LOS ANGELES — Famed stand-up comic Shelley Berman, who recently played Larry David’s father on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died. He was 92. Berman died early Friday morning due to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif., his publicist confirmed to Variety. The Grammy winner and […]
Daily Archives: September 1, 2017
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The CDU/CSU leader is poised to win a fourth term as leader of Europe’s largest economy, as she contests the federal elections on September 24. But in an interview with German media on the campaign trail, Ms Merkel revealed there was another job she would like to try her hand […]
HOUSTON — Mona Saldivar can’t bear to talk about the day her four children died, swept away with their great-grandparents by Hurricane Harvey floodwaters. But, she says, she wants the world to know about 16-year-old Devy, 15-year-old Dominic, 8-year-old Xavier and 6-year-old Daisy. “They were happy kids and they were […]
WASHINGTON — After leaving the space community waiting and wondering for months, the White House is expected to nominate Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) as NASA administrator as soon as Sept. 5. Several space industry sources, speaking on background, said they anticipated a formal nomination of Bridenstine to run the space […]
Former Italian leader Mario Monti predicted Brexit would be the start of the EU’s downfall, also claiming the bloc faced a huge challenge in its survival after the election of US President Donald Trump. But now, in a significant U-turn Mr Monti has claimed the influence of Mr Trump and […]
It is the hottest (or iciest) tehory right now among Game of Thrones fan. Is young Bran Strak somehow alos magically the Night King? Did he use his warging and greenseer powers to travel back in time to change the course of history but somehow get overpowered and joined with […]
At least one hacker was able to steal phone numbers and email addresses attached to celebrity accounts by exploiting a glitch in Instagram’s system, according to the Facebook-owned photo sharing company. An Instagram representative said the bug has now been fixed and that the account holders who may have been […]
WASHINGTON — Two separate propulsion problems will shorten the expected lifespan of Intelsat’s second high-throughput satellite by an estimated 3.5 years, the company told SpaceNews Aug. 31. Both anomalies are part of a $78 million insurance claim the Luxembourg- and Washington-based satellite operator filed in March, according to Dianne VanBeber, […]