HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Houston Ship Channel on Friday reopened for vessel traffic, the U.S. Coast Guard said, after the last of 11 protesters who had disrupted traffic by dangled on ropes above the key energy-export waterwater was removed by police earlier in the morning. A large portion of the channel was closed when Greenpeace
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Noam Galai/Getty Images for Shorty Awards It’s been roughly 48 hours since Natalie Beach revealed her role in the making of influencer Caroline Calloway. Since then, Caroline has posted photos on her Instagram roughly 65 times. Of those 65 photos, a majority are screenshots of the posts that her former friend Natalie co-captioned for her, with the rest
Tensions were at an all-time high on Thursday’s episode of Big Brother. It kicked off with Tommy and Holly on the block, and Jackson realized that Cliff and Nicole were starting to warm to the idea of keeping Tommy over Holly. For Jackson, that meant his love interest would be going home during his reign
Desolation Center Synopsis Desolation Center is the previously untold story of a series of early 80s guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have paved the way for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella. Read Full Synopsis
TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian stocks climbed to their highest in six weeks on Friday, as signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and aggressive stimulus from the European Central Bank helped to calm fears of a global economic slowdown. FILE PHOTO: A man points out an electronic board showing the Nikkei stock index outside
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Friday rejected Malaysian complaints about hazardous smoke drifting from its forest fires across the border, saying blazes were also raging in parts of Malaysia and on Malaysian-owned plantations in Indonesia. A woman walks past the coastline shrouded by haze in Singapore September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim In an escalating row
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Baltimore on Thursday as President Donald Trump made his first visit to the city since he blasted it as “disgusting” and “rodent-infested” in hotly debated tweets in July. Trump gave a speech to Republicans from the House of Representatives holding an annual retreat in the predominantly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopefuls criticized President Donald Trump’s trade war with China but gave no hint they would work toward a quick resolution if elected, pledging during their debate on Thursday to hold Beijing accountable for “corrupt” practices. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet
Is there any purchase more alluring than a fresh set of sneakers? If there is, we’ve yet to discover it. No matter how many pairs line your shoe rack, there’s always room for more. But with so many new releases hitting the shelves every day, it can be time-consuming to whittle it down to the
BACKGRID Britney Spears appears to be feeling stronger than yesterday. The superstar singer, who has been dealing with family drama in recent weeks, traveled to Hawaii for a much-needed getaway. E! News has learned that Spears arrived in Maui on Monday, with an assistant and two bodyguards, and checked into an ocean front room. “On
Mandy Moore leads an all-star cast in the gripping trailer for the WWII drama Midway that dropped Thursday morning (Sept. 12). In the two-and-a-half-minute preview of the Roland Emmerich-directed film, due out on Veteran’s Day weekend (Nov. 8), the singer and This Is Us star portrays Anne Best, wife of Lt. Dick Best, played by British actor Ed Skrein (Game
10 seconds ago Maleficent is the movie that largely gets the credit for creating the ongoing money train that is the Disney live-action remake factory. It’s only fitting that it will be the first of those films to get a sequel. Angelina Jolie has spent most of her time behind the camera since she made
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced on Thursday, and the S&P 500 hovered a hair’s breadth below its all-time high, buoyed by positive developments on the U.S.-China trade front and a promise of continued stimulus from the European Central Bank. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
FILE PHOTO: Ventura County Fire Department personnel respond to a boat fire on a 75-foot (23-meter) vessel off Santa Cruz Island, California, U.S. September 2, 2019. Ventura County Fire Department/Handout via REUTERS. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – All six crew members on a California dive boat that erupted in flames on Labor Day, killing 34 people,
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The European Union will give 30 million euros ($33 million) in aid to Colombia to help the Andean country grapple with an influx of Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic and political strife at home, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A Venezuelan migrant child walks next to a