The surge in the rate of inflation of the past couple of months showed no sign of slowing in May, hitting 2.1% as the cost of a range of goods picked up following the coronavirus crisis-induced slump for the economy. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the annual pace of price growth
Workers plan to picket three Tenet Healthcare hospitals Wednesday, June 16, alleging the facilities are understaffed and have left some employees without health insurance while the company has received billions in federal COVID-19 relief funds and spent $1.1 billion to buy 45 surgery centers. The employees, including respiratory therapists, housekeepers, nursing assistants and medical technicians,
Harvey Weinstein can be extradited to California from New York to face additional rape and sexual assault charges, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Nearly a year after Los Angeles prosecutors asked that the former movie producer be moved, a judge has dismissed Weinstein’s attempts to remain in New York state. The former Hollywood mogul is
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that care in the UK is “not properly funded, lacks transparency and urgently needs reform”, according to a government select committee. The public accounts committee, which encourages transparency and accountability within government, is calling for an end to rhetoric and the implementation of long talked about reforms. One of its
, the Australian producer behind Wolf Creek, Rogue and more, died in an Adelaide hospital on Sunday, after suffering a heart attack. He was 61. News of his passing was confirmed via the official Facebook page for Ultrafilms, the production company he founded in 1997. “It is with deep sadness that Ultrafilms announces the death of founder
In 1979, when Edgar Wright was five years old, he turned on Top of the Pops to find a boyish-looking singer bopping manically in place. A keyboardist next to him stood stock still, sporting floppy bangs and a Hitler-esque mustache, looking alternately bored and angry. The music sounded like a disco LP played at 45
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday issued an advisory regarding a critical software supply-chain flaw impacting ThroughTek’s software development kit (SDK) that could be abused by an adversary to gain improper access to audio and video streams. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could permit unauthorized access to sensitive information, such as
Gabby Barrett inspires fans to never give up in her new single “Footprints on the Moon.” The American Idol Season 16 finalist offers another taste of her debut album, Goldmine, with the anthemic number, which delivers an encouraging message to practice perseverance when chasing one’s dreams. It uses the fact that people have walked on the moon as a prime example
The contest among wealthy men attempting to get into space continues. Last week came word from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that come July he would be making a trip into space aboard one of his Blue Origin rockets, accompanied by his brother. Days after this, Virgin Group head Richard Branson announced that his own plans
Poco X2 users in India have been complaining of rear camera issues for quite some time now and the company has finally shared a manual fix. Poco India Support tweeted that the camera issue has been reported by less than 0.2 percent of Poco X2 users and that the solution should solve the problem for
I have mixed feelings about short story collections. I love short stories, but I often find that whole collections fall short. It’s rare that I love every story in a collection, and so my overall experience of the book is often colored by the stories that didn’t work for me. I’ve been reading a lot
On this date in 1937, the legendary Waylon Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas. Credited as one of the pioneers of the Outlaw Country movement, and according to the loyal Whiskey Riffers, an artist that deserves a spot on the Mount Rushmore of Country Music, Waylon is one of the most important artists the genre
When DC’s Stargirl returns for its second season this August, the young heroes of the new JSA will have a terrifying new villain to face in Eclipso and now a new poster released by The CW teases the villain’s arrival. The new poster features Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl’s Cosmic Staff point-to-point with a mysterious glowing diamond against
Bam Margera won’t be anywhere near a ‘Jackass’ film set anytime soon, because he now has to stay away from its director, Jeff Tremaine, for a very long time. Jeff, who claims Bam has recently threatened his life, was granted a restraining order Tuesday … and it requires Bam to keep at least 100 yards
“Let’s take the fucking Capitol.” A burly, bearded man in a ballistic vest and a baseball cap that says “God, Guns, and Trump” is trying to rally members of the crowd. The man’s name is Daniel Lyons Scott, but he goes by Milkshake. It’s around noon on January 6th, a frigid day in Washington, D.C.,
“The concern of man is not his future but his presence, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive, we must engage ourselves with the business of the world for our own sake”….Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio……. Sometimes our better angels get clouded and after a quarrel with fate,
Andrew King, the brainchild, heart and soul of Burning in The Skies, has just celebrated the release of his epic EP, “Caught In The Undertow.” With a Depeche Mode vibe, and a Linkin Park influence, the EP is already creating a global buzz. The eclectic music ranges from piano ballads too heavy guitar driven rock
When Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who make up the cult band Sparks, were young, their father would take them to the movies every Saturday. He was a commercial and fine artist who didn’t bother timing these weekly excursions to any showing’s start time, and whatever film they were seeing was usually already
The UK and Australia have agreed a free trade deal, the first agreement negotiated from scratch after Brexit. Boris Johnson said the tariff-free deal, which will see British cars, Scotch whisky and confectionery become cheaper to sell, marked a “new dawn in the UK’s relationship with Australia, underpinned by our shared history and common values”.
Cal State Northridge has received a $40 million donation, the largest in its 63-year history, to address equity gaps at the four-year university. The donation comes from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of the wealthiest people in the world, CSUN said in a Tuesday morning, June 15, statement announcing the gift. The $40 million