On Wednesday, Congress passed the latest COVID relief package, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law within the next few days. In addition to the much discussed $1,400 stimulus checks, the $1.9 trillion legislation includes a variety of funds to support states, vaccine distribution,
In 2008, the year Kings of Leon dominated airwaves with one-two punch of ”Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody,” a mysterious figure named Satoshi Nakamoto appeared online with an obscure idea for the first-ever truly digital form of money: bitcoin. More than twelve years later, the Southern Rock band is now trying to use the hot
This article contains WANDAVISION spoilers. WandaVision withdrawal is widespread as we reach the first Friday without a new episode of the acclaimed Disney+ series to ravenously consume and pick apart. True to any broadly celebrated television event, the series complemented an action-packed climax with an array of unanswered questions, especially regarding where it left Elizabeth
LAKE VIEW TERRACE — Authorities on Thursday identified two men who died in a two-vehicle head-on crash in Lake View Terrace. The crash occurred about 12:25 a.m. Wednesday on the 11200 block of Wheatland Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Jesse Ruggles, 30 of Los Angeles, and Dino Artinyan, 20, of North Hollywood
A third-degree murder charge has been brought against the former police officer charged in George Floyd’s death – a move that could increase the odds of a murder conviction in what will be one of the highest-profile police trials in the US. Prosecutors had requested third-degree murder be added to former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin’s
A Green Party peer has suggested a 6pm curfew should be introduced for men in the wake of Sarah Everard’s disappearance. Baroness Jones of Moulescoomb told the House of Lords that such a move would “make women a lot safer, and discrimination of all kinds would be lessened”. Ms Everard vanished while walking home to
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said the company anticipates its U.S. employees will have the option of returning to their offices starting after the July 4th weekend, at the earliest. With the virus in retreat and vaccines ramping up, companies have begun to put a timeline on restarting in person. In a memo to staffers Thursday,
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday issued a joint advisory warning of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange on-premises products by nation-state actors and cybercriminals. “CISA and FBI assess that adversaries could exploit these vulnerabilities to compromise networks, steal information, encrypt data for
Google Pay is gearing up to introduce a new personalisation feature in India that looks to offer relevant deals and better recommendations. However, if you enable this feature, Google will gain access to sensitive information like your transaction history, your forms of payment, and other data. The new “Personalisation with Google Pay” feature looks to
The government has delayed bringing in a range of post-Brexit checks on EU imports by around six months – a change that one business group described as coming “in the nick of time”. Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said the government had been confident of being ready but listened to firms who said they needed
Rising singer-songwriter Triston Marez grew up hearing Brooks & Dunn’s music on the radio and seeing their music videos on CMT, so to have Ronnie Dunn‘s instantly recognizable voice on his forthcoming debut album is a special moment. The Houston native is premiering their collaboration, “Where the Neon Lies,” exclusively with The Boot; press play
In celebration of her 38th birthday, Carrie Underwood is doing a little gift giving herself. Releasing another track from My Savior album, Carrie has teamed up with NEEDTOBREATHE frontman Bear Rinehart for their version of the classic hymn, “Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus.” “Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus” is my birthday gift to YOU! Thanks
Star Wars fans have been hoping to see Grand Admiral Thrawn come to the world of live-action for years, and while many have hoped to see Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch‘s take on the villain, the actor isn’t at all interested in the process of bringing the blue-skinned character to life. Regardless of how compelling
As production continues on the upcoming Mission: Impossible 7, the film’s director Christopher McQuarrie has taken to Instagram to reveal a slew of new additions to the seventh and eighth installments. Joining Tom Cruise in the film will be Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes. McQuarrie captioned the final image,
Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow series began in 2015 with an odd, wistful animated sci-fi short film, largely born out of a surreal, and somewhat baffling storytelling choice: The plot of its initial “episode” would be based entirely around recorded conversations with his four-year-old niece, Winona. Her adorable, babbled musings (“I drew….a TRI-angle!!!”) became the
CNN’s Don Lemon reacts to Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) comment on Fox News saying that “woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy.” #DonLemon #CNN #CNNTonight
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Norton Juster, the children’s book author best known for his 1961 classic The Phantom Tollbooth, has died. He was 91. A representative from Random House confirmed Juster’s death to Rolling Stone. Per The New York Times, Juster’s daughter, Emily Juster, issued a statement saying the cause of death was complications from a recent stroke. Author,
Last March, confronted with a pandemic none of us had expected or understood, many people found themselves rewatching Stephen Soderberg’s Contagion. Whether out of morbid fascination or as a guideline to what we might see in the future it quickly topped charts on streaming services. A year on and another pandemic movie has made it
Los Angeles public health officials reported 1,154 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,206,713 as of Wednesday, March 10. Officials said there were 119 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 22,213 deaths since tracking began. According to official counts, there were 1,179 hospitalizations as of Wednesday.