19 Oct 2026, 10:53 pm
Judi Dench, who played Old Deuteronomy in Tom Hooper’s “Cats,” is reflecting on the universally panned film in her forthcoming memoir, “Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?” Released in 2019, the film adapted Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely successful musical of the same name. But despite its stacked cast — which also […]…
19 Oct 2026, 10:52 pm
A Kansas man allegedly vowed to shoot President Trump and researched nearby rooftops last week ahead of his Wichita-area rally. Jaden J. Read, 24, was charged Saturday for making threats against the president. “Let’s shoot Trump honestly, where’s our shooter? I’m tired of living this money life,” he wrote on Facebook in response to a……
19 Oct 2026, 10:36 pm
An SAS veteran has urged "gutless" politicians to secure better legal protections for troops after an investigation revealed details of "devastating" murder probes following missions to hunt down ISIS.Speaking to GB News, Former Warrant Officer Matt Hellyer warned "the most vetted, professional and well-trained servicemen in the world" were having their lives "ruined" by unnecessary witch-hunts.Mr Hellyer's comments follow a report by the Sunday Times into a 2022 UK…
19 Oct 2026, 10:29 pm
Vice President Vance said he was “not getting involved” on Monday when asked if he endorses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection. “I’m not anti-endorsing him. I’m not pro-endorsing him,” he said during an interview on 2WAY Tonight with Mark Halperin on Air Force Two. The question came after President Trump endorsed Netanyahu on……
19 Oct 2026, 10:27 pm
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Monday that he filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania after a police officer fired a Taser at 52-year-old Ronald Harmon and caused the injury that killed him. According to Crump, Harmon died from a head injury he sustained while getting hit with a Taser on Nov. 5, 2024. The attorney also said that the Taser was wrongfully deployed in the encounter. “We know that Ronald Harmon was not a thr…
19 Oct 2026, 10:24 pm
Daisy Edgar-Jones is no stranger to starring in a book-to-screen adaptation. She knows how to please hardcore fans while offering a fresh take on the material. (See the success of “Normal People” and “Where the Crawdads Are” or the upcoming “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” as proof.) That said, starring in a Jane Austen adaptation […]…
19 Oct 2026, 10:13 pm
“The riots sweeping France have rocked the country’s political establishment, but one person is positioned to emerge from the chaos with a stronger hand: Marine Le Pen,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “For more than a decade, the far-right leader has cast France as a nation adrift, buffeted by waves of immigration and lawlessness that have torn at the country’s social fabric. As bands of hooded rioters in dark clothing have descended on city centers acro…
19 Oct 2026, 10:11 pm
“Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection bid, saying he intends to stay out of Israel’s election despite President Donald Trump throwing his support behind the Israeli leader,” Fox News reports.
19 Oct 2026, 10:10 pm
President Trump announced Monday that a new $8 billion program will help provide temporary relief to farmers during the harvest season. Trump announced the Harvest Fuel Relief Program during his rally in Kansas stumping for GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, who is running for reelection in a competitive race against his Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton. He……
19 Oct 2026, 10:04 pm
A US company has just presented a redesigned aerodynamic system that has the potential to reduce fuel consumption by up to three gallons for every 1,000 miles on the road. Dubbed the Trailer AeroSlider, the system was made by Texas-based engineering and manufacturing company FlowBelow Aero. The firm develops aerodynamic solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks and trailers. The new device was revealed at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & E…
19 Oct 2026, 10:02 pm
Donald Trump has suggested leaving Nato after he blamed migrants who "despise" France for chaos on the streets.The streets of Paris have seen widespread rioting which has resulted in more than 2,000 arrests and forced the French Government to hold a "crisis meeting".Now, while campaigning in Kansas, the President blamed left-wing politicians for the violent unrest, adding that the US faces the same if the "radical" Democrats are elected."If you want to see what is a…
19 Oct 2026, 10:00 pm
The first time I met Richard Riehle, I was making one of the first things I’d ever made. It was a Funny or Die video, and my friend Tanner Thomason and I were trying to figure out how to get an actual actor to be in it. Someone suggested Richard. “Just offer it to him. […]…
19 Oct 2026, 10:00 pm
The latest installment of the animated 'Funday Football' telecasts will run alongside several other alternate presentations of the game.
19 Oct 2026, 9:54 pm
Monday began a period of mourning for fallen Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber.
