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John Madden, former Hall of Fame NFL coach and broadcaster, dies at 85
Getty Images/Kirby Lee (NEW YORK) — John Madden, the NFL coach, broadcaster and namesake for the billion-dollar video game franchise, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was 85 years old. The legendary coach helmed the Oakland Raiders [Read More…]
Harry Reid, the former 5-term US senator from Nevada, has died at 82 following cancer battle
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Harry Mason Reid, the former five-term U.S. senator from Nevada who led Senate Democrats for a decade spanning the Bush and Obama presidencies, died Tuesday, his wife, Landra Reid, confirmed [Read More…]
Westchester DA declines to pursue charges against former New York Gov. Andrew CuomoGov. Cuomo
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah has declined to pursue criminal charges against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegations made by two women that he kissed them on the cheek. [Read More…]
Georgia deploys National Guard to hospitals and testing centers as the state reports record-high COVID cases
iStock/narvikk (ATLANTA) — Georgia is planning to send the National Guard to hospitals and testing sites as the state set a single-day record for COVID-19 cases. In a statement Wednesday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that [Read More…]
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on 5 of 6 counts in sex trafficking case
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A jury has convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on five of six counts related to the abuse and trafficking of underage girls. Maxwell faced [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: 3 Americans testing positive every second
John Paraskevas/Newsday via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 821,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
Lake Tahoe sees 16 feet of snow in December, crushing records
Getty IMages/Christopher Kimmel (NEW YORK) — Following a year of both extreme heat and drought, Lake Tahoe has seen a record-breaking amount of snow this December, according to the U.C. Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab. [Read More…]
Ghislaine Maxwell jury wants more testimony
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — Jury deliberations in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial resumed Wednesday morning. Maxwell was walked partway into the courtroom around 9:25 a.m., wearing a burgundy turtleneck and clutching a green folio. While the [Read More…]
European countries tighten COVID-19 restrictions as omicron spreads
Chesnot/Getty Images (LONDON) — France this week became the latest European country to tighten its coronavirus restrictions, with nations across the continent posting record numbers of COVID-19 infections in an omicron-fueled surge. On Dec. 21, [Read More…]
Hong Kong pro-democracy news outlet Stand News to close after police raid
Anthony Kwan/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s national security police arrested six people linked to Stand News, an independent online media outlet, in another sign that the city’s once-thriving press freedom is taking a [Read More…]
Russia shuts down human rights group that recorded Stalin-era crimes
NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — In what has been described as a watershed moment for President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on dissent, Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, the [Read More…]
Hundreds in Australia receive wrong COVID test results
iStock/narvikk (NEW YORK) — SydPath, an Australian-based lab, sent hundreds of patients the wrong test results, due to a “data processing error,” it said in a statement. The lab announced in a statement Monday that [Read More…]
Broadway musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ latest to close amid COVID-19 cases
Virginia Sherwood/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Another Broadway show bites the dust due to COVID-19. The Temptations musical Ain’t Too Proud announced it will be closing for good next month, after the latest pandemic surge [Read More…]
The Year in Entertainment 2021: TV viewers binge ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ and more
Noh Juhan | Netflix TV viewing choices ran the gamut in 2021, from the wholesome Ted Lasso to the brutal Squid Game. Here are some of the highlights: — Red light, green light — if [Read More…]
Michael B. Jordan shares lessons from Denzel Washington; Nick Cannon celebrates Christmas with all his kids
KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images As Michael B. Jordan prepares to make his directorial debut with the next Creed film, he’s drawing upon lessons he learned from Denzel Washington. Denzel directed Michael in Journal for Jordan, which premiered on Christmas. Jordan says [Read More…]
Survey: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ most-anticipated blockbuster of 2022
Courtesy of Marvel Studios Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the most-anticipated blockbuster of 2022, according to a new survey by Fandango. The survey of more than 6,000 moviegoers put the Black Panther sequel — due [Read More…]
The Fab 5 says howdy to Texas in new ‘Queer Eye’ trailer
ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN/NETFLIX Say howdy to an all-new season of Queer Eye. Netflix has released the season six trailer for the show, which finds the Fab 5 bringing their makeover magic to Austin, Texas. This season, [Read More…]
Holiday travel nightmare continues with COVID-related flight cancellations
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The omicron variant continues to wreak havoc on holiday travel from coast to coast. Over the weekend, airlines reported more than 3,000 flight cancellations with at least [Read More…]
NYC entertainment industry workers worry about future amid show cancellations
Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the number of COVID-19 cases surging in New York, workers in the entertainment industry, many of whom are freelancers, are worried about the prospect of another [Read More…]
Experts troubled by TikTok trend that can have teens believing they have serious mental disorders
MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new trend on TikTok could lead some teens to believe they have a serious mental disorder, according to some experts. The app, which has become a [Read More…]