The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan last week came too late for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli and Navy Lt. Francis Toner. Both Balli and Toner were killed in separate combat actions years ago in war-torn Afghanistan, where U.S. forces fought for 20 years before the final withdrawal last week. Their mothers,
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Facebook has apologised after an algorithm generated a prompt that asked users if they would like to “keep seeing videos about primates” on a video of black men. The video, which was shared on the platform by the Daily Mail on 27 June, featured clips of black men in altercations with white civilians and police
Concern at the top of government over a rise to national insurance has spilled into the open after a senior minister suggested that voters would remember broken promises on tax. Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg used his weekly segment in the Sunday Express newspaper to republish a famous quote by former president
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday that could lead to the declassification of documents related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with victims’ families having long sought to make public such information. “Today, I signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice and other relevant agencies to oversee a declassification review of
The U.S. Cyber Command on Friday warned of ongoing mass exploitation attempts in the wild targeting a now-patched critical security vulnerability affecting Atlassian Confluence deployments that could be abused by unauthenticated attackers to take control of a vulnerable system. “Mass exploitation of Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 is ongoing and expected to accelerate,” the Cyber National Mission
On Etsy, the online marketplace known for feminist cross-stitch samplers and macrame wall hangings, a search for “serial killer” returns nearly 16,000 results. Extending far beyond intentionally macabre portraits of murderers and kitschy needlepoints, there’s a certain subset that looks like a crime-obsessed mom was set loose to design Home Goods’ fall line. There are
Simpler times. Nothing like waking up on a lovely Sunday morning, and flipping on some country tunes to quell that hangover pounding around in your head after you spent an entire Saturday drinking beer and watching college football. And the soundtrack to your sweet relief? A little ditty straight out of the hollers of Kentucky.
Game of Thrones is getting an official convention ahead of HBO‘s return to Westeros in the prequel series House of the Dragon. Warner Bros. Entertainment has partnered with Creation Entertainment — the company behind The 55-Year Mission Star Trek convention, Sci-Fi Summit, the official Lucifer and Supernatural conventions, Stranger Con, and other pop culture conventions
This Evil review contains spoilers. Evil Season 2 Episode 8 What was she thinking? Why did she do that? Does she really say that? You will find yourself asking these and other questions about Dr. Kristen Brouchard (Katja Herbers) on Evil season 2. Episode 8, “B Is for Brain.” The episode is about a machine
New York Giants pass rusher Azeez Ojulari is starting off his rookie season in a Wakanda-kinda way … by coppin’ an insane “Black Panther” diamond chain — that glows in the dark!!! TMZ Sports has learned the outsider linebacker wanted to pay homage to Chadwick Boseman with some new drip before the Giants’ season-opener …
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings finally hit theaters this weekend, which means the Marvel movie’s cast and crew have been busy promoting the latest entry to the franchise. The whole journey has clearly been exciting for Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), who is a big Marvel fan himself. Liu has been documenting his press
WhatsApp is found to allow users to apply any of their favourite emojis as message reactions. The new development appears just days after WhatsApp was spotted adding message reactions to its platform that would work similar to how you can react on messages getting on iMessage, Twitter, and even Facebook’s own Messenger app. Separately, WhatsApp
Luke Johnson, one of Britain’s best-known leisure entrepreneurs, is adding to his collection of e-commerce businesses by snapping up a leading online retailer of musical instruments. Sky News understands that Risk Capital Partners, Mr Johnson’s investment vehicle, has agreed to buy GAK, which trades from a flagship store in Brighton, West Sussex. The terms of
As Donald Trump publicly mulls his political future, playing a game of “will he-won’t he” in a potential bid for the White House in 2024, all the while flexing influence in primaries for next year’s midterms, there is one key person noticeably quiet. Again. Melania Trump, perhaps the most private first lady in modern history,
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Marvel Studio’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is in theaters now, but those hoping to stream Shang-Chi online will have
A lot of old things are racist. Mickey Mouse’s white gloves, for example. The concept of a peanut gallery. But public libraries? Impossible, right? Well, public libraries have a lot of race-related issues, from over-policing to an exclusive Master’s degree (I wrote about some of this here.) But one of the biggest obstacles to manifesting
As the sun dipped below the horizon behind equestrian arena grandstands, Norco grieved the setting of one of its own sons, Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Mae’Lee Grant Nikoui, who was killed in an attack on Afghanistan’s Kabul airport on Aug. 26. Nikoui, a 2019 Norco High graduate was described as a “strong person,” who “held no
Storm Ida has resulted in a sizeable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the US coastguard has confirmed. Aerial images show miles of oil in the water around two miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Coastguard spokesman Lieutenant John Edwards said the source of the spill is an undersea crude oil pipeline owned by
Boris Johnson is coming under attack from senior members of his own party ahead of a possible announcement on social care this week. The prime minister is expected to increase national insurance to help fund care reforms and clear backlogs in the NHS. However ministers, MPs, government officials and business groups have told Sky News
Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, has congratulated Fran Drescher on her election as president of SAG-AFTRA. “The last year and a half have demonstrated yet again how much we can get done as an industry when we work collaboratively together,” he said in a statement, “and I know that Fran