Exclusive: Trump’s Afghan decision may increase U.S. air power, training
ON BOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force may intensify its strikes in Afghanistan and expand training of the Afghan air force following President Donald Trump's decision to forge ahead with the 16-year-old war, its top general told Reuters on...
Morgan Freeman to get Screen Actors lifetime award
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Morgan Freeman, the versatile actor known for playing gods, presidents and pimps, will be honored with the 2017 lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at its annual ceremony in January. Freeman, 80, whose prolific career...
Mark Wahlberg named world’s highest-paid actor in 2017
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mark Wahlberg soared to the top of the world's highest paid actors on an annual Forbes magazine list that highlighted a huge disparity between male and female Hollywood stars. Wahlberg, 46, earned an estimated $68 million in 2017 thanks to his...
Big protests expected as Trump goes to Phoenix for rally
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - Large protests could greet President Donald Trump on Tuesday when he travels to Arizona for his first campaign rally since he caused an uproar with his remarks about a white nationalist demonstration in Virginia. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, a...
Cosby’s retrial for sexual assault postponed to March 2018
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges will be moved from November 2017 to March 2018, a Pennsylvania judge said on Tuesday. Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill said the additional time was...
Comedian Jerry Lewis died of end-stage heart disease: coroner
(Reuters) - Comedian Jerry Lewis died of end-stage heart disease when he passed away at his home at age 91 in Las Vegas on Sunday, Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said on Monday. The determination was made by a hospice care doctor and given to the Coroner's...
Trump to present vision for U.S. strategy in Afghanistan war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It will be President Donald Trump's turn on Monday to address a problem that vexed his two predecessors when he details his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, America's longest military conflict. In a prime-time speech to the nation, Trump may...
Russia names replacement for Sergei Kislyak as envoy in Washington
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's next ambassador to Washington will be Anatoly Antonov, a former defense official who is subject to European sanctions over his role in the conflict in Ukraine, the Kremlin announced on Monday. Antonov takes over from Sergei Kislyak, whose...
Prominent U.S. religious conservatives defend Trump after Charlottesville
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two prominent religious conservatives defended U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after he was widely criticized for blaming both white nationalists and counter-protesters for last weekend's violence at a Virginia rally organized by neo-Nazis...
Jerry Lewis, king of low-brow comedy and charity fundraiser, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, died on Sunday at the age of 91, his family said. Lewis died of natural causes at his home in Las...