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In Brief: Kevin Spacey’s ‘Control’ gets release date, and more
Netflix has released the first images from its series adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe‘s Fall of the House of Usher, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The supernatural limited series follows Roderick — the ruthless CEO [Read More…]
‘Disease catastrophe’ looms in Sudan as health conditions deteriorate, medics warn
A Sudanese officer speaks to civilians recruited by the army as they take part in a military training in the Kassinger area of Sudan’s Northern State on August 9, 2023. — AFP via Getty Images [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: Lahaina resembles ‘a war zone or maybe a bomb went off’
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least [Read More…]
Maui funeral service workers on devastation of fires: ‘I’m in shock’
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (WAILUKU, Hawaii) — As a funeral director at the Nakamura Mortuary in Wailuku, Maui, Carol Chaney is no stranger to dealing with death — but usually, it’s other people’s [Read More…]
Pro-Christie PAC launches $400K ad buy in New Hampshire geared at swinging independent voters
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Iowa State Fair now underway, much of the nation’s attention will soon turn to Des Moines as Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls descend on the [Read More…]
Megan Rapinoe shares emotional post following US Women’s World Cup exit
Joe Prior/Visionhaus via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Megan Rapinoe is saying goodbye to the U.S. Women’s National Team. In an emotional post that the U.S. soccer star shared on Instagram after the USWNT’s heartbreaking [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 8/10/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 5, Tampa Bay 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 5, Houston 4 Detroit 3, Minnesota 0 Cleveland 4, Toronto [Read More…]
Hawaii native Jason Momoa “devastated and heartbroken” by Maui wildfires
Fiona Goodall/Getty Images for Universal Pictures Hawaii native Jason Momoa has offered his reaction to the devastating wildfires in Maui. “We are devastated and heartbroken for our friends and ‘ohana on Maui who [have] been impacted by [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll climbs as at least 53 confirmed dead
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least [Read More…]
SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Purdue Pharma’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy that shielded the founding Sackler families from liability in the nation’s opioid [Read More…]
The perfect storm of weather conditions that led to the devastating wildfires in Maui
NOAA (NEW YORK) — A perfect storm of weather conditions led to the massive inferno that has killed dozens of people in Maui and caused widespread destruction on an island best known as paradise. The [Read More…]
Ohio referendum jolts marquee Senate race
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (SANDUSKY, Ohio) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose put Ohio’s Issue 1, a measure that could have ultimately hindered statewide attempts at protecting abortion access, at the center of his recently [Read More…]
Political jockeying follows presidential candidates to the annual Iowa State Fair
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Grilling pork chops, chowing down on corn dogs, visiting the famous “Butter Cow” dairy sculpture: these festivities and more await the 2024 presidential candidates starting Thursday at [Read More…]
Group behind affirmative action case sues Black venture fund for alleged racial bias
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fearless Fund, a venture capitalist firm that invests in female entrepreneurs of color, is now the target of a lawsuit launched by a group founded by the man who [Read More…]
Even Zoom brought workers back to the office. Here’s what it means.
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Zoom, whose sales and cultural prominence soared when the pandemic forced millions of workers to stay home, said last week that it plans to bring employees back to the office. The [Read More…]
SAG-AFTRA says Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz and ‘Ferrari’ cast can attend Venice Film Festival — but will they?
ABC News SAG-AFTRA has reportedly cleared Penelope Cruz, Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey and the rest of the cast to promote their upcoming Michael Mann biopic Ferrari when it premieres at the Venice Film Festival, according [Read More…]
Who are the detained American citizens released from prison in Iran?
Neda Sharghi via Twitter (WASHINGTON) — Five American citizens considered to be unjustly detained have all been moved into house arrest in Iran after previously being imprisoned there, U.S. officials said Thursday. Four of the [Read More…]
Iran moves toward freeing five American citizens who had been imprisoned, in rare deal
Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After months of quiet negotiations, Iran and the U.S. have reached an agreement that would see five American citizens considered to be unjustly detained released from custody and allowed [Read More…]
Alabama riverfront melee: 4th suspect turns herself in, police say
Christa Owen (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Police say a fourth suspect in the Riverfront Park melee turned herself in on Thursday. Charges were originally filed against three white boaters who allegedly assaulted a Black ferry co-captain [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: Chaos at Maui’s main airport as hundreds try to leave
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least [Read More…]