not for its literary merit but as a propaganda weapon in the Cold...

Former President George W. Bush’s brush portrays world leaders

August 24, 2021 at 10:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday revealed a series of portraits of world leaders he painted in a new pursuit that he said has "opened...

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