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Maskless and unvaccinated, millions of pupils have returned to English schools
eiStock/Favor_of_God (LONDON) — As the debate on masking in classrooms rages in the U.S, England, as with its risky move to fully reopen society in July, is chartering its own course. Despite competing scientific advice, [Read More…]
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Biden and China’s Xi plan to meet virtually this year after aides’ ‘meaningful,’ substantive’ talks
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of this year, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday, amid high tension in the critical [Read More…]
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Active shooter situation reported at Texas high school
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (ARLINGTON, Texas) — Police are investigating an active shooter situation reported at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, the school district said. An unknown suspect apparently shot multiple people before fleeing the scene, according [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: More Americans died of COVID this year than all of 2020
AlxeyPnferov/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 705,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people [Read More…]
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Amtrak train shooting that left one agent and one suspect dead result of marijuana bust, complaint shows
mixmotive/iStock (TUCSON, Ariz.) — One Drug Enforcement Administration agent was killed and two other officers were injured in a shooting on an Amtrak train that was stopped in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. Agents boarded the [Read More…]
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Class-action lawsuit filed against energy companies following Huntington Beach oil spill
DNY59/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the companies who run the oil line that dumped hundreds of thousands of crude oil off the coast of California over the weekend. [Read More…]
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Brian Laundrie flew home to Florida in early August, family attorney says: Live updates
AlessandroPhoto/iStock (NEW YORK) — A massive search is continuing in Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed as the [Read More…]
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Iranian authority mandates pregnant women be reported to prevent ‘criminal abortions’
nazdravie/iStock (NEW YORK) — From Texas to Tehran, women have been fighting to protect their right to have an abortion — some by taking over the streets and others by taking over social media. While [Read More…]
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Ryan Reynolds gets comic Yakov Smirnoff to change his name to Yakov Aviation American Gin
Courtesy Maximum Effort In a full-circle moment, Cold War-era comic Yakov Smirnoff, who was a punchline in Deadpool, has teamed up with that film’s star, Ryan Reynolds, to help promote Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin brand. And it’s all in [Read More…]
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Massive Hollywood labor union moves closer to nationwide strike
iStock/Josh Steichmann Today the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the showbiz union representing tens of thousands of behind-the-scenes workers, has voted to authorize a nationwide strike — the first time in IATSE’s 128-year history [Read More…]
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“I’m going to be a ‘Rocket Man'”: Captain Kirk is going where few men have gone before
ABC News/Stephen Iervolino Space. The final frontier. Sure, it’s old hat for the starship Enterprise‘s Captain James Tiberius Kirk, but it will be a whole new experience for his alter-ego, 90-year-old William Shatner. The actor will be [Read More…]
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Sterling K. Brown to star, exec-produce Hulu’s ‘Washington Black’; Regal offers immersive auditoriums
Photo: ABC/Nick Agro Sterling K. Brown is headed to Hulu for his next major TV project. The This Is Us actor will executive-produce and star in Washington Black, a new series based on Esi Edugyan’s best-selling novel [Read More…]
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Ben Affleck says playing Batman again in ‘The Flash’ movie “was really fun” after the “difficult” ‘Justice League’
20th Century Studios/Walt Disney Studios Ben Affleck has reason to smile lately, even if Batman rarely does. Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that he’s dating Jennifer Lopez again. He’s also got The Last Duel coming out next week, [Read More…]
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back after hours-long shutdown
iStock/luchezar (NEW YORK) — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back. The apps, owned by Facebook, stopped working Monday for millions of users across the U.S., according to outage site Down Detector. Both the mobile and web [Read More…]
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Carvel brews up 3 new ‘Hocus Pocus’ shakes for 31 Nights of Halloween
Carvel/Freeform (NEW YORK) — Freeform and ice cream shop Carvel conjured up a sweet collaboration to celebrate the 31 Nights of Halloween. Carvel added three limited-edition shakes, each one inspired by the Sanderson Sisters of Disney’s [Read More…]
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Windows 11 rolls out to PC users – but not all of them
Microsoft (NEW YORK) — Starting Tuesday, PC owners who run Windows 10 will be eligible to download Windows 11 for free. But the ability to use Microsoft’s latest operating system will largely depend on your [Read More…]
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New York’s largest private hospital system now 100% vaccinated
iStock/Bill Oxford (NEW YORK) — Northwell Health, the largest hospital system in New York state, announced Monday that all of its employees have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The move comes just one week after the [Read More…]
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Stanley Tucci reflects on his cancer battle
iStock/peterspiro (NEW YORK) — Stanley Tucci is opening up about how his cancer battle three years ago affected his ability to enjoy one of his greatest passions — food. The 60-year-old actor, who previously revealed he [Read More…]
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Fauci notes COVID-19 progress but warns more surges are possible
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. sees its first notable decline in COVID-19 metrics in more than three months, with coronavirus-related hospital admissions and average daily new cases dropping by more than 30% over [Read More…]
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What is retinol and should you be using it?
Jun/iStock (NEW YORK) — The skin care ingredient retinol has been receiving a lot of attention lately, especially on social media apps like TikTok. But what does retinol actually do and should you be using [Read More…]