Month: June 2025

A federal judge has ruled against President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze $2.4 billion in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants allocated to research on gender identity and other fields tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The judge said the Trump administration must immediately restore the grants, but he didn’t officially rule on
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  Series Review: MOBLAND   L-R Anson Boon as Eddie Harrigan, Joanne Froggatt as Jan Da Souza, Mandeep Dhillon as Seraphina Harrigan, Lara Pulver as Bella Harrigan, Paddy Considine as Kevin Harrigan, Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan, Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan, Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza, and Daniel Betts as Brendan Harrigan in
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Douglas McCarthy, the lead singer of Nitzer Ebb, has died. The band shared the news on social media without disclosing a cause of death. McCarthy was 58 years old. Douglas John McCarthy was born in England in 1966. He founded Nitzer Ebb, in Essex, in 1982, with Vaughan “Bon” Harris and David Gooday. “We were
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Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old anti-LGBTQ+ evangelical Christian accused of killing a pro-LGBTQ+ Minnesota state Democratic lawmaker and her husband over the weekend, has finally been arrested after an intense manhunt and will face four charges of second-degree murder. Boelter, who recently delivered an anti-LGBTQ+ sermon in Africa, allegedly impersonated a police officer before killing the
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Settle into your Sunday and catch up! The 2024 Nebula Awards Winners The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the winners of
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This Father’s Day, one of film and television’s most beloved daddies was celebrated in New York City. A Pedro Pascal look-alike contest was held in the streets of NYC’s Lower East Side, where fans crowned Pedro #5, Brooklyn dad George Gountas, for having the closest resemblance to the Golden Globe-nominated The Last of Us star.
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Prepare for a night of gore, guts, and the grotesque on November 22nd in Los Angeles, CA — where the extreme meets the screen. Curated by underground filmmaker SamHel, this one-night-only festival will spotlight 3 feature films and a collection of mind-bending short films—including: A new feature from SamHel and teamA blood-soaked Cannes-selected indie gemA
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