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Elite R.I. school working to settle with alumni over sexual abuse

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An elite boarding school where dozens of alumni say they were sexually abused by staff and fellow students is negotiating possible settlements with lawyers for more than 30 of those victims, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Meanwhile, two former students at a

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‘Spotlight’ company settles complaint over made-up dialogue

BOSTON (AP) — The distributor of the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Jack Dunn, director of the news and public affairs office at the Jesuit

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R.I. boarding school hires former Mass. AG to investigate sex abuse

BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts attorney general has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a prestigious Rhode Island boarding school. More than 40 former students at St. George's School in Middletown have alleged they were molested or raped there, mostly in

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Episcopal priest suspended amid abuse claims at prep school

An Episcopal priest has been suspended from a Pennsylvania church after being accused this week of molesting three boys at an elite boarding school in Rhode Island more than 40 years ago. More than two dozen students allege they were molested or raped at St. George's School in

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‘Spotlight,’ ‘Straight Outta Compton’ among PGA nominees

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Spotlight," "Straight Outta Compton" and "The Martian" were among the 10 feature film nominees announced Tuesday for the 27th Producers Guild Awards. Conspicuously missing were critics favorite "Carol" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," a wild card

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Seeing is believing

The problem with movies is that watching costumed actors in an unfolding story over two hours leads us to believe them. It becomes difficult to separate fact from storytelling. Cinema becomes irresistible. What most people view at the movie theater they receive as historical truth. Now we have "Spotlight.

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LA Film Critics pick ‘Spotlight’ as best film

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named "Spotlight," which chronicles The Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the abuses of the Catholic Church, the best film of the year. The critics' group is known for often straying from the predictable awards