Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dismissed by Vatican in sex abuse scandal
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Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dismissed by Vatican in sex abuse scandal
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Star Wars: Episode IX Director Announces End Of Filming With Emotional On-Set Photo
And that’s a wrap on Star Wars: Episode IX! Director J.J. Abrams took to Twitter on Friday (February 15)...
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Meghan Trainor Used Her Real Wedding Footage For New ‘Marry Me’ Video
Wedding-themed pop music videos are nothing new — everyone from Beyoncé and Mariah Carey to Demi Lovato and P!nk...
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John Legend Deals With The Horrors Of Daily News In ‘Preach’ Video
John Legend‘s new video is a tough watch that is heavy on both thematic content and grandiose vocals. “Preach”...
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Little Mix’s ‘Think About Us’ Video Stars Butterflies, Shirtless Dudes, And Ty Dolla $ign
Little Mix are singing a song of ice and fire in their new video for “Think About Us.” Each...
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Seth Rogen And Charlize Theron’s Surprising Chemistry Is A Must-See In First Long Shot Trailer
Seth Rogen is returning to his romantic comedy sweet spot — more accurately described as a comedic romance —...
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Bebe Rexha Has One More Night To Enjoy Her Vices In ‘Last Hurrah’
Earlier this week, Bebe Rexha was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st Grammy Awards. Today, she’s planning...
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Both Democrats and Republicans Condemn Trump’s Border Wall National Emergency
By Khushbu Shah On Friday morning (February 15), President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to secure the money...
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21 Savage Speaks Out For The First Time Since His ICE Arrest On Good Morning America
21 Savage has given his first public interview to Good Morning America following his release from detention by the...
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Rising Rapper Phora Has Been Going Hard For Nearly A Decade — Just Ask His Legions Of Fans
By Ural Garrett On a rainy, February weekend at a rented Crescent Hills Drive home with a wide view...
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Ben Affleck Officially Quits Batman Role, Ending The #Batfleck Era
Holy retirement, Batman! Ben Affleck is hanging up the iconic cape and cowl and moving on from the superhero...
Ready to DIY that home project? Avoid regret by asking these 5 questions
Get the Better newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 16, 2019, 1:32 PM GMT By Dana McMahan Watch many home improvement shows and you’d be forgiven for believing all you need to turn your house into a Pinterest dream is a YouTube video, a tool-belt, and a weekend. But DIYers sometimes learn...
Europe’s youth walk out of classrooms to demand action on climate change
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 16, 2019, 12:41 PM GMT By Linda Givetash LONDON — The year 2100 may be inconceivable to today’s lawmakers, but for children it’s a date within their lifetimes...
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will hit theaters in November 2020
We finally know when Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune will come out: November 20th, 2020, according to Variety. The film is the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 science fiction novel, set on a desert planet in a feudal galaxy. Villeneuve comes to the film with an impressive...
Hasbro’s new Fortnite Nerf guns launch on March 22nd, with preorders starting today
Hasbro, owner of the Nerf brand, today revealed its full lineup of Fortnite-themed Nerf products, including the previously announced AR-L Elite blaster modeled after the SCAR in Epic Games’ hit battle royale game. Prior to today, only the AR-L Elite was confirmed back when the line was first announced...
President of United States reposts video from winner of Infowars meme contest
President Trump tweeted a video today from a YouTuber known for winning an Infowars meme contest. The video, from a creator who goes by Carpe Donktum, primarily mocks the reactions of Democrats who attended this year’s State of the Union. Trump didn’t call out Donktum or Donktum’s channel specifically...
Apple buys AI voice startup that helps companies build Alexa and Google Assistant apps
Apple has acquired a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup called PullString that specializes in helping companies build conversational voice apps, according to a report from Axios. Pullstring was founded back in 2011 by former Pixar employees — its CEO, Oren Jacob, is Pixar’s former chief technology officer. Up until...
Apple’s latest iPhone ad shows a different kind of portrait mode ‘fail’
Portrait mode causes some uncomfortable tension between two parents in Apple’s latest iPhone commercial, which has got to be one of the funnier spots that the company has produced in some time. In the ad, one mother is swiping through photos of the group’s kids when another notices that...
Twitter has been storing your ‘deleted’ DMs for years
Twitter lets users delete direct messages from their own side of the conversation (the recipient will still get to keep a copy, unless they also choose to delete it). But it turns out, those deleted messages aren’t really getting removed at all, according to a report from security researcher...
