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In a wide-ranging conversation at the 92NY, the actor, who revealed he's currently writing a book, also talked turning down 'Star Wars' and how "about half" of 'The Offer' is true.Al Pacino sat down for a wide-ranging conversation Wednesday night in New York, touching on everything from his early days on The Godfather and his decision to turn down Star Wars to his views on retirement. The 82-year-old star sat down with David Rubenstein as part of the 92nd Street Y, New York’s “People Who Inspire Us” series for an hourlong chat, where he looked back on his career and...

MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann said Friday on “Morning Joe” that the only way to deter Fox News from “promulgating lies” is for the U.S. government to step in and regulate. Co-host Eugene Robinson said, “A lot of people in media who were appalled at what Fox did in defaming Dominion and who were rooting for Fox to lose at the same time, who worried that an adverse ruling to Fox if they’ve gone to trial, might have an impact on libel law, might have an impact on the governing, Supreme Court decisions Sullivan v. The New York Times, that...

Austin, Texas residents are expressing growing concern about a potential serial killer after an eighth body was found in Lady Bird Lake. Knewz Knewz Serial Killer On The Loose: Eighth Body Found In Texas Lake As Fears Grow Evil Sicko Is Targeting Young Men Story by Dave Malyon • 6h ago Austin, Texas residents are expressing growing concern about a potential serial killer after an eighth body was found in Lady Bird Lake. Lady Bird Lake in Austin. Facebook Lady Bird Lake in Austin. Facebook © Knewz John Christopher Hays-Clark, aged 30, was discovered dead in the lake on April...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) has filled her campaign coffers with Wall Street cash — but some donors are miffed she’s spent more than $100,000 of it on luxury hotels, private jets, limos and fine wines, On The Money has learned. Since 2021, Sinema has spent nearly $20,000 worth of campaign donations on wine-related expenses alone — dropping thousands at some of the most exclusive vineyards on the West Coast including Promontory Winery in Napa Valley, Auteur Winery in Sonoma and Argyle Winery in the Willamette Valley, according to election filings. During that same timeframe, Sinema spent nearly $10,000 in campaign...

Elon Musk-owned Twitter has quietly dropped labeling that identified state-affiliated and government-funded accounts for officials and media outlets...The shift on Friday also saw the removal of controversial labels added to media accounts including NPR earlier this month.

Twitter users had a field day lambasting male Canadian lawmakers who paraded around a room wearing pink high heel shoes in order to encourage men and boys to help combat violence against women. Members of Canada's Parliament donned the heels as part of the "Hope in High Heels" event sponsored by Halton Women's Place, a women's shelter in Ontario, to bring awareness to violence targeting women.

NASA leadership had a lot to say after today's explosive first test flight of SpaceX's Starship. NASA has tapped Starship for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission, which will put astronauts back on the moon no earlier than 2025. Following that, Starship will also ferry human crews to the lunar surface and back for Artemis 4 and perhaps also Artemis 5, according to NASA's current plans. With so much banking on the successful development of the massive stainless steel vehicle, NASA leaders took the opportunity to hail today's flight test as an important step forward in the agency's moon plans. NASA...

[Catholic Caucus] Ambiguity and Clarity in the Age of SynodalityWhat is synodality? Can you provide a somewhat concise, fairly precise definition off the top of your head?If not, don’t feel bad. After all, the implicit idea behind a “synod on synodality” is to learn what synodality is, how it works, why it is important, and so forth. Some might say that is paradoxical; others would say it is problematic. At the very least, definitions are still a bit difficult to come by, although this particular synodal process has been at it since 2021.Take, for example, the recently released North American...

President Joe Biden's latest climate action is intended to erase a legacy of institutional discrimination, which has led to underinvestment in climate infrastructure and other critical services in minority districts across the country. April 21 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday to protect the environment and other vital resources in minority communities as part of a series of announcements this week to highlight government efforts to fight climate change. The president's latest action on the environment, ahead of Earth Day on Saturday, was primarily intended to address a legacy of institutional discrimination, which has led...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — The Pentagon has deployed forces and is developing options to assist in the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, but the White House said Friday there are no plans for now for a broader pullout of the potentially thousands of other Americans from the African country where warring factions are in a violent conflict. The troop moves by the U.S. military are intended “to ensure that we provide as many options as possible, if we are called on to do something. We haven’t been called on to do anything yet,” Defense Secretary...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats advanced seven of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees through committee on Thursday with Republican votes, shelving others that lack bipartisan backing with Sen. Dianne Feinstein absent. The move by Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., marks a change in course after he had repeatedly delayed meetings since early March to advance a package of judges, lacking the decisive vote of Feinstein, D-Calif., who is out indefinitely on medical leave. “We wish our colleague, Sen. Feinstein, a speedy recovery and return,” Durbin said. “We hope she’ll be back in the Senate very soon. Today’s agenda includes a...

