Emergency services searching for people missing after wildfires swept through communities in Colorado will use cadaver dogs to hunt through layers of fresh snow covering the smouldering debris. Three people are missing and nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed and hundreds damaged in the fires, the cause of which is still unknown. For those who escaped
Month: January 2022
Contingency plans are being drawn up over fears a quarter of public sector workers could be absent due to the Omicron wave of COVID infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told ministers to test preparations for a possible worst-case scenario as daily coronavirus numbers continue to hit record levels. All government departments are also renewing
Prince Andrew tried to discredit Virginia Giuffre’s allegations he sexually abused her as a minor by claiming her recollection he sweated on her in a London nightclub was a medical impossibility. Now she’s demanding proof. In a new filing in Manhattan federal court, Giuffre and her lawyers reveal they’ve demanded the Duke of York hand
Books and videos seem like an odd pairing at first blush. Books are the choice medium for allowing the reader’s mind and imagination to do much of the heavy lifting. Videos are a much more passive medium, providing almost all interpretation for the viewer’s consumption. And yet, these two are successfully colliding on social media
Following the death of Betty White Friday, the planned one-night-only 100th birthday special at movie theaters nationwide will still take place on January 17th, which would have been the beloved Golden Girls actress’ 100th birthday. Originally titled Betty White: 100 Years Young, the Fathom Events screening is now billed as Betty White: A Celebration, the
January 1st… New Year’s Day. An important day in the history of country music as it was the day of Hank Williams tragic “last ride.” Yes, January 1st, 1953, the country music world said goodbye to a pioneer, the great Hank Williams, at just 29 years of age. However, just a few years later, on that
Microsoft says it is aware of a programming flaw which saw some customers’ Exchange servers stop processing emails just as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve. System administrators, who are sharing workarounds on social media, have dubbed the bug Y2K22 – in the style of the Y2K bug which affected some computers at
This article contains Cobra Kai spoilers Cobra Kai has mastered the season finale cliffhanger just like Daniel-san mastered ‘wax on, wax off.’ It started with its first season finale. That ended with the startling appearance of Sensei John Kreese (Martin Kove), which took the series to a whole new level. The season 2 finale literally
Panic-buying and hoarding prompted Costco to develop new rules amid the coronavirus outbreak. Tina Patel reports.
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is set to close the data transfer option extended to gamers who wish to migrate their data from PUBG Mobile to BGMI, publisher Krafton has announced on its social media channels. Gamers who have not yet transferred their data have only a few hours until midnight to initiate the transfer, ahead
Max Julien — famous for his leading role in the blaxploitation film ‘The Mack’ — has died. The actor/writer/producer passed away on Jan. 1, due to undisclosed circumstances — this according to his PR team … who says his wife discovered him early him Saturday morning. In a statement, they say in part … “During
Television icon Betty White passed away on New Year’s Eve and to pay tribute to the legendary entertainer, Saturday Night Live will air an encore presentation of the May 8, 2010 episode White hosted with musical guest Jay-Z tonight, Saturday, January 1st. White was 88 when she hosted the episode, making her the oldest person
Fans of the hidden camera prank show Impractical Jokers were stunned when Joe Gatto announced on Saturday that he is leaving the show and the comedy troupe behind it, The Tenderloins and they’ve taken to social medial to share how they feel about the surprising update. Gatto made the announcement in a post to his
Numbers, those longtime pillars of the entertainment business, determiners of pay scale and quantifiers of the hot and the not, are vanishing from public view. Streaming’s inexorable takeover of the industry has altered the once-straightforward process of measuring the performance of TV programs and movies. Of course, there has been grumbling for decades about Nielsen’s
Two people died and three others were critically injured Wednesday after a multi-vehicle crash in Fontana.
Grand Marshal LeVar Burton kicked off the 133rd Rose Parade with cheers from the crowd on Saturday, Jan. 1, when he led this year’s floats, horses and bands during the 5.5 mile procession down Colorado Blvd. The famed actor, director and literacy advocate hurriedly hopped onto the Grand Marshal float and made up time by
Snow and shivering temperatures have compounded the misery for hundreds of people whose homes were destroyed by a wildfire that tore through residential areas in Colorado. The blaze burned through at least 9.4 square miles (24 square km) on Thursday and firefighters eventually brought it under control on New Year’s Eve. The fire, in and
The medical chiefs leading the UK’s battle against coronavirus have been recognised with top awards in the New Year Honours list. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and his deputy Professor Jonathan Van-Tam have been given knighthoods, along with the chief medical officers for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, and Scotland, Dr Gregor Smith. Image:
A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, classic novels by Ernest Hemingway and Agatha Christie and hundreds of thousands of pre-1923 sound recordings are among the works that entered that public domain on New Year’s Day 2022. Dorothy Parker’s first poetry collection Enough Rope, William Faulkner’s first novel Soldiers’ Pay, and books by Langston Hughes, Willa Cather, T.E. Lawrence
Month by month, I’ve been reading amazing novels from all around the world that are available in English translation, in order to share those recommendations with all of you. I’ve read books from Catalonia, Mexico, France, Argentina, and Central Africa. And all through November, I read books from Japan — from strange, unsettling dystopias to