Candid Marilyn Monroe photos revealed in new London exhibition
Candid photographs of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe are on display in London for a new exhibition, Fox News has...
Candid Marilyn Monroe photos revealed in new London exhibition
Candid photographs of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe are on display in London for a new exhibition, Fox News has...
Star Wars: Episode IX Director Announces End Of Filming With Emotional On-Set Photo
And that’s a wrap on Star Wars: Episode IX! Director J.J. Abrams took to Twitter on Friday (February 15) to commemorate the end of filming the final entry into the Skywalker saga. “It feels impossible, but today wrapped photography on Episode IX,” Abrams wrote. “There is no adequate way...
Meghan Trainor Used Her Real Wedding Footage For New ‘Marry Me’ Video
Wedding-themed pop music videos are nothing new — everyone from Beyoncé and Mariah Carey to Demi Lovato and P!nk have played blushing brides before. But none have felt quite so intimate and personal as Meghan Trainor‘s new video for the aptly titled Love Train ditty “Marry Me,” which features...
Drug company used rap video to push for higher doses, sales
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 15, 2019, 7:25 PM GMT / Source: Associated Press Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a person dressed as a bottle...
Fewer African Americans are dying of cancer, study says
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 14, 2019, 9:31 PM GMT / Source: Associated Press For a long time, blacks have died of cancer at higher rates than other Americans. But a new report...
The Oscars Will Air All Of Its Categories Live After All
50 minutes ago It’s safe to say that it’s been a rocky road to the 91st Academy Awards. Several...
6 Things I Learned Bringing A Child To Walt Disney World For The First Time
10 minutes ago There are few people in the world who don’t enjoy a good theme park. Whether you...
Ducks are shut out for sixth time this season in 3-0 loss to Bruins
It’s the first loss of Murray’s coaching career, but that’s irrelevant. This season appears lost anyway, with the Ducks...
With help from pass-happy U.S. teammates, Kyle Kuzma stuffs stat sheet in Rising Stars game
“I played in this game last year, and I was really lackadaisical, and I didn’t want to do that...
Southland basketball roundup: No. 10 Stanford bounces back with 65-51 win at UCLA
Cal’s Kristine Anigwe scored 30 points with 14 rebounds, her 25th consecutive double-double and fifth 30-point game this season....
Shooting in Aurora, Illinois leaves 5 dead
Five people were killed and five officers were injured during a mass shooting at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois. The suspected gunman, identified as Gary Martin, was shot and killed by police. NBC’s Ron Mott reports for TODAY and Shawn Henry joins for analysis.Feb. 16, 2019 Read More
Officer apparently lied in seeking warrant before deadly raid, chief says
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 16, 2019, 5:02 AM GMT By Phil Helsel and Tom Winter Houston’s police chief said Friday that there appear to be “some material untruths or lies” in an...
Trump declares a national emergency, then says he didn’t need to declare it
Trump undermines emergency declaration as soon as he makes it
07:18 copied! Dahlia Lithwick, legal correspondent and senior editor at Slate, talks with Rachel Maddow about the myriad legal challenges Donald Trump’s emergency declaration faces and the unforeseen hazards of the National Emergencies Act.Feb. 16, 2019 Read More
Trump faces lawsuit over national emergency
Pres. Trump announced a national emergency at the border, and then said he “didn’t need to.” Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) of the Judiciary Committee reacts to the president and tells Ali Velshi Democrats will investigate Trump’s move. Dara Lind and Cristina Beltran join.Feb. 16, 2019 Read More
Ret. Lt. Col to GOP: Confronting Trump is not Omaha Beach on D-Day
President Trump declares a National Emergency in a gambit to seize money for a border wall with Mexico, but admits during a press conference that he “didn’t need to”. Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters, a former Fox News analyst, tells Ari Melber that “so many people have died and bled”...
House Judiciary Dems announce investigation in Trump’s National Emergency
Green Beret charged with murder speaks out
In an interview with Maj. Matt Golsteyn, the Green Beret tells Lester Holt his version of what happened, and why he believes that he had the authority to set up the ambush that killed a suspected Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan nearly a decade ago — even if he...
Academy reverses course, announces all Oscars will be presented live
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 15, 2019, 11:47 PM GMT By Daniel Arkin The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday it would scrap plans to hand out four Oscars during...
