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Jury finds ex-officer Brett Hankison not guilty on all counts in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images/Stock (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A jury in Louisville, Kentucky, has found Brett Hankison, the former police officer charged with recklessly shooting into a neighboring apartment during the course of the raid that ended with [Read More…]
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Ukraine children’s hospital continues to care for patients in basement amid Russia attacks
Ian Pannell/ABC News/Twitter (KYIV, Ukraine) — While more than 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion of Russian forces, some of the country’s most vulnerable children have stayed behind. At Ohmadyt Children’s Hospital in [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy warns Putin he ‘will repay everything’ he did
Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]
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Kevin Costner, Chris Rock, Lady Gaga among this year’s Oscars presenters
ABC/AMPAS Oscar winners Kevin Costner, Lady Gaga and Minari‘s Yuh-Jung Youn will be among the presenters at the 94th Annual Academy Awards, taking place March 27th. Also added at the podium for this year’s festivities will be stand-up icon and Fargo vet Chris Rock and The Batman‘s Zoë Kravitz. In [Read More…]
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Banana Republic adds new baby and athletic categories
Bill Tompkins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Banana Republic is known for its modern luxury-style adult clothing, but now, the brand is expanding to also include great picks for babies. The Gap Inc.-owned company announced BR Baby [Read More…]
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With millions still unboosted against COVID, public health experts face tricky messaging around potential 4th shot
Getty Images/Morsa Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — When the first coronavirus vaccines were shipped out across the country more than a year ago, millions of Americans waited eagerly for their turn to get a shot, hoping that [Read More…]
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Robert Pattinson talks to Jimmy Kimmel on taking “Batman as Kurt Cobain” analogy too far
ABC/Randy Holmes Robert Pattinson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday night, and got the thumbs-up from lifelong comics fan Kimmel. “You are a really good Batman,” Kimmel enthused, before adding, “If you’re a bad Batman, there’s no bigger [Read More…]
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Kerry Washington, Amal Clooney, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez among ‘TIME’ Women of the Year for 2022
TIME Little Fires Everywhere star and advocate Kerry Washington, human rights attorney Amal Clooney, and Pose groundbreaker and trans advocate MichealaJaé Rodriguez are among the honorees in TIME magazine’s 2022 Women of the Year issue. TIME Executive Editor Naina Bajekal and Senior Editor Lucy Feldman wrote in part, “[W]e chose to [Read More…]
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50 Cent lashes out at Starz over ‘Power’ franchise being in “limbo”: My bags are packed”
Jackson, “Force” star Joseph Sikora — Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for STARZ (NOTE LANGUAGE) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — rapper, actor, and executive producer of Starz’ hit Power franchise — is not happy with the cable network, again. In a [Read More…]
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Gap in COVID-19 vaccine uptake between urban and rural areas in the US continues to widen: CDC
Morsa Images/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The gap in COVID-19 vaccination uptake between rural and urban Americans is continuing to widen, a federal report published Thursday found. As of Jan. 31, 2022, 75.4% of people aged [Read More…]
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Ivermectin, condemned by experts as COVID-19 treatment, continues to be easily accessible through telemedicine
Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as hospitals became overrun, a group of doctors began touting an anti-parasitic medicine called ivermectin as a viable treatment [Read More…]
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House approves bill to help veterans exposed to ‘burn pits’
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday approved a bill that would provide millions of veterans with expedited health care and disability payments related to illnesses caused by toxic exposure from burn pits. [Read More…]
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Navy recovers stealth F-35 from South China Sea
U.S. Navy-contracted diving support vessel (DSCV) Picasso, successfully retrieved the F-35C Lightning II aircraft that crashed during routine flight operations earlier this year in the South China Sea, March 2. – U.S. Navy (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
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Amid war in Ukraine, US Marine detained by Russia faces urgent health needs
Joe Reed, the father of former US Marine Trevor Reed, stands next to a placard of his son outside the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. – JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trevor [Read More…]
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Robert Pattinson read “probably a trillion” comics to prepare for ‘The Batman’ role
Warner Bros. Pictures Robert Pattinson had a lot of preparation ahead of him when he signed on to play the iconic Caped Crusader in The Batman — including about 80 years’ worth of reading material. At Tuesday’s New [Read More…]
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Shonda Rhimes says “there’s absolutely no evidence or reason” women should settle for less
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Vulture Festival Shonda Rhimes transformed television with her hit shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, and now the five-time Emmy nominee wants to transform something else — the “dream gap.” Rhimes teamed with Barbie to [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘The Girl from Plainville’ trailer; Tiffany Haddish keeps ‘The Afterparty’ going, and more
The official trailer for Hulu’s The Girl from Plainville, starring Elle Fanning, dropped on Wednesday. The miniseries, inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter‘s unprecedented “texting suicide” case, is based on Jesse Barron‘s Esquire article of the same name and explores the relationship between [Read More…]
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‘The Dropout’ explores a possible motive behind Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos
Courtesy of Hulu It’s a story that captivated the world, and it’s now a limited series on Hulu, debuting today. The Dropout takes you behind the scenes of the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Lavrov declines to comment on civilian deaths in Ukraine
Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]
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Why a Ukraine no-fly zone isn’t an option: Experts
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ukrainian officials under relentless attack from Russian forces have pleaded with President Joe Biden and members of NATO to impose a no-fly zone over significant parts of Ukraine. It’s been [Read More…]