As thousands of people sought a way out of Afghanistan to escape the Taliban, scores of them were killed in a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport on Thursday. The devastating attack by Islamic State offshoot ISIS-K which killed between 79 and 169 Afghans and 13 US military personnel – most of them Marines. None of
Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1968, was granted parole on Friday, but the decision by a state panel does not guarantee his release. A two person parole board granted Sirhan’s request after a hearing, but it still must be approved by the board’s staff and
Cloud infrastructure security company Wiz on Thursday revealed details of a now-fixed Azure Cosmos database vulnerability that could have been potentially exploited to grant any Azure user full admin access to other customers’ database instances without any authorization. The flaw, which grants read, write, and delete privileges, has been dubbed “ChaosDB,” with Wiz researchers noting
Known for her young adult suspense novels including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Killing Mr. Griffin, and Stranger With My Face, Lois Duncan essentially stopped writing the genre after her daughter Kaitlin Arquette was murdered in 1989. Now, there’s been a break in one of the most notorious cold cases in Albuquerque history.
Happy Friday. This week on the Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist, we have new tunes from Summer Dean, Luke Combs, Muscadine Bloodline, Kacey Musgraves, Reyna Roberts, Michael Ray, Jason Eady, Grayson Jenkins, Zac Brown band, Charley Crockett, Josh Ward, Randy Travis, Hayes Carll, Read Southall, Scotty McCreery, Larry Fleet, Eddie Montgomery, Riddy Arman and
Maddie and Tae are continuing to lean in to their playful side with their latest release, “Life Ain’t Fair.” The very first shot of the song’s accompanying lyric video — a big pitcher of lemonade — speaks exactly to what the song is about. It’s a music version of that old proverb:“When life gives you
The Civic Republic Military is armed and ready to fight for the survival of humankind in a new teaser from The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2. “Today we honor our Alliance of the Three,” says the black-clad CRM Lt. Col. Elizabeth Kublek (Julia Ormond), referring to the pact represented by the three-circle symbol of
SNES games might not be much to look at now, but in many ways, they were a massive improvement over any console games that came before. SNES developers could create massive worlds with detailed sprites that actually looked like what they were intended to represent. New advances in technology also meant that games could take
Florida native Alexa Vega (now Alexa PenaVega) was only 12 years old when she landed the breakout role as Carmen Cortez — who teams up with her brother to thwart Floop’s evil plans — in the 2001 family action film “Spy Kids” and the follow-up films “Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams” and the
Mid conflicting reports over the film’s possible delay, Sony Pictures has released new images from Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The images show Tom Hardy’s Venom ready to clash with Woody Harrelson’s Carnage. There’s also a new look at Naomie Harris as Frances Barrison, a.ka. Shriek. You can take a look at all 10 images
Samsung Galaxy A21 Simple SCV49 has launched in Japan and is quite different from the Galaxy A21 that launched globally in April last year. The Samsung Galaxy A21 Simple comes with a notched display instead of a hole-punch cutout. The phone is also powered by an Exynos SoC and comes with a single-rear camera. The
Thousands of cash points have disappeared during the pandemic with many not being replaced, new data shows. Around 8,000 ATMs have been switched off in the past 18 months, according to research by consumer group, Which? – equating to a fall of around 13%. The vast majority of cash machines were put out of action
Romance authors are teaming up to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by offering signed copies of bestselling books, manuscript critiques, Zoom chats, and more in the Romance for Haiti Auction. Bids are open now through 11:00 PM EDT on Friday, September 3, and all proceeds will go to local organizations working on the ground
Copy photo of Lou Marino, who used to play Santa Claus and sometimes arrive at the charities in a helicopter. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer) Lucille Marino looks at pictures of her deceased husband Lou Marino at her home in Westlake Village, Aug. 27, 2021. Lou used to play Santa Claus for the
Robert F. Kennedy’s killer, Sirhan Sirhan, has been granted parole after two of RFK’s sons said they support his release from prison. The New York senator and brother of President John F. Kennedy was a Democratic presidential candidate when he was gunned down on June 6, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Sirhan
Boris Johnson has pledged to “shift heaven and earth” to get more people out of Afghanistan after the 31 August deadline. Speaking to reporters, the prime minister shared his “great sense of regret” that more individuals could not be airlifted out of Kabul during what he described as “the first phase” of the evacuation process.
Margie Ghigo has been reelected to SAG-AFTRA’s national board representing the Arizona-Utah Local, swamping her challenger Lela Hough by a vote of 201-27. Of the local’s 986 eligible members, 230 voted (23.33%). Ghigo, who was endorsed by the union’s ruling Unite for Strength party, said in her campaign statement that “Serving as your National Board
U.S. technology firm Kaseya has released security patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its Unitrends enterprise backup and continuity solution that could result in privilege escalation and authenticated remote code execution. The two weaknesses are part of a trio of vulnerabilities discovered and reported by researchers at the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD)
Industry leaders and cultural innovators came together at the inaugural Truth Seekers Summit, a festival highlighting the work of documentary filmmakers, journalists, and activists from around the world. The celebration — presented in partnership with Showtime — featured panels, keynotes, and Q&A’s with filmmakers like Errol Morris and Stanley Nelson, as well as discussions between
It’s been almost a month now since Parker McCollum released his third studio album, Gold Chain Cowboy. And honestly, I haven’t really stopped listening to it since. Parker managed to carry a lot of his independent sound over to his major label debut (and that’s no easy feat, by any means), which can be heard