It’s the time of year again where your TV guide fills up with more late-night entertainment. ITV’s The X Factor used to dominate the weekend ratings with its sometimes harsh auditions and names like Beyonce and Rihanna at the live finals. But over the years, the show’s figures have dropped to less than half of […]
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Thousands of troops and rescue workers are battling flooding and landslides after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 60 years. The storm has killed around two dozen people, with more still missing according to public broadcaster NHK. In central Nagano prefecture, water surrounded Japan’s famous bullet trains while helicopters plucked stranded residents from rooftops.
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The youngest Baby Bomber is all grown up. Any surprise Gleyber Torres is doing so well in October? “I mean, not really,” he said. The 22-year-old Torres kept up his postseason surge with a homer and five RBIs, Masahiro Tanaka polished his playoff resume and the New York Yankees blanked the Houston Astros 7-0 Saturday
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Nicola Sturgeon has told the Labour Party to not “bother picking up the phone” for SNP support if it won’t back another independence vote. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme, the Scottish first minister said the argument for independence was “even stronger” than it had been previously. She reiterated her position that Scotland should
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I get it: Your attention span has been consumed by impeachment news all week. But important stuff is happening in the business and tech worlds, too. Here’s what you should know heading into Monday. ImageCreditGiacomo Bagnara What’s Up? (Oct. 6-12) The Court of Social Media What role will big tech play in the Trump impeachment
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Broadway sensation Lin-Manuel Miranda played an eager Julián Castro and actor Woody Harrelson reprised his role as an out-of-touch Joe Biden in the star-studded cold open on “Saturday Night Live,” which poked fun at several of the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls. The sketch — a satirical take on the Democratic LGBTQ town hall hosted by
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Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam competition Sunday. It’s the 24th world championship medal for Biles, breaking a tie on 23 with the Belarusian men’s gymnast Vitaly Scherbo. Biles scored 15.066 on the beam after a near-flawless routine, opting for
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But this is not a strategy without risk, Mr. Goldberg noted. Voters in a general election, including Republicans and independents, do not share the liberal views about race that white Democrats do. Positions that some leading Democrats have embraced, including reparations for black Americans, could become liabilities. “When you think about it, this is why
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to brief his Cabinet on the progress of last-minute Brexit talks with the European Union. Britain is due to leave the 28-nation bloc on Oct. 31, and attempts to find a deal have foundered over plans for the border between EU member Ireland and the U.K.’s Northern Ireland.
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“Saturday Night Live” has given Sesame Street’s resident grouch Oscar the gritty origin story you never knew he needed. Parodying “Joker,” the new film about Batman’s nemesis directed by Todd Phillips, SNL’s “Grouch” features this week’s host David Harbour as Oscar, a grumpy garbage man who’s become increasingly disillusioned and agitated by the crime and
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