President Biden emerged from the White House with a bipartisan group of senators on Thursday to announce that an infrastructure deal had been reached.
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One source put forth a humorous analogy on the Big 12's challenge: “It’s like a shopping mall lost their two anchor stores, and the rest of the stores are trying to figure out how to stay open.”
German cyclist Simon Geschke has been ruled out of the men’s road race after testing positive for the coronavirus. The German team says Geschke initially tested positive Friday and his result was confirmed by another test later in the day. Germany says fellow riders Nikias Arndt and Maximilian Schachmann are cleared to race Saturday.
Gunshots rang out near the funeral for Haiti’s assassinated President Jovenel Moise on Friday — prompting a high-level U.S. delegation to abruptly leave and other dignitaries to run for cover. The state funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was intended to foster national unity, but the disturbances reflected deep division over the July 7 atrocity, in which foreign gunmen walked apparently unchallenged into the presidential residence and shot Moise multiple times, also injuring his wife. Few answers have emerged about who planned the killing, or why.There were no immediate reports of injuries among protesters or authorities on Friday.Friday’s disturbances follow days of tension marked by violent unrest in the region.Local Sandro Louis Philippe expressed his frustration. "People want to say one thing: everyone is protesting because President Jovenel is dead. That is why everyone is sad, that is the reason why people are blocking the streets."U.S. President Joe Biden's ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, was in attendance, leading the U.S. delegation on Friday. The delegation had heard the gunshots and was returning home slightly earlier than expected.The White House said the presidential delegation was safe and accounted for and said the administration remains deeply concerned about the unrest in Haiti.Earlier Friday, Thomas-Greenfield called on Haiti's new Prime Minister Ariel Henry to create conditions for legislative and presidential elections "as soon as feasible."The service went ahead, with speeches by family members, but it was punctuated by angry shouts by supporters accusing authorities of responsibility for Moise's death.
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With his reputation and his future Austin restaurant on the line — along with, presumably, important elements of his personal life — Gabe Erales, the winner of the recently concluded Season 18 of “Top Chef,” has delivered a lengthy apology on Instagram. Erales’ win, after a triumphant season of the Bravo show, has been mired […]
The White House assured Friday that necessary ethical precautions would be taken around any exhibitions and sale of artwork by President Joe Biden's son, whose personal life and professional career have been peppered with controversy.
Towering hulks of Fijian rugby sevens players kneeling to receive their Olympic gold medals from Princess Anne was one of the most enduring images of the Rio Games.
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake was reported south of the village of Hukay in the Philippines during the early morning on July 24.Preliminary reports from the Office of Civil Defense said there were no deaths or injuries, according to local media.This footage filmed by Dexter G Poquita, who said it was taken at 4:49 am on Saturday in San Pedro Laguna, shows water sloshing in a fish tank and a hanging cage swinging following the earthquake’s impact. Credit: Dexter G. Poquita via Storyful
Although "iCarly" revival star Laci Mosey loved the wacky, parent-free antics of the original Nickelodeon series, her fondness for the show, and for acting itself, was driven by one of her greatest loves -- all things camp. “I’ve always loved big, campy performances, which is why I fell in love with 'iCarly,' because 'iCarly' has been camp since I was a child,” Mosley, who plays Carly's bold and fun-loving roommate, Harper, on the Paramount+ revival, told TheWrap. The 30-year-old actress' love o
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — With schools forced to shut temporarily and in-person classes replaced by online ones, the Covid-19 pandemic has in essence crippled the education sector in Malaysia. ...
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for "American Horror Stories" Episode 3 "Drive In.") The third installment of FX on Hulu's new "American Horror Story" spinoff anthology series "American Horror Stories" launched Thursday, featuring performances by "AHS" staple John Carroll Lynch and franchise newcomers Madison Bailey and Rhenzy Feliz. In this hour, Lynch plays Larry Bitterman, the filmmaker of the fictional "Rabbit Rabbit," a supposedly cursed film that had all of its prints destroyed after
The postponement of the 2020 Olympics because of COVID bought athletes 358 more days of training. For a group of teenagers, that time is why they're in Tokyo.
Venezuela on Friday accused the United States, of violating its airspace, in what it said was a "blatant provocation," warning it would "respond forcefully" to any maneuver it saw as an act of aggression.
Subscribers of BritBox, the U.K.-backed streaming service, got the worst kind of surprise on Friday when their monthly fee was increased by more than $750. A small percentage of BritBox subscribers in the U.S. and Australia were accidently overcharged for their monthly fee, which is usually $6.99 a month. They were instead billed a whopping $757. “We are aware that a small percentage (a fraction of 1%) of our subscribers in the United States and Australia experienced an overcharge by our billing
Social media accounts related to Activision Blizzard and its various properties have stopped posting following California’s lawsuit against the major video game conglomerate going public.
An internal review by the National Security Agency found that Fox News' Tucker Carlson was not the target of spying by the agency, according to a new report. The Record, a cybersecurity news publication, cited two sources who said the agency concluded Tucker was targeted or had his communications intercepted via "incidental collection," which occurs when an American is in contact with a foreign target who is the subject of surveillance. Instead, according to The Record, the NSA found that Tucker
Not surprisingly, there have been all kinds of reactions to Lil Nas X’s latest very unsubtle video, for “Industry Baby.” Like many of his other recent videos and TV appearances, the jail-themed clip includes multiple eye-popping homoerotic scenes, particularly one of Nas and his dancers gyrating naked in the shower. Guest rapper Jack Harlow gets […]
There's a pattern we've seen play out with "American Horror Story" each season for the past several years: a compelling start, followed by a steady decline into incoherence. The process has been speeding up -- "AHS: 1984," the most recent season, had gone off the rails by the midway point. This is the double-edged sword of the Ryan Murphy brand. The shows under his umbrella are loud, boisterous, audacious, hilarious, intense -- and generally just not like other shows. While that uniqueness and t
