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
Continue ReadingAssociated 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
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Senior-level personnel changes at the US Secret Service as well as the creation of new divisions are underway as the agency works to resolve security breakdowns that preceded the two attempts on former President Donald Trump’s life this summer. Acting Director Ron Rowe laid out his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court in the battleground state of Georgia has declined a request for expedited review of an appeal of a judge’s order that county election officials must vote to certify results by the legal deadline. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled this month that those officials cannot
Continue ReadingBy 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,
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Star pass rusher Micah Parsons will miss another game for the Dallas Cowboys with a high ankle sprain, and the season debut for All-Pro cornerback DaRon Bland will have to wait at least one more week. Parsons and Bland were ruled out Friday for the game at San Francisco on Sunday
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CNN By Sean Lyngaas and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the phone communications of former President Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance as part of a much broader cyber-espionage effort aimed at high-level US targets, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The Chinese hackers also targeted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84. Lesh’s death was announced on his Instagram account. Lesh was the oldest and one of
Continue ReadingAssociated 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84. Lesh’s death was announced on his Instagram account. Lesh was the oldest and one of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wall Street Journal reports that billionaire Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact. The relationship raises questions about national security and Russian influence given Musk’s ownership of American companies like Tesla, X and SpaceX, a major government contractor. Musk has emerged as a leading
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s attorney general has tapped an engineering firm to conduct an independent investigation into a dock collapse that killed seven people. Descendants of Black slaves known as the Gullah-Geechee people had been celebrating their community’s cultural history when the aluminum gangway snapped Saturday. Georgia’s Department of Natural and the Georgia Department of
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of five people including a pregnant woman. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office says a jury deliberated about three hours before finding 21-year-old Raymond Childs III guilty Friday of six counts of murder in the killings. His conviction came months after
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s police chief has retired just a week after making the controversial announcement that he would add refereeing college basketball games to his calendar. Chief Larry Scirotto said in his resignation letter Friday that he did not want the issue to become a distraction for the department. Some city leaders had raised
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman accused of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago has been found guilty of murder. Local news outlets report a jury on Friday found Leilani Simon guilty of all 19 charges against her in the death of her son, Quinton
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa has a long history as a presidential battleground state, but when voters cast their ballots in the general election on Nov. 5, it’s the races further down the ballot that may get the most attention. Voters will decide competitive U.S. House contests that could decide control of the chamber
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — Two photojournalists and an engineer killed in Lebanon Thursday night are just the latest journalists killed since the conflict in the Middle East escalated a year ago. Carlos Martinez de la Serna, the Program Director for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) tells CNN, “Journalists have been paying the
Continue ReadingAP National Writer Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year’s tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor but one that the current publisher insisted was
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the phone communications of former President Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance as part of a much broader cyber-espionage effort aimed at high-level US targets, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The Chinese hackers also targeted people
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president, with the Oscar-winning actor expressing support for the Democratic nominee in a video Friday. “Climate change is killing the earth and ruining our economy, we need a bold step forward to save our economy, our planet and ourselves,” DiCaprio said in the video posted
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