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"Lightyear" producer Galyn Susman says they're "excited" the creative team was able to restore a same-sex kiss between two female characters in June's upcoming animated Pixar film."Yes, we have a kiss," Susman said when asked about the reinsertion of the scene during a virtual press day for the "Toy Story" universe film in early April that Insider attended."We've always had the lesbian couple. They've always been a part of the film," Susman added. "Being able to put back the kiss was important to us. It's a touching moment."

A trendy pay-as-you-feel restaurant chain allegedly traded while insolvent for years and underpaid employees by nearly $400,000. Lentil as Anything, a popular group of eateries in Sydney and Melbourne that lets customers choose what they pay, survived the pandemic thanks to nearly $400k in GoFundMe donations but an accounting firm alleged it went under a year earlier. Worrells sent a recent report to creditors detailing the mismanagement of the company, which alleged Lentil as Anything was 'likely insolvent' as far back as June, 2019, the Syndey Morning Herald reported. 'It is our preliminary position that the company was likely insolvent...

The Ninth Circuit affirmed Tuesday that lawsuits seeking to hold the world’s largest energy companies financially liable for climate change and the rising sea levels that threaten California’s coastal communities should stay in state court, setting the stage for a legal offensive comparable to one that won multibillion-dollar awards against Big Tobacco.

Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years. Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which levels out week-to-week volatility, rose by 4,500 to 177,250. About 1.42 million Americans were collecting traditional unemployment benefits in the week of April 9, the fewest since February 21, 1970.

“‘If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell’” (Matthew 5:29–30). We must be willing, as Jesus teaches here, to relinquish whatever is necessary to protect us from evil and...

The commander of a Norfolk, Virginia-based U.S. Navy destroyer was recently reassigned to onshore duties after a federal appeals court stayed a lower court decision that had allowed him to stay with the ship despite refusing the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine. The Daily Press reported Wednesday that the commander, who remains unnamed in legal filings, was reassigned after U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit stayed U.S. District Court Judge Steven Merryday’s injunction. The lower court’s injunction had previously prevented the Navy from relieving him of the ship’s command despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19. The Navy destroyer was due to...

Bill Murray has been accused of 'inappropriate behavior' and seen his latest movie shut down, reports say. The 71-year-old actor had the complaint filed against him last week before Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogan's Being Mortal was temporarily shelved, it was claimed. The details of the allegations were not immediately clear but Searchlight Pictures said an investigation has been launched. Murray has previously been accused of misbehaving on set, having allegedly been part of a ferocious bust up with his Charlie's Angels co-star Lucy Liu. He is said to have berated the actress after she confronted him over tweaking the...

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Former President Barack Obama placed blame on tech companies for failing to address the disinformation problem he said the industry has amplified during a speech Thursday at Stanford University. The new information ecosystem, fueled by the rise of dominant social media platforms, is “turbocharging some of humanity’s worst impulses,” he said in the roughly hour-long speech. “But not all problems we’re seeing now are an inevitable byproduct of this new technology. They’re also the result of very specific choices, made by the companies that have come to dominate the internet generally, and social media platforms in particular. Decisions that intentionally...

Dan Price, Gravity Payments’ CEO who has drawn national attention to company-wide wage discrepancies by raising his employees’ minimum salaries to $70,000, has been charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of reckless driving in Seattle Municipal Court. The charges stem from an alleged assault with sexual motivation. Price is also being investigated for “felony rape of a drugged victim” charges stemming from a Palm Springs incident in April of 2021, according to a Palm Springs Police Department report. That case will be referred to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office “in the near future,” a spokesperson...

#MarsHelicopter can’t stop, won’t stop! Ingenuity completed its 26th flight on the one-year anniversary of its first flight on Mars. It took these four images during the flight with its navigation camera.(Image gif at above source link)***Flight -- 26 Sol -- 414 Date -- April 19, 2022 Horizontal Distance -- 360m ~ 1,181ft Max.Altitude -- 8m ~ 26ft Max. Groundspeed -- 3.80 m/s ~ 8.5 mph Duration -- 159.0 sec Route of Flight -- From Airfield Q To Airfield RComplete chart at:https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Flight-Log

LIVE: President Trump Speaks at Heritage’s Annual Leadership Conference in Amelia Island, FL 4/21/22 President Trump is scheduled to speak at the Heritage Foundation’s Annual Leadership Conference in Amelia Island, FL. Heritage’s mission is to formulate and promote public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. Right Side Broadcasting Network is tentatively scheduled to be live from 5:45 PM-7:15 PM ET for the president’s scheduled speech from 6-7 PM ET.

