Texan Governor Greg Abbot declared a state of disaster in 18 state counties swamped by severe weather and major flooding on Tuesday. In a statement, he said: “Texas is taking immediate action to respond to the threat of recent severe weather and flooding across the state. “We have made available […]
Daily Archives: October 17, 2018
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For lovers of spy lore, the past few years have brought unprecedented glimpses behind the curtain of international espionage. In part thanks to the unpreparedness of many intelligence agencies to grasp the implications of rapidly advancing information technology and the ubiquity of social media, more than one has seen some […]
Becca Tilley and Tanya Rad are finalists for the 2018 E! People’s Choice Awards and they couldn’t feel more honored by the shout out. On Tuesday, E! News caught up with the Bachelor alum and the radio presenter in Santa Monica, and they couldn’t help but gush about being finalists in the Pop Podcast of 2018 […]
Venom, fully formed. Sony Pictures Venom, the latest movie where a mumbling Tom Hardy makes it hard for you to understand a word of what he’s saying, broke the box office record for October on its first weekend and kept the top slot on its second weekend. I’m not ashamed […]
ATLANTA — Atlanta’s City Council has voted to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the city’s former fire chief who was dismissed after he wrote a book that included anti-gay passages. The City Council voted 11-3 Monday to approve the settlement, and it will head to Mayor […]
Health care for all is the political issue motivating the largest share of younger Texas Latinos, according to a newly released report. Jolt Initiative, the political arm of a Texas group that is trying to improve voter participation among young Latinos in the Lone Star State, issued their findings on […]
Asian immigrants are underrepresented on television despite having outnumbered new Latino immigrants since 2010, a new study examining the portrayal of immigrants on television found. The study, “Immigration Nation: Exploring Immigration Portrayals on Television,” released Wednesday by Define American in collaboration with the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact […]
CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand trekking through Guatemala on Wednesday, defying calls by authorities not to make the journey after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off regional aid in reprisal. Honduran migrants, part of a caravan trying to […]