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24+ min ago (302+ words) Cristian Rodriguez, the self-described "Mexican Spiderman," shared a wild and detail-packed story about smashing a window with a bowling ball to help people escape from a Bay Area mall shooting on Friday night. Rodriguez, in a video interview with La Voz News,the news outlet for De Anza Community College in nearby Cupertino, said his "natural human reaction" kicked in when he saw a "white boy" walk in who looked like a shooter; Rodriguez was at Bowlero, which is the building next to the Macy's at Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara where the shooting took place. He said the people around him believed it was a prank until they heard the "pop, pop, pop!" of the gun. Rodriguez said chaos ensued, with people scrambling to flee the bowling alley. "I remember, there was like, a lady, Asian lady, trying…...

38+ min ago (34+ words) The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board," CNN reports....

45+ min ago (265+ words) A former CNN host Saturday came under fire for his response to New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's comment about the recent West Virginia shooting. Mamdani said, "I'm devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old. As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief." That didn't sit well with Christopher C. Cuomo, now a host at NewsNation. But reporter Ryan Grim was quick to call out Cuomo, whose brother recently lost to Mamdani in the race to become the NY mayor. "The Mamdani post was simply an acknowledgment that she had not pulled through as hoped for, which makes 'passing' appropriate," Grim wrote....

46+ min ago (231+ words) The Coast of Utopia" actor is joined by his son, Levi, in a special tribute to the playwright The death of revered playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard came as a blow to Ethan Hawke, who was nominated for a Tony for his role in Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia," and to Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. On Saturday, Hawke was joined by his son, Levi, to pay tribute to the man who wrote beautiful plays." They joined together to read a passage from Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia" set to music. Hawke, who was nominated for a Tony for his role as Mikhail Bakunin, read the passage as his son strummed his guitar in a video shared to Instagram. So Tom, safe travels. Thank you for the beautiful plays," Hawke said at the end of the video. Thank…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (1812+ words) I'm ready to confront the reality of this shocking family secret. Of all the readings of fiction my high school English teachers assigned to me, the one that has stuck in my mind, haunting me over the past 60+ years, is "A Rose for Emily" by the great Southern writer William Faulkner. The short story takes place in Faulkner's fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi, in the correspondingly fictional county of Yoknapatawpha. Faulkner uses the technique of telling the story in the third person through an anonymous narrator, which increases the tension and mystery surrounding the events portrayed. The story begins with the narrator recalling Emily Grierson's death as many of the town's residents attended her funeral in her once refined and grand home, which had fallen into disrepair. While alive, Emily had not permitted any of these folks to enter the…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (482+ words) I do know what the pressure of that noise feels like. It's been a resident in my life since I was 17," the singer adds Ariana Grande dropped a loving reminder" for fans amid renewed scrutiny about her body following the Wicked: For Good" press tour. On Saturday, the pop star addressed the growing body shaming comments " which ramped up again on social media amid the release of the Wicked" sequel " on Instagram by resharing a 2024 interview where she candidly discussed how the remarks have impacted her. Resharing this from last year as a loving reminder to all," Grande wrote alongside the video footage. In the clip, Grande noted how she's been in the public eye since she was just a teen, referring to herself as a specimen in a petri dish." So I have heard it all. I've heard every…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (348+ words) President Donald Trump shared a post from Robert O'Neill, the Navy Seal Team 6 member credited with killing Osama bin Laden, saying Afghans would "chop your head off" if they saw a coffee machine because they would believe you are a "witch." The president shared the post on Truth Social on Saturday, a day after O'Neill posted it to X. "If you've never been to Afghanistan, you wouldn't understand. If you showed these people a Nespresso machine and gave them free coffee, they would assume you were a witch and chop your head off" But let's bring 'em in!," O'Neill wrote. Trump endorsed the take a few days after an Afghan national shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Specialist'Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old National Guard member, was killed in the heinous attack on Wednesday. The other troop who was shot, 24-year-old Staff…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (397+ words) Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrives in the Republic of Congo after first seeking refuge in Senegal following this week's coup. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has travelled to the Republic of Congo, the AFP and Associated Press news agencies are reporting, days after he was deposed in a military coup. Califa Soares Cassama, Embalo's chief of staff, confirmed to AP that the former president was in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville. Unnamed Congolese government sources also told AFP that Embalo was in Brazzaville. Embalo had initially sought refuge in neighbouring Senegal after a group of military officers on Wednesday announced that they had taken "full control" of Guinea-Bissau ahead of the release of provisional presidential election results. The true motives for the coup remain unclear, with speculation and conspiracy theories circulating, including that it was carried out with Embalo's blessing. The…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (153+ words) Trump's G-20 at his Miami Golf Resort will be an Invite-Only Event When Donald Trump welcomes the Group of 20 to his private golf resort in Miami next year, he'll decide who's on the guest list. Posted by REDIAL at 04:33 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | US President Donald Trump said that he would not invite South Africa to participate in next year's G-20 summit in Miami and said he planned to "stop all payments and subsidies" to the country[image or embed] So, not the G-20, but the G-Trump? #1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 07:10 PM | Reply I wonder what Lewzer's payout is going to be holding this thing at his hotel? Will he double the rates for the week? #2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-27 10:29 PM | Reply...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (304+ words) As we just said, the Hunger Games and Battle Royale situation seems like one where the more popular version of a similar story gets this accusation lobbed at it. Suzanne Collins has done well for herself. But, honestly so have Fukasaku and Takami. (Go on Lettrboxd right now and check how many of your friends have ranked/rated Battle Royale. It's near-universal acclaim in film circles.) For her part, Collins has been asked about this issue as far back as 2011. The New York Times interviewed the Hunger Games author about all of this success. During their conversation, the question of Battle Royale and its inspiration for the source material came up. Collins laid out a timeline that seems absolutely conceivable. "I had never heard of that book or that author until my book was turned in," Collins explained. "At that…...