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Moderna doses 1st participant in phase 3 clinical trial of combo flu, COVID vaccine
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna announced Tuesday it has dosed its first participant in a phase III clinical trial of a combination influenza and COVID-19 vaccine. This phase will evaluate the safety and [Read More…]
Facebook, Instagram harm young people’s mental health, lawsuit says
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of states are taking action Tuesday against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, for allegedly harming young people’s mental health. A federal lawsuit and parallel state lawsuits allege that [Read More…]
Jerry O’Connell says he and wife Rebecca Romijn found out about John Stamos bombshells “like everybody else”
JC Olivera/Getty Images John Stamos recently made headlines when he told People he once saw his ex-wife, Rebecca Romijn, as “the devil” during their marriage. After divorcing Stamos in 2005, Romijn married Stand By Me [Read More…]
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali + Ethan Hawke face an apocalyptic cyber attack in ‘Leave the World Behind’
Netflix/JoJo Whilden Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail again tackles the dangers of technology, taking on an apocalyptic cyber attack with Oscar winners Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts, in the trailer for Netflix’s Leave the World [Read More…]
Son of a nutcracker! Celebrate ‘Elf”s 20-year anniversary with Movie Sites Tour
Ferrell at the ‘Elf’ premiere in 2003 – Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Believe it or not, Jon Favreau‘s holiday classic Elf turns 20 years old on November 7, and On Location [Read More…]
Jenna Ellis becomes fourth defendant to take plea deal in Georgia election interference case
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Attorney Jenna Ellis, one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case, is taking a plea deal in the case — making her the fourth defendant [Read More…]
House speaker vote live updates: Republicans gather to cast secret ballots, seven candidates remain
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until [Read More…]
Paris museum vows it is improving Dwayne Johnson wax statue following controversy
Disney General Entertainment/Jennifer Potheiser The Grévin Museum in Paris vows it is “already working on improving” the wax likeness of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that had been widely flamed online for being too white. Online [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: ‘I’ve been through hell,’ released hostage says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]
Gazan refugees stranded in West Bank amid deadly raids, rising settler violence
ABC News (RAMALLAH, West Bank) — Mariam doesn’t know when she’ll go home. She lives in Gaza, but says she was being treated for cancer in an Israeli hospital when Hamas launched their surprise Oct. [Read More…]
Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump’s lawyers appeal sanctions imposed before trial
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
Migrant bus conditions ‘disgusting and inhuman,’ says former vet who escorted convoys
Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A retired veteran hired to work security for migrants being bused out of Texas alleges he witnessed pervasive mistreatment during the long trips [Read More…]
Former ‘fixer,’ now star witness Michael Cohen to face Trump at fraud trial
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, who was once Trump’s confidant and self-described “fixer,” is set to return to a courtroom in New York as the star witness in [Read More…]
Seven dead, 25 injured in ‘super fog’ multi-car pileup on Louisiana highway: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A “super fog” in Louisiana has caused a multi-car pileup on Interstate 55 near New Orleans, Louisiana, after severely lowering visibility, according to police. The crash, involving at least [Read More…]
One killed, four injured in fountain electrocution incident at Florida shopping center
avid_creative/Getty Images (JUPITER, Fla.) — One person is dead and four others were injured after they were electrocuted in a fountain at the Harbourside Place in Jupiter, Florida, first responders said. Around 3:30 p.m. police [Read More…]
House Republicans try fourth time to nominate a speaker
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot after rejecting Rep. Jim Jordan and at least four have reached [Read More…]
Former NSA employee admits trying to sell top secret info to Russia
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former National Security Agency employee pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian agent — but who was actually an [Read More…]
House speaker vote live updates: Speaker race down to eight after Rep. Meuser drops out
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot after rejecting Rep. Jim Jordan last week. Eight Republicans are officially running [Read More…]
Mary Lou Retton home from hospital after life-threatening health scare, daughter says
David Livingston/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mary Lou Retton is back home after a health scare that required a nearly two-week stay in the intensive care unit. McKenna Lane Kelley, one of Retton’s four daughters, [Read More…]
Companies from Starbucks to McDonald’s face controversy amid Israel-Hamas war
JohnFScott/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks, McDonald’s and other major companies have touched off controversy tied to the Israel-Hamas war, exemplifying the corporate challenges posed by the high-stakes and politically charged conflict. Starbucks sued its [Read More…]