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Funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney held in Washington, D.C.

Current and former political leaders from both sides of the aisle gathered at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday for the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney, whose decades in public life made him one of the...Read More

Amazon Prime begins sending out refunds after $2.5 billion settlement

Amazon has begun distributing refunds connected to its $2.5 billion settlement with federal regulators, with automatic payments rolling out to eligible Prime members starting November 12 and continuing through December 24. The payout follows accusations from the...Read More

Former Treasury Sec’y Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of Epstein emails

Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary and ex-president of Harvard University, has stepped down from OpenAI’s board of directors – a move that follows mounting scrutiny over recently published email exchanges between him and Jeffrey Epstein. Summers, 70,...Read More

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to retain Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he will keep Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch in place when he takes office in January, extending her tenure at the head of the nation’s largest police force. During his campaign, Mamdani had...Read More

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See the trailer for James Cameron‘s ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

20th Century Studios has released a new 2 1/2-minute trailer for “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third film in James Cameron‘s “Avatar” series. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” is the sequel to 2009’s Avatar, and 2022’s Avatar: The...Read More

Jon Stewart extends contract for ‘The Daily Show’ through 2026

Late-night host Jon Stewart has renewed his contract with Paramount and CBS to host Comedy Central’s The Daily Show every Monday through December 2026. Comedy Central head Ari Pearce said in a statement: “Jon Stewart continues to...Read More

Disney+ drops trailer for The Beatles ‘Anthology’ documentary series

Disney+ released a trailer for the restored, expanded version of The Beatles Anthology documentary series, which will stream on the service starting November 26. See the trailer: HERE. The nine-episode series, originally broadcast in 1995, has been...Read More