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One Maine community’s fight to save a birthing center
In mid-coast Maine, a grassroots coalition of local residents is campaigning to stop the proposed closure of the labour and delivery (birthing) unit at Miles Hospital. The fight reflects a wider, well-documented trend across rural America, where hospitals are shutting or scaling back maternity services because of low birth volumes, staffing shortages and financial pressures,…
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Bill Hader, James Wan, Devon Pritchard, Nick Kroll and Keith Le Goy Join Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit Programming
Variety has announced Emmy-winning producer and actor Bill Hader; producer-director James Wan; producer-actor Nick Kroll; Nintendo of America president and COO Devon Pritchard, and Sony Pictures Television chairman Keith Le Goy as headlining speakers for its annual Entertainment and Technology Summit, presented by EY, held in Los Angeles on Sept. 17. Hader will speak about…
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After Nearly Five-Decade Career, Lucero Reinvents Herself Within Mexican Music: ‘I Wanted to Innovate and Dare to Do Something Different’
Mexican-American singer and actress Lucero is releasing new music that marks a fresh musical direction after nearly 50 years in the industry, venturing for the first time into the sierreño and tumbado sub-genres of regional Mexican music. The move comes as part of a forthcoming album, Fuertes Declaraciones, and reflects her stated desire to “innovate…
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Epstein survivor calls Cornyn’s vote to advance Blanche nomination ‘really depressing’
A victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein lamented Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) Tuesday vote to advance the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general. “There’s always a glimmer of hope that somebody will do the right thing,” Dani Bensky told MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell. “And I was really hoping that it would…
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Judge schedules Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery antitrust trial for March 2027
A US federal judge has finalised the trial schedule for the antitrust case seeking to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, setting proceedings to begin in March 2027 — later than Paramount had wanted. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ordered the trial to run 12 court days, from 2 to 19 March 2027, with a final…
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Newest Senator trolled over her simple solution to the GOP’s ‘affordability’ headache
Newly elected US Senator Darlene “Darline” Graham has drawn mockery online after suggesting a straightforward personal fix to the cost-of-living pressures dominating Republican messaging headaches, with critics accusing her of trivialising a complex national issue facing many Americans. Her comments came as the GOP continues to grapple with “affordability” as a politically sensitive topic ahead…
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Nearly 3 in 4 Harris voters say Dem lawmakers should challenge Trump more: Poll
Close to 3 in 4 voters who supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election believe that Democrats on Capitol Hill should challenge President Trump more. In The Economist/YouGov poll, 74 percent of Harris voter respondents said that congressional Democrats challenge the president “too little,” while only 2 percent of the same group…
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Trump demands contractors make changes to his under-construction helipad: Report
President Trump ordered contractors working on the White House helipad to redo their work, frustrated with its appearance after weeks of construction, according to reports. Trump was dissatisfied with the result of the construction of the helipad, having made it a priority when work began in June, the Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing two people…