Senate Democrats to end weekly $400 COVID-19 unemployment in August, not September
WASHINGTON — The weekly $400 federal unemployment supplements included in the pending economic aid package being ... Read More
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Alec Baldwin quits Twitter — where 'you can't do irony' — after accent joke
Alec Baldwin has left Twitter — yes, again — and found refuge in the "kind and at least reasonable" bosom of Instagram.
The "30 Rock" alum shuttered his social media account Wednesday after apparently commenting on ...Read more
Education spending on teachers – not buildings — lifts home prices
Spending more on teachers lifts home prices, a new report finds. New buildings don’t matter. A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) adds to the potential research that education-savvy ...Read more
House restarts push to enforce subpoena for Trump's financial records
WASHINGTON — The federal courts have spent so long deciding whether House Democrats could subpoena Donald Trump’s personal financial records from his accounting firm that the ongoing legal saga has a new wrinkle: What ...Read more
Barrett rejects Sierra Club in first opinion for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court, a ruling that limits the ability of environmental groups to use the Freedom of Information Act to get government documents. ...Read more
Asian women are the heroes (and villains) of Disney's 'Raya'
Nothing is especially original in "Raya and the Last Dragon," but in a way, everything is.
The fantasy adventure — in which a young woman searches for five pieces of a magical gem, hoping to unite five warring kingdoms ...Read more
Black 'Superman & Lois' writer Nadria Tucker opens up about being fired after pushing back on racist and sexist storylines
“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!”
Or just more racism and sexism in Hollywood?
On the heels of last week’s series premiere and its immediate season two renewal, The CW’s “...Read more
Stray dogs from Istanbul to Greece just looking for human connection
Four years ago, a documentary about the street cats of Istanbul came out called “Kedi.” According to the film’s Turkish-born director Ceyda Torun, the cats are a distinctive feature of the city, adopting entire ...Read more
Threat against US Capitol fizzles, but officials seek 2 more months of National Guard help
WASHINGTON — Capitol police and security officials are seeking a renewed emergency declaration to extend the National Guard presence at the U.S. Capitol possibly into May, according to a person familiar.
About 5,000 ...Read more
Review: Messy but moving, 'Boogie' puts an Asian American basketball player front and center
I'm not sure I've ever seen a sex scene — or presex scene — quite like the one that arrives halfway through "Boogie," Eddie Huang's fascinatingly thorny new drama about a high school basketball star. That would be ...Read more
COVID-19 death rate 10 times higher in countries where majority of adults are overweight, new report says
The death rate from COVID-19 is much higher in countries where the majority of adults are overweight, according to a new report.
The World Obesity Forum determined that, by the end of 2020, the mortality rate from the ...Read more
'QAnon Shaman' says he stormed Capitol to 'bring God back into the Senate'
The man known as the “QAnon Shaman” said he was only trying to spread good vibes and the word of God when he broke into the Capitol — and even stopped a brazen thief from swiping muffins from the break room.
Jacob ...Read more
Meghan Markle accuses royal family of 'perpetuating falsehoods' against her and Prince Harry
With phrasing fit for a queen, Meghan Markle claims the royal family has been lying and spreading gossip about her and husband Prince Harry as the rift between the couple and Buckingham Palace keeps growing.
“I don’t ...Read more
Television Q&A: Is Discovery+ replacing programming on cable TV?
You have questions. I have some answers.
Q: Is the Discovery+ streaming channel replacing regular programming on cable TV? On every channel I watch on TV, it is inundated with the Discovery+ boasting exclusive programming...Read more
Review: For better or worse, 'Chaos Walking' crushes the possibility of a sci-fi franchise
If you think men are annoying in our world, wait till you get a load of them on the planet New World in "Chaos Walking," the once highly anticipated prospective tentpole starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. Based on the ...Read more
Susan Tompor: Social Security scammers now text pictures of phony badges
So you just got a text from Social Security and the guy even tried to reassure you that he's the real deal by texting you a picture of his badge. Should you feel that things are on the up-and-up and respond?
The scammers ...Read more
Chris Harrison vows to return as 'The Bachelor' host amid racism controversy
In his first TV interview since “stepping aside” indefinitely as host of “The Bachelor,” Chris Harrison admitted he “made a mistake” by defending a contestant at the center of a racism controversy. He also ...Read more
Review: An 'Affair' to forget, almost immediately
The multidecade-spanning drama "The Affair" raises more questions than it answers: Questions such as "Who?" "Which?" "What?" "Where?" and, mostly, "Why?"
The primary question is "Why is this movie called 'The Affair'"? ...Read more
Ford delays 4,500 Mustang Mach-E deliveries
Ford Motor Co. confirmed Wednesday that buyers of some 4,500 Mustang Mach-Es —the Blue Oval's highly touted new electric vehicle — will face delivery delays.
That's a higher number than the hundreds of impacted ...Read more
The cast from the first 'Real World' returns, 30-years older, to the original New York loft to have their lives taped. Again.
In 1973, PBS broadcast a documentary series called “An American Family,” featuring the very real, very unscripted lives of the Loud family, who invited cameras into their suburban home to film for several months, ...Read more
What all those fake commercials in 'WandaVision' are really telling us
Don’t touch that dial: “WandaVision’s” commercials are anything but product placement — they’ve been dropping clues about the truth of the show from the start.
Despite its cheery sitcom trappings, it’s been ...Read more
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