The Biden administration’s announcement Thursday, Jan. 19, that $930 million would be allocated to 10 Western states to reduce wildfire dangers was welcome news to U.S. Forest Service officials in Southern California. Nathan Judy, spokesman for the Cleveland National Forest — the southernmost national forest in California, consisting of 460,000 acres — said it has
Alec Baldwin has vowed to fight two charges of involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on set, with his lawyer calling the case a “terrible miscarriage of justice”. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, died after a prop gun held by Baldwin, 64, was discharged during rehearsals for the western film Rust in October 2021. The Hutchins’
The police have said they are “looking into the matter” after the prime minister was caught on camera not wearing a seatbelt. Rishi Sunak admitted a “brief error of judgement” after appearing beltless in a clip on Instagram as he promoted his levelling-up funding in Lancashire. Downing Street said: “That was a brief error of
The executive producer of CNN This Morning is departing the show and moving to the 11 PM hour of CNN Tonight hosted by Laura Coates. Eric Hall’s exit comes less than three months after the revamped morning show’s debut. The network has not yet named a successor, but one is expected soon, according to a
Jan 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Android The threat actor behind the BlackRock and ERMAC Android banking trojans has unleashed yet another malware for rent called Hook that introduces new capabilities to access files stored in the devices and create a remote interactive session. ThreatFabric, in a report shared with The Hacker News, characterized Hook
Fortunate he didn’t send them to the train station… Ryan Bingham was playing a show last night in Denver, CO at Mission Ballroom when some members of the audience got a little out of hand. While we don’t get to see any of the actual disturbance in the video, Ryan handled it like an absolute
We’ve officially rung in 2023, which means we have a whole new year of great music to look forward to. Since our Weekly Picks feature first launched in 2022, The Boot has highlighted recent favorites from country, Americana, and everything in between. Each list features picks from our contributing team that we think you’ll love.
Play video content TMZ.com Pete Davidson‘s love for Chase Sui Wonders is universal … as in, he couldn’t stop kissing his new girlfriend on a date to Universal Studios. The “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies” stars hit up Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday … and TMZ obtained video of the two smooching on an escalator. Pete and
U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they have arrested the majority shareholder and Co-Founder of Hong Kong-registered virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd for allegedly processing $700 million (roughly Rs. 5,700 crore) in illicit funds. Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national living in China, was arrested in Miami on Tuesday on charges that he operated the exchange as
Lloyds Pharmacy is to pull out of 237 in-store Sainsbury’s branches, potentially putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk and exposing the financial pressure on UK pharmacies at the height of the NHS crisis. Lloyds Pharmacy, which bought Sainsbury’s 280-strong pharmacy network in 2015 in a deal worth £125m, said it would close the branches
In December, Russia’s defense minister announced the permanent expansion of the Russian army to 1.5 million soldiers. That’s 100,000 more than the American army. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s deputy military intelligence chief predicted that Russia will soon draft 500,000 new soldiers, and will ultimately shoot for a two-million-man army. And the Russian independent press source Volya Media
The police department of La Vergne, Tennessee, found itself at the center of a social media maelstrom with the news this month that a female officer, 26-year-old Maegan Hall, had been fired over allegedly having sexual encounters with six male colleagues, sometimes “while on duty and inside city owned property.” Though four of Hall’s co-workers
Robert Pattinson’s relationship with food is a weird one. Early in the pandemic, he almost blew up a microwave trying to invent a pasta burger in the middle of an interview. A few years before that, he wrote and starred in a short film about a man’s relentless search for a hotdog in New York
Ken Follett’s next novel will be published on September 26, 2023. It will be titled “The Armor of Light“ and will conclude the eight-volume Kingsbridge series that follows 1,000 years of Western civilization, from “Ethelred the Unready to the election of President Obama.” Readers will follow a group of linked families, starting in the fictional
The Los Angeles Zoo celebrates Lunar New Year with daytime activities, Jan. 21-22, and with special demonstrations and performances during the Jan. 21-22 “L.A. Zoo Lights – Animals Aglow” special event. Admission is separate for the daytime and the “L.A. Zoo Lights.” (Photo by Jamie Pham/GLAZA) Here is a sampling of things to do in
British actor Julian Sands has gone missing while hiking in Californian mountains. The 65-year-old star of several Oscar-nominated films disappeared last Friday evening in southern California. He was reported missing by his wife when he did not return home from hiking on Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel mountains, which has been experiencing freezing temperatues
A former cabinet minister has doubled down on his criticism of nurses using food banks after his comments were branded “disgusting, heartless and out of touch”. Simon Clarke, the former levelling up secretary, said the average nurse’s salary is £35,000 a year and that “is not a salary on which you ought to be relying
Following New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies’ charging Alec Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of DP Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, the Oscar nominated actor has spoken out. “This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice. Mr. Baldwin had no
Jan 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Data Security A new critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw discovered impacting multiple services related to Microsoft Azure could be exploited by a malicious actor to completely take control of a targeted application. “The vulnerability is achieved through CSRF (cross-site request forgery) on the ubiquitous SCM service Kudu,” Ermetic
First and foremost, a very happy birthday to the inimitable Dolly Parton. The county queen is 77 years young today, and in true Dolly fashion, she’s opting to give rather than receive on this very special day. Which means, she’s giving a gift to all of us, releasing a brand new song called “Don’t Make