1 killed, 1 injured in hit-and-run near National Mall
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service and other Washington D.C., law enforcement agencies are looking for a hit-and-run driver, who killed a man and injured a teenager Wednesday after the suspect allegedly ran a red light du…
SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee votes unanimously to recommend strike as Hollywood talks stall
Mario Tama/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) negotiating committee has voted unanimously to recommend a strike in a move that could incapacitate Hollywood productions.
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Bob Iger to stay on as CEO of Walt Disney Company through 2026
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Walt Disney Company has announced that Bob Iger will remain CEO for two additional years, extending his contract through Dec. 31, 2026.
The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors voted “unanimously…
McCarthy working to satisfy GOP hard-liners demanding culture war amendments to defense bill
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday cleared its first procedural hurdle on the National Defense Authorization Act, approving a rule on non-controversial amendments to the annual military spending and budget bill. But the fight …
House approves some GOP hard-liner changes to military spending bill, ensuring fight with Dems
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Led by Republicans, the House on Thursday approved several controversial amendments to the annual National Defense Authorization Act — guaranteeing a fight with Democrats during final passage, which Speaker Kevin …
Cuban government calls US nuclear submarine stop a ‘provocative escalation’
KeithBinns/Getty Images(HAVANA) — The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the stop by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay a “provocative escalation.”
The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Pasadena, sto…
‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ snags $7 million from preview audiences
Paramount PicturesIf the mission was to see Tom Cruise’s latest movie before anyone else, it seems a lot of people chose to accept it. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One snagged some $7 million in preview screenings ahead of its official rel…
Celebration amid strikes: “Weird Al” Yankovic on the weird timing of Emmy nominations for his “biopic,” ‘Weird’
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The Roku ChannelThere were a lot of mixed emotions in the entertainment industry Wednesday, seeing as scores of nominated writers are already on strike — and actors could soon be, too, if the Screen Actors Guild pulls the…
Dinosaur fossils expected to garner up to $6 million at Sotheby’s auction
Courtesy of Sotheby’s(NEW YORK) — A pair of dinosaur fossils of species that roamed the Earth millions of years ago are expected to garner millions in an upcoming auction.
The pterandon, described as one of the “largest” and “most fearsome species ev…
No warning signs prior to Elizabeth Tsurkov abduction, her sister says
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Elizabeth Tsurkov, a doctoral student in political science at Princeton University, was abducted in March from a café in Iraq, where she had been doing research. The Israeli Middle East expert was doing field studies in Karrada, I…