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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for leading Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge sentenced Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role leading a seditious conspiracy to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s election [Read More…]
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Meteorologists predict ‘near-normal’ season for 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA says
Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a near-normal hurricane season for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. There is a 40% chance [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McCarthy says ‘every hour matters’ on debt ceiling as lawmakers set to leave town
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just seven days until potential default, House members are heading home for Memorial Day recess — without a debt ceiling deal in sight. “Every hour matters,” House Speaker Kevin [Read More…]
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Supreme Court sides with 94-year-old woman who accused government of stealing her home equity
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more.” With those words, Chief Justice John Roberts and a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a [Read More…]
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South Carolina six-week abortion ban signed into law, providers file lawsuit
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a six-week abortion ban into law Thursday, with it going into effect immediately. The new ban prohibits all abortions after fetal [Read More…]
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MoviePass relaunches with new tiered subscriptions ahead of blockbuster summer
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ahead of the slate of blockbuster films hitting theaters this summer, MoviePass is back with a new plan that could help moviegoers save money at the box [Read More…]
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‘The biggest losers’: Bud Light boycott hammers hundreds of independent distributors
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Truck drivers delivering Bud Light have received the middle finger from passersby, distributors have faced intentional collisions from shopping carts as they drop off beer and vendors have endured [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Quentin Tarantino drops hints about his 10th and final film, ‘The Movie Critic’
ABC/Randy Holmes Quentin Tarantino is at the Cannes International Film Festival, and he shed some light to Deadline on The Movie Critic, his 10th and supposedly final film as a director. Tarantino says the movie is “based on a guy who [Read More…]
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Mortgage, mortgage, mortgage! ‘The Brady Bunch’ house can now be yours
Photo courtesy HGTV/Anthony Barcelo While most people wouldn’t recognize the address 11222 Dilling St., Studio City, CA, most everybody would know the house: it was the main location of The Brady Bunch. It seems after [Read More…]
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Amazon Studios renews spy thriller series ‘Citadel’
Amazon Studios Citadel, the spy series from Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo, is getting another mission from Amazon Studios. The streaming service announced Thursday that the show, which stars Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Richard Madden [Read More…]
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Kim Cattrall and Leslie Bibb on working with each other, Robert De Niro in ‘About My Father’
Lionsgate/Dan Anderson In the new, well-reviewed family comedy About My Father, actor and stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco plays a boutique hotel manager who is on the brink of popping the question to his girlfriend, played by Leslie Bibb. However, [Read More…]
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Social media posts believed to be from parent who sought book ban praised Proud Boys, shared antisemitic conspiracy theory
Viking Books (MIAMI) — The parent whose complaint led to the transfer of Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school made social media posts praising the [Read More…]
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Artificial intelligence used in medical procedure to help paralyzed man walk
Pramote Polyamate/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man left paralyzed by a motorcycle crash over a decade ago is walking again after a surgical procedure aided by artificial intelligence. Gert-Jan Oskam, 40, said he dreamt [Read More…]
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Comedian Bert Kreischer takes the lead in ‘The Machine’
©2023 CTMG All Rights Reserved Comedian Bert Kreischer’s popularity has skyrocketed the past few years, thanks to podcasting, TikTok and his standup specials, and now he’s starring in his first movie, The Machine, out this weekend. The [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘Breaking Bad’ alumna goes to ‘Bad Boys 4’, and more
The answer is James Holzhauer. The question? “Who won the first Jeopardy! Masters tournament?” Holzhauer beat Mattea Roach and Matt Amodio, who placed second and third, respectively. Roach — the youngest player in the tournament [Read More…]
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Person of interest in murder arrested after televised pleas lead to tips from locals
Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A person of interest in a New York murder, accused of a crime spree as he fled from police, was arrested in South Carolina, thanks partly to local [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DeSantis to have presidential campaign kickoff event in Iowa
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to forgo a traditional presidential campaign launch and will instead hold his “campaign kickoff” event next week in the key state of Iowa, according [Read More…]
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A little white lie spells big trouble for Julia Louis-Dreyfus and company in the new film ‘You Hurt My Feelings’
A24 The new movie You Hurt My Feelings is about all the little white lies we tell the people we love, in order to not hurt their feelings. Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays an author married to a therapist, played by Tobias [Read More…]
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Fulgence Kayishema, most wanted Rwandan genocide suspect, arrested in South Africa, authorities say
JonGorr/Getty Images (LONDON) — One of the world’s most wanted fugitives accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide has been arrested in South Africa after more than two decades on the run, authorities announced Thursday. [Read More…]
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American tourist attacked by shark in Turks and Caicos, police say
Philip Waller/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American tourist was seriously injured in a shark attack in Turks and Caicos on Wednesday, authorities said. The 22-year-old Connecticut woman was snorkeling with a friend in the waters [Read More…]