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Woman assaults multiple flight attendants and cops with fire extinguisher at airport
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A woman has been arrested after assaulting flight attendants and police officers when she discharged and sprayed a fire extinguisher at them during a confrontation at one of the nation’s [Read More…]
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Judge fines Trump and his attorney nearly $1 million for filing ‘revenge’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Florida has sanctioned former President Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba, ordering them to pay fines of nearly $1 million for filing what he deemed to [Read More…]
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T-Mobile breached by hackers as 37 million customers impacted
franckreporter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — T-Mobile says they discovered a “bad actor” was taking information through a single application, according to an SEC filing by the company this week. “The preliminary result from our investigation [Read More…]
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Hugh Jackman and the cast of ‘The Son’ on family dynamics, mental health
Rekha Garton. ©See-Saw Films Limited. Courtesy of See-Saw Films / Sony Pictures Classics First came The Father, now comes The Son from writer-director Florian Zeller — the second film based on his trilogy of plays with Laura Dern, [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘Fresh Prince’ star Tatyana Ali in new ‘Bel Air’ trailer, and more
It’s two and done for the Gossip Girl reboot on HBO Max. The streamer has canceled the show after two seasons. Showrunner Joshua Safran delivered the news via social media on Thursday, adding that the teen drama is “currently looking for another [Read More…]
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Leslie Jordan died of natural causes, says coroner’s report
Good Morning America Leslie Jordan, the diminutive star of shows like Will & Grace, Call Me Kat and American Horror Story, died last year from natural causes and not from a car accident, the Los [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 1/19/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Chicago 126, Detroit 108 Boston 121, Golden State 118 (OT) Minnesota 128, Toronto 126 Philadelphia 105, Portland 105 Phoenix 117, [Read More…]
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Google to cut 12,000 jobs from global workforce
400tmax/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, said Friday that it will cut about 12,000 jobs from its global workforce, affecting approximately 6% of the company’s employees. “I have some [Read More…]
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Nicolas Cage tries his hand at a Western in ‘The Old Way’
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Hard to believe but Nicolas Cage has never starred in a Western, until now. The Old Way, in theaters and streaming on demand, features Cage as a ruthless killer, hell bent on revenge, with his [Read More…]
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Yale University changes mental health policies after students’ lawsuit
Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Yale University has announced changes to its policies to support students’ mental health, including allowing students the ability to take time off from school. The [Read More…]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration rejects African American AP course
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has rejected an African American history course that is set to be a part of the College Board’s slate of Advanced [Read More…]
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FBI director sees threat from China’s AI program, talks Russia cyberattacks in Ukraine
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (DAVOS, Switzerland) — Speaking Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, FBI Director Christopher Wray described how his agency saw an increase in cyberattacks from Russia [Read More…]
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Alfalfa sprouts recalled for possible E. coli after FDA testing
Michael Duva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fullei Fresh has issued a voluntary recall of alfalfa sprouts after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted an unannounced inspection that found a strain of E. coli in [Read More…]
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Reports of children poisoned with marijuana edibles spike in Mississippi, state medical center says
Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — Reports of children in Mississippi who found and ate marijuana-laced candies and chocolates at home resulting in emergency room visits increased sharply last year, the state’s [Read More…]
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Why the holiday season ended with a sales slump, and what it means for the 2023 economy
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The holiday shopping season began with a boom but ended with a whimper. U.S. retail sales fell in December, offering the latest sign of an economic slowdown driven by [Read More…]
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Biden and Republicans seem set for debt ceiling fight, reviving fraught political battles of years past
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Another spending fight looms between the White House and Congress, reviving similar stalemates in 2011 and 2013 under President Barack Obama. Then, as now, Congress was divided — a Republican [Read More…]
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Students speak out after some colleges ban TikTok from campuses
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Grace Featherston, a senior theatre education major at the University of Texas at Austin, received an email Tuesday notifying her that TikTok was being restricted at the university, [Read More…]
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Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in ‘Rust’ film shooting
Jason Marz/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting on the New Mexico set of the [Read More…]
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Biden breaks silence on classified documents: ‘I have no regrets’
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Thursday he has “no regrets” as the investigation continues into the classified documents found at his home and office. Biden broke his silence on [Read More…]
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Supreme Court says it failed to identify who leaked draft abortion opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said it has been unable to determine who leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case last May. After a [Read More…]