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Austin Powers star Verne Troyer has died aged 49, his official social media accounts have confirmed. The diminutive US actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the spy comedy films, had openly struggled with alcoholism. Earlier this month the Hollywood star had been admitted to hospital in Los Angeles. A statement posted on his social media pages read: "It is with great sadness and incredibly heavy hearts to write that Verne passed away today. "Verne was an extremely caring individual. He wanted to make everyone smile, be happy, and laugh. Читать дальше...

President Trump did not attend former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral. Sitting presidents typically do not attend the funerals of first ladies.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Montana man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to receiving child pornography. According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme's office, Jason Morris was arrested in 2017 in Mexico, where he fled following a 2015 search of his Heron home. Morris' sentence also requires supervised release for the rest of his life. The statement says that law enforcement found multiple images and videos of child pornography on Morris's devices. Читать дальше...

The Nation's Weather for Sunday, April 22, 2018 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY An area of low pressure that brought thunderstorms to the southern Plains yesterday will move into the Southeast today. Rain asociated with this features will extend from Missouri to the Gulf Coast. The strongest thunderstorms can bring flash flooding and damaging winds, mainly to Alabama and Mississippi. Temperatures will be cooler in the wake of the precipitation. The Northeast the will remain dry with more sun than clouds; temperatures will end up near normal. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles high school has won the national Academic Decathlon, defeating competitors from across the country. The Los Angeles Times reports Saturday it's the seventh time in the last two decades that El Camino Real Charter High School has won the event. The school's nine-student team scored 54,531.2 out of a possible 60,000 points in the competition in Frisco, Texas. More than 600 students gathered there to compete over the last three days in academic contests in 10 categories. Читать дальше...

The death of a Palestinian teenager during protests along Gaza's border with Israel sparked condemnation and international calls for restraint on Saturday.

The stakes are high for Luan Chagas’ UFC Atlantic City fight against Siyar Bahadurzada.

A lot of Democrats have been complaining and even ridiculing the DNC lawsuit that was just filed against the Trump campaign, not understanding the historical context. So AM Joy took a little stroll down memory lane this morning, as Joy Reid and former Watergate prosecutors Nick Akerman and Jill Wine-Banks looked at the parallels between the Nixon investigation and the Trump investigation.