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Matt Damon says he lost out on $250 million for refusing ‘Avatar’, director James Cameron reacts
Stella Artois (NOTE LANGUAGE) Matt Damon missed out on a cool $250 million dollar payday when he turned down the starring role in Avatar and director James Cameron can’t help but to laugh. Cameron originally pitched Damon to star in [Read More…]
‘Notable’ 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes California coast
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A “notable” 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of California early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Notable quake, preliminary info: M 6.4 – 12km WSW of Ferndale, [Read More…]
Here are some of the major new laws that go into effect in 2023
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With a new year comes a host of new laws and regulations in states and cities across the country. Residents and business leaders will have to abide by some major [Read More…]
Police search lake near missing 11-year-old’s house as ‘precautionary measure’
FBI (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Law enforcement officials investigating the disappearance of Madelina Cojocari, an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing on Dec. 15, searched a lake in her North Carolina town on Monday, the FBI [Read More…]
Uvalde district fails key security test more than six months after 21 killed in elementary school
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — An undercover inspector posing as an intruder was able to access a school cafeteria during a December security audit in Uvalde, Texas, the school district’s superintendent revealed Monday evening. [Read More…]
Henrietta Lacks’ hometown will build statue of her where Robert E. Lee sculpture once stood
City of Roanoke, Virginia Facebook (ROANOKE, Va.) — A bronze statue honoring Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose “immortal” cells have resulted in countless medical breakthroughs, will be built in her birthplace of Roanoke, Virginia. Artist [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 12/19/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cleveland 122, Utah 99 Philadelphia 104, Toronto 101 (OT) Atlanta 126, Orlando 125 San Antonio 124, Houston 105 Minnesota 116, [Read More…]
Cryptocurrency’s wild roller-coaster ride: A look back at 2022
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cryptocurrency has always been volatile, says one economics expert who spoke with ABC News. But 2022 was a stomach-churning, roller-coaster ride for investors and major players in the market. [Read More…]
Matt Damon says he lost out on $250 million for refusing ‘Avatar’, directer James Cameron reacts
Stella Artois Matt Damon missed out on a cool $250 million dollar payday when he turned down the starring role in Avatar and director James Cameron can’t help but to laugh. Cameron originally pitched Damon to star in the 2009 [Read More…]
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to be extradited to US after chaotic hearing
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried, who is facing charges in the U.S. following the collapse of his cryptocurrency company, FTX, is willing to waive his right to deny extradition to the U.S., a [Read More…]
Texas National Guard deploys ‘contingency border force’ of hundreds to El Paso
HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The Texas National Guard has deployed a “contingency border force” of over 400 personnel to El Paso, TX, as the city continues to deal with a [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of three counts, including rape, in LA sexual assault trial
Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles jury has found disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of three of seven counts, including one count of rape of Jane Doe 1, in his Los [Read More…]
Title 42 on hold after Roberts grants temporary stay in states’ appeal to keep restriction
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily stopped the expiration of the immigration restriction Title 42, which was scheduled to lift on Wednesday, after 19 states filed [Read More…]
Chicago high school students walk out of class over gun violence
Jacek Bozarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Students at a Chicago high school staged a classroom walkout Monday afternoon to protest gun violence just days after a shooting near their campus left two teenagers [Read More…]
Idaho murders: Tips reach 10,000 as police comb through ‘hours and hours of digital content’
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — About 10,000 tips have been submitted so far in the unsolved murders of four University of Idaho students, police said Monday, but investigators still don’t have a suspect. Roommates [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee makes criminal referrals: Key takeaways and what’s next
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee’s 18-month-long investigation into the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, came to a dramatic close Monday when members voted unanimously to make multiple criminal referrals to [Read More…]
Incoming NY lawmaker’s biography contradicted by alleged alma mater, employer
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep.-elect George Santos on Monday sought to defend himself after a New York Times report detailed multiple discrepancies in his background, including contradictions about where he [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to DOJ for criminal charges
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee examining the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol has held its final public meeting. The panel voted to approve criminal referrals for former President Donald [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee condemns Trump as ‘central cause’ of insurrection in sweeping report
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After investigating for more than a year, the House committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Monday culminated its sweeping investigation by announcing it would make multiple [Read More…]
Proud Boys stand trial on Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy charges
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group and four associates go on trial this week, with jury selection beginning Monday, as they face allegations of conspiracy to disrupt [Read More…]