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PBS explores how a wrench almost caused catastrophe

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – For about 10 hours in 1980, the United States faced a nuclear threat of its own making after an airman performing maintenance on a Titan II missile dropped a 9-pound socket wrench 70 feet, ripping a hole in a fuel tank and leading to an explosion that propelled a 9-megaton ...

Whoopi Goldberg, North Carolina commissioner in online feud

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg is being targeted by a North Carolina county commissioner over her comments about President-elect Donald Trump.Local media reported New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White used Facebook to criticize Cape Fear Community ...

Women soar in uplifting ‘Figures’

Theodore Melfi’s buoyant “Hidden Figures” is an old-fashioned feel-good movie with powerful contemporary relevance, spearheaded by a trio of unstoppable actresses playing black women who wouldn’t be stopped.Set in 1961 Virginia, the fact-based “Hidden Figures,” adapted from Margot ...

Princess Diana letter: Harry a troublemaker

LONDON – Letters sent by Britain’s late Princess Diana – including one in which she described a young Prince Harry as being “constantly in trouble” while at boarding school – sold for thousands of pounds at an auction Thursday.The six handwritten notes were sent to Cyril Dickman, a ...

Loach film is a searing call for humanity, decency

Just like a Michael Moore documentary, there’s nothing subtle about a Ken Loach drama.The 80-year-old British director and social critic has long been an ardent, insistent, eloquent champion of the more vulnerable members of society – particularly working-class folks who are trying to do ...

HBO film on Reynolds, Fisher becomes unexpected memorial

NEW YORK (AP) – HBO thought its documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” would be perfect for Mother’s Day. Instead, it has turned into a television memorial service.“Life took over and changed the rules,” Sheila Nevins, who runs the network’s ...