On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department announced in San Antonio that a Guatemalan man has been charged with helping coordinate the 2022 smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, who were found dead in a big-rig trailer in 2022 in Texas. Guatemalan law enforcement worked with U.S. agents in multiple search and …
Monthly Archives: August 2024
FDA approves new Covid vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna
On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for the upcoming fall and winter season. The shots should be available within days; as of press time, the FDA hadn’t yet approved a third vaccine from drugmaker Novavax. The FDA said the …
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‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ is renewed for third season on AMC
AMC announced it ordered a third season of ‘The Walking Dead’ spin-off series, Daryl Dixon, starring Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride and and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi. According to Deadline, production on the third season will be based in Madrid, with location shooting planned in the Galicia, Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia regions. Season 3 will continue to follow …
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Dermot Mulroney joins ‘Chicago Fire’ for Season 13
Dermot Mulroney has joined the cast of NBC’s Chicago Fire for Season 13. Deadline reported that Mulroney will fill the void left when Eamonn Walker, who played Chief Wallace Boden for all 12 previous seasons, exited the show. The role marks Mulroney’s return to a broadcast firefighter drama, after his stint in Season 2 of …
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Fifth body found inside superyacht that sank off Sicily
Italian authorities say a fifth body has been found in the search for those missing from the superyacht Bayesian, which sank earlier in the week after it was caught in the storm while anchored off the coast of Porticello, a village near the Sicilian capital city of Palermo.. The identities of the bodies retrieved were …
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Longtime New Jersey congressman Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. dies at age 87
New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died on Wednesday at the age of 87. Pascrell was slated to run for a 15th term in the fall. Pascrell died Wednesday morning at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New …
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Dan and Eugene Levy to host 76th Emmy Awards
Father-son duo of Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will emcee this year’s Emmy Awards, marking the first time that a father and son will share the honor. Eugene, 77, and Dan, 41 — best-known for portraying Johnny and David Rose in Schitt’s Creek — shared in a press release: “For two Canadians who won our Emmys …
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Taylor Swift shares music video for “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart”
Taylor Swift has premiered the music video for her “The Tortured Poets Department” song “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart”. “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” is just the second song from TTPD to get an official music video, following her Post Malone collab, “Fortnight.” Swift surprised the crowd at the …
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BMW recalls more than 720,000 cars due to electric water pump defect
On Tuesday, BMW announced it is recalling it is recalling 720,796 vehicles in North America due to an issue with the water pump’s electrical connector that may short circuit as a result of faulty installation, posing a fire hazard. According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report, the impacted vehicles have water pumps with insufficient …
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Israel says they have retrieved the bodies of six Israeli hostages from Gaza
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken into the Gaza Strip following the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terror attacks. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that troops recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages in an overnight operation in the city of Khan Younis …
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