Speller Reinstated Into National Spelling Bee After Appeal
contact@hellonews.website OXON HILL, Md. — A speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully appealing that he was denied relevant root information about a word. Surya…
Queen Elizabeth to Miss Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving Service
LONDON — Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee on Friday, with the highlight a service of thanksgiving attended by senior royals and politicians that the 96-year-old…
New US Asylum Guidance Takes Effect on a Limited Basis
New guidance aimed at streamlining the asylum process and removing cases from the backlogged U.S. immigration courts took effect this week along the U.S.-Mexico border, but only on a limited…
COVID Helps 'Made in USA' Goods Compete With Chinese Exports
Washington — As China’s COVID-containment lockdowns stall goods en route to price-conscious U.S. consumers, New Jersey manufacturer Mitch Cahn is finding traces of gold in the snapped links of the…
US Prepares to Block Most Imports Tied to China's Xinjiang Province
Washington — The Chinese Foreign Ministry reacted angrily on Thursday to the announcement that, later this month, the Biden administration will begin enforcing a new law barring products made with…
Eli Roth, Fran Drescher and More Urge Hollywood to Prioritize Environmental Issues at Hollywood Reporter/EMA Sustainability Event
As the world turns and temperatures shift, sustainability has become an urgent issue across all industries, including entertainment. Hollywood, known for its dissemination of images and messaging, is on the…
US Justice Department Braces for More Russian Cyberattacks
Washington — More than three months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Justice Department is girding for more Russian cyberattacks, the department’s top national security official said Thursday. “At…
Poll Finds Most Americans Support US Police Reforms
washington — Two years after the murder of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer that touched off months of demonstrations against police brutality, a U.S. public opinion survey…
Russia’s Putin Critics Detail Efforts to Resist War in Ukraine
Washington — Hidden from much of the world behind a veil of Kremlin censorship, critics of President Vladimir Putin are waging a vigorous campaign of resistance to the war in…
Here’s When You Can Buy Young Princess Leia’s Droid from ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Spoiler alert: Like BB-8 and Baby Yoda,…
Biden to Implore Congress to Approve New 'Common-Sense' Gun Restrictions
washington — U.S. President Joe Biden, in a White House address Thursday night, will implore Congress to approve “common-sense laws” to attempt to curb the recent spate of mass shooting…
Smiles, Unicorns, Softball: Young Texas Shooting Victims Recalled
Uvalde, Texas — One girl made other people smile. Another was a creative child who loved mermaids, unicorns and the color purple. A third loved playing softball and worked on…
As Shootings Mount, Americans Observe National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the United States, an annual event recognizing the more than 100,000 people killed or wounded by gunfire in the country each year.…
Texas Senator: School Police Chief Didn't Know of 911 Calls
UVALDE, Texas — The commander at the scene of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside…
Isidoro Raponi, Mechanical Effects Expert on ‘E.T.,’ ‘King Kong’ and ‘Alien,’ Dies at 76
Isidoro Raponi, the acclaimed mechanical effects expert who designed, built and operated E.T. for the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic and worked on such other films as King Kong, Alien and…