By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — When “Elemental” opened to less than $30 million in the US in mid-June, box-office analysts and reporters were quick to label the animated movie a “flop,” one that was almost sure to lose money. Yet after steadily playing through the summer, the latest entry from one-time hit factory Pixar
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — X, antes conocida como Twitter, reinstauró la cuenta de Kanye West en la plataforma de redes sociales. West no podrá monetizar su cuenta y no aparecerán anuncios junto a sus publicaciones, según informó la empresa a The Wall Street Journal este sábado. La cuenta del músico fue suspendida en diciembre por violar
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer At about summer’s halfway point, the record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising, hellish yet boring in some ways, scientists say. Killer heat. Deadly floods. Smoke from wildfires that chokes. And there’s no relief in sight. Expect a hotter than normal August and September, American and
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit southeast Wisconsin this week. She will making a stop in Pleasant Prairie on Thursday to tout broadband and affordable connectivity before going to Milwaukee for a pair of campaign receptions. The White House announced the planned stops on Sunday. There were no immediate details
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A legal advocacy group for journalists wants to get involved in Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says a win by the Florida governor could embolden other governments across the U.S. to take actions against journalists
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A legal advocacy group for journalists wants to get involved in Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says a win by the Florida governor could embolden other governments across the U.S. to take actions against journalists
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has completed testing and is now sending power to the grid reliably. It’s the first new American reactor built
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When actor Casey Likes watched “Back to the Future” growing up, his mom would always say he reminded her a lot of the film’s star, Michael J. Fox. Something in the universe agrees: He’s taken on Fox’s classic movie role on Broadway. The rising stage
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By Celina Tebor, Jessica Xing and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $9.1 million to the family of a girl who died by suicide after she was bullied at school, the family’s attorney said. The settlement comes after Diane and Seth Grossman sued Rockaway Township School District
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian ballistic missiles slammed into an apartment complex and a university building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Monday, killing five people and wounding 64 others as the blasts trapped residents beneath rubble, Ukrainian officials said. One of the two missiles destroyed a
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A male passenger groped a mother and her underage daughter while aboard an international flight last summer after being overserved alcohol by Delta Air Lines, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week in New York. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. Eastern District Court of New York, alleges that
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as a Democrat against President Joe Biden, tells many stories on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for that are the opposite of what his record actually shows. The Associated Press found that
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El mediático juicio por difamación de Johnny Depp y Amber Heard es el tema de una nueva serie documental de Netflix, cuyo primer tráiler se publicó la semana pasada. El tráiler de “Depp vs. Heard” se centra en gran medida en las imágenes que se emitieron por televisión y en directo durante
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La actriz Viola Davis, ganadora de un Oscar, puso en pausa el rodaje de su próxima película, “G20”, en medio de la huelga de actores y guionistas, a pesar de que el gremio le concedió permiso para seguir adelante con el proyecto, según una declaración proporcionada a Los Angeles Times
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong waters on Monday has sparked an outpouring of grief on social media, with many comments blaming the mammal’s death on sightseers. Many residents thought the dead mammal was the whale that has attracted groups of sightseers since
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL) — Eastbound 10 Freeway traffic was shut down during a California Highway Patrol investigation after a driver was shot in a car-to-car shooting early Monday morning. A Sigalert was issued in the East Los Angeles area after a driver was reportedly shot on
Continue ReadingBy Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Minnesota superstar was honored in a big way Sunday morning in her hometown. St. Paul Parks and Recreation surprised Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee with a statue of herself at Phalen Regional Park. “I’m so excited and I’m super
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WCBS) — New York City is eliminating plastic utensils, condiment packets and napkins from your takeout order. The “Skip the Stuff” rule goes into effect Monday. It aims to reduce single-use plastic, most of which ends up in landfills. Restaurants and
Continue ReadingBy Madison Smith Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Saturday, July 30, marked International Friendship Day, which is recognized as a day for people to celebrate those closest to them. In Asheville, two ladies shared with News 13 what it means to them to be friends through thick and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Monday as Wall Street rolls toward the end of another winning month. The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged in afternoon trading, on track for a fifth straight month of gains, which would be its longest winning streak in nearly two years. The
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