REDDING, Calif. — Employees at a Redding restaurant and bar are staying prepared as they say they’re seeing the dangers of the fentanyl epidemic. At The Shack in Redding, employees keep a ready supply of Narcan. Bartender and server Julie Mason said this is provided by a local health department. Their staff members all know how to use the medication …
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Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter at the Venice Film Festival Getty Images George Clooney was joined by wife Amal on the red carpet at the film’s premiere in Venice There’s a line in George Clooney’s new film where one character tells him: “You’re the American dream, the last of the great movie stars.” It’s a comment which could easily apply to Clooney …
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It is not an original idea to make a movie about a movie star. Think Notting Hill, The Bodyguard, Tropic Thunder, America’s Sweethearts, A Star Is Born, Birdman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Bowfinger. I could go on. The greatest film I ever saw about a star was Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s masterful All About Eve, even if that was …
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A Dino Crisis remake was reportedly attempted twice, but the projects were later scrapped due to low quality. Replying to a user’s question on X, known CAPCOM leaker Dusk Golem revealed that, in the past few years, CAPCOM attempted to bring back the survival horror series with a remake of the first game. The first attempt was from CAPCOM Vancouver …
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Welcome back, gamers. I can call you that, right? Cool. Anyway, this is Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku’s daily round-up of news and other stuff you might care about. Today, we have more layoffs, Unreal Engine 5 optimization information, details on how Black Myth: Wukong runs on Xbox, and someone claiming Capcom has tried to remake Dino Crisis a few times, but …
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Palestinians, including children, receive hot meals, distributed by charity organizations, as people struggle to access food due to Israeli food blockade in Gaza City, Gaza on Aug. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images In late February of 2024, Jordanian cargo planes flew over northern Gaza, dropping large pallets of food attached to …
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Google launched new features for Google Translate that will help users learn a new language with the help of AI. The new features take a page from Duolingo, which has faced pressure as AI algorithms can now write and speak in different languages. Google’s new AI-powered features for Google Translate are taking a page from Duolingo—and its responsive live translation …
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 U.S. Open, and you can follow all the U.S. Open coverage, too. Welcome to the U.S. Open briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day three, a court assignment told a story, the outside courts were the big ticket, and seeds held …
Read More »5 Years On, China’s Property Crisis Has No End in Sight The New York Times China’s Rental Market Flooded with Listings as Rents Continue to Slide Caixin Global Chinese Builders Restructure Over USD167 Billion of Debt Since January, Think Tank Says Yicai Global CIA: 20 Struggling Developers Complete Debt Restructuring Totaling RMB1.2T+ as of Aug AASTOCKS.com China’s First-Tier Real Estate Market: A Strategic Rebound …
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Donald Trump has “manufactured a crisis” to justify the notion of sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as the White House advanced plans to militarize more US cities. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and a New York Democratic congressman, accused the US president of “playing …
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