The long-range weather forecast from meteorologist Mike Everett is bleak: “Places like this could become uninhabitable.” He has spent the last week guiding viewers of NBC News in Palm Springs, California, through its latest record-breaking heatwave. The desert city is used to the heat but things are extreme. It has recorded its hottest June ever,
Two more California men have pleaded guilty in South Florida for their roles in a $1.3 billion real estate fraud scheme that stole money from thousands of investors nationwide. Dane Roseman, 38, and Ivan Acevedo, 44, both of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty Monday in Miami federal court to participating in a massive investment fraud scheme,
Criticism of Home Secretary Priti Patel over efforts to fight racism are “unusual” and “odd”, one of her fellow cabinet ministers has told Sky News. Following England’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy – after which some of the side’s players suffered racist abuse on social media – Ms Patel‘s pre-tournament comments on footballers taking
What’s the old adage, buy low and sell high? With principal LeBron James set to open Warner Bros.’ Space Jam: A New Legacy this weekend, Bloomberg has confirmed a report that James and longtime business partner Maverick Carter are exploring a sale of their SpringHill Entertainment. The news was first reported by The Information. Conversations
Microsoft rolled out Patch Tuesday updates for the month of July with fixes for a total of 117 security vulnerabilities, including nine zero-day flaws, of which four are said to be under active attacks in the wild, potentially enabling an adversary to take control of affected systems. Of the 117 issues, 13 are rated Critical,
Much like the bad guy in a slasher film, author Grady Hendrix had one book idea that just kept coming back. He wanted to take on the horror movie trope of the final girl — the last character standing at the end of the flick — and bring it into the real world. Seven years
Randall King and Clay Walker. What a Texas duo. Randall posted a video of them singing Clay’s absolute banger of a song “She Won’t Be Lonely Long,” and I think we’re gonna need a full version of their performance. I always forget how much I love this song until I hear it again. It has the
The Brothers Comatose know the pull of the road can sometimes equal the pull of home life. Their new song “Too Many Places” explores that conflict; an accompanying music video is premiering exclusively on The Boot. “”Too Many Places” is the result of a band and crew road-doggin’ for a long, long time and having the
Smithsonian Magazine reports that Lance Zaal, the owner of Ghost Adventures, which operates ghost tour experiences across the United States, has purchased the house where the Borden murders occurred. The Fall River, Massachusetts house where, in 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered with a hatchet, putting daughter/step-daughter Lizzie Borden in the public eye as
This week’s episode of The Flash saw Jordan Fisher make his full debut as Bart Allen/Impulse, Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris’ (Candice Patton) son from the future. The young speedster and his big sister Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy) raced their way to present-day Central City in pursuit of Godspeed, but even with the rather serious
The following THE FLASH article contains spoilers through Season 7, Episode 17. The Flash Season 7 Episode 17 Look, as much as it hurts my heart to admit it, The Flash Season 7 has frequently been a bumpy ride. Its storylines have run the gamut from the truly dreadful (anything involving the Forces of Nature)
Play video content @therock / Instagram Dwayne Johnson is stuck between a rock and a hard place — not being able to *easily* access a path to his car so he could get his sweat on … all because of a hungry hawk. The Rock couldn’t really leave his house Sunday morning — which he
The new horror film Jakob’s Wife has been playing various film festivals around the world, with fans who were hoping to stream the film being in luck, as Shudder has confirmed that the film would be making its exclusive streaming debut later this summer. For those who might not be aware of Shudder, the service
Oppo Reno 6Z is all set to launch on July 21 and ahead of launch, a bunch of key details have leaked. This includes its expected price and full specification details. The company has also released teaser pages in several countries and these pages reveal a lot about the handset as well. For instance, the
Monday night saw the three main US stock indices – the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – close at fresh all-time highs for the second successive session. For the most important and broad-based of these, the S&P 500, it was the 39th time this year it has done so. It
US inflation revved up further last month partly thanks to the biggest monthly bounce in used vehicle prices for more than 60 years. America’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 5.4% in June compared to a year ago, matching a level last seen in 2008, as the economy continued to rebound from the coronavirus crisis
General Motors officially announced on Tuesday, July 13, it’s bringing its Advanced Design Center to Pasadena, where it will invest $71 million to build a new campus that focuses on mobility that falls outside the production scope of traditional vehicles. The auto-making giant says it wants to bring the company closer to technology hubs, leading
Boris Johnson has seen off a Conservative rebellion over his plan to cut the UK’s foreign aid spending. MPs voted 333 to 298, a majority of 35, to back reducing overseas aid spending from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5%. Ministers have insisted the cut – which will see a reduction of around £4.4bn
Independent comic publisher AfterShock Media’s Rive Gauche has tapped two new executives as it bolsters its team, naming David Sigurani EVP of film and television and Max Zupanovic director of domestic development. Sigurani’s current TV credits as EP include Bonding for Netflix, AMC Network’s The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula and Channel 4’s Don’t Hug Me I’m
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed new security vulnerabilities in the Etherpad text editor (version 1.8.13) that could potentially enable attackers to hijack administrator accounts, execute system commands, and even steal sensitive documents. The two flaws — tracked as CVE-2021-34816 and CVE-2021-34817 — were discovered and reported on June 4 by researchers from SonarSource, following which patches