'Rust' armorer has 'no idea' where live rounds came from, attorney says

The armorer on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer last week has "no idea" where any live ammunition came from, her lawyers said Thursday. "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed "is devastated and completely beside herself over the events that have transpired," a statement from her attorney said. Halyna Hutchins, director of photography, died in the on-set […]

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Meatpacker Tyson: Mandate led 96% of workers to get vaccine

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking giant Tyson Foods says more than 96% of its workers have been vaccinated ahead of the company's Nov. 1 deadline for them to do so. The company based in Springdale, Arkansas, said the number of its 120,000 workers who have been vaccinated has nearly doubled since it announced its mandate on Aug. 3. At that […]

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Dad bod FTW, amirite? Dictionary adds hundreds of new words

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Dad bod, amirite, TBH and FTW are now dictionary-appropriate. Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary, including a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become ubiquitous on social media. “Just as the language never stops evolving, the dictionary never stops expanding,” the nearly 200-year-old Springfield, Massachusetts-based company said on its website. […]

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Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Auckland Domain lockdown protest – Brian Tamaki absent, Hannah Tamaki decries lost freedoms

An estimated crowd of up to 5000 has gathered at Auckland’s Domain for the third freedom protest there in six weeks – under the watchful eye of police. The 90-minute protest has been noisy but free of any major incidents, with rally participants singing the national anthem and a range of speakers addressing the crowd. At 12.30pm, protesters left the […]

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