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Trump, dogged by his own misconduct allegations, takes Twitter swipe at Franken

August 22, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

President Trump, who was dogged by sexual misconduct allegations during his 2016 campaign, took aim at longtime critic Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday night, after Franken was accused of...

Death Wish Coffee recalls its Nitro Cold Brew over risk of deadly botulin toxin

June 2, 2018 at 8:06 a.m.

A company named Death Wish Coffee Co. with a skull and bones logo announced a recall Tuesday of its 11-oz cans of nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee because they could potentially...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Actor Ed Skrein explains why he is backing out of the ‘Hellboy’ reboot after whitewashing criticism

June 2, 2018 at 6:28 p.m.

Ed Skrein responded Monday to backlash against his casting in the movie "Hellboy" by relinquishing the role, saying, "I must do what I feel is right." A week ago the...

Story of flesh-eating bacteria goes viral on Facebook. City of Myrtle Beach has doubts.

June 3, 2018 at 2:13 a.m.

The account of the episode has the makings of a vacation horror story. Bonita Fetterman, a grandmother visiting South Carolina's popular Myrtle Beach with her family last week, was standing...

Daniel Dae Kim’s hopeful message after ‘Hawaii Five-0’ pay dispute

June 3, 2018 at 10:20 a.m.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim finally addressed reports that he had left the television show "Hawaii Five-0" over a pay dispute, writing Wednesday in a Facebook post: "By now many of...

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