Fire crews are tending to a massive blaze at the famed Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, according to multiple reports. Emergency services from multiple rescue entities responded to the iconic home of movies in Slough, Berkshire at around 9:10 p.m. local time after residents in the area said they …
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Support for stricter gun laws drops 5% reaching lowest point since 2014: Gallup
A new poll shows that support for stricter gun control laws has dropped in the United States. Americans’ support for stricter gun control laws, according to Gallup, has fallen five percentage points since last year down to 52% which is the lowest reading since 2014. POLITIFACT ROASTED FOR PREVIOUS ‘FACT-CHECK’ …
Read More »Baltimore Border Protection agents seize 1,000 counterfeit solar panels from China
U.S. Customs and immigration Protection agents seized a shipment in us-regions containing about 1,000 counterfeit solar panels from world-regions, the agency said Thursday. CBP officers detained the shipment Sept. 23 and submitted documentation and photos of the solar panels to the agency’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise for Electronics to …
Read More »Jonah Hill to portray Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia in Martin Scorsese-directed biopic: report
Martin Scorsese just nabbed his leading man for a film centered on the life of Grateful Dead frontman, the late Jerry Garcia. Jonah Hill will star in “The Irishman” director’s untitled biopic and will also serve as a producer on the film through his Strong Baby production arm, Deadline reported …
Read More »Imprisoned Georgia opposition leader Saakashvili faints in prison amid hunger strike
Georgia’s imprisoned opposition world-politics” target=”_blank”>leader<fainted in the prison on Thursday amid hunger strike. Saakashvili’s lawyers told Georgian press the ex-president was taken out on a stretcher by the medics when he lost consciousness. MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI: UKRAINE’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOULD SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO EVERY POLITICIAN Saakashvili has been on …
Read More »Woman who survived deadly 'widow maker' heart attack hopes to alert others
Suzanne Calicchio, 48, hopes to encourage people to take the signs and symptoms of a heart attack more seriously, after surviving a “widow maker” heart-health” target=”_blank”>heart attack<. “We went in, we shocked her,” said Dr. James Ryan, the medical director of emergency medicine at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in …
Read More »Sen. Sullivan calls Psaki ‘Baghdad Bob’ in fight over surging prices nationwide
Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is coming down hard on the administration’s response to the spike in inflation and suggested White House press secretary Jen Psaki is reminiscent of “Baghdad Bob.” “This administration is so out of touch,” Sullivan said during a Thursday press briefing on the increased costs Americans …
Read More »US charges 2 Iranian hackers for intimidating voters in the 2020 election
Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election interference aimed at intimidating American voters during last year’s 2020-presidential-election”>presidential race< voters with different messages, the distribution of a fabricated video that purported to show acts of election fraud and an unsuccessful effort the day after …
Read More »'Tiger King' star Carole Baskin refuses to talk about missing husband, detective says
A detective in Florida investigating the disappearance of Carole Baskin’s second husband said Thursday that the “genres” star had three times refused requests for interviews and that the probe was ongoing. Cpl. Moises Garcia of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa held a news conference to provide an update …
Read More »4 smart tips for Thanksgiving travel
While occasions travel outlook hasn’t eclipsed pre-pandemic levels, tens of millions of Americans will travel to see family-and-friends” target=”_blank”>family and friends<(AAA) anticipates 4.2 million people will travel by air, 48.3 million will travel by car and 1 million will travel by bus, train or cruise, according to its updated travel …
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