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Al Roker home from hospital following second blood clot scare
NBC/Helen Healey Al Roker is now recovering at home following his second hospitalization for blood clots in recent months. The beloved weatherman and Today personality was feted by his co-hosts Friday morning, who gave viewers [Read More…]
Brittney Griner live updates: Video shows Griner’s wife learning she’s on her way home
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into [Read More…]
Buffalo supermarket shooter’s fate to be decided next year
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department won’t decide until 2023 whether to seek the death penalty for Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron, but Gendron’s lawyer reiterated Friday that he’s willing to plead guilty [Read More…]
Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline system
Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Keystone pipeline system was shut down by operator TC Energy after an oil spill released an estimated 14,000 barrels into a creek in Washington County, [Read More…]
Jill Biden, Fauci urge seniors to get COVID booster before holidays: ‘Don’t wait’
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday urged older Americans to get their bivalent COVID-19 shots now in order to be protected in time for the holiday season. “These moments [Read More…]
What Kyrsten Sinema’s party switch means for Senate Democrats
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats had barely a few days to enjoy their 51-seat majority in the Senate until Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday morning she was leaving the Democratic [Read More…]
Should racism and discrimination be viewed as public health threats? A new study argues they should
Maskot/Getty Images (LONDON) — Racism and discrimination must be acknowledged as public health threats in the fight to address global health disparities, according to a new study. As part of the four-paper series published in [Read More…]
What to know about stiff-person syndrome after Celine Dion reveals rare disorder
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Céline Dion’s public announcement that she has a neurological disease is shining a spotlight on the rare condition known as stiff-person syndrome. In a taped video message shared to [Read More…]
More funds recovered for victims of Bernie Madoff
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The trustee for the liquidation of Bernie Madoff’s defunct and fraudulent investment firm announced on Friday a new distribution of recovered funds to swindled customers. This is the 14th distribution [Read More…]
Do they know it’s Christmas? Drew Barrymore reveals she doesn’t give her kids gifts
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Variety With a mom who’s had a long Hollywood career and now a hit chat show, you’d figure Drew Barrymore‘s two children would have some pretty enviable stuff under the Christmas tree [Read More…]
Brittney Griner live updates: Griner arrives back in the United States
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into [Read More…]
Prince Harry and Meghan docuseries: Royal family counters Netflix, says they were not contacted for comment
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Netflix and Britain’s royal family have differing views when it comes to whether or not the family was asked to participate in the new docuseries featuring Prince Harry [Read More…]
Officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back to be sentenced
Jason Marz/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — J. Alexander Kueng, a former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back during the fatal May 2020 arrest, to be sentenced Friday. Kueng, 29, had pleaded guilty to [Read More…]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaving Democratic Party
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Friday made a bombshell announcement that she is leaving the Democratic Party and will be registering as a political independent. Democrats had held a 51-49 [Read More…]
Some parents concerned over empty drug store shelves, shortage of popular antibiotic
Susan L. Angstadt/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, parents are searching for solutions as demand for pediatric medications surges while over-the-counter medications, and a popularly prescribed antibiotic, are in [Read More…]
Kendrick Sampson reveals his little brother inspired his ’Something From Tiffany’s’ character
Courtesy Amazon Prime Video Kendrick Sampson plays Ethan Greene in the new holiday rom-com Something From Tiffany‘s, which sees a wayward engagement ring bring together two individuals who just might be meant to be. Ethan is a single [Read More…]
Trevor Noah says goodbye to ‘The Daily Show’ after seven years
Comedy Central (NOTE LANGUAGE) Trevor Noah hosted his final episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Thursday after a seven-year run, thanking many people, but mostly his fans. “I remember when we started the [Read More…]
In Brief: Michelle Yeoh headed to ‘Wicked’ film, and more
Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh has been tapped to play Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University, in Jon M. Chu’s two-part film adaptation of the Broadway hit Wicked, [Read More…]
Why the jobs boom could worsen inflation and help trigger a recession
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The economy has set off emergency sirens this year over growing recession fears, sky-high inflation and a battered stock market. But one area has allayed worries: jobs. Hiring last [Read More…]
‘Emancipation’ cast on the difficult but gratifying experience of making the film
Apple TV+ The new historical action film Emancipation starts streaming today on Apple TV+. Based on a true story, Will Smith plays a runaway slave, and Ben Foster portrays the man tasked with hunting him down. It’s a role Foster tells [Read More…]