Bill Trott

Iconic director Mike Nichols dies at 83: ‘He was a true visionary’

December 18, 2018 at 2:32 a.m.

Mike Nichols, a nine-time Tony Award winner on Broadway and the Oscar-winning director of films such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "The Graduate" and "Carnal Knowledge," died on Wednesday...

2 Americans freed by North Korea back on U.S. soil

May 17, 2019 at 3:41 p.m.

Two Americans freed from secretive North Korea stepped off a plane into the welcoming arms of family on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official who...

2 Americans freed by North Korea arrive in U.S., hug family members

August 18, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Two Americans freed from secretive North Korea returned home on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official who traveled to Pyongyang to secure their release. Kenneth...

U.S. city health officials want tighter restrictions on e-cigarettes

May 14, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of urban health officials on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to go beyond the regulations it proposed last week for e-cigarettes and treat...

U.S. city health officials want tighter restrictions on e-cigarettes

August 25, 2021 at 4:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of urban health officials on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to go beyond the regulations it proposed last week for e-cigarettes and treat...

Ex-U.S. defense secretary knows accuracy of his tax return is unknown

December 23, 2018 at 11:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Rumsfeld has a new addition to his list of known unknowns - the accuracy of his 2013 tax filing. Rumsfeld, who was U.S. defense secretary under...

Ex-U.S. defense secretary knows accuracy of his tax return is unknown

November 4, 2021 at 1:38 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Rumsfeld has a new addition to his list of known unknowns - the accuracy of his 2013 tax filing. Rumsfeld, who was U.S. defense secretary under...

Actor Mickey Rooney, brash star of 1930s and ’40s, dies at 93

August 25, 2021 at 3:44 a.m.

(Reuters) - Actor Mickey Rooney, who became the United States' biggest movie star while still a brash teenager in the 1930s and later a versatile character actor in a career...

Book tells how CIA turned ‘Doctor Zhivago’ into propaganda tool

August 25, 2021 at 3:45 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA officials had rave reviews for Boris Pasternak's classic Russian novel "Doctor Zhivago" - not for its literary merit but as a propaganda weapon in the Cold...

Former President George W. Bush’s brush portrays world leaders

August 25, 2021 at 3:41 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday revealed a series of portraits of world leaders he painted in a new pursuit that he said has "opened...

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