by Jim Heath | Oct 24, 2021 | Entertainment
Dune debuted at the top of the domestic box office as the science-fiction epic raked in $17.5 million on Friday. The film set a new record for a Warner Bros. and HBO Max’s day and date release and marked a career-best opening day for director Denis Villeneuve,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 19, 2021 | Headlines
The January 6 committee voted tonight to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to testify before the select panel. Earlier today, the panel probing the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters rejected an attempt by Bannon to refrain from testifying. This vote...
by Jim Heath | Oct 18, 2021 | Book Excerpts, History
They made it clear: Absolutely no interviews. In late fall of 2012, former secretary of state Colin Powell, a Republican who had served in the Reagan and both Bush administrations, endorsed Barack Obama for reelection. Powell was a pathbreaker, serving as the...
by Jim Heath | Oct 18, 2021 | Headlines, Obit
Colin Powell, who in four decades of public life served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser, and whose speech at the United Nations in 2003 helped pave the way for the United States to go to war in Iraq, died on Monday. He was 84. The...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2021 | Headlines
Former president Bill Clinton was discharged from the hospital Sunday, his medical team confirmed, five days after he was admitted for an infection of the bloodstream, a condition known as sepsis. Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California at Irvine...
