New California policy opens door to illegal immigrant voting California this spring will begin automatically registering adults who obtain or renew a driver’s license to vote, including potentially large numbers of noncitizens and immigrants illegally living in the state. The only way drivers who say they are legal won’t have […]
‘Studio 54’: Film Review | Sundance 2018 Matt Tyrnauer’s doc charts the rise and fall of the disco that became synonymous with velvet-rope debauchery. Striking the right balance of elation and regret — that is, just enough of the latter to not let anybody off the hook — Matt Tyrnauer’s […]
iPhone 8 sold better than the iPhone X in 2017, new data reveals I think it’s fair to say that the November launch of Apple’s iPhone X marked the most exciting new iPhone release in years. Of course, the star of the show was the device’s edge-to-edge OLED display, a […]
Sundance: Danish Thriller ‘The Guilty’ Lands at Magnolia Directed by Gustav Moller, the film centers on an alarm dispatcher who answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman, but the call is suddenly disconnected, setting in motion the search for her. Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Gustav […]
‘What They Had’: Film Review | Sundance 2018 Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon star as the concerned adult children of a mother sliding into dementia, played by Blythe Danner, in this domestic drama about family, home and memory. A deluxe ensemble cast and a judicious trickle of minor-key humor elevate […]
‘King in the Wilderness’: Film Review | Sundance 2018 Multiple Emmy winner Peter Kunhardt examines the conflicted period between the Voting Rights Act and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in this probing study for HBO. The massive strides of the civil rights movement under Martin Luther King Jr.’s […]
‘The Last Race’: Film Review | Sundance 2018 Renowned photographer Michael Dweck’s meditative feature documentary revolves around the devoted community associated with a Long Island racetrack. The all-American sport of stock car racing conjures images of super-charged vehicles tearing around a banked track at teeth-rattling speed, surrounded by grandstands packed […]
Why flesh-eating bacteria can look like the flu An Arizona woman who was initially diagnosed with the flu turned out to have a life-threating infection with “flesh-eating” bacteria, according to news reports. The woman, Christin Lipinski, visited her doctor with flu-like symptoms and pain under her arm, according to ABC15 […]
Boy dies after surgery to remove 10-pound facial tumor A 14-year-old boy died after undergoing surgery to remove a 10-pound tumor from his face. Emanuel Zayas and his family traveled to the U.S. from Cuba to have the surgery in Miami. Doctors and relatives confirmed Zayas died Friday, according to […]
T-Mobile has finally pulled ahead of Verizon in the fastest network competition T-Mobile has been on an upward trajectory for years now, but based on a new report from OpenSignal, it appears that the carrier might not have much further to climb. After sweeping OpenSignal’s State of Mobile Networks honors […]
