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Hollywood strikes enter a new phase as daytime shows like Drew Barrymore’s return despite pickets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — “The Drew Barrymore Show” will begin airing fresh episodes on Monday but a lot of off-air controversy will be clinging to its typically bubbly host.Barrymore — a daughter of a proud acting dynasty — is making new batches of her syndicated talk show despite picketers outside her studio, as daytime TV becomes the latest battlefield in the ongoing Hollywood labor strife.“We’re four months approximately into this strike and it’s not surprising that there are defectors,” said Michael H. LeRoy, a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “I couldn’t predict that this would happen on daytime TV, but everybody has a breaking point in a labor dispute.”“The Drew Barrymore Show,” operating without its three union writers, isn’t the only daytime show to resume. “The View” has returned for its 27th season on ABC, while “Tamron Hall” and “Live With Kelly and Ryan” — neither are governed by writers guild rules — have also been pr...

Abordar un avión es una pesadilla. Así es cómo se llegó a esto en el proceso de embarque

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

(CNN) — “Nos gustaría comenzar a abordar nuestro vuelo en este momento”.Tú estás familiarizado con ese amistoso anuncio de embarque del agente de puerta. Desafortunadamente, significa que los próximos 45 minutos de tu vida serán complicados. Y las aerolíneas lo han hecho caótico por diseño, por lo que la gente pagará para tener un proceso de embarque más fácil.Primero, los pasajeros comienzan a amontonarse en la cola de la puerta, lo que provoca un cuello de botella. Aunque te dijiste que te sentarías tranquilamente en la sala de espera del aeropuerto hasta que llamaran a tu zona, no puedes resistirte. Te diriges al scrum.Luego viene la confusión sobre a qué zona se asignan los pasajeros.La Zona 1 o el Grupo A en realidad no significan que lleguemos a abordar primero. La gente hace fila fuera de turno, esperando que llamen a su grupo. Algunos pasajeros cortaron la fila para asegurar espacio para su equipaje de mano en el compartimiento superior. Finalmente, se llam...

The Texas Senate has ended deliberations in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial and is preparing to vote

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate has ended deliberations in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial and is preparing to vote.Source

1 killed, 3 seriously injured in Commerce City crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- One person was killed and three others suffered serious injuries in a high-speed crash in Commerce City late Friday night.Police told FOX31 that around 11:30 p.m., a vehicle was driving southbound on Colorado Highway 2 at a very high speed.It hit another vehicle that was trying to make a left-hand turn off the highway onto 72nd Avenue.The driver of the vehicle making a turn, a 56-year-old woman, was killed in the crash.The two passengers in that vehicle, a 38-year-old woman and a young child, were seriously injured.The driver of the other vehicle, a teen, was also seriously injured, police said.

North Korea’s Kim inspects nuclear-capable aircraft during Russia visit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers and hypersonic missiles on Saturday during a tour of Russia’s eastern region. Kim was shown state-of-the-art bombers and warplanes by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Cruise missiles and automatic artillery systems were demonstrated to the North Korean leader, according to a statement from the Russian defense ministry. Kim began his visit in Russia by holding a summit on Wednesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid concerns that Moscow is seeking to buy artillery ammunition from North Korea for its invasion of Ukraine, in exchange for military technology. The U.S. warned it “won’t hesitate” to impose more sanctions on the two countries if they conclude a new arms deal. Moscow seeks to deepen ties with Pyongyang against the backdrop of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, which has isolated the Kremlin and left it hunting for allies — and military equipment — i...

