Wildfires in Southern California continue to affect the region, with the latest blaze, The Hughes Fire in Castaic (north of Santa Clarita) breaking out on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire put more than 50,000 people under evacuation orders and warnings in the northern Los Angeles County community, burning 10,176 acres in L.A. and Ventura counties. It …
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Suspect dead, 7 police officers injured in San Antonio apartment shooting
Police in San Antonio, Texas said that a suspect is dead after seven police officers were shot and injured when responding to a call late Wednesday regarding a family member in distress and needing immediate help at an apartment complex. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said that police arrived at the scene at the …
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Madison Keys upsets Iga Swiatek to advance to Australian Open final
American Madison Keys beat No. 2 seeded Iga Swiatek in a thrilling 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(8) victory in the semifinals, defeating Swiatek in two hours and 38 minutes to advance to her first Australian Open final. Keys, the No. 19 seed, rallied after facing a match point against Swiatek, a five-time Grand Slam champion. Keys advanced …
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Miami Heat issues two game suspension to Jimmy Butler for missing team flight
The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for two games after he missed a team flight for a road trip. The team shared the statement: “we have suspended Jimmy Butler for two games for continued pattern of disregard for team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team, including missing today’s team flight to …
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‘Boston Calling 2025’ to feature multi-genre lineup headlined by Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, Fall Out Boy
The Boston Calling music festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup, featuring headliners Luke Combs; Fall Out Boy, and Dave Matthews Band. The three-day festival takes place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 23 – 25, 2025) and returns to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston, MA. The lineup features 50+ additional artists across multiple musical genres, …
97th Academy Award nominations: see the full list of Oscar nominees
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced, honoring artistic and technical achievements in filmmaking. Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott revealed the nominees for the 2025 Oscars live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Thursday, January 23. Due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the announcement was postponed from its originally scheduled Jan. 17 …
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Heidi Klum rejoining ‘Project Runway’ as host for Season 21
After exiting the fashion competition series Project Runway in 2018, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that supermodel Heidi Klum is returning as co-host for Season 21. The news comes after the announcement that the series had been renewed for a 21st season while moving to Disney’s Freeform, after most recently airing on Bravo. Season 21 will …
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Dave Matthews and Lukas Nelson to headline Wildlands Music Festival in Big Sky, Montana
Dave Matthews will team up with Lukas Nelson to headline Montana’s Wildlands Music Festival, returning to Big Sky, MT on August 2nd, 2025. Founded in 2018, Wildlands returns for its sixth year and will shift to a single-day format for 2025, with Matthews and Nelson set to deliver “a once in a lifetime show” at …
Trump administration orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave immediately
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said in a memo that all federal DEI employees will be placed on leave as of Wednesday evening. The official move comes after President Trump signed executive orders upon his inauguration on Monday aiming to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government. Mr. Trump said …
11 people detained by Turkish authorities involved in ski resort hotel fire that killed 79
Authorities in Turkey have detained 11 people they said are involved in the fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains. The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort, a 12-storey hotel which had 238 registered guests. The blaze started on the …