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Fox sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter over Twitter show

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

WASHINGTON — Fox News sent Tucker Carlson a cease-and-desist letter over his new Twitter series, Axios reported Monday, amid reports of a contract battle between the conservative network and its former prime-time host.Carlson was ousted from Fox in late April, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to settle an explosive defamation case. The network provided no explanation for the firing, but a wave of reports on damaging text messages and other statements Carlson made during his time at Fox have since piled up.Since leaving Fox, Carlson kicked off a “Tucker on Twitter” series — arguing that Twitter was “the only” major remaining platform that allows free speech as he denounced news media. The series, which has published two episodes so far, has appeared to escalate contract tensions between Carlson and Fox.Fox has demanded Carlson stop posting videos to Twitter, The New York Times also reported Monday — as the ne...

2 children injured on acid-coated playground equipment

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

Associated PressLONGMEADOW, Mass. — Two children suffered what were described as “burn-like injuries” after playing on slides that had been doused with acid at a Massachusetts park, authorities said.Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted on social media. At about the same time, firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to a nearby home for a report of two children with burns who had just left the park.“I let the kids go play. I didn’t notice that there was liquid to collect at the bottom of the slide. I just assumed it was rainwater,” their mother, Ashley Thielen, told Western Mass News in Springfield. “I didn’t really think much of it, and then, my baby, who is one, just started crying. That was when I knew this liquid that they were around wasn’t water.”The acid left mostly superficial b...

Disneyland doubles the amount of cheap tickets available in late summer — When you should go

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

Disneyland is continuing to make good on a promise to boost the number of low-priced days by approximately 50% in 2023 with a handful of dates in late summer at the cheapest $104 price level.Disneyland has nearly twice as many $104 tickets in August and September (23 in 2023) as the Anaheim theme park did last year at the same time (12 in 2022).SEE ALSO: Disneyland gets jaw-dropping Groot robot ready for Guardians of the Galaxy dance partyWhen are the lowest prices available in late summer?The cheap tickets all fall on weekdays between Monday and Thursday.There are eight $104 dates in August: Aug. 21-24 and Aug. 28-31. Half of September has $104 days on 15 dates: Sept. 5-7, Sept. 11-14, Sept. 18-21 and Sept. 25-28.SEE ALSO: Here are the 30+ Disney characters appearing at Disneyland’s first Pride NiteSeveral of those cheaper September dates also coincide with the kick off of Halloween Time and Oogie Boogie Bash. Halloween Time runs from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31 with the separate admis...

Ivanka Trump channels Princess Kate at daughter’s party ahead of dad’s 2nd arraignment

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

Ivanka Trump, it’s been reported, wanted her “princess” moment at her father’s 2017 inauguration, with the idea that she and the rest of the Trump family could serve as America’s version of British royalty.More than six years later, and with Donald Trump out of the White House and facing his second arraignment for criminal charges in Miami Tuesday, Ivanka Trump has found other ways to live up to the royal vision and to dress up like a princess — while reportedly keeping her disgraced father at a polite distance.To host a big, splashy party to celebrate her 11-year-old daughter Arabella’s bat mitzvah, Ivanka Trump wore a version of the sparkling, $5,000 designer gown that Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, donned at one of her most spectacular, high-fashion moments, Page Six and the Daily Mail reported.MAZALTOV | Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella Rose Kushner, celebrates her bat mitzvah. READhttps://t.co/tF8YHiKY5h(Image| Ivanka Trum...

