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Baby Yoda re-sets "Star Wars" films with $165 million global opening
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (417+ words) LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) " Baby Yoda brought crowds to movie theaters over the U. S. Memorial Day weekend, putting "Star Wars" film "The Mandalorian and Grogu" on track to collect roughly $165 million around the "globe, distributor Walt Disney said on Sunday. The…...
California seeks novel solution as chemical tank heats up, risking catastrophe
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (539+ words) May 23 (Reuters) " Firefighters trying to keep a tank of hazardous chemicals in California from exploding or leaking brought in outside experts to help prevent a catastrophe, the incident commander said on Saturday, as some nearby shelters ran out of space…...
Boxing-Usyk avoids shock defeat with 11th round stoppage of Verhoeven | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (253+ words) GIZA, Egypt, May 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk stopped Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of a WBC title fight on Saturday to avoid one of the greatest boxin. .....
US adds Atlanta area airport for Ebola screening, CDC says
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (191+ words) WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) " Americans coming back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South "Sudan now have a second "entry point for returning to the United States, with the CDC on Saturday expanding its enhanced Ebola screening to…...
Police and protesters clash in Serbia as crowds demand president’s exit | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (41+ words) BELGRADE, May 23 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in central Belgrade on Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered to demand early elections and an end to the more than decade-long "rule of Serbia's populist President Aleksan. .....
Charlie Woods falls well back in Team Taylor Made title defense | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (46+ words) Charlie Woods won the Team Taylor Made Invitational last year, but the son of "Tiger Woods is tied for 23rd after a 3-over 73 in the second round Saturday in Belleair, Fla. Woods, 17, a senior "at The Benjamin "School in North "Palm Beach,…...
‘Fjord’ by Romania’s Cristian Mungiu wins Cannes’ top prize | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (247+ words) By Miranda Murray and Hanna Rantala CANNES, France, May 23 (Reuters) - Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or top prize for the second time on Saturday with his Norwegian-set drama that explores clashing cultures, ". .....
US conducts military drill over Venezuelan capital Caracas | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (40+ words) CARACAS, May 23 (Reuters) - The U. S. military conducted a drill over the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday, its first military exercise in "the South American nation since U. S. troops attacked the capital and captured President Nicolas Maduro and. .....
China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (402+ words) By Laurie Chen JIUQUAN, China, May 24 (Reuters) - China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday for a year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards…...
White Sox place RHP Jordan Hicks on 15-day IL
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (149+ words) The Chicago White Sox placed reliever Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured "list with a right "lat strain on Saturday and recalled fellow right-hander Jordan Leasure from Triple-A Charlotte. The move is retroactive "to "Thursday for Hicks, "who is 0-1 "with…...