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Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss exit Star Wars trilogy
Movies Last night
In a statement, Benioff and Weiss announced they are "regretfully stepping away" from the trilogy, citing a full schedule. In August, the showrunners signed a nine-figure deal to make films and TV series with Netflix.
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A secret space plane has returned to earth after 2 years in orbit
The U.S. Air Force's secret X-37B space plane landed in Florida on Sunday after a record-breaking 2+ years in orbit The unpiloted plane was sent to conduct classified technology experiments in space.
Homemade prop designed for gender reveal party explodes, killing 56-year-old woman
US news Yesterday
A family in Iowa rigged up a device that was supposed to launch dyed powder in the air to signify the sex of the baby on the way. Instead, the device exploded sending parts of the metal stand flying. A piece struck Pamela Kreimeyer in the head, killing her instantly.
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Fan who took a World Series baseball to the gut to protect his beers gets Bud Light's attention
World Series Yesterday
Two beers, two hands and a home-run ball screaming in your direction – what do you do? If you're Jeff Adams, you stop the ball with your stomach, don't spill a drop, become an icon and get rewarded with free tickets to Game 6.
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Former Boston College student charged with involuntary manslaughter in boyfriend's suicide
US news Yesterday
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced the indictment of 21-year-old Inyoung You on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection to the suicide of her college boyfriend Alexander Urtula. Prosecutors said Urtula jumped to his death hours before his graduation after continuous physical, verbal and psychological abuse from You.
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Celebrities are going all out for Halloween 🎃
Celebrity 1 hour ago
Demi Lovato, Jessia Biel and Nina Dobrev are just a few of the celebrities who are getting into the Halloween spirit.
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More power cuts scheduled as Kincade becomes California's biggest fire of the year
Weather 1 hour ago
Pacific Gas and Electric Company plans to cut power for over 600,000 customers on Tuesday as the fire continues to burn. Roughly 180,000 people are still under mandatory evacuation orders, while 66,000 acres have been burned following strong winds in Northern California over the weekend.
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Toddler trapped in a well for over 70 hours has died
India news Last night
Two-year-old Sujith Wilson fell into a deep borewell in Tamil Nadu on October 25 while playing outside his house. Despite rescue efforts since then, local officials said that he died on October 29 and that his body had been retrieved.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong barred from running in upcoming election
World news Last night
Hong Kong authorities have disqualified the activist from upcoming local council elections due to be held in November. Wong is known for becoming the student leader of the region's famous "umbrella movement" protest in 2014.
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Italian AOC, a meme so good you can't fuggetaboudit
Haha Yesterday
A photograph of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a Congressional hearing is finding a second life as an homage to mob movie tropes.
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The Dolphins are making it easy to believe they're tanking
NFL Yesterday
Stopping a 3rd-and-20 against a backup quarterback should be a relatively easy task for a defense ... unless that defense sends nearly everyone on a blitz.
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Taylor Swift sang the "State Song" on The Voice and it is everything
This performance from The Voice is the best thing you will see all day. 😂 Taylor Swift debuted Monday night on NBC as The Voice's Mega Mentor for Knockouts.
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At least two dead after powerful earthquake strikes the Philippines
World news 3 hours ago
A 6.6-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines on Tuesday. This is the second earthquake to hit the region in just over a week.
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The latest Apple iOS offers gender-neutral emojis
Amazing Yesterday
With iOS 13.2 the emoji library is growing by almost 400. It includes a gender-neutral option and the ability to vary the skin tone for emojis with two or more people, an otter and more.
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Zombie Boy's death has been ruled as accidental
Canada news Yesterday
The death of Montreal model and artist Rick Genest, also known as Zombie Boy, has been ruled accidental. According to a coroner's report released on Monday, Genest died of head trauma after falling off a balcony in Montreal on August 1, 2018.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces full House vote to formalize the impeachment probe
Politics Yesterday
In a Monday letter addressed to her congressional colleagues, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that a full House floor vote will be held on Thursday to formalize "the ongoing, existing investigation that is currently being conducted by our committees as part of this impeachment inquiry."
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Devin Nunes' aide Derek Harvey reportedly shared misinformation about Ukraine whistleblower
US news Yesterday
Sources told The Daily Beast that Rep. Devin Nunes' top aide Derek Harvey has been "providing conservative politicians and journalists with information—and misinformation—about the anonymous whistleblower" who triggered President Trump's impeachment inquiry.
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Deadspin employees told to stop non-sports coverage, The Daily Beast reports
Media Yesterday
In a memo obtained by The Daily Beast, Deadspin's editorial bosses reportedly ordered staffers to stop writing about news not related to sports. "Where such subjects touch on sports, they are fair game for Deadspin. Where they do not, they are not," the memo stated.
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Hong Kong headed towards 'technical' recession as protests take toll on economy
US news Last night
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government expects negative economic growth for the whole year of 2019, meaning the Asian financial powerhouse is set to slip into a recession for the first time since the global financial crisis.
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Everyone alive today has descended from a woman who lived in Botswana
Anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens, emerged in Africa about 200,000 years ago.
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