Singer Kate Bush has garnered legions of new fans thanks to Netflix’s “Stranger Things” tapping her 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill” as a talismanic song for the character Max Mayfield. It’s also brought her a financial windfall, delivering about $2.3 million in streaming royalties in the month since the …
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30 June
Liz Cheney to debate Wyoming GOP foes after Jan. 6 hearings
Liz Cheney is returning to Wyoming after a week of hearing dramatic public testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee to debate Republican primary challengers including Harriet Hageman, her Donald Trump-endorsed opponent. Cheney is likely to draw criticism in Thursday’s televised debate for investigating the former president’s effort to overturn …
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28 June
Alexander Scott Ervin, acquitted of murder with insanity defense, escapes from Texas mental hospital
Austin, Texas — A man acquitted by reason of insanity of murder in the 2013 stabbing death of his father in Austin has escaped from a state hospital to which he was committed, authorities said Monday. Staff at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, near the Oklahoma border and …
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26 June
Transcript: President of the World Bank Group David Malpass on “Face the Nation,” June 26, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with President of the World Bank Group David Malpass that aired Sunday, June 26, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We now want to welcome David Malpass, President of the World Bank. Welcome back to Face The Nation. PRESIDENT OF THE …
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22 June
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is changing its name to Kraft Mac & Cheese
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is changing its name after 85 years, KraftHeinz, announced. The iconic blue boxes and bowls will now read Kraft Mac & Cheese, and the logo will be updated. “The change from ‘macaroni and cheese’ to ‘mac & cheese,’ is meant to reflect the way fans organically …
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22 June
What’s in the bipartisan gun bill unveiled in the Senate
Washington — A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday released the legislative text of a plan to curb gun violence, which if passed by Congress would be the most significant update to the nation’s firearms laws in nearly three decades. Called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the measure is the …
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16 June
Energy Dept grants incentivize construction of buildings that pull CO2 from air
The idea that buildings should be constructed with an eye to slowing climate change by making them carbon neutral is being superseded by the development of even more ambitious technologies that aim to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, making them carbon negative. CO2 is a main component of greenhouse gases, …
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14 June
2 El Monte police officers “essentially ambushed,” shot and killed in Los Angeles County
Two police officers — one a 22-year veteran and the other a rookie — were shot and killed in the Los Angeles County city of El Monte late Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The suspect is also dead. The mayor said the officers were “essentially ambushed.” The El Monte officers were …
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13 June
Amazon says it will launch drone deliveries this year in Lockeford, California
Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, California, will start receiving package deliveries by drone later this year, Amazon announced Monday. That would make the community of 3,500 among the first U.S. locations to enjoy free drone delivery within 30 minutes — a promise that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos first made nearly …
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10 June
This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 12, 2022: Kinzinger, Peterson, Densley, El
“Face the Nation” Guest Lineup: Representative Adam Kinzinger – (R) Illinois, member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Dr. Jillian Peterson – Co-founder and president of The Violence Project Dr. James Densley – Co-founder and president of The Violence Project Mohamed El-Erian …
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