A tearful Madonna has stopped mid-performance to deliver an emotional speech on the Paris terror attacks. “There is power in unity, and I do believe, as much chaos and pain and senseless violence and terrorism that occurs around this world — not just in Paris — there is more goodness in this world,” she said, becoming visibly emotional at several …
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Saturday Night Live opens with touching message for Paris “Video”
Saturday Night Live delivered a message of solidarity to the city of Paris during the cold open of Saturday’s broadcast. Scrapping the typical cold-opening formula, SNL instead sent player Cecily Strong on stage to directly address the people of Paris: “Paris is the City of Light. And here in New York City, we know that light will never go out. …
Read More »Governor Jerry Brown extends ‘California water-saving’ measures in drought
California Governor Jerry Brown has extended his executive order requiring residents to conserve water as the state readies for a fifth year of drought. A new executive order issued by Brown calls for restrictions on water use in urban areas to continue until the end of October 2016 if drought conditions continue into January of next year. The governor had …
Read More »Seven Arrested In Belgium In Connection With Terror Plot “Video”
Police in Belgium made seven arrests Saturday in connection with Friday’s bloody terror assaults in Paris that killed at least 129 people, officials said. Seven of the aggressors involved in the bloody attacks in Paris on Friday are dead. Two of those assailants were French men residing in Brussels, the Belgian official told the Associated Press. One of the two …
Read More »Pope Francis: Paris attacks part of a ‘piecemeal Third World War’
Pope Francis on Saturday called the Paris terror attacks “a piece” of a “piecemeal Third World War,” and said he is praying for the families of the victims, and the entire French people. In a report from the Catholic News Agency, Pope Francis speaks up regarding the November 13 terror attacks at Paris.
Read More »Nohemi Gonzalez: American college student among victims killed in Paris attacks “Video”
Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old design student who attended the California State University, Long Beach, was among those killed in attacks in Paris that left at least 129 dead on Friday, according to the university. “She was in Paris attending Strate College of Design during a semester abroad program,” Cal State Long Beach’s Shayne Schroeder said.
Read More »Alan Arkin: Actor hospitalized after “mini-stroke”
Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin was hospitalized after a minor stroke, but was fine and back reading scripts on Friday, according to a publicist. TMZ first reported the incident revealing he was hospitalised and released the following day after doctors gave him the all clear.
Read More »U2 cancels concert in Paris after deadly attacks, Report
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, U2 has canceled a concert planned for Saturday that was scheduled to air as a live special on HBO. “We watched in disbelief and shock at the unfolding events in Paris and our hearts go out to all the victims and their families across the city tonight,” the band said in a statement on …
Read More »Bruce: Manitoba Mosasaur from Morden Makes It into Guinness Record Book
One of Morden’s two publicly displayed mosasaurs has officially secured an entry in next year’s Guinness World Records Book. The 2016 print book features Bruce, the world’s longest publicly exhibited mosasaur, which is 13 metres long and is on display at the Morden centre.
Read More »Joanna Leigh: Boston Marathon bomb “victim” admits to scam
Joanna Leigh, a boston woman pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding several funds meant to help Boston Marathon Bombing victims. Joanna Leigh, 41, spent two years claiming she suffered a traumatic brain injury running toward the second bomb blast at the marathon finish line in 2013.
Read More »Cleveland Clinic Plans First-Ever Uterus Transplants in US
The Cleveland Clinic has announced that it will conduct the first “highly experimental” uterus transplant procedures in the U.S., giving some women a chance they may never have had to experience pregnancy. According to The New York Times, which on Thursday published an in-depth look at this apparent medical breakthrough.
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