Houston police investigating one of their own after raid that left two dead
After an apparent drug raid that left two suspects dead and five officers injured, a new police affidavit reveals investigators haven’t been able to find the confidential informants whose tips supposedly led to the raid. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says an undercover officer appears to have lied and...
Will superfast 5G mobile be worth it?
Superfast 5G mobile promises much better download and browsing speeds, the ability to power the internet of things, and a signal for everyone even when we’re all using our phones at the same time. But we’ll need to fork out on new 5G-compatible phones, 5G services could be expensive,...
UK housing market experiences new year chill
Image copyright PA UK house prices fell by 2.9% in January compared with December, according to the country’s largest mortgage lender. The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said it was the second time in three years that the new year had begun with a significant fall. The month-on-month...
‘I stole £30,000 from my mum to make millions’
Image copyright Andrew Fosker/PinPepImage caption Andrew says that despite making millions he remains ambitious The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to serial technology entrepreneur Andrew Michael. When Andrew Michael was 17 he gambled on changing his life...
How two friends built a popular food website
Image copyright Bobbi Lin/Food52 Image caption Merrill Stubbs, left, and Amanda Hesser say that their friendship is key to their success The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, co-founders of cookery website...
Vijay Mallya: India tycoon to learn extradition fate
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Vijay Mallya denies the allegations against him Indian drinks tycoon Vijay Mallya is due to find out whether or not he will be extradited from the UK to India, where he faces charges of fraud. Mr Mallya, who left India in March 2016 after...
Watch industry’s times are changing
Image copyright G Maillot Image caption Fabienne Lupo, head of the group that organises the show, says the industry went through a “crisis period” One of the luxury goods sector’s showpiece events returns this week with its mix of innovation, art and wealth – topped off with a sprinkle...
Glencore’s attempt at reinventing mining has run into trouble
FROM THE edge of the Kamoto Copper Company’s pit, it is hard even to see the mechanical diggers toiling dozens of tiers below. The 280-metre hole on the southern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo is deeper than Africa’s tallest building is tall. Lorries take the best part...
Bank staff ‘saving elderly from scams’
Image copyright Getty Images An average of nearly £9,000 per case was prevented from being stolen from elderly bank customers owing to a rapid response scheme. Bank staff have been trained to spot when customers appear to have been targeted by fraudsters pushing scams such as unnecessary home improvements....
Venezuela: All you need to know about the crisis in seven charts
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Inflation has spiked in Venezuela, making it difficult for people to afford basic essentials Growing discontent in Venezuela, fuelled by hyperinflation, power cuts and food and medicine shortages, has led to a political crisis. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself interim president...
How healthy are Britain’s banks?
Image copyright AFP The Bank of England will announce on Wednesday the strength of the UK’s biggest lenders ahead of Brexit. The Bank of England devises hypothetical scenarios for the economy, house prices and interest rates, which are designed to put pressure on the banking system. The results of...
‘Look after the detail and the business will flow’
Victoria Stapleton admits she used to be a slapdash person – she was always trying to cut corners. But having founded the fashion label Brora, which specialises in cashmere, she learned that growing the firm needed meticulous planning. Having been in business for 25 years, she now owns 14...
Wall Street may be finding new ways to perpetuate the old boys’ club
BACK IN THE 1980s, Tom Wolfe described Wall Street traders as “masters of the universe”. Over the past three decades, they seem to have turned into the equivalent of what Robert Burns called “wee, sleekit, cowran, tim’rous beasties”. The cause of the funk? Women. Get our daily newsletter Upgrade...
Watches: A Briton at the heart of a Swiss tradition
Image copyright Greubel Forsey Making just 100 or so watches a year might not seem cost-efficient but when they can sell for up to £1m, that changes the financial dynamics. The Swiss watchmaker Greubel Forsey is one of a new breed of independent manufacturers turning out products of incredible...
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We finally know when Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune will come out: November 20th, 2020, according to Variety. The...
Image copyright AFP A visit to China by Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been called off amid reports a speech...
Get the Better newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 16, 2019, 1:32 PM GMT By Dana McMahan Watch many home improvement shows...
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Baroness Falkender arriving at Downing Street in 1975 Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s secretary...
An artist’s concept shows a NASA Mars exploration rover on the surface of Mars. The twin rovers Spirit and...
Image copyright ReutersImage caption US Border Patrol agents from El Paso conduct training exercises near the Mexico border A...