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Month: October 2024

Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species that lived during the time of dinosaurs

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly species lit up the night during the late Mesozoic. The discovery comes from a fossil of an ancient firefly species

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Hallmark exec sought to replace ‘old talent,’ lawsuit alleges, naming actors like Lacey Chabert

Associated Press Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging out,” according to a lawsuit filed against the network this month and obtained by The Associated Press. Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director who

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Hallmark exec sought to replace ‘old talent,’ lawsuit alleges, naming actors like Lacey Chabert

Associated Press Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging out,” according to a lawsuit filed against the network this month and obtained by The Associated Press. Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director who

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What’s next for the Menendez brothers as DA recommends their resentencing decades after their parents’ killing

By Cindy VonQuednow and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — More than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the brothers now see a path to their potential release. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón on Thursday filed a

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House Freedom Caucus chair suggests North Carolina Legislature could assign electors before votes are tallied

By Curt Devine, Lauren Fox, and Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — The chairman of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus suggested that legislators in the battleground state of North Carolina could potentially allocate their state’s electoral votes to Donald Trump before votes are counted because of the possible disenfranchisement of voters in Western North Carolina,

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AP sources: Chinese hackers targeted phones of Trump, Vance, people associated with Harris campaign

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hackers engaged in a broader espionage operation targeted cellphones used by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, his running mate, JD Vance, and people associated with the Democratic campaign of Kamala Harris, people familiar with the matter said Friday. It was not immediately clear what data, if any, may have

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California unveils plan to deploy 10,000 community service members by 2025

By Pooja Mamnoor Click here for updates on this story     10/25/24 (LAPost.com) — According to a press release from the California Service Corps, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California is set to launch the nation’s largest state service program, deploying more than 10,000 members across various community support initiatives in 2025. They’re expected to provide

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