DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contenders urged Congress on Saturday to take action to curb gun violence in the wake of mass shootings last weekend in Texas and Ohio that left 31 dead. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during the first night of the second 2020
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Universal Pictures on Saturday canceled the release of “The Hunt,” a satirical thriller about a group of Americans who are captured to be hunted and killed for sport, following apparent criticism by President Donald Trump and a recent series of mass shootings. The Comcast Corp division had held back on marketing
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Happy birthday, Kylie Jenner! The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star and Kylie Cosmetics founder turned 22 on Saturday. She is celebrating her birthday on a lavish trip to Italy with beau Travis Scott, their 1-year-old daughter Stormi Webster, mom Kris Jenner and other family members and friends. Kris and more of Kylie’s loved ones took to Instagram to share
Amazon has a hit on its hands with The Boys, which has received critical and commercial acclaim since it debuted two weeks ago. In fact, it’s already become one of Amazon Prime’s most-watched shows just two weeks after release, and now that fans have taken to the cast of crazy characters they want to know
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contenders on Saturday urged Congress to take action to curb gun violence following mass shootings last weekend in Texas and Ohio that left 31 dead. 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Russians staged what a monitoring group called the country’s biggest political protest for eight years on Saturday, defying a crackdown to demand free elections to Moscow’s city legislature. Police rounded up scores of people after the demonstration in Moscow and at another rally in St Petersburg, and detained
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has approved new statutes for the Vatican Bank, making an external audit obligatory and introducing other changes to bolster reforms that have turned around the once scandal-ridden institution. FILE PHOTO: New recruits of the Vatican’s elite Swiss Guard march in front of the tower of the Institute for Works
It’s worn by punk-rock legends and hip hop royalty. It’s been paraded down runways for some of the hottest designers on the planet. It’s the subject of ongoing collaborations with cooler-than-cool streetwear brands like WTAPS, Supreme and Opening Ceremony. And all of this from a sneaker that demands no more than a modest £60 in
Jamie Squire/Getty Images Nailed it! Not that there was every any doubt, but Simone Biles really is the GOAT. The 22-year-old Olympian went where no gymnast has ever gone before on Friday evening, making history as the first person to ever attempt and land a double-double dismount from the beam. The must-see moment took place at
Outside Lands started strong thanks to some burning automobiles, Britney Spears covers and a remix of “Old Town Road” from Lil Wayne in the middle of a run of his own hits on Friday (Aug. 9). From Miya Folick‘s endorphin-packed performance to 21 Pilots’ gymnastics routines set to music, here were the best moments from the first
by Trevor Kimball, August 4, 2019 The 100 TV show is coming to a close with 100 episodes. The CW series is ending with its upcoming seventh season of 16 episodes which will bring the show’s tally to exactly 100 installments. Season seven is expected to air sometime in 2020. A sci-fi drama on The
14 seconds ago Of all the movies based off DC Comics properties on the way, Joker is arguably the strangest. Aside from being unconnected to the DC Extended Universe franchise, the movie feels less like a comic book adaptation and more similar to dramas like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. There’s a good
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein of keeping her as a sex slave said one of the financier’s associates had instructed her to have sex with at least a half-dozen prominent men, according to a court filing unsealed on Friday in a civil lawsuit. FILE PHOTO: U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Two million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Saturday amid the summer heat and regional tensions for a vigil to atone for their sins and seek God’s forgiveness as part of the annual haj pilgrimage. Pilgrims begin gathering in Arafat to mark haj’s most important day, Day of
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (Reuters) – A cavalcade of Democratic presidential hopefuls on Friday tried to turn a few precious minutes before Iowa voters into the momentum needed to catapult their campaigns in the pivotal state. A rite of passage for Democratic presidential candidates, the annual “Wing Ding Dinner” featured five-minute speeches from almost two dozen