Texas Senate is voting on whether to remove Republican AG Ken Paxton over corruption charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate on Saturday ended deliberations over whether Attorney General Ken Paxton should be removed from office, putting the Republican’s historic impeachment trial on the brink of a verdict.The jury of 30 senators, most of whom are Republicans, spent about eight hours deliberating behind closed doors. A two-thirds majority is required to convict Paxton on any of 16 articles of impeachment that accuse Paxton of bribery, corruption and unfitness for office. As voting got underway, Paxton was acquitted on the first six articles of impeachment. Paxton was not in the chamber during the vote.About 50 members of the public took seats in the gallery as the Senate chamber reopened for the vote shortly after 11 a.m. CT. Among those who staked out an early seat for the impeachment vote were three of Paxton’s former deputies who reported him to the FBI in 2020 and were key witnesses during the trial for House impeachment managers.Paxton did not attend the majority ...

Enormous storm Lee lashes New England and Canada with wind, heavy rain, pounding surf

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — No longer bearing the title of hurricane but as strong as one, Lee toppled trees, swamped boats and streets, and cut power to tens of thousands Saturday as it lashed an enormous swath of New England and eastern Canada with high winds, storm surge and torrential rains even with its center still offshore.The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to make landfall at or just below hurricane strength around the Maine-New Brunswick border Saturday afternoon, then turn to the northeast and move across Atlantic Canada on Saturday night and Sunday.It flooded coastal roads in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and inundated boats along the harbor in St. Margarets Bay, fanning anxiety in a region still reeling from severe flooding this summer, said Pam Lovelace, a councilor in Halifax, the capital.“People are exhausted. … It’s so much in such a small time period,” Lovelace said. “From a mental health perspective, we’re asking people to ch...

The Latest on post-tropical storm Lee’s impact on Atlantic Canada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

Post-tropical storm Lee is churning towards Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, bringing high winds, heavy rains and power outages in its wake. Here are the latest developments. All times Atlantic unless otherwise noted:1:40 p.m. Nova Scotia Power’s outage map is showing 125,871 customers without power across the province.Most of the outages appear to be concentrated in the Halifax region and along the province’s South Shore.NB Power is reporting more than 31, 287 customers without electricity, mostly in the western part of the province.—1:30 p.m.An Environment Canada meteorologist says post-tropical storm Lee may make landfall farther west than initially anticipated.Jill Maepea says the storm’s centre was expected to hit somewhere along southwestern Nova Scotia later this afternoon.But she says there is some speculation that its path may arc further west and the storm may cross the Bay of Fundy to land in southern New Brunswick.Maepea says that as of about noon Atlanti...

Italian air force aircraft crashes during an acrobatic exercise. A girl on the ground was killed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

MILAN (AP) — An aircraft of the Italian acrobatic air team the Frecce Tricolori crashed on Saturday during a practice run outside the northern city of Turin, killing a child on the ground, Italian media reported. The plane or parts of the plane reportedly struck a car carrying a family, killing a 5-year-old girl. A 9-year-old and the parents were being treated for burns, according to Italian news agency ANSA. The pilot ejected and also reportedly suffered burns.Video of the crash shows nine aircraft in two tight V-formations, before one of the aircraft drops below the others and crashes, sending a fireball into the air. In the video, the pilot can be seen ejecting with a parachute shortly before impact.The crash reportedly happened after takeoff from the Turin Caselle airport, near the industrial northern city. There was no immediate word on the pilot’s condition or the reason for the crash.The Frecce Tricolori is Italy’s premier team of acrobatic pilots, part of the Italian air for...

Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:02 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even when temperatures soar past 100 degrees. They described the conditions as cruel, degrading and often dangerous.The men, most of whom are Black, work on the farm of the 18,000-acre maximum-security prison known as Angola — the site of a former slave plantation — hoeing, weeding and picking crops by hand, often surrounded by armed guards, the suit said. If they refuse to work or fail to meet quotas, they can be sent to solitary confinement or otherwise punished, according to disciplinary guidelines.“This labor serves no legitimate penological or institutional purpose,” the suit said. “It’s purely punitive, designed to ‘break’ incarcerated men and ensure their submission.”It names as defendants Angola’s warden, Timothy Hooper, and officials with Louisiana’s department of cor...