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Theron Begins Initiative To Fight Gender Violence

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Charlize Theron and her foundation are committing $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts, with half of that dedicated to fighting gender-based violence resulting from the outbreak. The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project announced Wednesday that under an ...

HBO Max Set For May 27 Launch

NEW YORK (AP) — The streaming service HBO Max will launch May 27, AT&T’s WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signalling that the so-called streaming wars won’t subside because of the coronavirus pandemic. WarnerMedia had earlier said HBO Max would debut sometime in May, and it stuck to ...

Video Shows Thief Stole Van Gogh Painting At Museum

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — All it took was a few sturdy swings with a sledgehammer and a prized painting by Vincent van Gogh was gone. A Dutch crime-busting television show has aired security camera footage showing how an art thief smashed his way through reinforced glass doors at a ...

Center Of ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Is Music

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting the Beastie Boys’ Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and longtime collaborator and friend, Spike Jonze, together during normal times would be full of jokes, playful banter and overall fun. But on a Zoom video call during the quarantining ...

News Outlets, Long Resistant To Government Help, Take Loans

NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of taking government money was once anathema to news organizations that guarded their independence, but attitudes change when survival is at stake. Axios disclosed to readers of its daily newsletter on Wednesday that it had received a small business loan as part of ...

County Reports 1 New Case, 23rd Recovery

There has been a "dramatic drop" in the number of Chautauqua County resident under quarantine or in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. County Executive PJ Wendel said the decrease can be attributed to social distancing — a practice preached by local, state and federal officials for ...