Challenges of faith: Mark Wahlberg and Jacki Weaver on bringing ‘Father Stu’ to life
© 2022 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved./Karen Ballard It’s not anything new to see Mark Wahlberg take on true-life roles — Joe Bell, Deepwater Horizon, Patriot’s Day, and Lone Survivor among them — but Father Stu is a different kind of project for the…
Biden gets praise, criticism for calling Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘genocide’
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is getting both praise and criticism after doubling down on describing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine as “genocide” — the first time he’s used the term since the invasi…
Why Maisie Williams once “resented” playing Arya Stark on ‘Game of Thrones’
L-R: Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Sophie Turner — HBO/Macall B. Polay For eight seasons Maisie Williams played Arya Stark on the hit HBO show Game of Thrones and now she’s opening up about a time she “resented” the role.
In a recent inte…
Teacher provides free ‘pad bags’ to students as wish list for menstrual products goes viral
Courtesy Kylie DeFrance(AUSTIN, Texas) — A middle school teacher in Texas is making sure no student has to miss class time due to or feels ashamed of their menstrual cycle.
Kylie DeFrance, an English as an additional language (EAL) teacher at a chart…
CDC extends mask mandate for planes, trains until May 3
Xinhua/Ting Shen via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has decided to extend the federal mask mandate for planes and trains until May 3, the agency announced on Wednesday.
The current mandate was set to expire thi…
There is a 50% chance of temperatures exceeding 2 degrees Celsius unless climate pledges are strictly implemented: Study
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world will need to do more than make lofty climate promises — they will need to keep them to actually keep them to prevent global temperatures from getting to catastrophic level…
Shanghai lockdown tests resilience of ‘Zero-COVID’ strategy, as economic and social tolls grow
STR/AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG) — China’s largest city is buckling under its biggest COVID-19 outbreak of the pandemic, with infections continuing to rise, despite a strict lockdown of more than 25 million Shanghai residents.
Cases in Shanghai su…
South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal car crash
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PIERRE, S.D.) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached Tuesday by lawmakers in the state House of Representatives over the 2020 crash he was involved in that left a 55-year-old man dead.
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Florida teen accepted into 27 universities with $4 million in scholarships
Courtesy Jonathan Walker(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A Florida teen says he is celebrating after being accepted to 27 colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford and MIT, and receiving over $4 million in scholarship money.
“It was just a surprise…
NYPD name person of interest in subway shooting that injured 29
The New York City Police Department announced a person of interest in connection with the Tuesday morning subway shooting in Brooklyn, with investigators saying they are looking for Frank James. The NYPD released a photo of the