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Eddie Murphy to play funk legend George Clinton in upcoming biopic
Disney/Randy Holmes Eddie Murphy has reportedly signed on to play a funk music icon on screen. Variety reports that the actor/comedian is set to star as Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in a biopic directed by [Read More…]
ABC reveals holiday programming schedule
Disney/Pamela Littky ‘Tis the season: ABC has revealed its slate of holiday programming. Specials on the holiday schedule include The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular on Dec. 1, CMA Country Christmas on Dec. 3, [Read More…]
What we know about Trump’s health care plans after Harris says he’ll roll back protections
Maskot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump will roll back health care protections if he wins the presidential election. Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, Harris said [Read More…]
Inside Arizona’s abortion ballot measure fight: One family’s story
Kristin Gambardella speaks to ABC News. (ABC News) (PHOENIX) — Kristin and Dave Gambardella never expected the journey of growing their family to include an abortion procedure, but in summer 2023, the married couple nevertheless [Read More…]
Democrats launch 11th-hour ads to boost turnout among Black rural voters in South
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is launching a new ad campaign targeted at rural voters to boost turnout in two southern battlegrounds in the final days of the presidential election. [Read More…]
2024 election updates: Trump continues to slam Cheney
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With two days to go until Election Day, the candidates making in their final appeaks to voters over the weekend. After popping up on “Saturday Night Live,” Vice President Kamala [Read More…]
Video showing Haitian migrants voting in Georgia is Russian influence operation: Intel community
A screengrab from a video which purports to show Haitian migrants voting in Georgia. The intelligence community assessed on Friday that the video was part of a Russian influence operation to sow discord in the [Read More…]
Tens of millions of early votes have been cast. What could it mean for Election Day?
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million [Read More…]
Truck crash kills 4, injures 17 on Michigan interstate
Footage of a vehicle explosion taken by a driver on I-96 in Webberville, Mich., Nov. 2, 2024. (Simon Schuster) (LANSING, MI) — A semitractor-trailer crashed into backed-up traffic on a Michigan interstate, killing four people [Read More…]
Ex-Louisville officer guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights
ftwitty/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a fatal botched police raid, in a retrial of the federal [Read More…]
College quarterbacks’ retirements put spotlight on concussions and kids
Lance King/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The back-to-back retirements of two college quarterbacks seemingly at the start of their careers has put a spotlight again on concussions and youth sports, particularly football. On Oct. 23, [Read More…]
Texas public hospitals now must ask patients if they are in US legally
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Public hospitals in Texas will now be required to ask patients if they are in the U.S. legally and keep a record of the funds spent on [Read More…]
2 killed, several hurt in Halloween night shooting in Orlando, mayor announces local state of emergency
WFTV (ORLANDO, Fl) — The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city’s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting. The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Situation in North Gaza is ‘apocalyptic,’ WHO says
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — IDF claims killing of 2 Hezbollah commanders in south LebanonThe Israel Defense Forces wrote on X Sunday that its warplanes “eliminated” Farouk Amin Alasi, who it said was [Read More…]
Check out first look at Barry Keoghan in ‘Peaky Blinders’ movie
ROBERT VIGLASKY PHOTOGRAPHY Netflix has released its first look at Barry Keoghan in the new Peaky Blinders movie. The photo features Keoghan’s character sporting the signature Peaky Blinders cap as he leans out the window [Read More…]
‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ gets action-packed new trailer
Lucasfilm Ltd. Jude Law leads a ragtag group of kids in the action-packed new trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The new clip, released Friday, features Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana [Read More…]
US hiring slows but hurricane fallout blurs findings
Via e U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (WASHINGTON) — U.S. hiring slowed in October, but fallout from hurricanes and labor strikes likely caused an undercount of the nation’s workers. A fresh jobs report marked the [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 10/31/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUEBucks 99, Grizzlies 122Rockets 108, Mavericks 102Spurs 106, Jazz 88Suns 125, Clippers 119 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEOilers 5, Predators 1Blackhawks 2, Sharks [Read More…]
2024 election updates: Trump uses violent rhetoric to attack ‘war hawk’ Liz Cheney
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With four days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers’ advice, he is going to keep [Read More…]
Liz Cheney hits back at Trump’s violent rhetoric: ‘This is how dictators destroy free nations’
ABC/Richard Harbaugh (WASHNIGTON) — Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is firing back at Donald Trump after the former president darkly suggested Cheney be put in the line of fire as he criticized her as a [Read More…]