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Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) â Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration â and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem â in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Monday was the last day as an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury deliberations begin and quickly hit a snag at Sean âDiddyâ Combsâ sex trafficking trial
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Barely an hour into jury deliberations Monday at Sean âDiddyâ Combsâ federal sex trafficking trial, the foreperson alerted the court that another juror was having trouble following the judgeâs instructions, prompting the judge to remind jurors in a note that they must follow what he said. âWe are concerned (the juror) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ puts a wobbly franchise back on track with superb installment
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
If you’ve lately been feeling that the âJurassic Parkâ franchise has jumped an even more ancient creature â the shark â hold off any thoughts of extinction. Judging from the latest entry, there’s still life in this old dino series. âJurassic World Rebirthâ captures the awe and majesty of the overgrown lizards that’s been lacking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Critic Maris Kreizman charts her political awakening in smart, funny essay collection
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
Maris Kreizman always loved books and TV. As a self-described ambition monster, she once thought that if she worked hard and played by the rules, she would land her dream job in publishing and live happily ever after with a house, husband, good health insurance and fat 401(k). Well, she got the husband and with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t pour that pickle juice down the drain. It’s a cocktail darling
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â If you have a cocktail scene in your neck of the woods (and itâs safe to say that I do in NYC), you might have noticed the words âpickle juiceâ appearing more often on drink menus. Pickles and pickle brine have been an ingredient that mixologists â and chefs — have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury begins deliberating in Sean âDiddyâ Combsâ sex trafficking trial
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Jurors started deliberating Monday in Sean âDiddyâ Combsâ sex trafficking case, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life. After receiving legal instructions from federal Judge Arun Subramanian for more than 2 hours, the jury of eight men and four women headed behind closed doors to deliberate. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney cruise ship rescue team saves girl and father after overboard fall
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) â Crew members from a Disney cruise ship saved a girl who fell overboard and her father who jumped in after her. The Disney Dream rescue team pulled the girl and her father into a small boat on Sunday as the cruise ship was returning to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Czech Philharmonic says Jakub HrĹŻĹĄa will become chief conductor in 2028
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) â The Czech Philharmonic announced Monday that Jakub HrĹŻĹĄa has been selected to become its new chief conductor and music director and will assume full duties in 2028 for an initial five year-term. He will replace Semyon Bychkov, who took over at the start of the 2018-19 season. He said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Musical ‘Hamilton’ and historian Ron Chernow to receive Liberty Medal awards
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) â The Broadway musical âHamiltonâ and the historian whose book inspired it will collect the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal this fall, an award for efforts to spread liberty around the world. Ron Chernow and â Hamilton â will collect the medal and its $100,000 cash prize at an event in October on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who’s calling? A reporter, and it’s often President Donald Trump answering
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
For reporters, it’s hardly unusual to call sources on the phone to learn details or get quotes that will enliven their stories. Sometimes people will talk, sometimes they won’t. But the president of the United States? In an almost unfathomable level of access, reporters who call President Donald Trump on his personal cell phone often ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 6-12
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 6-12: July 6: Singer Gene Chandler is 85. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 85. Actor Burt Ward (âBatmanâ) is 80. Actor Fred Dryer is 79. Actor Sylvester Stallone is 79. Actor Shelley Hack (TVâs âCharlieâs Angelsâ) is 78. Actor Allyce Beasley (âMoonlightingâ) is 74. Actor Geoffrey Rush is ... Read More »
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