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‘The White Lotus’ star Aimee Lou Wood says ‘SNL’ apologized for ‘mean and unfunny’ sketch
Fabio Lovino/HBO The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood says Saturday Night Live has apologized after she called them out for a “mean and unfunny” sketch that poked fun at her appearance. In a sketch called The White POTUS, the cast [Read More…]
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‘Harry Potter’ TV series confirms major casting details
Murray Close/ Getty Images HBO’s Harry Potter TV series has officially locked in some major roles. John Lithgow previously confirmed that he had been cast as Dumbledore, which HBO affirmed Monday, along with Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape [Read More…]
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Trump blames Zelenskyy for ‘horrible job’ after Russia ballistic missile strike kills dozens in Ukraine
ABC News (LONDON) — A Russian ballistic missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least 34 people on Sunday morning, emergency services said, as many there celebrated Palm Sunday. “The enemy [Read More…]
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Former NCAA woman of the year, 5 other family members killed in upstate New York plane crash
Paul Rutherford/Getty Images (COPAKE, N.Y.) — The 2022 recipient of the prestigious NCAA woman of the year award, a former soccer player at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was one of the six victims killed [Read More…]
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Menendez brothers’ aunt hospitalized after DA shares graphic photos in court: ‘We are devastated’
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s 85-year-old aunt, Terry Baralt, has been hospitalized after prosecutors showed graphic crime scene images at the brothers’ hearing, the family said. The relatives are slamming the Los [Read More…]
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Blue Origin mission with all-female crew, including Katy Perry, completes space trip
Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (VAN HORN, Texas) — Blue Origin’s all-female crew, which includes pop star Katy Perry, completed their trip into space Monday morning. It marks the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, [Read More…]
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Trump hosts El Salvador’s Bukele amid deportation controversy
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday is hosting El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, the self-described “world’s coolest dictator” who has become a key ally in the administration’s controversial migrant deportations. The two men [Read More…]
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Democrat-sponsored bill seeks ethics checks on special government employees like Elon Musk
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new legislative push led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., is seeking to bar special government employees like tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon [Read More…]
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Global stock markets up amid Trump tariffs exemptions for electronics
manusapon kasosod/Getty (NEW YORK) — Major stock markets in Asia and Europe rose in Monday trading following the U.S. announcement that key consumer electronics would be temporarily exempted from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. Hong [Read More…]
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Leslie Odom Jr. returning to ‘Hamilton’ for limited 10th anniversary run
Theo Wargo/Getty Images Good things come to those who wait for it: Leslie Odom Jr. is returning to Hamilton for a limited run this fall in honor of the hit Broadway musical’s 10th anniversary. Odom Jr. will be back [Read More…]
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In brief: ‘Companion’ coming to Max, and more
Companion is set to make its streaming debut on Max. The science fiction thriller stars Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid as a couple whose weekend getaway with friends turns upside down when one of them is revealed to be a companion robot. [Read More…]
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2 US students detained in Denmark after alleged altercation with Uber driver
Roland Magnusson/Getty (COPENHAGEN) — Two college students, both United States citizens, were detained while visiting Denmark on their spring break, according to officials and an attorney representing the family of one of the young men. [Read More…]
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ builds second week at #1
Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures There was no jockeying for the #1 spot at the weekend box office, chicken or otherwise. A Minecraft Movie easily earned a second week at the top of the multiplex leaderboard following its [Read More…]
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Russia missile strike kills more than 20 in Ukraine’s Sumy, mayor says
ABC News LONDON — A Russian ballistic missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least 21 people on Sunday morning, the city’s acting mayor and local emergency services said, as many [Read More…]
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Tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson did not have a flight recorder: NTSB
NTSB As divers continue to use “side-scanning sonar” to search the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed six people, the National Transportation Safety Board said the aircraft was not equipped with [Read More…]
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6 on board small plane that crashed in upstate New York: FAA
WTEN Six people were on board a small plane that crashed into a field in upstate New York on Saturday afternoon. The plane, a twin-engine turboprop Mitsubishi MU-2B, crashed near the town of Copake around [Read More…]
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Israel takes control of Rafah, creating new ‘security corridor’ in Gaza
Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images (RAFAH GOVERNORATE, Gaza) — Israel announced Saturday that its military has completed the establishment of a new security corridor in the Gaza Strip, effectively taking full control over the [Read More…]
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Military academies criticized for removing DEI-related books from libraries
wellesenterprises/Getty Images/STOCK (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — At the U.S. Naval Academy, it’s not what’s on the shelves that’s drawing attention — but what’s missing. The institution’s Nimitz Library has been stripped of 381 titles, according to [Read More…]
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What to know about getting a REAL ID as airport requirement deadline nears
Jeffrey Greenberg/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In less than a month, beginning on May 7, travelers flying out of United States airports will need to show TSA agents their REAL ID-compliant [Read More…]
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Trump admin moves to withhold federal funds from Maine over trans athlete dispute
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will proceed with withholding federal funds from Maine after officials in the state refused to sign a Title IX resolution agreement [Read More…]