London’s Tower Bridge gets stuck open, causing traffic chaos
Tower Bridge, one of London’s most famous landmarks, was stuck open Saturday afternoon due to “mechanical failure,” causing traffic…
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A 150-pound runaway tortoise is back home after 74 days on the lam
Solomon the tortoise went on quite an adventure during an unplanned summer vacation, even though he didn’t go far from home. The 150-pound…
Continue Reading The Tony Awards will return digitally this fall
After months of uncertainty, the Tony Awards will go on, show organizers say. The Tonys, originally scheduled for June, will take place this fall…
Continue Reading Halle Berry and Michael B. Jordan offer support to Megan Thee Stallion after she reveals details of shooting
Celebrities across Hollywood are coming to Megan Thee Stallion’s defense after she shed more light this week on her July shooting. During an…
Continue Reading Fans crowd into an indoor concert in experiment on how to return to normality
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered clubs, bars and concert halls around the world, music fans have been dreaming of the day they can once…
Continue Reading Amsterdam has been collapsing for years. Now it’s paying the price
Cracks and sinkholes are appearing alongside the waterways of Amsterdam. Bicycles are tumbling into the swirling water as the canalsides vanish…
Continue Reading Jack Sherman, an early guitarist with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, dies at 64
Jack Sherman, a guitarist who played on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ debut album, has died at 64, the band announced on Instagram. “He was…
Continue Reading In the Hamptons, some hosts are paying for party guests to take rapid coronavirus tests at the door
Dr. Asma Rashid goes to a lot of exclusive parties in New York these days — but for a different reason. Hosts pay her to administer rapid…
Continue Reading Converse is sponsoring giant murals in 13 cities around the world that break down air pollutants
Two murals made of photocatalytic, smog-eating paint have gone up in Bangkok, Thailand, and Warsaw, Poland, as part of a project dubbed Converse City…
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El Pasoans can enjoy drive-in movie experience at ‘Movies on the Fly at Hangar 7’
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Live, a division of Destination El Paso, and the El Paso International Airport are presenting ‘Movies on the Fly’ at Hangar…
Continue Reading Covid-19 cases tied to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota have reached across state lines
Coronavirus cases linked to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week have now reached across state lines to Nebraska, public health…
Continue Reading ‘The Vow’ brings jaw-dropping detail to the strange story of NXIVM
In one of the key moments of “The Vow” — a stunning expose of the self-improvement group NXIVM and its downfall — filmmaker…
Continue Reading Megan Thee Stallion says Tory Lanez shot her
Megan Thee Stallion has publicly accused Canadian rapper and singer Tory Lanez of shooting her in the feet after an argument last month. The rapper…
Continue Reading ‘Love in the Time of Corona’ kicks off a flurry of social-distancing series
Everyone sort of had the same idea at once about doing remotely produced TV shows, but Disney-owned Freeform gets there first with “Love in the…
Continue Reading The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will go on this year — but with many changes
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will take place this fall, but it won’t exactly look like it did in years past, according to a…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift has donated $30,000 to help a Black London teenager study math
Musician Taylor Swift has donated $30,000 to help an 18-year-old student realize her dream of becoming a mathematician. Vitoria Mario set up a…
Continue Reading Kelly Osbourne reveals how she lost 85 lbs
Kelly Osbourne is not one of those celebrities who is unwilling to share how she shed weight. After surprising followers recently with her new look,…
Continue Reading BTS’s first English language song is ‘Dynamite’
It took less than eight hours for BTS to rack up more than 45 million views for its first English language single on YouTube. “Dynamite”…
Continue Reading Spectacular new step-bridge ‘floats’ over Norwegian waterfall
Rushing water cascades below an elevated footbridge that looks like it’s floating on air, with panoramic views of hazy mountains and a…
Continue Reading Pharrell Williams: ‘We must trust in a Black vision of the future’
Pharrell Williams has penned a powerful essay for Time in which he says the protests sweeping the nation have made him finally feel like an American.…
Continue Reading 313 million-year-old fossil footprints at Grand Canyon are the oldest of their kind found at park
Finding fossil footprints at the Grand Canyon isn’t particularly unusual. The expansive stretch of red rock is home to an array of formations…
Continue Reading Stealthy thieves broke into a Japanese ninja museum and stole a million yen
A ninja museum in central Japan had some stealthy visitors this week — thieves who broke in and stole more than a million yen ($9,470) in the…
Continue Reading ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ favorite Chi Chi DeVayne dies at 34
The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” family is mourning the loss of one of their own. Zavion Davenport, best known as Chi Chi DeVayne, has died…
Continue Reading Costa Rica reopens to US tourists, but only from six states
Costa Rica is joining the small list of countries opening to tourism from the United States — but with some serious caveats. The Central…
Continue Reading For the first time in more than 100 years, the extremely rare wolverine has returned to Mount Rainier National Park
A rare family of wolverines has made its home at Mount Rainier National Park for the first time in over a century, park officials announced Thursday.…
Continue Reading Carol Burnett seeking custody of grandson, says daughter struggles with addiction
Carol Burnett has filed for legal guardianship of her teen grandson, whom she alleges has long been living in an “unstable, unpredictable, and…
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More El Paso theaters set to reopen: AMC El Paso 16 on Aug. 27 & AMC Classic East Pointe 12 on Sept. 3
EL PASO, Texas — The world’s largest movie theater chain, AMC Theaters, has announced that it will reopen approximately two-thirds of its 600 U.S.…
Continue Reading Entrepreneur sets up PPE vending machines at Canadian airport and malls
You can get candy, soda and all sorts of snacks from vending machines, but why not personal protective equipment? One man from Toronto is hoping to…
Continue Reading Demi Lovato celebrates 28th birthday by launching a campaign to demand justice for Breonna Taylor
Singer Demi Lovato asked fans to celebrate her birthday on Thursday by joining her in calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. “I’m so…
Continue Reading Zoo creates baby shower registry for endangered pregnant gorilla
Audubon Zoo created a baby shower registry for an expecting gorilla — and it’s bananas! Tumani, a critically endangered western lowland…
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