Ever since “Star Wars” premiered in 1977, kids and adults alike wanted to get their hands on a lightsaber. The “elegant weapon for a more civilized age” is one of the most famous props in movie history and pop culture — and now Disney has apparently created a “real” one. Disney Parks released a very
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A federal judge on Monday agreed to delay until the fall the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell to provide the defense team more time to prepare for the additional charges against the former girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell faces sex-trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting and grooming a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday will set a new goal of administering at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose to 70% of the US adult population and having 160 million US adults fully vaccinated by July 4, according to senior administration officials. To meet this goal, Biden will direct tens of thousands of pharmacies participating in
Continue Reading The Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to study the sun, but it keeps discovering new, intriguing things about our mysterious planetary neighbor Venus. The NASA spacecraft flew by Venus last summer and detected a natural radio signal from Earth’s twin. This signal revealed that the probe actually passed through the upper atmosphere of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office held a news conference Monday about an incident at the Louisiana Crawfish Festival on Saturday, and a shooting that occurred in Chalmette. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann said that, during the festival, there was an
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TUESDAY: Showers will have a hard time letting go today. We’ll be tracking rain coming and going throughout the day until late this afternoon. It’ll be some 20 degrees colder today, with highs stuck in the upper 50’s and low 60’s. A northerly breeze will make sure of that. TONIGHT: The clouds depart pretty quickly after the rain takes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque Police is handling the discovery of a body floating in an arroyo Monday as a homicide. According to Albuquerque Fire and Rescue crews got a call about two people in the Flood Channel near Claremont Avenue and Algodones Street. When rescue teams
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — The self-avowed anti-Semite convicted of murdering three people on the Jewish Community Center campus in Overland Park, Kansas, in 2014 has died in prison. A notice from the Kansas Department of Corrections said Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., died Monday at the El Dorado
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Recent social media posts are at the center of a federal libel lawsuit. A Texas businesswoman is suing Black Lives Matter Sacramento for libel. She claims the group and/or their leader Tanya Faison posted an email on social media bearing her name that was
Continue Reading Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the statement reads. The couple founded their philanthropic organization, the
Continue Reading Theater fans eager for Broadway’s reopening will have to wait a few more months. New York’s theater owners on Tuesday said they are still planning to reopen in the fall even after the state government said it would lift restrictions on the venues later this month — much faster than many in the arts community
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Aidy Bryant nearly had an on-set meltdown when she was under pressure to remember the steps to the Electric Slide. Bryant, who is skillfully playing Ted Cruz on “Saturday Night Live” this season, visited “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday to promote the third season of her Hulu show, “Shrill.” She recounted a funny
Continue Reading The suspect who was shot and wounded by law enforcement in a standoff just outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, on Monday has died, the FBI said. The suspect, whose name has not been released, died after being transported to a hospital, the FBI said in a statement Tuesday. Additional details were not provided. The
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. Causes of Vietnam War 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French Indochina. 1946 – Communists in the north begin fighting France for control of the country. 1949 – France establishes the State
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A briefing on suspected energy attacks on US intelligence officers turned contentious last week, two sources told CNN, as senators demanded more information about the mysterious incidents from the CIA and accountability for how the agency has handled them. Senators on the Intelligence Committee were baffled that they were just learning about significant developments for
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to give emergency approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be given to kids ages 12-15 sometime next week.
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Tellers manager Tera Eckerle said the restaurant’s biggest problem has not been limited business, but trying to find staff.
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Click here for updates on this story WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York (WABC) — Two police officers in Westchester County went above and beyond to serve a member of the community in need. Mount Vernon Police Officers Cartwright and Velez caught the attention of our Be Kind campaign. The officers were called to a Dollar Tree
Continue Reading Let’s say you’re shopping for something on Walmart.com — maybe t-shirts. Under the category on the site, you’ll see a number of options shipped and sold by Walmart itself. Then, there are others. You can get a Ford Mustang tee from a third-party seller named Wild Bobby, or one boasting Disney’s Stitch character from the
Continue Reading Merrick Garland stepped into his first congressional hot seat as attorney general Tuesday morning, testifying before the House Appropriations Committee to propose a multibillion-dollar budget increase for the Justice Department. Part of the funding boost is needed to combat domestic terrorism, which Garland said keeps him up at night. “We have a growing fear of
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