Researchers found the number of polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay has fallen by nearly 50%, since the 1980s. The ice essential to their survival is disappearing.
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Jurors deliberating in Megan Thee Stallion shooting case
She testifies that rapper Tory Lanez shot her in her feet in the summer of 2020. Lanez’s lawyer alleged the shots were actually fired by Megan’s then-best-friend.
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The Bishop’s Wife’ a forbidden love story
“The Bishop’s Wife” (released Feb. 16, 1948), one of the prominent contenders for best Christmas movie of the century and certainly a film studded with three of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time, is clearly a a forbidden love story. Hold on to your string of pearls. Egad! You mean the story of how […]
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‘Flash Gordon,’ ‘Get Carter’ director Mike Hodges dies at 90
His work was praised by the likes of revered contemporaries Stanley Kubrick and Terrence Malick.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Tusk’s Scott McDonald shares band’s history, teases upcoming show in Portland
I love a good tribute band so when I heard about Tusk, I decided to check them out. After listening to them online perform the music of arguably one of the best rock bands out there, I began to believe their rather brazen descriptor: The World’s Number One Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. These folks know […]
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Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63
He co-wrote The Go-Go’s 1981 hit ‘Our Lips Are Sealed.’
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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles trial
Jurors in Los Angeles have found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape at his second sexual misconduct trial.
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Amber Heard, Johnny Depp settle defamation case
In a lengthy statement shared Monday on Instagram, Heard explained her decision not to pursue the appeal she filed shortly after the jury awarded her $2 million and Depp more than $10 million in June.
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Anti-abortion priest Pavone defrocked for blasphemous posts
The Vatican cited Frank Pavone’s ‘blasphemous communications on social media’ as well as ‘persistent disobedience’ of his bishop.
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Hanukkah begins in Ukraine as battles rage
Dozens gathered in Maidan Independence Square in the capital, Kyiv, at sundown for the lighting of the first candle of what local Jewish leaders say is Europe’s tallest menorah.