State of the Union: The Pentagon announced the death of another U.S. soldier in Iraq and is working to identify human remains in Jordan. The post BREAKING: Third American Service Member Killed in Iran War This Weekend appeared first on The American Conservative .
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday that a third service member had been killed in action this weekend. The service member, who has not been named, was killed in northern Iraq during what CENTCOM described as a “controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.” Another service member was injured in the incident and is receiving medical care. CENTCOM also confirmed that it had recovered unidentified human remains from Jordan, where a separate Iranian attack Saturday resulted in two confirmed U.S. deaths and one service member reported missing in action. Efforts to identify the remains are “ongoing,” according to the Pentagon. The three confirmed fatalities this weekend bring…Open
Are you sick of changing your clocks twice a year? Well, one party wants to make one last change. The Republican House passed a bill to lock the clock and keep DST year-round, and President Trump wants the Senate to do the same. #daylightsaving #politics #senate #house #democrats #republicans
Jennifer Finch, the bassist and vocalist who helped define the sound of L7 across three decades of punk and alternative rock, has died at the age of 59 following a fight with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Her family announced her death on her Instagram page, calling her impact on music "seismic." Finch joined […] The post Jennifer Finch, L7 bassist and punk fixture, dead at 59 after brain cancer battle appeared first on American Almanac .
Jennifer Finch, the bassist and vocalist who helped define the sound of L7 across three decades of punk and alternative rock, has died at the age of 59 following a fight with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Her family announced her death on her Instagram page, calling her impact on music "seismic." Finch joined L7 in 1986 and contributed bass and vocals on five of the band's seven albums. She was also a photographer, visual artist, and member of several other projects, including the Shocker, Sugar Babylon, and Other Star People, the last of which placed music on television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Degrassi: The Next Generation. Her death, reported by Entertainment Weekly , came roughly one week after L7 publicly…Open
Before she played a sorceress on screen, Samantha Morton was pulling off illusions for real. The 49-year-old British actress, who portrays the enchantress Circe in Christopher Nolan's new epic The Odyssey, spent years as a teenager working as a magician's assistant, a chapter of her life that, by her own telling, fed directly into one […] The post Samantha Morton's real-life magic act finds its stage in Nolan's 'The Odyssey' appeared first on American Almanac .
Before she played a sorceress on screen, Samantha Morton was pulling off illusions for real. The 49-year-old British actress, who portrays the enchantress Circe in Christopher Nolan's new epic The Odyssey, spent years as a teenager working as a magician's assistant, a chapter of her life that, by her own telling, fed directly into one of the summer's most talked-about performances. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Morton described how a fellow member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, a drama group for working-class youths, was also part of the Magic Circle, Britain's storied organization for professional magicians. He asked Morton to be his assistant, and she kept at it until she was 16. The role was…Open
By Robin M. Itzler As people are again being reminded, Netflix jumped the shark in 2020, when it allowed its politics to overtake its description of movies.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Spain controlled the first half in terms of possession and shot attempts, yet had to settle for a 0-0 score at halftime in the World Cup final against Lionel Messi and Argentina on Sunday. As it tends to do, Spain — which allowed only one goal in the tournament entering [...]
U.S. forces said Sunday they found the remains of an unidentified service member near the Jordan air base where two American troops were killed in an Iranian missile attack. The big picture: The disclosures bring the number of U.S. service members killed in the conflict to 18, as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) also revealed an American service member was killed Saturday in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. What we know: At least two Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which hosts U.S. troops and fighter jets, on Friday. - CENTCOM said in a statement the service member's remains were found after a thorough search and that an…
U.S. forces said Sunday they found the remains of an unidentified service member near the Jordan air base where two American troops were killed in an Iranian missile attack. The big picture: The disclosures bring the number of U.S. service members killed in the conflict to 18, as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) also revealed an American service member was killed Saturday in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. What we know: At least two Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which hosts U.S. troops and fighter jets, on Friday. - CENTCOM said in a statement the service member's remains were found after a thorough search and that an…Open