19 Oct 2026, 9:52 pm
Families recount deaths, injuries and displacement as Trump accelerates US strikes against armed groups in Somalia.
19 Oct 2026, 9:52 pm
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Monday went after President Trump for his recent behavior surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war. “It’s absolutely disgraceful our president is morally blind on this war. He’s pitched his lot in with the dictator and the war criminal, and he’s being harsh and undermining the democracy, the country that wants to be……
19 Oct 2026, 9:50 pm
Zelenskyy seeks answers to why SpaceX Starshield defence is failing…
19 Oct 2026, 9:49 pm
The Flyers have won two straight, powered by Matvei Michkov finding his way to the net, like they need him to.
19 Oct 2026, 9:48 pm
An employee of a local deli in West Philadelphia is in the hospital after he was shot three times during an altercation on Monday night. The shooting took place outside the Quick and Quality Breakfast & Deli after a man, who had first visited the business about 40 minutes earlier, entered the business a second time and began arguing with the cashier. Two other employees stepped in to try to deescalate the situation, according to Philadelphia Police Inspe…
19 Oct 2026, 9:48 pm
Add C-3PO to the list of popular Disney personalities who will be guiding football fans through sundry telecasts of ESPN’s coverage of Super Bowl LXI in 2027. The golden droid, a mainstay of Disney’s “Star Wars” movies from Lucasfilm, will play a significant role in a real-time, animated telecast of the Big Game that will […]…
19 Oct 2026, 9:47 pm
For many young Tunisians, the question is no longer simply how to make a living, but where they can build a future.
19 Oct 2026, 9:46 pm
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19 Oct 2026, 9:36 pm
Independent federal MP Helen Haines remains in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Forty-three-year-old Brendan Nugent from Tarrawingee, near Wangaratta, has reportedly been arrested in relation to the incident. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described what happened as a deliberate targeted act, and the joint counter-terrorism team has been activated. But investigators have stressed the mot…
19 Oct 2026, 9:31 pm
Influential Labour figures had been pushing for equalising CGT and income tax, but critics have said this could drive wealthy people out of Britain.
19 Oct 2026, 9:29 pm
Safdie helms the feature from his own script that adapts Daniel Pinkwater's novel.
19 Oct 2026, 9:26 pm
Ann Hornaday, the longtime film critic at The Washington Post, died Sunday at her home in Baltimore following a battle with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. She was 66. Hornaday spent more than 20 years at the Post, joining in 2002 and leaving in 2025. Over the course of her time at the Post, […]…
19 Oct 2026, 9:24 pm
In the wake of the apparent attack on MP Helen Haines, MPs have described locking their office doors, and scanning every crowd for potential threats.
19 Oct 2026, 9:18 pm
The NewsMARQUETTE, Mich. — Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Thursday night accused President Donald Trump and Republican rival Mike Rogers of using his Muslim faith as a political cudgel.“Judge me by my actions and my work, but please do not assume that because I might pray differently than anybody who’s ever held this office, that somehow I am not deeply committed to this Constitution,” El-Sayed said in response to a question from Semafor.Republi…
19 Oct 2026, 9:17 pm
“Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers said recently he wants off-duty or retired police officers to be recruited as poll watchers in Detroit ― a move that would revive a strategy historically used to scare or intimidate voters of color,” the Detroit News reports. Said Rogers: “We called the RNC early and said hey… Let’s put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them.
19 Oct 2026, 9:15 pm
Authorities in parts of France have imposed curfews Monday as the country recovered from widespread protests over the weekend that turned violent.
19 Oct 2026, 9:12 pm
Barack Obama, in a 430-word essay: It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. [...] The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, rega…
19 Oct 2026, 9:09 pm
Fiona Goodall/Getty ImagesThe most damaging weather events are the record-breaking “one-in-100-year” disasters communities have usually only seen once. But understanding how these rare events could change in the future is hard. With few examples in historical records, it is difficult to estimate how severe they could become and how outcomes might vary across possible futures. Recent research shows the weather systems bringing heavy rain to New Zealand each ye…
19 Oct 2026, 9:05 pm
Riyadh postpones flagship investment conference until 2027, orders government staff to work from home.
19 Oct 2026, 9:02 pm
Australia is “going too fast” in building data centres and “been swamped by US tech” expanding here to avoid growing American community opposition, former industry minister Ed Husic has warned. The outspoken backbencher – who was responsible for the federal government’s artificial intelligence (AI) policy until May last year – told The Conversation’s Politics podcast it still wasn’t clear whether the government’s planned national data centre st…
19 Oct 2026, 9:00 pm
An Abertay University student has helped a local sustainable engineering company better understand the carbon impact of its operations through a real-world industry research project.
