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(WASHINGTON) — The White House is touting its American Rescue Plan (ARP) COVID emergency funding program as a win for public education with nearly 90% of its funds exhausted by Monday’s deadline, according to senior Department of Education officials. The final $122 billion phase of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund (ESSER), a […]
(NEW YORK) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene is still climbing as Americans across the Southeast count the cost of last week’s massive storm. The storm made landfall Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend region with sustained winds of 140 mph. Helene intensified as it approached the U.S. coast, […]
Saturday Night Live kicked off its 50th season with a star-studded cold open that featured SNL alum Maya Rudolph reprising her Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by fellow SNL vets Andy Samberg and Dana Carvey, playing second gentleman Doug Emhoff and President Joe Biden, respectively. Comedian Jim Gaffigan was tapped to play Harris’ running mate […]
(NEW YORK) — The storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding from Hurricane Helene have been catastrophic, flooding neighborhoods, stranding residents, destroying homes and toppling trees in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Dozens have been killed. Helene, which made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category […]
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEMiami 3, Toronto 1NY Yankees 6, Pittsburgh 4Kansas City 4, Atlanta 2 AMERICAN LEAGUEHouston at Cleveland (Canceled)Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1Texas 8, LA Angels 0Baltimore 6, Minnesota 2Seattle 6, Oakland 4Chi White Sox 9, Detroit 5 NATIONAL LEAGUESt. Louis 6, San […]
Dreamworks The Wild Robot topped the domestic box office, earning an estimated $35 million in its opening weekend. The animated adventure — with a voice cast including Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor and Stephanie Hsu — added an estimated $18.1 million internationally, for a global total of $53.1 million. After a […]
Andscape/Hulu The last time many saw Arsema Thomas, she was playing a young Lady Danbury in Queen Charlotte. In her new film, however, she takes on a leading role while telling a story about Black love. She Taught Love captures the story of sports agent Mali Thomas and actor Frank Cooper (Darrell Britt-Gibson), who fall […]
Kris Kristofferson, the singer, songwriter and actor whose songs were among the most admired not just in country but music in general, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook. He was 88. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, […]
Bettman/Contributor Kris Kristofferson, the singer, songwriter and actor whose songs were among the most admired, not just in country, but music in general, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook. He was 88. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on […]
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., shared details of how he is helping GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance prepare for his upcoming debate on Tuesday with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Majority Whip Emmer, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, was invited to stand in for Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, to […]
