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Aggressive 10-foot shark postpones world surf competition in Huntington Beach
Officials in Huntington Beach postponed a major surf contest Thursday after spotting an aggressively large 10-foot shark in the ocean. Authorities are currently monitoring the waters for the “all clear” to reopen the area Friday afternoon. The 8th annual Vans Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a World Surf League Qualifying Series 4,000-level event, draws a large crowd
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Disbelief as DOJ resurrects violent execution method: ‘Anyone anywhere asking for this?’
Reactions erupted online Friday after President Donald Trump‘s Department of Justice announced it would reintroduce execution by firing squad. The death penalty method had been under moratorium since the Biden administration, but the announcement in a press release on Friday revealed the DOJ had decided to reverse the move in an aggressive pivot. “The prior
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Ben Stiller Warns Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger Will Result in Less Original IP in Hollywood
Ben Stiller says getting film and television made from original IP and diverse storytellers has already been a tough battle in Hollywood, but the Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount merger will just make matters worse. “There are already very few buyers out there. Original ideas and non legacy IP is extremely hard to get made by a
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Jada Pinkett Smith demands Will’s ex-friend pay her $49K as legal battle drags on
Jada Pinkett Smith wants Will Smith’s ex-friend Bilaal Salaam to cover her legal fees in the $3 million emotional distress lawsuit brought against her last year. Following an April 13 ruling from the judge, which largely tossed out Salaam’s claims against “The Matrix” actress, Jada is seeking just over $49,000 in attorneys’ fees from Will’s
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‘Why is Philly calling me?’ USC’s Makai Lemon was on the phone with another team when Eagles swooped in
Former USC receiver Makai Lemon was in Pittsburgh on Thursday night — and it appeared he would be staying there long term. Until it very suddenly didn’t. About two hours into the first round of the NFL draft, Lemon was sitting in the green room — the backstage area for players waiting to be picked
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MAGA Senate candidate ruled a domestic abuser by judge — and cut off from his family
Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Royce White was found liable by a judge for abusing his ex-wife and their son and ordered to have no contact with them. According to The Minnesota Star Tribune, “Judge Kristen Marttila issued the order in February and wrote that White’s ex-wife — who divorced him in 2015 and lived with
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Global temps could hit record highs amid apocalyptic ‘Super El Niño’, scientists predict
This “little boy” isn’t playing around. Scientists predict that we could be on track for a super El Niño, a meteorological phenomenon that could send temperatures soaring to record heights next year, potentially causing droughts, flooding and other extreme weather events across the globe. “El Niño” literally translates to “little boy” in Spanish, and also
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The New Energy Priorities Emerging From This Moment of Chaos
A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. —Justin Sullivan—Getty Images I got to know U.N. Secretary General António Guterres through his work on climate. Throughout his tenure, he’s been an outspoken voice warning about the risks of rising emissions. But what struck me as the most relevant Future
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Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran’s foreign minister
ISLAMABAD — President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan, the White House said Friday, just hours after Iran’s top diplomat headed to the South Asian nation where officials have been trying to get the United States and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations. The trip comes as
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RFK Jr.’s MAHA PAC raised almost nothing ahead of midterms despite $100M pledge
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has only collected a drop in the bucket for the PAC he promised would bring in more congressional Republicans supporting a “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. A Politico reporton Thursday found that the PAC and its only other aligned Super PAC have $412,000 left in cash after lackluster fundraising. Todd Lyons,