Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98 Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98. 05/11/2024 - 2:42 pm | View Link
Beloved rock 'icon' sadly dies after short illness Rock star Ignatius Jones, best known for being the frontman of the band Jimmy and the Boys, has died aged 67 after a short illness. The Australian music star resided in the Philippines at the time of ... 05/7/2024 - 11:21 pm | View Link
Boy arrested after woman in 60s sexually assaulted A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Officers have appealed for a dog walker who was in the area before the incident at about 10:00 BST on 23 April to come forward. 05/5/2024 - 4:46 am | View Link
20 Things From The ’60s Only Baby Boomers Will Remember In 1963, British accountant Edward Craven Walker, inspired by a homemade egg ... The lava lamp, with its groovy and calming visuals, became an icon of its era, capturing the fascination of both ... 04/28/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Police investigating Salford headless torso probe say victim was man in his 60s who lived with the two arrested suspects DSI Hughes has now confirmed a dog walker discovered human remains in a package at Linneyshaw Colliery Wood last night and said he was confident it was the same victim. Forensic tests will be ... 04/28/2024 - 7:15 am | View Link
Child labor protections in America are being challenged at the state level and, in some cases, reversed in ways we haven’t seen in decades. In 2022 and 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire, and New Jersey passed laws weakening protections for child workers. At least eight other states are considering similar laws.
LIVONIA, Mich. — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling.
The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U. S. electric vehicles that cost three times as much.
WASHINGTON — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year.
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A major concern expressed by both Fed policymakers and some economists is that higher borrowing costs aren’t having as much of an impact as economics textbooks would suggest.
Miannica Frison was in the throes of labor in 2020 when a nurse entered her room at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. Frison was screaming in pain. But rather than see how she could help, Frison recalls, the nurse said she heard Frison was having her third baby, and asked if she wanted to be sterilized immediately after she gave birth.
PROVIDENCE, R. I. — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.
She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time — even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a backyard fire pit. In high school, she was a soprano in the chorus.
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Then that voice was gone.
Doctors in August removed a life-threatening tumor lodged near the back of her brain.
A DJ is lighting up both night clubs—and monasteries.
Dressed as a monk, sporting a shaved head and gray robe, DJ NewJeansNim has become all the rage in recent weeks as he produces EDM featuring Buddhist messages.
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“Put your hands up,” he said in a clip of his DJ set last month in Taiwan, as he pressed his palms together in prayer position and jumped along to the beat.