Popular Hollywood director Jamie Christopher died of heart complications Wednesday at the age of 52 in Los Angeles, according to a report from Metro. Christopher worked as a key first assistant director on all eight ‘Harry Potter’ films, as well as a number of recent blockbusters such as the move… Read More
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 93, found unfit to stand trial on teen sex abuse charges
The once-powerful Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will not stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage boy decades ago, as a Massachusetts judge dismissed the case against the 93-year-old on Wednesday because both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree he is experiencing dementia. McCarrick, the ex-archbishop of Washington, D.C.,… Read More
Bob Barker honored with prime-time special on host network
CBS is giving the late game show host Bob Barker a last run on television with a prime-time tribute special that will air on the network Thursday night. “The Price is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker,” scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, will be replayed Labor Day in… Read More
Fed releases its inflation data from last month
An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, adding to signs of cooling price increases and raising the likelihood that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged when it next meets in late September. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that prices rose just… Read More
Several states back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and 13 other top prosecutors from around the U.S. are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing. The Democratic officials sent a letter Wednesday to congressional leaders, saying “it’s time for the federal government… Read More
Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast
Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. Almost 375,000 customers in Florida and Georgia lost… Read More
Nebraska volleyball stadium event could set world attendance record
An attendance record of global proportions could be set Wednesday night when the University of Nebraska hosts a celebration of volleyball at Memorial Stadium. The event will feature an exhibition between in-state Division II powers Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State and a regular-season match between Omaha and the fourth-ranked Cornhuskers. Country… Read More
Michael Oher wants to know who cashed in on ‘The Blind Side’
Lawyers for former NFL player Michael Oher are seeking his school records and information about contracts and payouts related to the film “The Blind Side” as part of his highly publicized effort to end a legal agreement between him and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. Shelby County Probate Court issued… Read More
Longest alligator in Mississippi history captured by hunters [Pic]
A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi, according to the state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Four state residents — Donald Woods, Will Thomas, Joey Clark and Tanner White — harvested a male alligator Saturday in west Mississippi’s Sunflower River. The… Read More
Fox News ratings stunner; one star rips her colleagues to shreds
Fox News was hemorrhaging viewers after firing star host Tucker Carlson in April… but the network has begun a turnaround, according to newly released Nielsen data. Fox News is seeing huge month-over-month growth in average daily viewers… and the hosts are embracing self-referential humor as part of a victory lap…. Read More
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