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Here’s a list of what the Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson says is missing from his new film “Woman at War”: “No misery, no violence, no death, not even a gun, and no sex.” Despite the absence of those mainstays, he said “Woman at War” is an action thriller with lessons for Hollywood films. It’s a tense, topical film of espionage, sabotage and personal demons about a lone eco-terrorist (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) being hunted by the Icelandic government and a massive corporation doing harm to the environment. Читать дальше...

BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — Police have arrested a Pennsylvania high school's head football coach on child pornography charges. Fifty-nine-year-old Russell Barley, of Chippewa Township, was arraigned Thursday in Beaver on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. State police say they found a video of a nude 14-year-old girl from a computer in Barley's home. Police say Barley told investigators that he had deleted other downloaded videos because he knew he "knew what he was doing was wrong."... Читать дальше...

Just in time for Kevin Durant and the Warriors' weekend visit to New York, some hard-core Knicks fans unveiled a billboard appealing for the superstar to change teams.

Sofia Vergara is once again the belle of the TV-actress-salary ball, having been named No. 1 on Forbes’ list of the World’s Highest-Paid Actresses for the seventh year in a row. The “Modern Family” star’s winning paycheck of $42.5 million beats out “Big Bang Theory” lead Kaley Cuoco’s — her nearest competition — $24.5 million in earnings by 73 percent, according to Forbes’ 2018 rankings. Read the full article on The Wrap

Amazon’s stock price was down more than 5 percent following the release of its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, which missed Wall Street revenue targets, but surpassed earnings expectations. After the close of markets Thursday, Amazon reported revenue of $56.6 billion and earnings of $5.75 a share for the three months ended September 30. For the corresponding period last year, Amazon generated $43.74 billion in revenue and earnings of 52 cents a share. Analysts had projected $57.1 billion in revenue and earnings of $3.14 a share... Читать дальше...

SACRAMENTO — By his own account, Borey Ai was a 14-year-old gangster when he killed a woman during a robbery that netted about $300. He spent 19 years in prison before parole officials decided he had turned his life around. He walked out of San Quentin prison in November 2016 and into the custody of waiting federal immigration agents. Ai is now 37 and asking California Gov. Jerry Brown to wipe away his criminal conviction and likely prevent his deportation to Cambodia, a nation where his mother was born but he has never seen. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators probing crude pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump are trying to determine whether the devices were intended to detonate or simply to sow fear, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Thursday. The officials said the devices were not rigged like a booby-trapped package bomb that would explode upon opening. They had timers and batteries but never went off. Law enforcement officials were still uncertain whether the devices were poorly... Читать дальше...

In 1994, the year that I was born, the words "Botox" and "wife beater" were first published in print, as were "dot-com," "MP3" and "cisgender."

UNITED NATIONS — Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully functioning democracy, U.N. investigators said Wednesday. Marzuki Darusman, chair of the U.N. fact-finding mission on Myanmar, said thousands of Rohingya are still fleeing to Bangladesh, and the estimated 250,000 to 400,000 who have stayed following last year’s brutal military campaign in the Buddhist-majority country... Читать дальше...

WELLSTON, Mo. (AP) — A man has been charged with robbing a suburban St. Louis bank with a note scrawled on the back of a losing lottery ticket. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 42-year-old Joseph Thomas, of St. Louis was charged Wednesday with stealing or attempting to steal from a Regions Bank in Wellston, which he had attempted to rob previously. Bond is set at $100,000. No attorney is listed for him in online court records. Police say no weapon was displayed Tuesday morning when a note was passed to a teller. Читать дальше...

