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You again? These Hollywood actors are now in every movie
Audiences have gone back to the movies this summer after several years of will-they-won’t-they tension. And filmgoers probably have found themselves thinking the exact same thing. No, not “a Coke costs $10?!” They’re going, “You again?” Not that they mind multiple encounters with their favorite stars. But undeniably, through a strange confluence of factors, the…
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Hecklers hurl insults at MAGA candidate at campaign event: ‘You cheated on your wife!’
Hecklers hurled accusations and insults at a beleaguered Republican Senate hopeful’s campaign event Saturday as reports honed in on inner-party complaints he “isn’t working hard enough.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s difficult day included damning reporting from the Houston Chronicle and a campaign event disrupted when he tried to land a joke about his rival’s…
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‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul celebrates finishing probation following domestic violence arrest
“Three years probation complete,” Taylor Frankie Paul wrote via Instagram Friday after a Utah judge ruled her probation stemming from a 2023 domestic violence arrest had successfully finished. “All my PO’s said it was one of the longest probations they had seen for first time offense,” she added. “Back then I wasn’t even aware of…
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Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With AI
Reddit has long heavily relied on moderators, a team of volunteers working without pay to keep Reddit communities free of abuse and other nefarious content — with extremely varying degrees of success, earning them a certain reputation. As AI automation continues to come for our jobs, soon even Reddit mods could be made redundant by…
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Children injured after vehicle slams into Glendale preschool
Eight children were rushed to the hospital with minor injuries Friday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into a preschool classroom during summer camp, according to the Glendale Police Department. Glendale police got a call just before 2 p.m. that a vehicle had collided into the Grandview House Preschool in the 1200 block of N. Pacific…
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How Paul Simon’s classic album ‘Graceland’ almost didn’t get made
In 1985, when South Africa was still under apartheid, a car drove into the black township of Soweto with an unusual passenger — one of the world’s most famous singer/songwriters — concealed in the back seat. Paul Simon had been invited to Soweto by Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, a black South African pop star at the…
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Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
WASHINGTON — The Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a potentially chaotic government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or hours of a funding deadline to pass…
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Trump triggers MAGA rage-fest with on-point take-down of his own ‘dead’ bill
President Donald Trump, missing in action Saturday after the Senate confirmed his former criminal lawyer as attorney general but rendered his voting bill “effectively dead,” quietly emerged to platform an on-point takedown of his beloved legislation. Trump, without comment, quietly shared video on Truth Social of former Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival in…
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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation
The US Department of Commerce, which oversees the Census Bureau, is circulating a proposed rule that would cease the collection of demographic data on racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people and prevent undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2030 census, according to documents viewed by WIRED. The decision could have far-reaching implications for federal funding,…
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Iran makes new demands for opening Strait of Hormuz
Iran issued new demands Saturday for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen, as the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Iran’s politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behavior,” issuing new…