Hollywood filmmaker Ben Affleck grabbed headlines this weekend… but not for his role in the movies. Affleck was shopping at a car dealership Sunday, and he watched his 10-year-old son bump a yellow Lamborghini into a white BMW. “Ben was at the dealership to test drive a new car. [Affleck’s… Read More
Texas horror: 46 found dead in trailer at border
Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were hospitalized, including four children. A city worker heard a… Read More
No reruns: Never Trump Republicans attract eyeballs at televised hearing
As television programming goes, expectations were widespread that the Jan. 6 committee hearings would essentially be reruns. Instead, they have been much more. The five sessions have revealed a storyteller’s eye, with focus, clarity, an understanding of how news is digested in modern media, and strong character development — even… Read More
Britney Spears’ ex-husband ordered to trial on stalking charge
A California judge found Monday that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star’s wedding to go to trial on a felony stalking charge. After a two-hour preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that 40-year-old… Read More
‘ER’ actor Mary Mara dies in apparent drowning
Mary Mara, who appeared on television shows including “Ray Donovan,” “Dexter” and “ER” in an acting career that spanned more than 30 years, has died in what New York authorities said appeared to be a drowning accident. The New York State Police said Monday a woman identified as Mara, 61,… Read More
Kamala Harris made both sides angry with this…
Since Friday, politicians of both parties have commented on Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court case overturning Roe v. Wade. Vice President Kamala Harris succeeded in making everyone, on both sides, roll their eyes. Some figures, like Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, have praised the decision as an overdue… Read More
SCOTUS issues school prayer bombshell
The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school settings. The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the… Read More
Dobbs v. Jackson prompts slew of workaround lawsuits
The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as one side sought quickly to enact statewide bans and the other tried to block or at least delay such measures. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to end constitutional protection for abortion… Read More
Deaf community used caption apps to navigate the pandemic
People with hearing loss have a new ally in their efforts to navigate the world: Captions that aren’t limited to their television screens and streaming services. The COVID pandemic disrupted daily life for people everywhere, but many of those with hearing loss took the resulting isolation especially hard. “When everyone… Read More
Election shakeup! 1 million Dems joined GOP since Trump
The Democrats were already preparing for a wipeout in this year’s midterm elections… and they just got some more very bleak news. A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party’s gains in recent… Read More
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