Month: October 2021
Looted Benin Bronze statue returned to Nigeria in ‘institutional first’
Jesus College, University of Cambridge (LONDON) — A college at the University of Cambridge is set to return an artifact looted by British soldiers to Nigeria, in a move described as “the first institutional return of [Read More…]
Queen Elizabeth to skip climate summit in Scotland as she recovers after hospitalization
Vladislav Zolotov/iStock (LONDON) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not travel to Scotland next week as planned as she continues to follow doctors’ advice to rest. The queen had been scheduled to attend an evening [Read More…]
Siberia’s permafrost melt is causing swamps, lakes, making land difficult to live on
iStock/malerapaso (YAKUTSK, Russia) — Thirty years ago, the road out from the village of Mai was flat. So were the fields around it, enough that local people used to play football on them. But today, [Read More…]
Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — “It’s like a living hell for us now,” Zahra, 20, told ABC News on a phone call while hiding out in western Afghanistan, in a country she hardly [Read More…]
Dave Chappelle says he’ll meet with trans protestors, but says, “You will not summon me”
Netflix/Mathieu Bitton In a video posted to his Instagram Monday, Dave Chappelle has responded to those who protested his Netflix special The Closer, claiming it was “transphobic.” “I said what I said, and boy, I [Read More…]
Fifteenth person claims to be the child of the late DMX
Noam Galai/Getty Images Add one more person to the list of 14 people claiming to be the offspring of the late DMX. Raven Barmer-Simmons from Georgia contacted DMX’s alleged adult children, and all of them will be [Read More…]
‘Eternals’ acknowledges the DC universe within the MCU
Zhao (center) and Eternals cast/Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures (SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD) Sure, superheroes exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but thanks to a couple of lines in the Eternals, costumed do-gooders from Marvel Comics competitor DC [Read More…]
Warner Bros. Television defends Dougray Scott after Ruby Rose “abuse” allegations on ‘Batwoman’ set
The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved — CW/Bettina Strauss © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved Warner Bros. Television has fired back again at former Batwoman star Ruby Rose, this [Read More…]
Hilaria Baldwin posts about “tragic incident” that left cinematographer dead on husband Alec Baldwin’s film
Taylor Hill/WireImage Hilaria Baldwin has broken her silence over the deadly accidental shooting that occurred last Thursday, when her husband, Alec Baldwin, fired a pistol allegedly containing a live round, fatally striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the film’s director. “My heart [Read More…]
Customers can soon rent a Tesla at Hertz after company orders 100,000 electric vehicles
iStock/jetcityimage (NEW YORK) — Rental car giant Hertz announced it was buying 100,000 Tesla electric vehicles that will be available to customers starting next month. Tesla stock soared on news of the massive order, and [Read More…]
Amazon’s warehouse workers in Staten Island file petition for union election
iStock (NEW YORK) — A coalition of Amazon warehouse workers in New York City have officially filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday. Kayla Blado, the press [Read More…]
Facebook whistleblower documents offer new revelations about Jan. 6 response
Diy13/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The day of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Facebook noticed a rise in social media posts calling for violence and incitement around the certification of the U.S. presidential election result and the storming [Read More…]
Supply chain problems forcing small businesses to change how they operate
svetikd/iStock (NEW YORK) — The supply chain issues the U.S. economy is currently facing are not only affecting consumers during the peak shopping season, but small businesses have also started to feel the effects of [Read More…]
Pediatric vaccines will ‘very likely’ be available first or second week of November: Fauci
Halfpoint/iStock (NEW YORK) — Vaccines for children will “very likely” be available the first or second week of November, White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. “If all goes well, and we [Read More…]
How did California go from the epicenter of the US pandemic to the lowest statewide transmission rate?
Diy13/iStock (ATLANTA) — With the lowest COVID-19 infection rate among all states as of Friday, California, which has some of the strictest mask and vaccination mandates in the country, has managed to flip the script [Read More…]
Dentists warn against these vampire fangs Halloween hacks on TikTok
inhauscreative/iStock (NEW YORK) — Just when you didn’t think things could get any creepier this season, a DIY vampire fang Halloween hack gone wrong has made its way to TikTok. Popular TikTok personality Whitney Kait, [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 10/24/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Charlotte 111, Brooklyn 95 Philadelphia 115, Oklahoma City 103 Boston 107, Houston 97 Orlando 110, New York 104 Golden State [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Cases dropping across US, rising in parts of Midwest, Northeast
Chaz Bharj/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 736,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
Two dead, 4 injured in shooting at mall in Boise: Police
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (BOISE, Idaho) — Two people were killed and four others, including a Boise police officer, were injured in a shooting at a mall in Boise, Idaho, police said. One person is in custody, Boise [Read More…]