Year: 2024
Jets acquire wide receiver Davante Adams from Raiders, reuniting him with Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams are finally reunited after more than two years of separation and one year of speculation — and now they’ll try to save the New York Jets’ sinking season. The Jets acquired [Read More…]
Candidates for U.S. House pledge bipartisanship, clash on key issues
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson and Democratic challenger Sheryl Johnson both vowed to work across the aisle during their first and only debate on Tuesday, but revealed [Read More…]
State lawmakers in South Dakota set to receive a $3,000 raise
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota lawmakers are set to receive a raise of nearly $3,000 following the state Board of Finance’s approval Wednesday of an obligatory pay adjustment for the next legislative session. The change [Read More…]
Meet the people leading abortion-rights ballot efforts across the U.S.
Elisha Brown and Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom Abortion questions are on the ballot directly in 10 states across the nation. Behind most campaigns seeking to secure abortion rights are everyday Americans who put in months — even years [Read More…]
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Vivica A. Fox and more part of “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday movie slate
Chelsea Guglielmino/WireImage It’s not even Halloween, but Lifetime is already gearing up for the holidays with the release of its 12-movie “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” lineup. Included are stars like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tia Mowry, [Read More…]
James Gunn promotes Adopt a Shelter Dog Month by revealing four-legged ‘Superman’ co-star Krypto
Warner Bros. Discovery Writer-director James Gunn helped celebrate October’s Adopt a Shelter Dog Month Tuesday on Instagram by revealing the first shot of Krypto the Superdog, the Man of Steel’s best friend in Gunn’s forthcoming [Read More…]
Disney Jr. following a young Tony Stark with animated Marvel’s ‘Iron Man and his Awesome Friends’
Marvel Disney Jr. announced on Tuesday it has greenlighted the first preschool Iron Man series, the animated Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends. Following the hit kid-skewing Spider-Man and His Awesome Friends, the new [Read More…]
Apple TV+ renews ‘Slow Horses’ for sixth season
Apple TV+ Apple TV+ is running full speed ahead on Slow Horses: The Emmy-winning spy drama has been renewed for a sixth season. The show that stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a group of [Read More…]
‘Taxi Driver’ screenwriter Paul Schrader went shopping during “really bad musical” ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Robert Okine/Getty Images While the original Joker had been compared to Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi Driver, that film’s acclaimed screenwriter Paul Schrader wasn’t impressed with Todd Phillips‘ panned sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux. In a chat in Interview magazine, [Read More…]
7-Eleven to close hundreds of US locations before end of 2024
Tim Boyle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — 7-Eleven will close more than 400 of its “underperforming stores” across the U.S. and Canada in an effort to reduce costs and bolster earnings before the end of the [Read More…]
Indigenous women continue to face barriers to breast cancer care, report finds
Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nicole Hallingstad credits her cat, Rudy, with finding her breast cancer. Despite an unremarkable mammogram screening just seven months earlier, the 42-year-old knew something was wrong [Read More…]
Harris works to appeal to Black men, a critical group for Democrats
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — For a second day this week, Vice President Kamala Harris is focusing on a key voting bloc that is a critical base for the Democratic Party: Black [Read More…]
Trump’s Pennsylvania town hall, interrupted by medical emergencies in crowd, turned into an impromptu concert
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump’s town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening was interrupted twice by medical emergencies in a very warm Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds before he pivoted — [Read More…]
House Ethics Committee subpoenas documents from lawsuit brought by Gaetz’s friend: Sources
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As part of its ongoing investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, the House Ethics Committee recently issued a subpoena for documents from a civil lawsuit brought by one of the Florida congressman’s longtime friends [Read More…]
Georgia judge rules certification of election results by county officials is ‘mandatory’
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) With just weeks to go until the presidential election, a Georgia judge has ruled that certification of election results by county officials in the state is “mandatory” — a new ruling that [Read More…]
Early voting starts in Georgia, putting sweeping election changes to the test
Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Early in-person voting kicks off in Georgia on Tuesday as uncertainty over new election rule changes looms large in one of the crucial states [Read More…]
Man arrested for animal cruelty after dog found tied to post in floodwaters ahead of Hurricane Milton
Florida Highway Patrol (TAMPA, FL) — The former owner of a dog that was left tied to a post off a Florida highway in floodwaters ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall has been arrested for animal [Read More…]
Phoenix police officers punch, shock deaf Black man with cerebral palsy
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHOENIX, AZ) — A disabled Black man in Arizona faces multiple charges after a pair of Phoenix police officers punched him and shocked him with a stun gun. Tyron McAlpin, who is [Read More…]
Trump: ‘If I did’ talk to Putin, ‘it’s a smart thing’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to say if he’s been in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin since he left the White House but said it would have [Read More…]
Walz to campaign with Presidents Obama, Clinton in early-vote push: Sources
Jim Vondruska, Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for the first time this cycle, will soon hit the campaign trail with former President Barack Obama and former President Bill [Read More…]
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