On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at increasing access to child care and to long-term care for older adults and those with disabilities. The White House said in a statement that Biden’s orders will immediately take effect and will direct federal agencies to identify which of their grant programs are capable of …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems settle for $787.5M in defamation lawsuit over election lies
Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News have reached a deal to settle the $1.6 billion defamation case brought against Fox by the electronic voting company. Dominion sued Fox over unfounded accusations from the cable news giant, in which they accused Dominion on-air of helping to rig the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump. …
‘Stranger Things’ animated series coming to Netflix
Netflix has ordered a straight-to-series, untitled animated series set within the Stranger Things universe. Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer say that the animated series will be in the vein of “Saturday morning cartoons,” but specific plot details for the series are being kept under wraps. It’s also unclear if any of the Stranger Things cast …
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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napolean’ starring Joaquin Phoenix to open in theaters Nov. 22
Director Ridley Scott’s epic drama, Napoleon, starring Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix as the titular French emperor, is set for release in theaters worldwide on Nov. 22. Scott and Phoenix previously collaborated on 2000’s Gladiator. Writer David Scarpa (‘All the Money in the World‘, ‘The Last Castle‘) penned the script for Apple Studios and Scott Free Productions project. …
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U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy visits journalist imprisoned in Russia
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy made her first visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison. Tracy’s visit comes over two weeks after Russia detained the journalist on espionage charges. Tracy tweeted from the U.S. Embassy account: “I visited @WSJ’s Evan #Gershkovich today at Lefortovo Prison – …
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans will vote on raising debt ceiling
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that Republicans will move forward with a vote that would raise the debt ceiling, allowing the United States to avoid defaulting through 2024. In a tweet, McCarthy said: “The House will vote on a bill to lift the debt ceiling into next year, save taxpayers trillions of dollars, make us less …
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Jonah Hill and Keanu Reeves to star in dark comedy ‘Outcome’ at Apple
Jonah Hill and Keanu Reeves are teaming up for the dark comedy ‘Outcome’. Apple Original Films has picked up the film, to be directed by Hill and co-written with Ezra Woods. Hill is also collaborating with Apple Original Films on the development of the Grateful Dead biopic. Outcome will star Reeves as Reef, ‘a damaged Hollywood star who must …
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Amazon renews ‘A League of Their Own’ for final season
Amazon has renewed “A League of Their Own” for Season 2, which will also be the show’s last. The first season consisted of eight episodes, while the second season will consist of just four. The officially announcement comes about a month after it was reported that “A League of Their Own” would be coming to …
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At least 4 killed, multiple injured in shooting during party in Alabama
At least four people were killed and over a dozen more were injured in a shooting at a Sweet-16 birthday party in Dadeville, Ala. (northeast of Montgomery), over the weekend. Investigators were gathering evidence Sunday at an Alabama dance studio where the shooting occurred on Saturday night. Dadeville is a small community with a population …
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Gunmen kill 6 adults and one child in attack at Mexican resort
A group of armed men killed one child and six others over the weekend after storming a resort in the small town of Cortazar, about 65 km (40 miles) south of the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. According to authorities, the region has increasingly been plagued by drug cartel violence. Cortazar’s local security department said …
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