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Cerner Corp. (CERN) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $169.4 million. On a per-share basis, the North Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had net income of 51 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, were 63 cents per share. The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 63 cents per share. The health care information... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There are a relatively tiny number of Nicaraguans who decided to try their luck with the caravan of thousands of Central Americans, mostly Hondurans, currently making its way through southern Mexico. Nicaraguans represent a small minority of the many migrants who cross through Mexico each year toward the United States. However, this may change after a political crisis erupted in the country this year, with opposition protests demanding President Daniel Ortega's exit from office eliciting a deadly crackdown... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, considered a potential Democratic candidate for the White House in 2020, said during a debate Thursday with her Republican challenger that she will serve out her six-year Senate term if she's re-elected next month. Gillibrand, whose star has risen quickly since she succeeded Hillary Clinton in 2009, also fielded questions about immigration, health care and other issues during a half-hour televised debate held in WABC-TV's studio in Manhattan. When asked about her plans in two years... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Childish Gambino has canceled his Saturday appearance at the 2018 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans because of a foot injury he suffered last month. News outlets report Gambino's 9:45 p.m. slot has been filled by rapper Travis Scott. Gambino, whose real name is Donald Glover, injured his foot during a concert in Dallas. The festival is being held at City Park from Friday through Sunday. Festival director Don Kelly says Glover's last-minute cancellation was beyond the festival's control. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Strong results from major companies including Microsoft and Visa helped U.S. stocks bust out of another losing streak. The rally wiped out most of the market's plunge from the day before, but stocks are still down sharply over the past three weeks. Tesla soared 9.1 percent after reporting its biggest quarterly profit. The S&P 500 index rose 49 points, or 1.9 percent, to 2,705. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 401 points... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) _ Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $2.88 billion. On a per-share basis, the Seattle-based company said it had profit of $5.75. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 16 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.29 per share. The online retailer posted revenue of $56.58 billion in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Sixteen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $57.05 billion. For the current quarter ending in December... Читать дальше...

SEOUL — The rival Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command finished removing firearms and troops from a jointly controlled area at a border village on Thursday, as part of agreements to reduce decades-long animosity on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea separately announced that its troops found what it believes are Korean War remains in another front-line area where they have been clearing land mines with North Korean soldiers. The rival Koreas plan their first joint searches for war dead there after their de-mining work is done. Читать дальше...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man claiming self-defense fatally shot another man near Grants Pass. Oregon State Police say officers responding to a report of a shooting Wednesday evening found a man dead on the deck of the home. Police say an elderly man who lives at the home told investigators that he shot the man in self-dense. Police say both the man and his wife are cooperating with the investigation.

TX El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Thursday, October 25, 2018 _____ 164 FPUS54 KEPZ 252004 ZFPEPZ Zone Forecast Product for Southwest-Southcentral New Mexico-Far West Texas National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 204 PM MDT Thu Oct 25 2018 TXZ419-261145- Eastern/Central El Paso County- Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro, and Fort Bliss 204 PM MDT Thu Oct 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Читать дальше...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Police say a Maine baby sitter who was found wandering around a neighborhood nude from the waist down told an officer she drank vodka and left the kids home alone. WABI-TV reports that a tearful Lauren Gelinas pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of child endangerment. Police say she was supposed to be caring for two children, ages 2 and 4, at a Bangor home when she was found. Officers went to the home and found one child crying and lying in vomit while the other was asleep. Читать дальше...

You know those DVDs that sit in a giant Walmart bin, where, if you’re so inclined, you can spend half an hour sifting for a $2 treasure? The kinds of movies usually dumped unceremoniously into theaters in January, and maybe if you’re going stir crazy you take a chance and find yourself happily surprised? “Hunter Killer” is one of those. It’s not going to win any Oscars, or give “Halloween” a run for its money. And what it’s doing taking up valuable cineplex space in the fall is anyone’s guess. But... Читать дальше...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Doctors at Nairobi’s Kenyatta National Hospital have told Robert Wanyonyi there’s nothing more they can do for him. Yet more than a year after he first arrived, shot and paralyzed in a robbery, the ex-shopkeeper remains trapped in the hospital. Because Wanyonyi cannot pay his bill of nearly $39,570, administrators are refusing to let him leave. At Kenyatta National Hospital and at an astonishing number of hospitals around the world, if you don’t pay up, you don’t go home. The hospitals... Читать дальше...

This week we caught up with Hall to talk about how XUMO plans to compete in an increasingly crowded OTT market. Hall discussed the company’s strategy for continued growth and offered a prediction on what trends he thinks will shape the streaming TV marketplace in 2019. Also Read: Everything You Need to Know About Disney's Streaming Service TheWrap: As we’re approaching the end of the year, what major trends or developments do you think will shape the streaming TV marketplace in 2019? Read the... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Megyn Kelly was absent from her NBC News morning show on Thursday following this week’s controversy over her comments about blackface, amid indications that her time at the network could be ending after less than two years. An NBC spokeswoman said that “given the circumstances,” the network was airing repeats of “Megyn Kelly Today” on Thursday and Friday. During a segment about Halloween costumes on Tuesday, Kelly defended the use of blackface while discussing a character on “Real Housewives... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — With just two weeks to go until the critical midterm elections, an overwhelming majority of Americans say the United States is greatly divided, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. Few Americans believe those stark divisions will get better anytime soon. The newly released survey found that more than 8 in 10 Americans think the country is greatly divided about important values. Just 20 percent of Americans say they think the country will become less divided over the next few years... Читать дальше...