19 Oct 2026, 8:59 pm
Amazon is backing plans for a 960-megawatt nuclear power facility in Indiana that could house 12 small modular reactors (SMRs) at the site of a former coal-fired power plant. The company has signed an agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) and nuclear technology developer X-energy to assess the feasibility of the project. If built, the facility would supply electricity to the regional grid and Amazon’s data centers. The proposed plant would use 12 of X…
19 Oct 2026, 8:56 pm
The president lobbed familiar attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib during rally for Republican senator Roger MarshallSign up for US Breaking News emailA new Washington Post-ABC poll shows that Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached a new low – 33%.This comes, just over two weeks away from the November midterms, as the president continues crisscrossing the country as part of his campaign blitz for embattled Republicans. Continue reading...
19 Oct 2026, 8:53 pm
OpenAI has significantly improved its models’ ability to write software in older programming languages and migrate existing code. Its latest results include 97.9 percent accuracy on a test designed to measure the migration of legacy programs. The improvements could help businesses modernize software that remains essential to daily operations. Banks and financial institutions still rely on decades-old code, making replacement risky when developers must preserve…
19 Oct 2026, 8:47 pm
Drivers with Pennsylvania's redesigned license plates continue to report problems with E-Z Pass toll charges.
19 Oct 2026, 8:46 pm
The Justice Department (DOJ) targeted and charged 28 alleged California voters who are not citizens, the department said in a press release Monday. The DOJ said in the press release that on Monday, federal authorities in California arrested 11 non-Americans residing in the country “who are among 28 total charged in criminal complaints with federal……
19 Oct 2026, 8:44 pm
Ukrainian president tells US senators the delayed missiles have already been paid for by European countries, amid growing rift. What we know on day 1,700Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US is deliberately delaying deliveries of interceptor missiles to Ukraine, deepening a public spat with Donald Trump. Speaking to US senators on Monday, the Ukrainian president claimed that “the Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles” already paid for by European countries…
19 Oct 2026, 8:42 pm
“President Trump’s intensifying effort in the past few weeks to rehabilitate Russia and usher President Vladimir V. Putin back into diplomatic society is remarkable for its speed, its characterization of Mr. Zelensky as the primary obstacle to peace, and its brazen denial that Russia is continuing the war that Mr. Trump says he is trying to end,” the New York Times reports. Said Trump: “Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven’t been doing muc…
19 Oct 2026, 8:41 pm
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19 Oct 2026, 8:41 pm
Last year, China started requiring export licenses for rare earth magnets. Within weeks, Elon Musk was telling investors that production of Tesla's Optimus robot had been affected. That's because every humanoid robot needs up to 4.5 kilos of rare earth magnets to move, and China makes more than 90% of the world's supply. It's exactly the problem REalloys (NASDAQ: ALOY) has been building to help solve. The company is putting together a rare earth supply chain out…
19 Oct 2026, 8:39 pm
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the 'climate emergency', public health 'crises' and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation. The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
19 Oct 2026, 8:32 pm
At least four people have died in Spain as torrential rain has battered the country's eastern Mediterranean coast. The severe flooding had left more than 450 people stranded on rooftops, in buildings or in cars.
19 Oct 2026, 8:31 pm
The 20-year Disney veteran will take over Dec. 1, overseeing the entertainment giant’s studios, streaming, original content and consumer products businesses across the growing region.
19 Oct 2026, 8:31 pm
“Everyone is collateral damage.” That’s how one top Netflix insider summarized another bloody Monday at the streamer, which saw Dan Lin ousted as the company’s head of film. Following last week’s 6% workforce reduction at Netflix – which claimed victims including chief content officer Bela Bajaria and Lin’s right-hand Doug Belgrad – consensus said it […]…
19 Oct 2026, 8:31 pm
Germany has signed up Nvidia to help build AI models for its factories. On Monday the federal economy and research ministries signed a Joint Declaration of Intent with the chipmaker at the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz then sitting down on stage with Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, to sell the plan to the country’s manufacturers.
19 Oct 2026, 8:27 pm
A high school student survives a car accident but begins to suspect that his mother is an imposter in Nick Paley's eight-episode dramedy.
