A judge Friday rejected challenges to California’s statewide requirement that students and staff wear face masks indoors at schools to prevent spread of COVID-19, leaving it to the governor to decide when it’s safe to lift the mandate. The judge heard arguments earlier in the week on a lawsuit brought in July by two parent
A businessman who travelled to space with William Shatner last month has died after a small plane crashed in New Jersey. Glen M de Vries, 49, had been aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft on 13 October, spending more than 10 minutes in space after launching along with Shatner and others. He was killed along
Boris Johnson has insisted sleaze allegations levelled at the Conservatives will not affect voters’ choice in upcoming by-elections. The prime minister visited Sidcup on Friday afternoon ahead of a vote next month to replace former minister James Brokenshire who died of cancer last month. He said the local candidate in Old Bexley and Sidcup was
An actor and Mark Zuckerberg look-alike skewed the virtual reality of the Facebook founder’s Metaverse while promoted the stunning waterfalls and wild horses of Iceland in a tourism video. Urging people to visit “Icelandverse,” actor Jörundur Ragnarsson, with a short bowl haircut and awkward body movements and identified in the video as Zack Mossbergsson, chief
Google researchers on Thursday disclosed that it found a watering hole attack in late August exploiting a now-parched zero-day in macOS operating system and targeting Hong Kong websites related to a media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy labor and political group to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor on compromised machines. “Based on our findings, we believe
Jon Gruden has sued the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming they “sought to destroy the career and reputation” of the former Las Vegas Raiders coach, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Clark County District Court in Nevada, one month after Gruden resigned from the Raiders following
A long-awaited plan for railways in the Midlands and north of England will be published next week that could see the eastern extension of HS2 from Birmingham to Leeds mothballed. Regional political leaders are anticipating publication of the government’s integrated rail review for the Midlands and north imminently, with many braced for delays to key
Libraries are community hubs. A healthy, thriving library will provide information, shelter, and support. This is what the Craighead County Library in Jonesboro has tried to do over the years, only to become a target to repeated censorship attempts. Although I will include a brief timeline of this consistent series of attacks, I urge you
Jason Aldean released his 10th studio album, Macon, today. It’s actually the first piece of a double album called Macon, Georgia, and the second half will be released in April of 2022. The 15-song tracklist for this first record includes five live versions of some of previously released work, his #1 duet with Carrie Underwood
Tecno Pop 5C has been unveiled. The entry-level phone runs on Android 10 (Go edition) and has a traditional design with thick bezels at the front. On the back, the phone has a single 5-megapixel rear camera setup that sits inside a rectangular module. It is accompanied by a flash. Tecno Pop 5C packs a
The biggest movie in the world right now is Marvel’s Eternals, and there’s no bigger franchise in cinematic history than the MCU. Not only that, but Marvel Studios parent company Disney just made an endless parade of upcoming Marvel TV shows on the Disney+ streaming service the cornerstone of their appeal to subscribers and shareholders
Water is squeezed out of The Rock … and into a water bottle??? Dwayne Johnson says that’s exactly what happens during his famous workouts … revealing in a new interview this week that he does, in fact, piss in bottles at the gym. The Rock explained, though, that it’s not as weird as it sounds
It’s 1969, and the street in Northern Ireland where 10-year-old Buddy (Jude Hill) lives is bustling with kids playing soccer, neighbors running in and out of row houses, mothers chatting in doorways and calling their children in for lunch. Then a mob suddenly appears from around a corner, with masked men throwing Molotov cocktails and
Disney on Friday debuted first looks, exclusive footage, and new trailers in celebration of Disney+ Day 2021, the second anniversary of Disney+. The streaming platform debuted more than 25 new pieces of content, including Marvel Studios blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Disney+ Original movie Home Sweet Home Alone, and The Simpsons streaming short Plusaversary. Subscribers were
What a ride James McEachin’s been on. He was a decorated soldier, fireman, police officer, record producer, successful actor, playwright and award-winning author. And now, at 91, he sits in a booth at Norm’s Restaurant in Encino last week attacking a baked potato and well-done steak, contemplating his next career move. He’s leaning toward teaching.
Former Trump aide Steve Bannon has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of the US Congress. Bannon, who was White House chief strategist under Donald Trump, is accused of failing to comply with a subpoena issued by a House Select Committee investigating the US Capitol riot on 6 January.
Boris Johnson has warned the rising COVID cases in Europe could be seen in the UK if people do not get their booster jabs fast enough. Both the Netherlands and Austria today announced fresh lockdown rules in the coming days as cases rise again in some European countries. The prime minister said: “I’m seeing the
Steve Bannon, the former adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on charges of contempt of Congress, after he failed to comply with a subpoena issued by a committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots. Bannon, a former film producer and current podcast host, has claimed through his attorney that he has executive privilege
Threat actors are increasingly banking on the technique of HTML smuggling in phishing campaigns as a means to gain initial access and deploy an array of threats, including banking malware, remote administration trojans (RATs), and ransomware payloads. Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team, in a new report published Thursday, disclosed that it identified infiltrations distributing
After a chaotic day in court on Wednesday, the judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial encouraged the courtroom, including the jury, to applaud for a defense witness because he was a veteran. The 18-year-old Rittenhouse is charged with homicide and attempted homicide, among other charges, for killing two people and seriously injuring a third when he