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Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in "Top Gun," a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's "Picket Fences" or the doomed captain of "Alien," has died.

Skerritt died Wednesday of natural causes at age 93, his family said in a statement.

Bianna Golodryga, the global-affairs journalist who announced Thursday that she plans to leave CNN, is in talks that could have her working for two different news organizations at the same time. Golodrya, who recently has served as an anchor for CNN’s international service as well as a fill-in for both Christiane Amanpour and Fareed Zakaria […]

His rugged good looks, commanding presence and versatility led to key roles in “M*A*S*H” and “Steel Magnolias,” and he won an Emmy on “Picket Fences.”

Tom Skerritt died of natural causes, his family said in a statement.

Burgemeester Lien Dierick (CD&V) van Dendermonde neemt 2 tijdelijke maatregelen om de veiligheid en leefbaarheid te bewaken. Het gaat om een samenscholingsverbod op Oude Vest, en meer bevoegdheden voor de politie op meerdere plaatsen in de stad. De 2 maatregelen gelden vanaf vandaag tot en met 3 januari.

Italië en Spanje heffen donderdag de grenscontroles op die de landen hadden ingevoerd na de toestroom van migranten in de Spaanse exclave Ceuta.

Los controles del espacio Schengen se retomaron en agosto, como consecuencia de la crisis migratoria en Ceuta

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC will merge TV and audio commissioning teams across comedy and other genres amid plans to close around 100 roles in its content unit. In an internal memo earlier this week, BBC content chief Kate Phillips told colleagues that her department will make “tough” choices to support the corporation’s belt-tightening. Phillips announced that […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — The Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC) has asked the Attorney-General’s Ch...