The contrast between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden was a daily story in 2020 — and Wednesday was an excellent example. Trump ignored the White House press corps when he left what Wolf Blitzer called a “self-imposed bunker” in Washington and flew to Mar-a-Lago. Trump vetoed the defense spending bill, pushed election conspiracies
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George Clooney takes his biggest directorial swing yet with “The Midnight Sky,” and comes away with a decidedly mixed result. A beyond-bleak post-apocalyptic thriller, the sci-fi film reaches a reasonably satisfying finish, but follows an uneven orbit in getting there. The actor-director’s filmography has exhibited an interest in end-of-the-world scenarios — including producing and starring
Continue Reading “Wonder Woman 1984” director Patty Jenkins is thrilled audiences finally have an opportunity to see the film and hopes people will enjoy it with their loved ones. “I wanted it to be something where there’s something on this level adults and this level for kids and it’s something the whole family can enjoy together,” Jenkins
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Click here for updates on this story PRICHARD, Alabamba (WALA) — Update 12/23/2020: Ex-Prichard Police officer Johnathan Murphy appeared today in front of Judge Zohgby for his bond hearing. The state was asking for 250k bond, no possession of firearms, and for the defendant to not to be employed as a law enforcement officer or
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 — up from the $600 level passed earlier this week — bringing lawmakers back to square one as they search for a way to appease President
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Christmas Eve will be much colder with temperatures running about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. A second push of cold air will drop high temperatures into the low 50s and upper 40s this afternoon. There won’t be any snow tomorrow just partly cloudy skies with highs in the 50s.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — About five years ago, an outreach director with the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Clinic called Antioch for Youth and Family about two homeless vets they were planning to place in an apartment. They told Antioch the men had nothing, not even a fork. Charolette
Continue Reading Katy Perry’s new music video has us doing a double take. Perry released a video for her song “Not the End of the World” on Monday in which she is played by Zooey Deschanel. The two women have often been mistaken for one another over the years. “No, no, no! Sorry. Misunderstanding. I’m Zooey,” she
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It was set to be a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons. San Antonio Housing Authority staff had collected gifts for over 200 children who live at one of the city’s largest public housing complexes — and then, staff say, most of those gifts were stolen the night before
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWANDA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Sources tell Newswatch 16 that the Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search at the private law office of Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman on Tuesday. That source also tells us Salsman is under investigation for accusations of inappropriate behavior while he was acting
Continue Reading “Promising Young Woman” combines a promising star and timely premise into a provocative but less-than-satisfying thriller. A darkly comic #MeToo revenge tale, the film is elevated by Carey Mulligan’s mesmerizing performance but winds up feeling undercooked in developing the narrative surrounding what’s basically a feminist vigilante. Mulligan’s Cassie gets introduced in a bar, looking very
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MESHOPPEN, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Three cats and eight kittens are sleepy and hungry after a long night in the cold. Police in Meshoppen said the cats were found around 6 p.m. Tuesday off Copper Head Lane, a rural road. The cats were left behind in a snowdrift near
Continue Reading Work-related deaths reached a 12-year high in 2019 at more than 5,300, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury in 2019, the BLS reported this month. The number of work-related deaths has steadily increased over the last five years, and 2019 was
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Christmas is one day away and Santa’s has a very hard job! He has very little time to deliver presents around the world. When he makes the trip around the world he has to carefully plan his trip. After landing his sleigh, Santa has to evaluate the house to see how to get inside. But
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China’s triple Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has had an eight-year doping ban “set aside” by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in a ruling that could prove highly embarrassing for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and a former Italian Foreign Minister. Switzerland’s CAS is seen as sport’s final court of judgment and it’s
Continue Reading The best Disney/Pixar animated movies historically straddle the line between delighting children and adults. “Soul,” a Pixar title diverted to Disney+, tilts heavily toward the latter, beautifully exploring ambitious themes about the meaning of life that should resonate more with adults than the younger souls in your streaming orbit. That warning aside, credit Pixar veteran
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A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani instructing them to preserve all records related to the company at the center of Trump’s conspiracy theories and warning Giuliani that legal action is “imminent.” Through two well-known defamation attorneys,
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the European Union have struck a free-trade agreement that should avert New Year’s chaos for cross-border commerce and bring a measure of certainty to businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. The breakthrough on Thursday came after months of tense and often testy negotiations that whittled differences down to three key
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(CNN) — Incluso mientras contamos los últimos días de diciembre, muchos de nosotros todavía estamos llegando a un acuerdo con el hecho de que los eventos y reuniones de fin de año se ven muy diferentes a las Navidades pasadas. La Navidad de 2020, sin embargo, no se cancela a menos que así lo decidas.
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An Iraqi man who survived an infamous massacre of unarmed civilians by American security guards in Baghdad has condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon the men as “unjust.” Seventeen Iraqi civilians, including 9- and 11-year-old boys, were killed when private contractors from the US security firm Blackwater opened fired in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in
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Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year. The community, Sykes said, has no pharmacies or grocery stores within walking distance. And many of her neighbors don’t own cars and suffer serious health conditions such as obesity and diabetes. “If they’re
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It turns out there are no silent nights in the Trump era. Even in the lead-up to Christmas, even in humiliating loss, even as Americans attempt reflection on what has been, for many, the worst year of their lives, President Donald Trump seems bent on maintaining an unrelenting pace of norm-smashing as his term concludes.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Para aquellas personas a las que este año les puede resultar más difícil alcanzar la alegría navideña, hay una alernativa a los decorados festivos en los pasillos. Una opción para celebrar una fiesta y mantener una dosis sana de mal humor. Correcto, está Festivus. El 23 de diciembre es Festivus, un día reservado
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The biggest question this time of year is wondering where you can get a last-minute gift or recipe ingredient during the holidays. This year, most stores are closed for Christmas Day but are open Christmas Eve for any final shopping or curbside pick-up orders. Also, while most of these restaurants will be open nationwide, make
Continue Reading Londres (CNN) — El Reino Unido y la Unión Europea se están acercando a un acuerdo comercial posterior al brexit después de meses de tensas negociaciones, dijeron fuentes a CNN. Se espera que se anuncie un acuerdo en Nochebuena, dijeron a CNN una fuente del gobierno del Reino Unido y una fuente diplomática europea. La
Continue Reading December has always been one of Hollywood’s blockbuster months. Hit films like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, “Avatar” and Disney’s Star Wars films have all brought in big box office numbers during the holiday season. This year will continue the trend with two of the year’s most anticipated films going toe to toe over
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President-elect Joe Biden enters the Christmas holiday with the vast majority of his Cabinet nominees announced, yet final deliberations continue for two of the most high-profile positions in his administration: attorney general and CIA director. “It’s just a matter of getting to it and through it and being able to announce them,” Biden told reporters
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The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday called for the “immediate termination” of a city police officer in the killing of a Black man who was described as a guest at the home where he was shot and “had committed no crime.” Speaking at a press conference hours after attending the funeral of another black
Continue Reading Some of the most unlikely places could get a white Christmas this year. For those who celebrate, have a safe and joyful holiday. We’ll be back in your inbox Monday morning. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
Continue Reading This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a bright spot in 2020. Astronauts continued to safely travel to space, despite the pandemic, and even embarked on historic launches. And they taught us how to handle
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