The man accused of fatally stabbing a couple while they were hiking with two of their daughters at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas pleaded not guilty to two capital murder charges on Thursday. Andrew James McGann, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher, was captured and arrested in Springdale, Arkansas after a five-day search. He was …
Monthly Archives: August 2025
Florida Gov. DeSantis announces plans to open second immigration facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that his administration is opening a second immigration detention facility dubbed “Deportation Depot.” The new facility in north Florida comes one month after the state opened a detention center in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” DeSantis said at a news conference Thursday: “We are authorizing and will be soon …
‘Slow Horses’ renewed at Apple TV+ for Season 7
Apple TV+ announced that Slow Horses has been renewed for Season 7. The news arrives ahead of the show’s Season 5 premiere, set for Sept. 24. The dark comedy stars Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the head of a group of British intelligence agents. Season 5 will see the group try to figure out the …
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Abigail Spencer joins Josh Charles in cast of Fox’s ‘Best Medicine’
Abigail Spencer will star alongside Josh Charles in the upcoming Fox medical comedy “Best Medicine,” based on the popular British series Doc Martin. Production will take place this summer in upstate New York. The official description of the series states that “the series centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his …
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Juneau, Alaska sees record glacier-related flooding, prompting evacuations
Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River into areas in the region, which is expected to cause major flooding. The flooding is being caused by a “glacier-dammed lake outburst” (GLOF) which occurs when a lake dammed by ice or a glacial …
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Pres. Trump speaks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, EU leaders ahead of meeting with Russia’s Putin
On Wednesday, President Trump had a virtual meeting with numerous European Union leaders, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ahead of his scheduled summit in Alaska on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Organized by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the call on Wednesday included Trump, Zelenskyy (who joined Merz in Berlin), Vice President JD …
Ryan Gosling stars in the trailer for the film ‘Project Hail Mary’
Ryan Gosling stars in the trailer for the new film Project Hail Mary, based on a novel by Andy Weir (author of ‘The Martian’). Gosling portrays a middle-school science teacher Ryland Grace, who gets recruited by Eva (German actress Sandra Hüller) into a last-ditch effort to save the Earth from extinction, but winds up alone …
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Taylor Swift reveals album cover, tracklist for new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ dropping Oct. 3
Taylor Swift revealed the cover art and tracklist for her 12th studio album “The Life of a Showgirl”, which will be released on October 3. The tracklist also noted that Sabrina Carpenter will be featured on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, the title track to the new LP. Swift shared the news on her social …
DOJ says George Washington University is ‘acting deliberately indifferent’ to antisemitism
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that George Washington University was in violation of federal civil rights laws by “acting deliberately indifferent” to instances of anti-Semitism on campus. In a letter from Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division Harmeet K. Dhillon to GWU President Ellen M. Granberg, the DOJ stated that the department had …
Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee E.J. Antoni suggests the agency suspend its monthly jobs reports
E.J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), has proposed pausing the release of monthly employment reports in favor of more reliable quarterly updates. In an interview with Fox News Digital on Monday (ahead of his nomination) that was published Tuesday, Antoni argued that the BLS’s current approach to …