Los Angeles firefighters beat back the flames late Tuesday at a two-story Shadow Hills home well-involved in fire that threatened to spread to the surrounding brush. A total of 61 firefighters attacked the blaze from the ground and the air on the 8600 block of La Tuna Canyon Road, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman
AstraZeneca has defended its use of coronavirus vaccine data after US authorities suggested some results from a large American-led trial may have been based on “outdated information”. The Anglo-Swedish company said the study showed the jab was 79% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 illness and 100% effective against severe disease and hospitalisation. The trial of
For a prime minister who likes to give little away when he appears before the Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson dropped a number of news bombs. The biggest bombshell was that pub landlords may be given the power to bar anyone without a COVID jab in future, in a massive blow to the nations under-40s who
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out his most specific set of remedies yet for how the government should modify Section 230, a decades-old rule that gives Internet platforms like his sweeping legal immunity from all posted content. In prepared testimony ahead of an appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday, Zuckerberg suggested removing the blanket immunity
Charley Crockett‘s newest album is a tribute to his friend and fellow musician, James “Slim” Hand, but his new music video for its song “Midnight Run” turns the story into his own. Crockett admits that “Midnight Run” — a cut from Hand’s 2009 Rounder Records release Shadow on the Ground — remains a bit of a
Realme 8 Pro and Realme 8 have launched in India as the successors to the Realme 7 series from September last year. The Realme 8 series comes with full-HD+ Super AMOLED displays and fast charging support. Both the Realme 8 Pro and Realme 8 come with quad-rear cameras with a different primary sensor. The Pro
Happy birthday to one of the greatest singer/songwriters to ever walk this planet… Evan Felker. The Oklahoma native turns 37 today, so naturally we had to take the opportunity to celebrate with some of his performances both individually and as frontman for the great Turnpike Troubadours. Felker’s talent is something that comes along once in
Robert Kirkman has his Invincible comic series, a popular book which ran for 144 issues, headed to Amazon in animated form. Having also created The Walking Dead, this is not Kirkman’s first rodeo in adapating a well-known comic story to a new medium. This time around, the Invincible series is being brought to life by
Exclusive Houston Tumlin, who starred as a child actor 15 years ago in ‘Talladega Nights,’ has taken his own life. Houston shot himself in the head inside his home in Pelham, Alabama around 4:30 PM Tuesday … Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans tells TMZ. We’re told Houston’s girlfriend was inside the home at the time
Black Widow has a new, later release date we can actually count on and the 2021 release dates seem to have shifted at Marvel Studios for the last time. This is the third time in a year I’ve had to make a video and article like this, laying out the release dates for titles in
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More than 50 years after their formation, Fanny is getting a documentary: The Right to Rock, out later this year. Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart, the trailer features Joe Elliott, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie, and more discussing the pioneering all-woman band’s impact and legacy. A David Bowie quote flashes across the screen that reads: “One
The City Council of Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, approved what’s believed to be the country’s first government reparations program for African Americans Monday, March 22nd, the Chicago Tribune reports. The program aims to address discriminatory housing practices and policies that have impacted black residents for decades. Evanston pledged to distribute $10 million over
Get this: a new series based on an existing film franchise is hitting a streaming service this month. Shocking, right? With the streaming wars in full effect and beloved, existing intellectual property coveted by media conglomerates more than ever, it’s safe to assume that reboots, reimaginings, and retreads will be hitting Netflix, HBO Max, and
The John Lewis Partnership has revealed plans to close a further eight stores, leaving 1,465 jobs under threat. The company, which includes the Waitrose supermarket brand, had warned earlier this month while revealing annual losses of £517m that it did not expect to reopen all its John Lewis sites when COVID-19 restrictions are due to
The biggest question about the mysterious bioluminescence that makes the surf glow a neon blue is where will it show up next? It’s not an easy question to answer, with strong ocean currents, whipping winds and swinging tides pushing around the elusive bloom of bioluminescent phytoplankton that put on a light show when they are
The jury has been selected in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former US police officer accused of murdering George Floyd. Opening statements are due to begin in Minneapolis next week in a case described as one of the most important in the nation’s history. Fourteen jury members will hear the trial proceedings – 12
Boris Johnson is facing a tough end-of-term interrogation on COVID-19 by senior MPs after claiming the UK is making progress a year after his first lockdown. As well as his last Prime Minister’s Questions clash with Sir Keir Starmer for three weeks, he is facing questions from MPs who chair all-party select committees. His double
It is extremely ironic that on the same day when Warner Bros. throws in the towel on its day-and-date HBO Max theatrical release plan (for 2022) that Disney would take one of their most highly anticipated Marvel movies, Black Widow, and move it to a day-and-date theatrical Disney+ PVOD plan after the muted performances of
Purple Fox, a Windows malware previously known for infecting machines by using exploit kits and phishing emails, has now added a new technique to its arsenal that gives it worm-like propagation capabilities. The ongoing campaign makes use of a “novel spreading technique via indiscriminate port scanning and exploitation of exposed SMB services with weak passwords