It’s sometimes said that those who were kids in the 1990s were the last generation to have a true childhood. This is because they came of age before the digital trends of the internet, smartphones, and other tech devices went full throttle. Having spent part of my own childhood in those apparent glory years, I…
Man Shot in Neck Following Argument in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—A 29-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the neck during a shooting in the East Village community of San Diego, authorities said June 25. The suspect fled eastbound on the 1400 block of Commercial Avenue riding a white bicycle, the San Diego Police Department reported. The victim and suspect were arguing about…
The Latest vs. the Greatest: ‘No Hard Feelings’ (2023) and ‘The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer’ (1947)
Commentary The modern film industry has a talent for taking a basic story concept and distorting it with extraneous vulgarity until its main theme is hardly recognizable. You can counteract this, however, by foregoing the latest releases in favor of movies made during Hollywood’s good old days (1934-1954), when storytelling was uncomplicated by computer generated…
Greek Conservatives Storm to Victory in Repeat Election
ATHENS—Greece’s conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as prime minister. With most votes counted, New Democracy was leading with 40.5 percent of the vote and 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament, interior ministry figures showed. It was more than…
Shopify CEO Vows to Fight CRA Demand for Six Years of Canadian Merchant Records
E-commerce giant Shopify plans to fight a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) demand for six years of records from more than 121,000 Canadian merchants that work with the platform to build online stores. “I don’t particularly want a fight with the CRA (Canada’s tax authority)- but we got asked to backchannel them 6 years of records…
Border Patrol Releases Bodycam Footage of Fatal Nighttime Shooting of Arizona Man
June 25, 2023
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 22 released body camera footage of the fatal nighttime shooting of Ray Mattia outside his Tohono O’odham Nation home in Arizona on May 18. Ten Border Patrol agents captured the incident on their body-worn cameras, most of which was withheld from the public by CBP, pending an…
Musical Review: ‘Days of Wine and Roses’
NEW YORK—”Days of Wine and Roses,” a 1962 film about the descent into alcoholism and what comes after, doesn’t seem a likely candidate for a stage musical. Yet bookwriter Craig Lucas and composer Adam Guettel have taken its core elements and turned it into something fresh and involving, with two powerhouse performances at its center….
House Intelligence Committee Chairman: Declassified Wuhan Lab Report Is ‘Not Sufficient’
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee declared Sunday that declassified report on the origins of COVID-19 isn’t sufficient, noting that few new details were revealed. In a Sunday interview, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) demanded more information after a 10-page report was released Friday by the U.S. intelligence community. “We passed a law saying declassify the…
At Least 3 Dead and 5 Injured at Early Morning Shootings in Kansas City
June 25, 2023
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—At least three people have been found dead, and at least five others are thought to be injured, police in Missouri said while investigating two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning. Officers were called to the intersection of 57th Street and Prospect Avenue just after…
US Officials React to Wagner Mutiny in Russia
June 25, 2023
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Top U.S. officials on June 25 reacted to news out of Russia that the Wagner Group private military company had mounted a mutiny against the Russian state before withdrawing, saying it shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin is weaker within his own nation than many thought. The conflict between Putin and Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin—formerly known as…
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