Record number of demands made to ban or censor books in 2022: Report
Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — A record-breaking 1,269 demands were made to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since the American Library Associati…
Courteney Cox is such a Monica for cleaning her Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Leon Bennett/Getty ImagesCourteney Cox is proving that fastidious Monica Geller isn’t just a character she played on TV, it’s a fundamental part of her personality.
The Friends alum, 58, shared a comedic video to Instagram on Wednesday in which she is…
Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is on the rise in children, but it’s not necessarily bad news
ART4STOCK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — A growing number of children in the United States are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ove…
House panel to focus not on Mexico border — but rising immigration at sea
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The fraught politics of immigration have largely focused on the land border between the U.S. and Mexico, but on Thursday afternoon a panel of lawmakers will turn to Florida’s maritime border and …
Thirty million people under severe weather alert after California tornadoes, mudslides
FILE, Rosmarie Wirz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — More than 30 million people across a large swath of the nation were on alert Thursday for tornados, large hail and damaging winds after a severe weather outbreak spawned by a “bomb cyclone” in California mo…
“Fight for me!” A queen will rise in trailer to ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’
NetflixNetflix dropped the first full-length trailer to its Bridgerton prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. In it, viewers see India Amarteifio playing a younger version of Golda Rosheuvel’s monarch, who is about to step into the thorny…
Katelyn Markham’s fiance arrested for her murder more than a decade later
John Allen Carter was arrested on March 22, 2023, in connection with the 2011 death of his then-fiancee Katelyn Markham, in Ohio. — Butler County Sheriff’s Office(HAMILTON, Ohio) — More than a decade after an Ohio woman disappeared, her then-fiance h…
College student who suffered brain hemorrhage in Mexico able to squeeze her mom’s hand
Courtesy of Laura McKeithan(NEW YORK) — An American college student is making a slow recovery after suddenly suffering a brain hemorrhage while on a spring break trip in Mexico, according to her family.
Liza Burke, a senior at the University of Georg…
Director Christopher McQuarrie adds another original ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie character to 7th film
Paramount PicturesIf you’ve seen all of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies, your attention to detail will apparently be rewarded by director and co-writer Christopher McQuarrie for the seventh installment: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part…
Parents of Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley will go to trial, judges rule
James Crumbley, left, and Jennifer Crumbley are seen in photos provided by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. — Oakland County Sheriff’s Office(PONTIAC, Mich.) — Jennifer and James Crumbley have pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary mans…