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NEW YORK (AP) — A band of misfits known as the Goonies, a sinking ship, some baseball ghosts and the unrelenting New York cop are being added to the prestigious National Film Registry.The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that the films

The Pongola Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal has convicted and sentenced five men accused of rape and robbery on farms to four life terms and a total of 225 years imprisonment.Wandile Gabriel Dlamini (25) was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape

Homosexuals in Africa receive little tolerance at best and are actively persecuted at worst, but a landmark ruling by a Botswana court has recognised a transgender woman as officially female, Reuters reports.Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, the executive

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian female pop singer has been convicted of promoting debauchery in a racy video clip and sentenced to two years in prison.The Cairo court also ordered Shaimaa Ahmed, better known by her stage name Shima, to pay a fine of

Linkin Park, “One More Light Live” (Warner Bros.)It’s unescapably heartbreaking to listen to Linkin Park’s new album. The reason is right there in the title: Live.Five months after singer Chester Bennington’s hanged

NEW YORK (AP) — Seven-year-old Brooklynn Prince is sitting in a darkened TV studio with lights, cameras and control panels all around her. “Mission to Mars, mission to Mars,” she says. “This is Apollo.”Brooklynn, the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel held his baby son as he returned to his late-night show after a week off for the boy’s heart surgery.Kimmel was crying from the first moment of his monologue Monday night as he pleaded with Congress to

The Department of Mineral Resources said that researchers have made an unprecedented discovery of a freshwater resource in Beaufort West, Western Cape, the Department of Mineral Resources said on Tuesday.  According to the department, the

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) said on Tuesday that South Africa’s employment statistics showed signs of a “deeply troubled economy” and was a serious cause for concern.This comes after