Glenn Close will get an Oscar at last — honorarily. So will Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman
Glenn Close will finally get her hands on an Oscar. Long considered among the best actors to never win one, the eight-time nominee will get an honorary Academy Award along with director Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman at the annual Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. “Throughout her […]
Aurora lawmakers OK oversight for GEO Group immigration detention center
AURORA | A split city council approved a package of new measures designed to give the city more oversight of the GEO Group’s immigration detention center. Progressive members of the council approved the new oversight measures on a 6-4 vote, with council members Françoise Bergan, Curtis Gardner, Stephanie Hancock and Angela Lawson opposed. The package […]
OB-GYN group makes vaccine recommendations for the first time
A prominent OB-GYN group announced vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differ from what the U.S. government advises. The immunization schedule is specifically for pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women. It aligns with prior recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, before changes were made under the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. […]
UK defense secretary resigns, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military
LONDON | U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey unexpectedly quit on Thursday, saying the government is unwilling to spend enough on the military at a time of “rising threats.” The resignation dealt another blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is already facing demands from Labour colleagues to step down. Healey told Starmer in a […]
Opening of Canada-US bridge that Trump threatened to block is delayed over unresolved ‘issues’
WASHINGTON | The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to “outstanding issues.” In a statement released before a Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the bridge, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said that “Canada and the United States have agreed to delay […]
Police blast water cannons at Belfast protesters as unrest flares again after stabbing
BELFAST, Northern Ireland | Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street. Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers […]
Man pleads guilty to killing a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband while posing as an officer
MINNEAPOLIS | A Minnesota man who posed as a police officer and knocked on lawmakers’ doors in the middle of the night, killing the top Democrat in the state House and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday so that federal prosecutors would not seek the […]
Judge considers arguments in challenge to New Mexico’s universal childcare program
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. | A New Mexico judge is scheduled Thursday to consider arguments in a challenge to the state’s fledgling universal childcare program, an ambitious and closely watched effort to eliminate daycare costs for all working families. A lawsuit brought by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez and other plaintiffs challenges the process used by […]
Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, citing progress in negotiations
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war by seizing control of the country’s oil industry. Trump said in a social media post that he made the move “based on the fact that discussions with the […]
Trump plans to nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton to be national intelligence director
igence powers unless Trump pulled Pulte’s nomination and named a permanent nominee. WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence. Trump announced the nomination on social […]