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Who is James Handy? The character actor’s long list of appearances before his murder
James Handy, a veteran character actor whose five-decade career included more than 150 film and television credits spanning everything from “Jumanji” to “Top Gun: Maverick,” died Wednesday after he was fatally stabbed in Tarzana. He was 81. Though never a household name, Handy was one of Hollywood’s most familiar working actors, the kind of steady…
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Breaking Down the Chaotic Season 2 Finale of Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet in the Season 2 finale of Your Friends and Neighbors —Courtesy of Apple Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 2 Episode 10 of Your Friends and Neighbors. “The minute you decide to go criminal, you are in so far over your head,” says Jonathan Tropper, creator of Apple TV’s…
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Steve Hilton urges Gavin Newsom to fix California’s ballot backlog with rapid-response teams
California gubernatorial frontrunner Steve Hilton is urging Governor Gavin Newsom to create emergency rapid-response teams to assist counties struggling with major ballot-counting backlogs. With hundreds of thousands of ballots still awaiting processing days after the June 2 primary, Hilton is unveiling a proposal to establish an “Emergency Election Count Accelerator Corps,” a state-run effort designed…
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18-year-old killed, 3 wounded including child, 11, in shooting at California graduation
A crowd was on hand Wednesday evening at the close of a Northern California high school graduation ceremony when a shooter killed one teenager and wounded three other people, including an 11-year-old child, officials said. “The event was attended by approximately 1,000 people with hundreds of potential witnesses to this tragedy,” police in Fairfield, in…
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Scientists turn yeast found in gut of ancient mummy into ‘very good’ sourdough bread — beer’s next
Very mummy in my tummy. Scientists used yeast found in an ancient Iceman’s guts to bake “very good” sourdough bread and have beer-making next on their list. German hikers stumbled upon the mummified remains of Oetzi in northern Italy in 1991 — roughly 5,300 years after he was killed by an arrow while strolling through…
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Trump just reached a ‘moment of demarcation’ that signals the end is near: biographer
President Donald Trump has reached a “moment of demarcation” that signals the end of his presidency is near, according to one of the president’s biographers. Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, noted during a new episode of “Inside Trump’s Head,” a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast, that…
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Texas defeats Texas Tech to repeat as Women’s College World Series champions
OKLAHOMA CITY — Teagan Kavan struck out five in the final two innings to back a strong start from Citlaly Gutierrez, and Kayden Henry homered to lead Texas to a 4-1 victory over Texas Tech on Thursday night at the Women’s College World Series for a second straight national championship. Texas trailed 1-0 after four innings, but…
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‘Everyone is apoplectic’: Inside Democrats’ blame game over Graham Platner
Democrats are at each other’s throats about Graham Platner after his latest scandal. They don’t know what to do about it. The New York Times released a report Thursday with disturbing accounts from several of Platner’s ex-girlfriends, just days before he is set to win the Democratic nomination to face GOP Sen. Susan Collins in…
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Dodgers’ Max Muncy involved in huge collision with Arizona’s Ildemaro Vargas
PHOENIX — Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy left the series finale Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks after a collision at first base in the top of the fifth inning at Chase Field. Muncy hit a ground ball up the first-base line, and Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas fielded it behind the bag. From there, it was a…
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Copilot of United Airlines jet that hit light pole at Newark Airport realized too late plane was low: report
The copilot of a United Airlines passenger jet that struck a light pole as it landed at a New Jersey airport last month recognized the plane was coming in low, but told investigators he didn’t realize it in time to call for an aborted landing, according to a new report Thursday. Crewmembers on the May 3 flight from Venice,…