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It’s an opening credits sequence that’s instantly recognizable to generations of TV viewers. Blue squares with smiling faces in them, all looking around at those in the squares above or beneath them. And then, the song begins. “Here’s the story of a lovely lady…” We’re talking, of course, about “The Brady Bunch,” the iconic sitcom about the adventures of a...

Does it feel like forever since we lost the style, splendor and scandals of “Downton Abbey?” Well, dust off your jewels and put up the kettle because the twists and turns at your favorite Yorkshire estate in early 20th-century Britain are back with a feature film, to the delight of fans and “Masterpiece,” among others involved in creating the show.

A judge Tuesday extended by five years a stay-away order Channing Tatum obtained on behalf of himself, his estranged wife and their 6-year-old daughter against a woman accused of breaking into their Hollywood home and staying there for more than a week in June.

A 52-year-old man was charged Friday with the killing of TV producer and director Barry Crane more than three decades ago, prosecutors said.

A man charged with bludgeoning and strangling to death a Hollywood television director more than three decades ago was arrested Thursday in North Carolina after police said DNA and a confession linked him to the crime.

A second Boston-based billionaire is facing a criminal charge after a multi-agency investigation into human trafficking at massage parlors in Florida. John W. Childs, the 77-year-old Massachusetts billionaire who founded a Waltham-based private equity firm, is facing a charge of solicitation of prostitution after a wide-ranging investigation across several counties, Vero Beach police said. Childs’ firm, J.W. Childs Associates, is...

The city buildings department has determined what caused an elevator inside an Upper East Side luxury townhouse to get stuck last week, trapping a housekeeper inside for three days.

One of the actors of the award-winning film “Roma” may not attend the Oscars because the U.S. consulate in Mexico has denied his visa for the third time. Jorge Antonio Guerrero played Fermín, a militiaman who offers a private martial art “show” in the nude to Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a maid. Guerrero was initially rejected for a tourist visa, and...

From once rampant sexual harassment to their new role of ‘eyes and ears’ in hallways, hotel housekeepers are revealing secrets of the job and debunking myths.

Sitting in the handicapped lane outside Tree of Life synagogue, Judah Samet watched as a plainclothes officer traded gunfire with the man at the temple door. He was caught in a crossfire and, yet, instead of ducking down, he craned his neck to get a glimpse of the gunman. “The guy was very focused,” he said, pointing his finger like...

New Jersey is considering requiring most hotels to provide employees with panic buttons to summon help if they are threatened or attacked while cleaning rooms.

Tens of thousands of employees at more than 18,000 U.S. hotels will soon carry panic buttons to help protect them from harassment and assault in an era of heightened awareness around the #MeToo movement.

“The Facts of Life” actress, who died Sunday at age 92, transcended her material to become an unlikely sitcom star.

Andy Spade, the husband and business partner of designer Kate Spade, who died in an apparent suicide, said she suffered from depression and anxiety for many years.

Andy Spade, the husband and business partner of designer Kate Spade, who died in an apparent suicide in her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday, touched on many factors in an emotional 342-word statement released a day after her death. But he made one thing clear: his focus going forward is his daughter.  Here is Andy Spade’s unedited statement on the passing of...

Here’s what to know for Thursday, June 7.

Hours after Kate Spade was found dead of an apparent suicide in her Park Avenue apartment, a tragic and sudden end that rocked the fashion world, her sister released a statement saying her sister had struggled for years.

Here’s what to know for Wednesday, June 6.

A union for casino workers and one of the largest resort operators in Las Vegas reached a tentative labor agreement Friday that would cover about a quarter of the 50,000 employees threatening the first citywide strike in more than 30 years. The new five-year deal with Caesars Entertainment covers about 12,000 bartenders, housekeepers, kitchen workers and others at nine casino-resorts...

Nicole Eggert told Megyn Kelly Tuesday that her “Charles in Charge” co-star Scott Baio digitally penetrated her in his car in his garage when she was just 14 and that the two went on to have a consensual sexual relationship when she was 17 years old.