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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Peace talks may now be off the table, Zelenskyy says
Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing to have a tough time pushing through Ukraine due to Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and backed by weapons and military equipment [Read More…]
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Russian oligarch’s yacht seized by DOJ’s ‘KleptoCapture’ task force
Thinkstock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A yacht that belongs to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg has been seized in Marina Real in the Spanish port of Palma de Mallorca, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine updates: Kremlin reacts to images of dead bodies in Bucha
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 4/4/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Boston 3, Columbus 2 (OT) Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 2 St. Louis 5, Arizona 1 Calgary 3, Los Angeles 2 [Read More…]
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Senate forces Jackson nomination out of committee with bipartisan vote
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — By a bipartisan vote of 53-47, the Senate has forced the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson out of the Judiciary Committee — putting the judge on track for final confirmation [Read More…]
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Biden calls Russia’s killing of Ukrainian civilians a war crime but not genocide
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The killing of Ukrainian civilians committed by Russian forces in Ukraine is a war crime, President Joe Biden said Monday — repeating his accusation that Russian President Vladimir [Read More…]
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Mindy Kaling is “so excited” about ‘Legally Blonde 3’
Robert Smith/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Screenwriter and producer Mindy Kaling just dropped some tantalizing hints about a third Legally Blonde film. To Entertainment Tonight, Kaling enthused, “I love this project. I am so excited [Read More…]
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Republicans Romney, Murkowski announce support for Jackson Supreme Court nomination
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, was expected to pass a major milestone Monday on her way to expected Senate confirmation later this week. [Read More…]
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Senate negotiators strike deal for $10 billion in COVID funding
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of pleas from the White House for Congress to approve more money toward COVID-19 programs that were at risk of being cut, Senators have put forward a new bill [Read More…]
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Severe weather to hit South while high heat strikes West
ABC News (NEW YORK) — After two weeks of deadly storms ripping through states in the South, another severe storm is headed toward Texas, Louisiana and Florida. On Monday, a new storm will begin to [Read More…]
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With ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ stars starting press tour, fans crying for trailer
Waititi, Hemsworth on “Thor: Ragnarok”/Marvel Studios With its writer/director Taika Waititi hinting since last year that his fourth Thor movie will be the “craziest film he had ever done” — a bold statement from the [Read More…]
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After being “traumatized” by Oscars slap, co-host and mom Amy Schumer posts “Out of Office” Instagram
ABC (NOTE LANGUAGE) A week after the so-called “Slap heard ’round the world,” Oscars co-host Amy Schumer tells fans she’s taking a break. To her Instagram over the weekend, Amy posted a picture of her [Read More…]
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Harrison Ford coming to the small screen for Apple TV+’s ‘Shrinking’
ABC One of the biggest movie stars of all time is coming to the small screen: Harrison Ford‘s first starring TV series project will be in an Apple TV+ comedy called Shrinking. According to the [Read More…]
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New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet. The variant, known as XE, is a combination [Read More…]
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Police arrest suspect in downtown Sacramento shooting that killed 6
David Odisho/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Sacramento police have arrested a suspected gunman in the shooting that killed six people in a popular nightlife area over the weekend. Dandre Martin, 26, was identified as a [Read More…]
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‘Sickening’ atrocities in Bucha, nearly 70% of Russian troops near Kyiv have withdrawn: Pentagon update Day 40
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense [Read More…]
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“We just have to adapt”: Selma Blair gets real on living with MS
BG015/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Actress Selma Blair opens up in the April/May issue of AARP The Magazine, and talks about living — and really living — with multiple sclerosis. The former Cruel Intentions and Hellboy star first [Read More…]
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‘Saturday Night Live’ tees off on Will Smith Oscars slap
NBC/Will Heath While host Jerrod Carmichael said in his monologue that he was over talking about Will Smith‘s slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars, Saturday Night Live was all about it. “I’m not gonna talk about it,” the stand-up first said, referring to [Read More…]
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‘Morbius’ takes the top spot with decent $39 million open; ‘The Batman’ crosses $710 million worldwide
Sony Pictures The Sony Pictures vampire superhero Morbius managed to fight off a critical drubbing to earn a respectable $39.1 million opening at the domestic box office, enough for the weekend’s top spot. The movie, starring Oscar-winner Jared Leto as one of Marvel [Read More…]
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In Brief: Toil and trouble — COVID cancels ‘Macbeth’ shows on Broadway, and more
Broadway performances of Macbeth, which stars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, have been cancelled through April 7 after a “limited number” of positive COVID-19 results were detected among the company. “We deeply apologize for the inconvenience this [Read More…]