Rep. Burchett warned that it should not be made available to the public, rather only the families of those killed and members of Congress. In the weeks since trans-identified shooter Audrey Hale massacred three adults and three children at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, details have emerged shining light on what led her to carry out the brutal attack. A comprehensive manifesto was recovered, however its contents have not been released. Lawmakers familiar with the matter have warned of the horrible things included in Hale's manifesto, and called for it to be made available to certain individuals. As the...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is talking up his own ability to land a winning argument and even take down Donald Trump in the race for the White House. Christie, who earlier this week leveled a 'porn star' attack on Trump while arguing Ron DeSantis wasn't conservative enough, made the comments on a trip to New Hampshire, a state central to his failed 2016 presidential campaign. Christie, known as a political brawler, got asked whether other members of the Republican field were not 'physical enough' or lacked the 'aggressiveness' to take Trump down, on a day when he led...

Vatican praises atheistic Buddhist ‘compassion’ as ‘antidote to the global crises’A message from the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue promoted Buddhist philosophy on suffering and equated Buddhist thought with Christianity.The Vatican has written to Buddhists to commemorate a pivotal holiday in the Buddhist tradition, praising its form of “compassion” despite scholars warning that Buddhism is firmly opposed to the tenets of Christianity.On April 21, the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue issued a message to mark the Buddhist “feast of Varek,” which, as the Vatican body noted, “commemorates the major events in Buddha’s life.”Entitled “Buddhists and Christians: Healing Wounded Humanity and the Earth...

House committee advances disapproval resolution on gun ruleRepublicans look to block a Biden administration rule to strengthen regulations on firearms with stabilizing bracesRoll CallRyan Tarinelli4/20/2023The House Judiciary Committee advanced a joint resolution Thursday that would block a Biden administration rule to strengthen regulations on firearms with stabilizing braces.The 23-15 vote along party lines on the measure is the latest confrontation between GOP lawmakers and the administration over actions to address gun violence and mass shootings.The rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would require gun owners before June to register pistols with stabilizing braces that turn them...

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez appears to be collaborating in the US-led, WEF coup against his own nation. Mario Abdo Benítez, the President of Paraguay, visited the United States Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) Command Hub in Hurlburt Field, Florida in late March, in the middle of a US-led World Economic Forum election coup that threatens to turn his nation into the next Brazil. According to the US Air Force, Benítez’s visit to the SOF Hub included high-level meetings with the military officers behind “unconventional warfare” and “psychological operations.” President Mario Abdo Benítez, or “Marito” as he is known...

Just a week before its grand opening, the Shake Shack location in downtown Portland was vandalized, the Portland Police Bureau confirmed to KOIN 6. Earlier this week, officers responded to the location at 1016 Burnside Street where a window was smashed. It doesn’t appear the vandal was hungry for a burger as PPB says there’s no evidence anyone entered the business. “The safety of our team members and guests are top priority for us. While we’re saddened to see the vandalization of our Shack pre-opening, we are looking forward to opening and bringing our hospitality and dedicated guest experience to...

“There has been only one Christian. They caught him and crucified him …… “ – Mark Twain ........... As a Cardinal, George Pell became the second most successful Australian Catholic ever, behind Saint Mary of the Cross. Then a Socialist Left injustice system imprisoned him for conducting a mass ........... Some voices rate Pell’s prison journal as one of the greatest works of literature produced in Australia. Pell's Anglican friend, Bishop David Farrer sees it as a remarkably uplifting call to prayer ......,.... Today is the 113th anniversary of Mark Twain’s death in 1910. Perhaps the following words of Twain...

A 20-year-old Colorado woman was killed after a large rock was thrown at her vehicle. The victim was one of at least five victims of rock attacks on cars in the Denver area. Around 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, a large rock was launched at a yellow Chevy Spark. At the time of the attack, Alexa Bartell was on the phone with her friend. The phone call went silent. Bartell's friend used an app to locate Alexa’s phone. The friend found Alexa's Spark in a field off the road. The 20-year-old woman was dead inside her car near Denver, Colorado. Police...

U.S. prosecutors are considering hitting President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, with a felony tax evasion charge, a potential felony charge related to the purchase of a firearm, and two misdemeanor charges for failing to file taxes, two sources said according to NBC News. Two senior law enforcement officials told the publication that there was “growing frustration” inside the FBI that the president’s son has not been charged because the Bureau finished most of its work a year ago and the IRS finished its investigation more than a year ago. U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who was appointed by former President...