An Australian comedian has cancelled a musical about breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, citing a threat from the Olympian’s legal team who feared it would hurt her reputation. Raygun: The Musical had been set to open in Sydney on Saturday (Dec 7), featuring dance moves from the 37-year-old’s Paris Olympic performance, which became something of a global laughingstock. The Australian’s unorthodox routine, which included kangaroo hops and imitating a sprinkler, failed to impress the judges at the Games. The moves, and her unfashionable green tracksuit, were lampooned online and mocked on late-night talk shows. “Raygun’s lawyers got in touch with the…
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New York Mayor Eric Adams says suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson will be brought to justice.Police are closing in on the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel, the city’s mayor has said. New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Sunday that the “net is tightening” around the suspected gunman, who is believed by authorities to have left the city after the killing. “The manner in which they were able to follow his footsteps, to recover evidence – some of it is known, some of it is unknown – but the…
The Juan Soto sweepstakes is over. Even though he is staying in New York, he is moving from the Bronx to Queens after signing a 15-year contract with the New York Mets on Sunday night. Soto’s new deal is reportedly worth $765M, contains no deferred money and has escalators in the deal that could take it above $800M.It is the largest contract ever signed in professional sports history. The Mets were long thought to be the Yankees’ biggest competitor for Soto when it came to his free agency, specifically due to the fact Mets owner Steve Cohen is not afraid…
When Michelle Hensley, now founder and CEO of luxury gift basket and wrapping company Nifty Package Co., lost her husband, a pastor, to cancer in 2014, she was 50 years old and “had a complete identity crisis,” she says.Image Credit: Courtesy of Nifty Package Co.Hensley’s husband had handled their finances while she ran a nonprofit, and although she received a year-long stipend from the church after he passed, she needed to find another way to make ends meet. She still had two children at home at the time. Hensley had to start from square one. She’d been out of the…
December 6, 20243 min readWhy ‘Tipping Points’ Are the Wrong Way to Talk about Climate ChangeA new paper warns the concept of “tipping points” doesn’t do much to encourage climate action from laypeople and policymakersBy Chelsea Harvey & E&E NewsMeltwater drips from ice at an exposed portion of the Aletsch glacier on August 22, 2019 near Bettmeralp, Switzerland. CLIMATEWIRE | Unstoppable ice loss in Antarctica. Irreversible permafrost thaw in the Arctic. The shutdown of a gigantic Atlantic Ocean current.Scientists have warned that these and other “tipping points” in the Earth’s climate system lie ahead if global temperatures continue to rise…
A 70-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with a 1983 murder in Southern California, police said. Michael Larry Manatt, of Huntington Beach, was arrested for the murder of Ronald Gaskey, who police said was killed in his Newport Beach home on Dec. 13, 1983. The Newport Beach Police Department said in a statement that after detectives conducted interviews and collected evidence from Gaskey’s home at the time of the murder, they were not able to charge a suspect, leading the case to go cold. It was then reopened in the last few years, police said, and they were able…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldDonald Trump said he would not seek to remove Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell before his term expires in May 2026, but promised to push ahead with sweeping tariffs, mass deportations and tax cuts in his first days in the White House.In an interview with NBC News’s Meet the Press, Trump spoke about his priorities for the world’s largest economy when his second administration begins in January, including curtailing aid to Ukraine and reducing bloat across the government. When asked…
Steve Bannon talks with Rep Eli Crane on 12/7/24 War Room founder Steve Bannon talked with Rep. Eli Crane about Daniel Penny, who is unjustly being tried in a New York courtroom for saving innocent people from a lunatic on a New York train. Rep. Crane wants to award Penny with the Congressional Medal of Honor. “Talk to me about Fox News has something of a statement you made yesterday of the Marine Penny in New York who, this trial is a farce,” Bannon said. “They threw out the manslaughter yesterday. It’s a hung jury there. The jury is basically…
Located in Seattle, Washington, the Museum of Pop Culture is just one of the many attractions located near the famous Space Needle. Founded in 2000, the museum has only continued to grow throughout the decades, adding new experiences and exhibits.From a video game room to a spooky walk through some of the most terrifying horror movie costumes of all time, the Museum of Pop Culture gives guests a chance to learn more about their favorite pop culture moments and icons while also encouraging guests to think critically about the media they consume.Article continues below advertisementThe Museum Of Pop Culture Brings…
Israeli military also said on Sunday that it imposed a curfew for residents of five Syrian towns in a demilitarised buffer zone of the Golan Heights. “For your security you must stay at home and not go out until further notice,” Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adraee, an Israeli army spokesman, said on X. Since the rebel coalition, led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, began its renewed offensive against government forces on Nov 27, Syrian government forces have left positions near the Israeli-held Golan, according to a war monitor. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said…