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Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy and says victims can speak out

The Weinstein Company, the studio co-founded by disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has filed for bankruptcy and torn up legal contracts that kept sexual harassment victims from speaking out. The company said late Monday that it will release victims of, and witnesses to, Weinstein's alleged misconduct from any non-disclosure agreements.

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What's next for the movement against gun violence

A generation of students raised in the shadow of gun violence is sending a loud and united message to lawmakers: Enough is enough. A month after a gunman killed 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students across the country demanded lawmakers set up measures to prevent another mass shooting.

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2018 Downtown Lake Charles Crawfish Festival

The Original DownTown Lake Charles Crawfish Festival returns Friday -Sunday, April 13-15 at the Lake Charles Civic Center, 900 Lakeshore Drive. Held each April during Parkinson Awareness Month, the festival hosts clean, family fun with great food, including over 10,000 pounds of boiled crawfish, Zydeco and Cajun music, a parade, and a midway carnival.

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'Krypton' takes off as Superman-themed Syfy prequel

At a glance "Krypton" looks like this year's version of "Gotham," inasmuch as each of these comic-book prequels has as big donut hole in its plot, structured around a marquee character (there, Batman; here, Superman) who doesn't appear as we've come to know him.

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Explosion at FedEx near San Antonio could be linked to Austin blasts, FBI says

[Breaking news update, published at 11:46 a.m. ET] A package that exploded early Tuesday at a FedEx sorting center in Schertz, Texas, was not meant to target that facility or the city, Schertz's police chief said late Tuesday morning.

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Police: Kids left at home alone while mom vacationed in Florida

A mother and a father are charged with endangering the welfare of their two children in Lackawanna County. Investigators say the two children were knowingly left alone in Dunmore for nearly three days while the mother was in Florida.

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Texas Teens Join TxDOT to Urge Young Drivers to Buckle Up

4 in 10 teens killed in vehicle crashes in 2016 weren’t wearing a seat belt

Texas teens have an important message for their friends and fellow students: Always buckle up. The message is part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s annual “Teen Click It or Ticket” campaign, in partnership with high school students, to urge young drivers and their passengers to wear their seat belts every time they’re in a vehicle.

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Blanket Bingo returns to Market Square Park on April 19

Blanket Bingo returns to Market Square Park this spring and lasts through early fall. Every third Thursday from April to September, bring your blankets and lawn chairs for a night of bingo, music and prizes.

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Houston Texans Sign S Tyrann Mathieu and Claim WR Sammie Coates Off Waivers

The Houston Texans signed unrestricted free agent S Tyrann Mathieu. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Houston also claimed WR Sammie Coates off waivers from the Cleveland Browns.

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Donald Trump sure looks like he is planning to fire Robert Mueller

If President Donald Trump isn't planning to fire special counsel Bob Mueller, he sure is doing a good job of faking it. Consider the last 48 hours alone:

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Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ Earns $27 Million, Spends 5th Straight Weekend at Number One

According to Variety.com, “Black Panther” has maintained its momentum at the domestic box office, winning its fifth consecutive weekend with $27 million earned at 3,834 locations. “Black Panther” has become only the seventh title to pass the $600 million milestone at the North American box office, and is the second-fastest film to do so. It’s the fourth-highest fifth weekend of all time, and the first time a film has held the top spot for five weekends in a row since 2009’s “Avatar.”

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Salvation Army Opens Its 1st Nonprofit Grocery Store in Baltimore to Combat Food Deserts

The Salvation Army is adding healthy grocery shopping to its list of charitable endeavors.

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Man Allegedly Pretends to Be Black While Robbing a Casino in Las Vegas

Cameron James Kennedy, an ex-convict who just got out of prison for bank robbery, is accused of armed robbery yet again after stealing $23,000 from a Las Vegas casino cashier earlier this year. Kennedy was allegedly covered with black makeup, pretending to be a Black man, while doing the act.

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Lyft tests $199 monthly subscription plan for rides

Lyft is experimenting with a new subscription model as it tries to find more ways to end car ownership. Rather than a traditional monthly car payment, some Lyft passengers can pay a monthly fee for access to its network of transportation services.

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Facebook suspends former Cambridge Analytica contractor

Facebook has suspended former Cambridge Analytica contractor Christopher Wylie from using its platform. "Suspended by Facebook. For blowing the whistle. On something they have known privately for two years," Wylie tweeted on Sunday.

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The television trick to learning a new language

Every day for about five years, Israeli sisters Reut and Shoham Nistel ran home from school, made themselves sandwiches and plopped down on the couch to watch an Argentine telenovela with Hebrew subtitles.

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'Love, Simon,' 'Instinct' mark progress for gay characters

Progress for gay characters in movies and TV continues in ways large and small. This week, that includes the arrival of "Love, Simon" -- a coming-out story, marking TV producer Greg Berlanti's directorial debut -- and "Instinct," an otherwise nondescript CBS crime procedural, starring Alan Cumming as a brilliant crime-solver who, in a first for that genre, just happens to be gay and married.

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Austin bombs were 'meant to send a message,' authorities believe

Authorities continue to chase hundreds of leads in an effort to find the person responsible for three package bombs that have rocked Austin, Texas, this month, killing two and injuring two others.

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5 things for March 19: Austin bombing, North Korea, Donald Trump

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