19 Oct 2026, 8:25 pm
AMD GAIA 0.25 is out this week as the latest feature release for this open-source project that began as "Generative AI Is Awesome" and is now going on a tag line of "AMD's open-source agent factory" in building/using local AI agents on AMD Ryzen AI hardware...
19 Oct 2026, 8:24 pm
A doomsday cult leader in Kenya has been found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult.Paul Mackenzie instructed members of his cult to starve their children to death so they could "meet Jesus", and warned modern medicine was "evil".A further 28 leaders in his cult were also convicted of murder - all pleaded not guilty.The US has now issued a travel warning to the country, urging any visitors to reconsider travel. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "Recons…
19 Oct 2026, 8:22 pm
On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges against 28 people in California, alleging that they illegally registered to vote.
19 Oct 2026, 8:18 pm
A protester demanding the release of the Epstein files interrupted US Vice President JD Vance's speech.
19 Oct 2026, 8:18 pm
US lawmaker says that government must arrest Israeli commander allegedly responsible for attack while he is in the US.
19 Oct 2026, 8:10 pm
The NewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he would distribute to every American child a share in the AI-and-space-exploration company, a gift that, if realized, would dwarf a similar $6.25 billion gift from Michael Dell.The gift could be worth roughly $10.8 billion, based on SpaceX’s current share price and the U.S. Census’ estimate of under-18s living in the US. It would work out to roughly 1% of Musk’s current SpaceX holdings. Musk and the Trump administ…
19 Oct 2026, 8:08 pm
The Michigan Democratic Senate candidate went viral for turning the tables on a questioner. For better or worse, it’s his go-to move.
19 Oct 2026, 8:08 pm
Demonstrations over poor public services and rising costs spiralled over the weekend, with shops looted and property vandalisedWhy are people protesting across Europe?Italy’s government will dispatch 500 army troops to “defend Milan” after two days of unrest that saw demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property, deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday.The deployment is expected to be included in a package of security…
19 Oct 2026, 8:08 pm
Hegseth has travelled to Israel to meet Netanyahu ahead of a closely contested election, Axios reported, citing sources.
19 Oct 2026, 8:06 pm
New photos have been released of the wrecked Jeep and bicycles involved in the deadly Gaudreau brothers' crash.
19 Oct 2026, 8:06 pm
Ugandan police say a male body has been found in a village near Kampala, and his head has yet to be located.
19 Oct 2026, 8:02 pm
Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are more powerful and in plentiful supply, and they have transformed the drugs landscape.
19 Oct 2026, 8:01 pm
More than 30 years after O.J. Simpson was acquitted of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, unsealed court records are raising questions about the murder weapon.
19 Oct 2026, 8:00 pm
Trump says US continues to hit Iran 'economically and militarily' while praising Russia for doing 'nothing' to aid Iran.
19 Oct 2026, 7:56 pm
Lawyers for the former student leader seek to overturn an appeals court decision that would allow for his removal.
19 Oct 2026, 7:56 pm
Illegal gold mine collapse in southwestern Colombia leaves 14 people dead, 7 injured.
19 Oct 2026, 7:56 pm
Tim O’Donnell, the veteran comedy writer-director known for his work on sitcoms including “Growing Pains,” “Dave’s World” and “Phil of the Future,” has died. He was 77. O’Donnell died at his home in Glendale, Calif. on July 27. He had struggled with bladder cancer for three years. A memorial service will be held at 2 […]…
19 Oct 2026, 7:55 pm
The regular season officially kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
19 Oct 2026, 7:53 pm
The Challenger 3 is the UK’s next-generation Main Battle Tank. Building on the Challenger 2 platform, the Challenger 3 combines a new turret with improved firepower, survivability, and mobility. The tank is currently undergoing field testing, with the first models expected to be delivered to the British Army sometime in 2027. Challenger 3 Tank Makes Military History The tank’s manufacturer, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), recently announced that the tank…
19 Oct 2026, 7:45 pm
California-based AI research and product company Inception has unveiled Mercury 3, its latest diffusion language model, claiming it outperforms speed-optimized rivals GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5 on a range of benchmarks while running four to eight times faster. The new model generates more than 1,000 tokens per second on widely available NVIDIA GPUs and supports a context window of 1 million tokens, allowing it to process substantially larger amounts of infor…
19 Oct 2026, 7:44 pm
Ciongoli, who will continue as a special advisor, helped steer the company through several lawsuits involving allegations of election falsehoods. Nicholas Trutanich will take over as general counsel.