Frameline 2023: Here’s what to see at SF’s packed LGBTQ film fest

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

As the movement to purge library shelves of LGBTQ voices surges on, Frameline47 counters this representation setback by continuing to do what it does best,  amplify — loudly and proudly — voices from within the community by showcasing them on film.In fact, quite a few of the 90 films that’ll be showcased in the annual San Francisco LGBTQ film festival sprung from an author’s mind, including the popular YA novel “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” the get-your-hankies-out French novel “Lie to Me” and the lovely memoir “Fairyland” (the opening night feature), set in San Francisco.The festival’s in-person experience this year runs June 14-24 with screenings in San Francisco (the Castro, the Roxie, the 4-Star, the Balboa and the Vogue) and in Oakland (the New Parkway Theater). After that, you can sit on the couch and stream many of those same films at home from June 24 through July 2.There will, of course, be splashy parties and special events, includ...

Four-bedroom home sells in Los Gatos for $2.3 million

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

288 Belblossom Way – Google Street ViewA 2,151-square-foot house built in 1965 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 200 block of Belblossom Way in Los Gatos was sold on May 26, 2023. The $2,250,000 purchase price works out to $1,046 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage as well as two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 10,000-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:On Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos, in March 2023, a 2,448-square-foot home was sold for $2,025,000, a price per square foot of $827. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 2,035-square-foot home on Del Oro Place in San Jose sold for $1,550,000, a price per square foot of $762. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,852-square-foot home on the 5500 block of Del Oro Drive in San Jose sold in September 2022, for $1,740,000, a price per square foot of $940. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Rel...

Non-injury freeway shooting reported on I-880

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

(KRON) -- Authorities are investigating a freeway shooting that occurred overnight on Monday, according to the California Highway Patrol. Police investigating overnight Tenderloin homicide Police believe the incident took place around 1 a.m. on Interstate 880 near the junction with Interstate 238. Officers were informed of the shooting around 5 p.m. CHP Dublin is investigating the incident. No suspects have been identified. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact CHP Hayward at 510-489-1500.

Bert Kreischer brings ‘Fully Loaded’ comedy tour to Baltimore

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

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Breaking down the teams playing for national championship at College World Series

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Friday at Charles Schwab Field. (Capsules in order of CWS opening games. Coaches’ records through super regionals):ORAL ROBERTS (51-12)Coach: Ryan Folmar (370-222 in 11 years at ORU).Road to Omaha: Won Stillwater Regional: beat Oklahoma State 6-4, beat Washington 15-12, beat Dallas Baptist 6-5. Won Eugene Super Regional: lost 9-8 to Oregon, beat Oregon 8-7, beat Oregon 11-6.2023 record vs. CWS teams: 0-0.Last CWS appearance: 1978.All-time record in CWS: 1-2 in one appearance.Meet the Golden Eagles: C Jacob Godman (.296, 5 HRs, 29 RBIs), 1B Jake McMurray (.327, 6, 47), 2B Blaze Brothers (.302, 11, 38), SS Mac McCroskey (.310, 13, 62), 3B Holden Breeze (.317, 6, 42), LF Justin Quinn (.351, 7, 39), CF Jonah Cox (.420, 11, 67), RF Matt Hogan (.332, 18, 70), DH Drew Stahl (.281, 11, 55). Starting rotation: Jakob Hall (8-3, 3.56 ERA), LHP Harley Gollert (10-1, 4.30), RHP Brooks Fowler (9-1, 3.27). Relievers: RHP...

‘Avatar 3’ pushed to 2025 and Disney sets two ‘Star Wars’ films for 2026

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:20:03 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” may have finally arrived in theaters in 2022, but that long parade of “Avatar” delays isn’t done, yet. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday pushed the release of “Avatar 3” a year, bumping it from December 2024 to December 2025. The timeline is stretched even further for the next planned installments. “Avatar 4” is now slated to hit theaters in December 2029; “Avatar 5” is set to arrive in December 2031. If those dates hold, the “Avatar” film series will have stretched across the first four decades of the century. Director James Cameron, who launched “Avatar” in 2009, has said he may not direct films 4 and 5. By December 2031, the 68-year-old Cameron would be 77. “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” have collectively made more than $5.2 billion at the box office. “Each ‘Avatar’ film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect,” “Avat...