Long before it was fashionable to embrace environmental causes, Robert Redford was fighting the good fight, using his celebrity status to bring attention to causes ranging from keeping power plants out of Southeastern Utah to the use of “clean energy” to combat carbon pollution. He’s been on the board of the National Resources Defense Council
Mild spoilers for Picard Season 1 ahead. More than any of the new Star Trek series, Picard is the one that is the most stuffed with obvious Trekkie nostalgia. Yes, when Strange New Worlds starts showing some footage, we might feel differently, but because Picard is a sequel to the ‘90s-era of Trek, for this
The global recession would have been three times deeper had governments not stepped in to rescue their economies, the International Monetary Fund has said, in its most positive outlook for the global economy since the onset of the pandemic. In its latest update on the state of the global economy, the Fund upgraded its outlook
LOS ANGELES — With funding for additional homeless outreach workers already approved, the Los Angeles City Council will consider a motion Tuesday to improve the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s outreach program. The motion, which also intends to improve coordination efforts to give people experiencing homelessness a better chance of being placed into housing, was
The highly contagious UK COVID-19 variant first discovered in Kent has now been reported in every state in the US. More than 15,000 cases of the B117 strain have now been confirmed and experts are concerned variants are behind a surge in infections in many states. “America appears to be done with the pandemic,” Dr
Boris Johnson has not “given up” on allowing Britons to jet abroad from 17 May as he raised the prospect of holidaymakers being able to use cheaper and faster COVID tests on their return to the UK. Under the prime minister’s roadmap for lifting lockdown restrictions, international travel without a reasonable excuse will not be
Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company is backing an initial public offering for sports trading card company Topps Inc., with the former Disney boss set to remain chairman. The $1.3 billion public move will be the result of a merger with a SPAC, one of the popular investment vehicles also known as blank-check companies. A range of
Cyber attackers are actively setting their sights on unsecured SAP applications in an attempt to steal information and sabotage critical processes, according to new research. “Observed exploitation could lead in many cases to full control of the unsecured SAP application, bypassing common security and compliance controls, and enabling attackers to steal sensitive information, perform financial
Timmy Brown is ready to give a relationship another try in his new song “Nothing to See Here;” unfortunately for him, his ex has already moved on. Press play below to hear the track, co-written by none other than country star Chris Young and premiering exclusively on The Boot. Young co-wrote “Nothing to See Here” with Joshua Gleave and Johnny
Vivo Nex 5 will be launched in the second half of 2021 with an under-display selfie camera and a quad-curve display, two tipsters have claimed. The tipsters have also leaked a few specifications of the rumoured smartphone but with varying claims about its charging capacity. While one of them says that the phone will have
The “Sellout” was at the sell-out. Globe Life Field was packed with nearly 40,000 fans yesterday, marking the first sporting event to be held at full capacity in over a year. And among the crowd we’re two of Texas’ finest. Koe Wetzel and Randy Rogers linked up to go to the game and I’m sure
Paul Ritter, the actor whose work includes roles in HBO’s Chernobyl and the Harry Potter and James Bond film series, has died. He was 54 years old. His death occurred on Monday and was the result of a brain tumor. His agent released a statement saying that he died at home with family by his
Paul Ritter — best known around the globe for playing Eldred Worple in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” — has died. A rep for the British actor says Paul died of a brain tumor Monday night. He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons — Frank and Noah — by his
It has finally arrived: today is April 6, 2021, the day that Plucky Duck estimated in 1992’s direct-to-video movie Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation that he and the family of Hamton J. Pig would arrive in Happy World Land after their nightmarish road trip. For those keeping track of the math, that’s
The season for horror stories is never over. Especially this time around as the seasons transition and pollen covers every tangible surface; what could be scarier than getting through a workday with an allergy headache? I find myself seeking out scares as I sit outside and try to read, unsuccessfully swatting insects from my face.
Yahoo Answers, one of the internet’s most storied and often strange repositories of queries and advice, will shut down on May 4th. Posting on Yahoo Answers will be discontinued on April 20th, and after May 4th, Yahoo Answers will no longer be accessible, with the URL redirecting to Yahoo’s homepage. Up until June 30th, however,
While the origin story of The Walking Dead’s antihero former big bad was effectively revealed in Season 10 finale “Here’s Negan,” it noticeably missed most of the comic book miniseries it adapts. Indeed, the episode may have showcased the arc of Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan from philandering former Phys Ed teacher to post-apocalyptic barbed-wire-bat-swinging badass,
Alex Cruz, the former British Airways (BA) boss, has been approached about becoming the new chief executive of SAS, Scandinavia’s biggest airline. Sky News has learnt that Mr Cruz, who left BA last autumn, is among a small number of candidates identified by the partly state-owned carrier to succeed Rickard Gustafson. The status of discussions
Los Angeles public health officials reported 366 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,222,447 as of Monday, April 5. Officials said there was one new death linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,276 deaths since tracking began. A total of 4,945,462 vaccinations have been administered in the county
A Minneapolis police chief has told the trial of Derek Chauvin that the former officer violated departmental policy in pinning his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after he stopped resisting. Medaria Arradondo gave evidence against his own officer as focus turned to the accused’s training on day six of the trial.