Interfaith leaders visit Tallahassee seeking access to Alligator Alcatraz detainees
MIAMI – A group of interfaith leaders visited Tallahassee Thursday seeking access to detainees at Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial migrant detention facility in the Everglades.
It was not the first time they’ve ...Read more
SpaceX targets nighttime launch of competitor Amazon's satellites
ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX is set to finish up its third of three contracted launches of competitor Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on Thursday night.
A Falcon 9 on the KF-3 mission to launch 24 more of Amazon’s ...Read more
Ryan Reynolds: You can't be a people-pleaser in Hollywood
Ryan Reynolds thinks being a people-pleaser in Hollywood "doesn't work".
The 48-year-old actor made the claim during a John Candy: I Like Me event in Brooklyn, New York, where he recalled a "profound" musing he once heard...Read more
Making movies is easy, says Marlon Wayans
Marlon Wayans thinks acting is easier than performing stand-up comedy.
The 53-year-old actor has starred in a host of well-known films, including Scary Movie, White Chicks and Requiem for a Dream, and Marlon admits that ...Read more
Shoppers in California plan to splurge this holiday season -- out of fear
Shoppers in California plan to splurge this coming holiday season, but not because they are confident about the future. They are worried about inflation and figure it’s better to buy now than pay more later.
At least ...Read more
Michael Hiltzik: Say farewell to the TiVo box, the device that revolutionized how we watch television
Back in the days when the dot-com frenzy was nearing its peak and I was covering high-tech full-time for this newspaper, scarcely a week passed without someone showing up in our newsroom offering a demonstration of a new ...Read more
Real estate Q&A: How can I get my neighbor to keep it down during 5 a.m. workouts?
Q: I live in an apartment, and my upstairs neighbor gets up to work out every day at 5 a.m. He’s often loud, dropping the weights and waking me up. I’m kind of at my wits’ end. I really don’t want to have to report...Read more
Delta sees improved travel demand, revenue in third quarter
Travel demand and revenue continued to improve for Delta Air Lines in the third quarter of 2025 after a slump earlier this year, according to the company’s financial results released Thursday.
CEO Ed Bastian said in an ...Read more
Israel says Gaza ceasefire is now in effect after hostage deal
JERUSALEM — Israel has begun implementing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds.
It is the first diplomatic ...Read more
US shutdown drags on with Republicans and Democrats trading blame
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders continued to blame the other party for the U.S. government shutdown as President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to use the stalemate, now in its ninth day, to make sweeping ...Read more
Tropical Storm Jerry approaches Caribbean islands, but expected to shift
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday said Tropical Storm Jerry was getting closer to the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands, but was expected to shift away into the open Atlantic.
As of the NHC�...Read more
Brooklyn councilman shoots down rumors of Hakeem Jeffries primary challenge
NEW YORK — Brooklyn City Councilman Chi Osse is shooting down rumors that he will mount a Democratic primary challenge to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in next year’s midterm elections.
The progressive ally of mayoral nominee ...Read more
Sen. Tillis asks AG Bondi to investigate Cherokee marijuana business in North Carolina
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi told Sen. Thom Tillis the Department of Justice would look into allegations he made that the Eastern Band of Cherokee is marketing its marijuana products to children and moving ...Read more
2 Miami officers shot; man barricaded in house is dead, police say
MIAMI — Two Miami police officers were shot Thursday morning while responding to a call about gunshots fired in Allapattah, leading to a man barricaded in a house killed, another man in police custody and a neighborhood ...Read more
Commentary: Will anti-woke comedy recover from the Riyadh Festival?
Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that there’s no such...Read more
Judge sets deadline for naming new prosecutor in Trump election case
ATLANTA — A state agency will have some extra time to select a prosecutor to replace Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on the election interference case, but not as much as the council’s head had wanted.
On ...Read more
Trump administration cuts grants to Colorado colleges serving high percentage of diverse students
DENVER — Colorado colleges — primarily in rural, underserved areas of the state — are losing millions in funding after the Trump administration last month announced an end to $350 million in federal grant programs ...Read more
Billionaire Tom Steyer drops $12 million to support California's redistricting ballot measure
LOS ANGELES — As California voters receive mail ballots for the November special election, which could upend the state's congressional boundaries and determine control of the House, billionaire hedge-fund founder Tom ...Read more
Travis Kelce 'terrified' of dad's reaction to raunchy Taylor Swift song
Travis Kelce is "terrified" of his dad's response to Taylor Swift's new song Wood.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end's fiancee's latest album The Life of a Showgirl features a raunchy musical tribute to his manhood and he ...Read more
'Silence is killing people': Prince Harry issues warning over mental health crisis
Prince Harry has warned "silence is killing people" amid a crisis in men's mental health support.
The Duke of Sussex made a surprise appearance at a reception hosted by Movember at the Australian American Association in ...Read more
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