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In an effort to inspire Republican voters before the November midterms, Senator Lindsey Graham proposed a national abortion ban after 15 weeks. Such a bill would be passable if Congress were controlled by the GOP and could override a veto by President Biden.
Go deeper →The owner of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury, Robert Sarver, has been fined $10 million and suspended for a year after an investigation into his conduct found years' worth of hostile incidents and workplace misconduct, including harassment towards female employees and the use of racist language. Sarver is banned from NBA facilities and is not permitted to interact with staff or players during his suspension.
Actress Jennifer Coolidge finally won her first Emmy Award for her performance in 'White Lotus.' While accepting the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Coolidge danced off the ceremony master's attempt to play her offstage with music and joked that her pre-show lavender bath was making it hard to speak.
Sheryl Lee Ralph, an industry heavy hitter for almost forty years, won her first-ever Emmy for her performance in 'Abbott Elementary.' During her speech, she sang a verse from the Diana Reeves song, \"Endangered Species.\" The 65-year-old is just the second Black woman to win the category, an outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, and the first since 1987.
Actress, writer and producer, Quinta Brunson, became the first solo Black woman to win the Emmy for outstanding writing For a comedy series. She is the second Black woman to win the award after Lena Waithe. Brunson won for the pilot episode of her comedy, Abbott Elementary.
The revolutionary filmmaker who helped shape the French New Wave of filmography, Jean-Luc Godard, passed away today at 91. His first film, 'Breathless,' came to define a new era of French cinema, and he was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2010, but he did not attend the ceremony.
The Twitter shareholders voted in favor of Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout, teeing up the highly anticipated court battle in October over whether Musk will be allowed to back out of the deal.
Go deeper →The Twitter whistleblower, Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko, testified in front of Congress about his allegations that Twitter's security protocol contained egregious deficiencies.
Go deeper →The rapper PNB Rock was shot and killed while dining with his girlfriend in South Los Angeles. The shooter struggled with the rapper after demanding jewelry and money from him before shooting the rapper and fleeing the scene.
President Biden hosted an event at the White House to celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included many of his core campaign promises.
Go deeper →The leader of the impeachment investigation into Bill Clinton, and the former U.S. solicitor general, Kenneth Starr, passed away at the age of 76. Starr led the Whitewater investigation into Bill Clinton's real estate investments which culminated in revealing the affair between the former president and Monica Lewinsky. He also served as president of Baylor University and was part of former President Donald Trump's legal team when he faced impeachment in 2020.
After news broke that inflation is not slowing as quickly as Wall Street had hoped, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,250 points, marking the worst day for stocks in more than two years. The drop was initiated by the news that inflation decelerated to 8.3% in August, which was not enough to keep traders optimistic about an economic bounce back and lowered inflation.
The CEO of Patreon announced via blog post that the company would lay off 17% of its staff and shutter its Berlin and Dublin offices. The cuts will affect about 80 people on the Go-to-Market, Operations, Finance, and People teams. Last week, Patreon laid off its Security team, but the CEO said those layoffs were unrelated to the most recent batch.
Meta announced that they are expanding access to the feature, Community Chats, which follows in the footsteps of Discord and Club House by letting users of Facebook Messenger start live-chat with Facebook groups they are already members of.
Uber has agreed to pay $100 million in back taxes to New Jersey for failing to classify drivers as employees, depriving them of accessing unemployment, disability, and family insurance from 2014-2018. The agreed payment is unique to New Jersey drivers and is the largest fine ever issued by the state to a company for misclassifying employees.
The trailer for Damien Chazelle's new film, 'Babylon,' was released today. The film follows fame-hungry stars as Hollywood transitions away from silent movies and the excessive opulence which defines \"old Hollywood.\" The film stars Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, and Diego Calva alongside other Hollywood stars.
Newly released text messages show that former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant helped NFL legend Brett Favre funnel welfare funds from the nations poorest state, to build a volleyball stadium for the University of Southern Mississippi.
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