A revolutionary cryogenic tank design promises to radically boost the range of hydrogen-powered aircraft – to the point where clean, fuel-cell airliners could fly up to four times farther than comparable planes running on today's dirty jet fuel. Weight is the enemy of all things aerospace – indeed, hydrogen's superior energy storage per weight is what makes it such an attractive alternative to lithium batteries in the aviation world. We've written before about HyPoint's turbo air-cooled fuel cell technology, but its key differentiator in the aviation market is its enormous power density compared with traditional fuel cells. For its high...

A reporter had asked Biden whether he was considering delaying the lifting of Title 42. “There’s going to be an appeal by the Justice Department because as a matter of principal we want to be in a position where if in fact it is strongly concluded by the scientists that we need Title 42, that we be able to do that,” Biden said. “But there has been no decision on extending Title 42.” In a written statement, distributed by the White House less than two hours after those public remarks, Biden clarified that “there is no Department of Justice action...

Take a gander at these eighteen things that lasted longer than CNN+:1) A gallon of milk2) Kamala Harris's presidential campaign3) Two weeks to stop the spread4) Firefly......

In February, Scott released a 60-page “11-point plan to rescue America” that offered 128 proposals. In his introductory letter, he noted that “this plan is not for the faint of heart.” “All Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount. Currently over half of Americans pay no income tax.” Scott provided no details on his plan and offered no proposed legislative language. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center (TPC) quickly ran the numbers on what would happen if every unmarried filer had to pay at least $100 in income taxes and every...

Passing info on: "Hey it’s Dave an EMT/ex Army medic. I volunteered for 2 weeks in the Ukraine last month, I hurt my back from a land mine and returned home. I was able to bring @ $60k worth of donated medicine and Supplies,body armor, and VHF radios to Northern Kyiv. Nightly I would teach battlefield medicine and pre-hospital care. Daily I would exfiltrate orphans,families, and young girls(401 total) susceptible to sex trafficking and deliver them to Poland via the Red Cross. After an MRI confirmed my back will be better in two weeks I will be returning to Eastern...

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he went behind a building and cried after losing the 2016 GOP presidential primary to former President Donald Trump. Kasich made the embarrassing admission on Thursday’s episode of the “​​Kasich & Klepper” podcast. The former governor said that he had stayed in the race until the bitter end because he believed people “were gonna come to their senses.” “Well, you know, I was [in the presidential race] til the bitter end. When it was over — I haven’t ever told anyone this — I was on a plane and we were going to do...

Explanation: Fifty years ago, April 20, 1972, Apollo 16's lunar module Orion touched down on the Moon's near side in the south-central Descartes Highlands. While astronaut Ken Mattingly orbited overhead in Casper the friendly command and service module the Orion brought John Young and Charles Duke to the lunar surface. The pair would spend nearly three days on the Moon. Constructed from images (AS16-117-18814 to AS16-117-18820) taken near the end of their third and final surface excursion this panoramic view puts the lunar module in the distance toward the left. Their electric lunar roving vehicle in the foreground, Duke is...

(Snip) As for Romney, Gabbard blasted the nominally Republican Senator for his March 13 tweet in which he said Gabbard was spreading “Russian propaganda” and that her “treasonous lies may well cost lives.”“Your accusation that Representative Gabbard, a combat veteran and current military officer, has engaged in ‘treasonous’ activity is completely false, a fact of which you were well aware when you made your claim. And as explained below, your accusation that Representative Gabbard lied also has no basis in fact,” Dhillon wrote to Romney.“Your allegation that Representative Gabbard spoke ‘treasonous lies’ is clear-cut defamation,” Dhillon continued.