Month: February 2024
White House to target Russia with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death
belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” in response to Alexei Navalny’s death, said National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby. This [Read More…]
Supreme Court allows elite high school to adopt admissions plan aimed at boosting racial diversity
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court will allow one of the nation’s top public schools to move forward with a new admissions policy that critics say has “racial balancing” at its core. [Read More…]
‘Aquaman’ sequel set to dive onto Max February 27
Warber Bros. Pictures Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will dive onto streaming for Max subscribers on Tuesday, February 27. The sequel to the highest-grossing DC Comics-based film of all time had a higher audience score [Read More…]
Forgotten Harrison Ford ‘Star Wars’ script fetches more than $13K at auction
Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images A draft script from the original Star Wars that Harrison Ford left behind in a rented English apartment in 1976 fetched more than $13,000 when the hammer fell, U.K.-based Excalibur [Read More…]
Sam Mendes to direct four films about The Beatles, one for each band member
ABC The story of The Beatles is about to be told on the big screen in a big way. Sony Pictures just announced that Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is on board to direct not one, [Read More…]
Governor Kristi Noem orders South Dakota National Guard soldiers to the southern border
Governor Kristi Noem announced Tuesday she’ll deploy South Dakota National Guard troops to the southern border later this spring. This will be the fifth time that the South Dakota National Guard has deployed to the [Read More…]
‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’ musical to bow in the US with help from Emmy winner Darren Criss
Awkward Productions Gwyneth Goes Skiing, the absurdist U.K. musical about the lawsuit that followed a skiing accident involving Gwyneth Paltrow, is schussing to The States, with Glee veteran Darren Criss lending his voice. On its [Read More…]
‘Oppenheimer’ was the big winner at the BAFTAs, and more
Oppenheimer was the big winner at Sunday’s BAFTAs, taking home seven trophies, including best director and actor for Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy, respectively, as well as the prize for best film. Robert Downey Jr. [Read More…]
Implementing Yield-Maximizing Techniques and Preserving Soil Health
Planting season is just around the corner and many farmers are taking the opportunity this winter to brush up on techniques to help them maximize their yield potential. In this Managing for Profit, Brady Holst, [Read More…]
Republican State House Majority Leader pleased with session thus far
Workflow is moving efficiently through the legislative process, and Republican legislators are having a good relationship with Gov. Kristi Noem this session. That’s according to Republican House Majority Leader Will Mortenson from Fort Pierre. “She [Read More…]
Kremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Flowers are seen placed around portraits of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian Arctic prison, at a makeshift memorial in front of the former Russian consulate in Frankfurt am Main, [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Aid groups warn of potential ‘explosion in preventable child deaths’ in Gaza
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
Unmanned Houthi submarines pose new threat to US warships in Red Sea
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. conducted what it called self-defense strikes on five targets in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen after the Houthis employed an unmanned submarine for the first time since attacks in [Read More…]
Powerful storm continues to slam California with rain, snow, wind
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A flood watch remains in effect Tuesday across California, from San Diego in the south to Redding in the north, as a powerful storm continues to unleash rain, snow and [Read More…]
Fani Willis ethics case may reverberate long after judge decision: Experts
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on Feb. 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Alyssa [Read More…]
Detroit man awarded $10 million after wrongful conviction
Wolf Mueller Law (DETROIT) — A man who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for over six years was awarded $10 million in damages by a jury in Detroit. Alexandre Ansari, who was awarded last Friday, [Read More…]
William Byron wins first Daytona 500 after rain delay
James Gilbert/Getty Images (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — After being delayed a day due to weather, a victor has been crowned at the Daytona 500. William Byron crossed the finish line Monday at the Daytona International [Read More…]
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ tops box office with jamming $34.1 million Presidents’ Day weekend
Paramount Pictures Bob Marley: One Love topped the domestic box office, grabbing $28.6 million between Friday and Sunday, and an estimated $34.1 million through Monday. The biopic, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary reggae artist, [Read More…]
83-year-old convicted robber back behind bars in new series of bank heists
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 83-year-old man imprisoned for more than three decades for a string of 1980s bank robberies is back behind bars, according to federal officials. Donald “Doc” Bennett, once dubbed by [Read More…]
Bipartisan House members unveil new border, foreign aid proposal
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the Senate-passed national security supplemental, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled a new proposal late last week to provide defense-only aid for [Read More…]
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