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TikTok adds text-only posts as social media landscape shifts with Facebook, Twitter
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TikTok has added a new feature that allows users to create text-only posts with the change coming just a day after Twitter rebranded itself and less than [Read More…]
Why did “Barbie” set records at the box office? Experts weigh in.
Hanna Lassen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Greta Gerwig’s Barbie defied a sluggish pandemic recovery at movie theaters to rake in $155 million domestically over its opening weekend. The haul made it the highest-grossing debut of [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Charity picks the four men whose families she’ll meet
ABC/Craig Sjodin It was a week of fun dates and tough eliminations on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, as Charity tried to gain some clarity before deciding on which four of her six remaining suitors’ families she’ll meet [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Charity picks the four men whose families she’ll meet
ABC/Craig Sjodin It was a week of fun dates and tough eliminations on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, as Charity tried to gain some clarity before deciding on which four of her six remaining suitors’ families she’ll meet [Read More…]
Former Columbia University OB-GYN to be sentenced for sexual abuse conviction
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert Hadden, the former Columbia University gynecologist who prosecutors said “abused his position of power to assault patient after patient, year after year,” is slated to be sentenced to [Read More…]
Love endures for soldier who lost both arms, sight during war
Alina and Andriy Smolensky (KYIV, Ukraine) — EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers may find some images disturbing. Andriy and Alina Smolensky were just 22 years old when they were introduced by a mutual friend at a party [Read More…]
NASA’s mission to collide with asteroid sent ‘swarm of boulders’ into space
Space Telescope Science Institut/ESA/NASA (NEW YORK) — A “swarm of boulders” was sent careening into space after NASA successfully disrupted the orbit of an asteroid last year, according to the space agency. The Double Asteroid [Read More…]
K-9 officer put on leave after police dog attacks surrendering suspect
Ohio State Highway Police (CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio) — An Ohio K-9 officer has been put on administrative leave, and his dog placed in a kennel, following an incident this month in which the animal was captured [Read More…]
Obamas’ family chef found dead in pond on Martha’s Vineyard, police say
Google Maps (MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass.) — The body of a missing paddleboarder recovered from a pond in Martha’s Vineyard on Monday morning was an employee of former President Barack Obama, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) [Read More…]
Carlee Russell’s disappearance was ‘hoax’; charges possible, police say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOOVER, Ala.) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on July 15 after she was reportedly missing for two days, was never missing, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis told [Read More…]
Former reverend arrested for allegedly killing 8-year-old girl in 1975 while she was on her way to his Bible camp
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office (MARIETTA, Ga.) — An 83-year-old former reverend has been arrested for allegedly killing an 8-year-old girl in 1975 while she was on her way to his Bible camp, authorities said. [Read More…]
DOJ sues Texas, Abbott over ‘unauthorized’ anti-migration barriers in Rio Grande
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice on Monday sued the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over the installation of a barrier of buoys in the Rio Grande River [Read More…]
Elon Musk’s Twitter rebranded as X. Here’s why
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The signature blue bird perched atop social media platform Twitter vanished on Sunday as part of a company rebrand under a new name: X. The revamp [Read More…]
Iranian woman defying hijab law says there’s ‘no turning back’ despite ‘morality police’ resuming patrols
Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iran’s “morality police,” are again patrolling the streets to enforce the country’s compulsory hijab law, nearly a year after widespread protests erupted following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa [Read More…]
Missing paddleboarder found dead in pond on Martha’s Vineyard, police say
Google Maps (MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass.) — The body of a missing paddleboarder was recovered from a pond in Martha’s Vineyard on Monday morning, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said. Divers for the MSP Underwater Recovery [Read More…]
Former Columbia University OB-GYN sentenced to 20 years for sexual abuse conviction
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert Hadden, the former Columbia University gynecologist who prosecutors said “abused his position of power to assault patient after patient, year after year,” was sentenced Monday to 20 years [Read More…]
DeSantis’ staff addresses campaign concerns at donor retreat amid strategy change: Sources
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (PARK CITY, Utah) — Over the weekend, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a two-day retreat in Park City, Utah, where, sources said, senior campaign staffers briefed top donors on the state of [Read More…]
Amazon Studios drops teaser trailer to ‘The Boys’ spinoff ‘Gen V’
Amazon Studios On Monday, July 24, Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television dropped the teaser trailer to its The Boys spinoff Gen V. The series, which debuts globally on Friday, September 29, centers on the [Read More…]
‘Abbott Elementary’ star William Stanford Davis shows off residual check worth a nickel in strike-supporting post
ABC/Matt Sayles On Abbott Elementary, William Stanford Davis brings the funny as sarcastic custodian Mr. Davis, but he wasn’t laughing in a new Instagram post educating people about the life of a working actor. “I’ve [Read More…]
‘The Flash’ runs to the top of Vudu’s streaming charts
© 2023 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC It seems that moviegoers were just waiting for The Flash to come to streaming. Despite early positive word of mouth, the movie starring embattled actor Ezra Miller as [Read More…]