Barry Jenkins truly is a miracle worker. The Oscar-winning director of the intimate indie “Moonlight,” the romantic period drama “If Beale Street Could Talk” and the Amazon series “The Underground Railroad” isn’t the first filmmaker who comes to mind to … Continued
While the world’s Mideast focus has shifted to Lebanon and Syria, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza only gets worse. In the 14 months since Hamas carried out a brutal surprise attack in Israel, killing 1,200 and taking 250 hostages, Israel … Continued
By STAN CHOE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year after the Federal Reserve hinted Wednesday it may deliver fewer shots of adrenaline for the U.S. economy in 2025 … Continued
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal … Continued
Jury deliberations have begun in the murder trial of Dylan Simmons, whose attorney argued he acted in self-defense when he hit 17-year-old Darisha Bailey Vath with his car in Forest Lake after a fight between two groups of people that … Continued
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought against 17 schools. Georgetown’s then-president, for … Continued