19 Oct 2026, 7:42 pm
FIRST ON FOX: New dispatch audio from the day a driver allegedly plowed into children and spectators at a Kansas soccer field reveals the moments first responders rushed to the scene on Saturday.In the call, dispatchers can be heard labeling the horrific incident as an "MCI" or mass-casualty incident. It happened at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita.Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, were killed. Both victims were from McPherson.CHILD AMONG 2 KILLED AFTER…
19 Oct 2026, 7:37 pm
Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on EarthJapan has successfully launched a spacecraft on an unprecedented mission to bring back samples from one of Mars’s moons that scientists hope will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.The Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft, propelled by Japan’s flagship H3 rocket, lifted off before dawn from Tanegashima island in the…
19 Oct 2026, 7:35 pm
Violent unrest in France continues and Defence drops funding for frontline military vehicles lead Tuesday's papers.
19 Oct 2026, 7:34 pm
“The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks, a delay that comes as President Donald Trump has embraced Russia and slammed Ukraine in recent weeks,” the Washington Post reports.
19 Oct 2026, 7:32 pm
Japan has sent a spacecraft toward Mars on a mission that could answer a long-standing question about the planet’s two moons. The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft lifted off aboard an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center on October 20, Japan time. Led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the $578 million mission will investigate Phobos and Deimos. Its primary objective is to collect material from Phobos and deliver it to Earth in 2031.
19 Oct 2026, 7:31 pm
Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan also reprise their roles for Jake Kasdan's final installment in the Sony trilogy that hits theaters this December.
19 Oct 2026, 7:29 pm
New Zealander Stephen Fleming, England’s new Test coach, suggests the national team should be led by someone from England.
19 Oct 2026, 7:22 pm
After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?
19 Oct 2026, 7:22 pm
“They’ve been telling us for years that an independent vote is a wasted vote. Well, a great question for our times is, has that unwasted vote been working out for you?” — Matthew McConaughey, quoted by Fox News.
19 Oct 2026, 7:21 pm
The families of the victims of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane had been campaigning for the change.
19 Oct 2026, 7:20 pm
President Trump called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” following his decision to alter the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario to include “America.”…
19 Oct 2026, 7:20 pm
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “You Can See Everything,” now playing in theaters. “You Can See Everything” may rewrite the rules of the Oscar season. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s A24 documentary, which follows the Theranos founder through the 34 days before she reported to prison and keeps rolling afterward, opened to […]…
19 Oct 2026, 7:19 pm
Editor's Note: This story contains disturbing details; viewer discretion is advised. Erie, Pa (WJET/WFXP)-- New information about the future of the home on Perry Street, where nine people were murdered on October 9. We can confirm that the home will be demolished. Last Friday we received a tip that the owner of this home, Tonya [...]…
19 Oct 2026, 7:17 pm
Elk, bear, frogs and other animals have used the overpass, which connects 39,000 acres of habitat, since its completionColorado officials have tracked herds of elk, bears, pronghorn and even northern leopard frogs ambling across its new wildlife overpass. According to a newly released report, the overpass, which acts as a bridge over a busy stretch of interstate, has helped cut wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% since its completion 10 months ago.The overpass is the…
19 Oct 2026, 7:16 pm
Tehran summons German envoy after two men convicted of trying to kill leaders of Jewish groups, rejects any role.
19 Oct 2026, 7:14 pm
“One issue is breaking through even among the most loyal Republican supporters: gas prices,” Axios reports. “Republicans promised to slash gas prices. But the Iran war sent them soaring, up 37% since President Trump took office.” For members: Trump’s Broken Promise at the Pump…
19 Oct 2026, 7:12 pm
Children among six killed in Russian drone strike on Ukraine park…
19 Oct 2026, 7:12 pm
“The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade,” CNN reports. “The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the country from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years.”…
19 Oct 2026, 7:11 pm
Women share their experience of lichen sclerosus.
19 Oct 2026, 7:10 pm
Clayface stars Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie were big fans of Batman: The Animated Series growing up in the UK, recalling how they would rush home to watch it after school.“It was a ritual for a long time,” Ackie told IGN. “You finish school at 3:30, you get home, you watch Batman.”Horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan’s original screenplay for Clayface drew its inspiration directly from the Batman: The Animated Series episode “Feat of Clay” that reimagine…