The Scotch whisky industry has welcomed a deal between the UK and US governments that has seen damaging tariffs, imposed by the Trump administration in 2019, suspended for four months. The 25% tariff fell under a range of European products targeted as part of a historical row over government subsidies given to European aerospace firm
Luke Bryan… country music superstar, American Idol judge, hard seltzer mogul… marriage counselor? If you listen to a few Luke Bryan songs, you’d probably think that the key to a good marriage is to get in your truck, go down to the river in the with a cold six pack and dance in the headlights… maybe
When the Steel Woods‘ co-founder Jason “Rowdy” Cope died unexpectedly at the age of 42 in January, the band had recently been recording new music. On May 14, Cope’s surviving bandmates will move forward with that work, releasing a new album, All of Your Stones. The Steel Woods’ new record is their third, and a press release
We’ve come a long way since WandaVision premiered on Disney+ back in January. The streaming service’s first Marvel Cinematic Universe show has been a highlight of 2021 and the show’s upcoming finale will certainly be bittersweet for many fans. In honor of WandaVision coming to an end, the official Twitter account for the show has
Breaking News New Space Jam, new Lola Bunny. The director of “Space Jam: A New Legacy” has “reworked” Lola Bunny’s role for the reboot — claiming he wasn’t comfortable with the “very sexualized” way she came off in the original back in 1996. The man behind the film is Malcolm D. Lee — who has
The latest installment in the popular Despicable Me franchise is getting yet another delay. On Thursday, Universal announced a couple of changes in upcoming movie release dates, including the highly-anticipated F9, which is moving from April to June. That’s not a very substantial delay, but Minions: The Rise of Gru is a different story. The
In the late 1980s, screenwriter Barry Blaustein was at a Los Angeles Clippers game watching Michael Cage – a six foot nine rebounding machine known almost as much for his vibrant Jheri curl as his domineering talent – when an idea hit him. He and his writing partner, David Sheffield, had been working on a
Much of the Republican Party — despite the deaths of more than half a million Americans — still acts as though the pandemic is more a platform for political grandstanding than the worst national crisis since World War II. New ideological divides are being exposed with President Joe Biden’s huge Covid-19 relief bill coming up
A criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia is set to intensify this week, as a grand jury convenes, offering the local district attorney her first shot at seeking subpoenas for records and interviews. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made her investigative intentions clear with
The Department of Defense inspector general has issued a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson during his time serving as the top White House physician, concluding that he made “sexual and denigrating” comments about a female subordinate, violated the policy for drinking alcohol while on a presidential trip and took prescription-strength sleeping medication that prompted
This year will bring no shortage of riveting thrillers to add to your TBR list. Whether you prefer a locked-room mystery or a family crime saga, these propulsive new reads are guaranteed to keep you engrossed until the twisty end. Here are ten captivating suspense novels you won’t want to miss out on in 2021.
Marisa Acocella was raised in a devout Catholic family. But one of the Bible’s main teachings seriously bugged her. “I always thought, how could a male God give birth to all this?” Acocella says, gesturing at … everything. “It never made sense to me. There had to be a God the Mother.” The question nagged
When one thinks about 1988’s Coming to America, a few things stand out: James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair as the King and Queen of Zamunda speaking to their son Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) at a breakfast table with intercom radios; the opulence of Zamunda’s palace, which represented an idealized African nation to 1980s audiences
LOS ANGELES — One person was killed Wednesday night in a hit-and-run crash near a neighborhood in the unincorporated Topanga area. All lanes closed at 4201 Topanga Cyn Blvd due to a fatal traffic collision. Incident being handled by @CHPWestValley. @thelocalmalibu @malibudailynews @acornnewspaper @TheMalibuTimes @991KBU pic.twitter.com/jLJYTjcp4F — LASD Lost Hills Stn. (@LHSLASD) March 4, 2021
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has apologised following sexual harassment allegations against him but has refused to stand down. In his first public appearance since three women accused him of inappropriate touching and offensive remarks, the Democrat said he had “learned an important lesson”. “I now understand that I acted in a way that made
Rishi Sunak’s spend now, tax later budget has received a broad welcome from voters, according to two snap opinion polls carried out after the chancellor’s statement. Households and businesses are facing the biggest tax burden since the 1960s after the chancellor unveiled his plans to repair the nation’s finances after the COVID pandemic. Mr Sunak
The official recall campaign against California Governor Gavin Newsom has now gathered more than 1,927,000 signatures, organizers announced on Wednesday evening. Organizers have until March 17 to gather signatures. A total of 1,497,709 valid signatures must be collected and verified to trigger the recall election. Election officials have until April 29 to verify them. The
The attack surface is virtually expanding before our eyes. Protecting assets across multiple locations, with multiple solutions from different vendors, has become a daily concern for CISOs globally. In a new e-book recently published (download here), CISOs with small security teams talk about the drivers for replacing their EDR/NGAV solutions with an Autonomous XDR solution
Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro, and the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max were launched in India on Thursday. As the successor to the Redmi Note 9 series that Xiaomi introduced last year, the Redmi Note 10 series features a Super AMOLED display. The Redmi Note 10 being the most affordable option in the
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has defended his tax changes in yesterday’s budget as “a fair way to help solve the problems that we need to”. Among his revenue-raising measures at the budget, Mr Sunak announced the income tax personal allowance – the level above which people pay income tax – will be frozen at £12,570 from