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Vanessa Hudgens heads to Philippines to explore her family’s Asian roots in travel documentary
ABC High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens is set to shoot a travel documentary that will take her to the Philippines, her mother’s homeland. The as-yet-untitled project, filming in Palawan and Manila later this month, [Read More…]
In Brief: Anne Hathaway goes pop with ‘Mother Mary’, and more
We Crashed star Anne Hathaway and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Michaela Coel have been tapped to lead the cast of the upcoming movie Mother Mary, according to Deadline. The film, directed by The Green Knight [Read More…]
Survivors reel in aftermath of one of Africa’s deadliest cyclones
AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — “Let me tell you, it is a serious situation. It is a tragedy,” says Paul Turnbull, Malawi Country Director of the World Food Programme. He is talking about [Read More…]
Patients, health care providers face shortages of critical drugs, Senate report finds
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Patients and medical providers who rely on pharmaceutical medications to treat everything from asthma to ADHD to cancer may have had a harder time finding those medications last year than [Read More…]
Supreme Court to hear case between Jack Daniel’s and dog toy maker
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s a brand battle in the Supreme Court this week as whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. takes on a dog toy manufacturer in a case over free speech and [Read More…]
Twenty years later, Iraq War vet fights for Army to change ‘wrongful discharge,’ recognize PTSD claim
Courtesy of Ben Hayhurst (WASHINGTON) — Twenty years after the start of the Iraq War, a personal battle continues for former U.S. Army Sgt. Ben Hayhurst. He’s claimed he developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after [Read More…]
Gerber powdered infant formula voluntarily recalled due to possible bacteria exposure
FDA (NEW YORK) — Some of Gerber’s powdered infant formula products that were manufactured at a facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, have been voluntarily recalled due to possible bacterial contamination. The infant formulas are “being [Read More…]
Fed to decide on rate hike as it weighs priority of banking crisis or inflation fight
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Policymakers and investors will closely watch a decision from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday about whether to raise interest rates as the U.S. economy weathers two pressing challenges: a banking [Read More…]
Selena Gomez dons wedding gown in BTS glimpse into ‘Only Murders In The Building ‘
Hulu Selena Gomez is giving fans a glimpse into a day on the set of Only Murders In The Building. Taking to social media Tuesday, the singer and actress shared snapshots of herself sitting on the floor [Read More…]
Father and son presumed dead while kayaking on spring break trip, family says
Jennifer Thompson (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Thompson misses “her boys.” Five days since her husband and son disappeared while kayaking on Beaver Lake in Arkansas, Thompson said that law enforcement is now working to recover [Read More…]
The big bank theory: TV producer Chuck Lorre donates $30 million to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Chuck Lorre, the producer behind hits like The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, and 2 Broke Girls is sharing the wealth with Los Angeles’ esteemed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Lorre [Read More…]
‘Heroic’ security guards stop armed man in ‘devil mask’ from entering strip club: Police
Tampa Police Department (TAMPA, Fla.) — Three “heroic” security guards stopped an armed man from entering a Florida strip club and helped to avert a possible mass shooting, police said. In dramatic surveillance video released by [Read More…]
Sources: Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents, judge wrote
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Prosecutors in the special counsel’s office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of [Read More…]
8 dolphins dead after washing ashore on New Jersey beach
WPVI (SEA ISLE CITY, N.J.) — A pod of eight dolphins died after being stranded on two beaches in New Jersey on Tuesday, according to an animal rescue and rehabilitation center. The sea creatures washed up [Read More…]
Biden teases 2024 bid, tells Bruce Springsteen ‘some people are born to run’
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday teased a 2024 run as he celebrated American legends Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis Dreyfus and more in a White House ceremony. Biden bestowed medals [Read More…]
Former Trump official calls TikTok a ‘digital virus’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — TikTok is facing growing scrutiny from government officials over cybersecurity fears about Americans’ data. U.S. officials are reportedly demanding that Chinese owners sell its stake in the app or risk a [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Several Ukrainian cities attacked with missiles
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates debate abortion access, gerrymandering
belterz/Getty Images (MADISON, Wis.) — The two candidates in Wisconsin’s crucial Supreme Court race met for their only debate Tuesday, debating hot-button issues such as abortion access and gerrymandering two weeks before voters will decide the [Read More…]
US lawmakers reintroduce e-bike tax credit bill offering up to a $1,500 refund
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would give consumers a tax break on the purchase of a new electric bike. The Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act would [Read More…]
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas at conservation summit
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the establishment of two new national monuments, protecting land totaling more than half a million acres. Biden named Avi Kwa Ame [Read More…]