By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio’s biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Bacon has delivered on his promise to return to the Utah high school where his iconic 1984 film “Footloose” was filmed. Bacon appeared at Payson High School on Saturday, months after the school’s students launched the #BacontoPayson social media campaign. As part of the effort, students recreated movie
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By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — More than 13 million Ecuadorians are expected to head to the polls Sunday for a referendum dominated by security issues, in a vote that could shape the political future of President Daniel Noboa and his tough-on-crime agenda. Noboa, the son of a banana tycoon, swept into office last November
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By Avery Lotz and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul applauded House Speaker Mike Johnson Sunday for bringing foreign aid legislation to his chamber’s floor, characterizing the move as “a profile in courage.” “I am so proud of the speaker, Mike Johnson,” the Texas Republican, who has been a
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday said House Speaker Mike Johnson “betrayed” Republican voters after the House approved new aid to Ukraine, threatening to call a vote for his ouster if he doesn’t resign. “Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Summer Lee is getting used to this. The freshman congresswoman from Western Pennsylvania ousted regional political royalty on her way to the state House in 2018, then overcame millions in outside spending, nearly all of it from pro-Israel groups, to win the Democratic nomination and her seat in Congress two years
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By Kayla Moeller Click here for updates on this story RIVERBANK, California (KOVR) — A family is lucky to be alive after a 16-wheel semi-truck crashed into their home in Riverbank while they were sleeping. A man in his bed woke up underneath rubble, calling for his grandson who was trapped in the next room.
Continue Reading KOVR By Kayla Moeller Click here for updates on this story RIVERBANK, California (KOVR) — A family is lucky to be alive after a 16-wheel semi-truck crashed into their home in Riverbank while they were sleeping. A man in his bed woke up underneath rubble, calling for his grandson who was trapped in the next
Continue ReadingCHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — Medical marijuana can now be legally purchased in North Carolina with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opening its long-planned dispensary this weekend on tribal land. Hundreds of people celebrated Saturday’s historic opening of the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The tribe decriminalized possession of small amounts
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A second former law enforcement officer from Arkansas has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he repeatedly punched during a violent arrest that was caught on video. Former Crawford County sheriff’s deputy Levi White on Friday changed his plea during a hearing in federal court. White
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By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Generations of American teens have taken the SAT, a blood-pressure-raising multi-hour exam they are told could make or break their academic futures. The longest-enduring standardized college admissions test in the nation, the SAT has faced decades of controversy over bias and criticism for reducing aspiring college students
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Max Verstappen is racing “on another planet,” according to Red Bull team manager Christian Horner, after the three-time world champion dominated a crash-filled Chinese Grand Prix to record yet another victory. “His form is absolutely fantastic,” Horner told broadcaster Sky Sports. “He’s just totally at one with the machine
Continue ReadingBy William Eltherington, CTV News Ottawa Digital Multi-Skilled Journalist Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — Tim Hortons insists a potential class action lawsuit involving customers who were sent an email by mistake during the company’s Roll up to Win contest has “no merit.” Approximately 500,000 customers across Canada received
Continue ReadingWXYZ, CNN By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother were killed, and at least nine others were seriously injured at a child’s birthday party at a boat club in Newport, Michigan, on Saturday when a driver drove through the building where the celebration was taking place,
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — James Parker, a man who has spent more than half his life in prison for his role in the killing of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop in 2001, has been granted parole. Parker was just 16 when he and his 17-year-old friend Robert Tulloch
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News Parliamentary Bureau Writer, Producer Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — Despite significant criticisms from business owners and entrepreneurs that parts of the federal government’s latest budget — specifically changes to taxes on capital gains — will stunt innovation, Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday. Davis had been managing
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CNN By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and former Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, are holding off on throwing support behind their parties’ presidential nominees, while taking aim at members on both sides of the aisle for stalled legislation in Congress. When asked by CNN’s Manu Raju
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Police say a 30-year-old Chicago police officer was shot and killed overnight while heading home from work. Superintendent Larry Snelling tells reporters the officer was going home and still in uniform. The officer was shot multiple times early Sunday and pronounced dead at a Chicago hospital. The officer’s vehicle was taken, but
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets, they’re bagged or wrapped in plastic too. For Judith Enck, that’s the epitome of pointless plastic. The baby food aisle is similarly distressing for her, with its rows and rows of
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