A twin-engine commuter plane crashed landing on an island in Lake Michigan, killing four people, with an 11-year-old girl in critical condition. The dead included the unidentified pilot, as well as Gaylord real estate agent Mike Perdue and Kate Leese and Adam Kendall. Perdue’s 11-year-old child, Laney, was life-flighted to McClaren Northern Michigan Hospital in …
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu to manage $1T infrastructure plan
President Joe Biden has chosen former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu as supervisor of his $1 trillion infrastructure plan. As New Orleans mayor, Landrieu pushed the city into recovery after the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. The White House said on Sunday that Landrieu will be tasked with coordinating across federal agencies to work on roads, …
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Washington Football Team’s Chase Young reportedly suffers ACL tear after non-contact knee injury in game vs. Bucs
The Washington Football Team lost star pass rusher Chase Young to a knee injury on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after he suffered the injury during the second quarter while rushing Tom Brady. He planted his right foot while working around a block by left tackle Donovan Smith and immediately fell to the ground. …
Cleveland Browns’ Troy Hill taken to hospital after suffering neck injury
Cleveland Browns defensive back Troy Hill was wheeled off the field on a stretcher in Sunday’s 45-7 loss to the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. According to the Browns, Hill suffered a neck injury, but had movement in his extremities. He was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. Hill recorded five tackles, …
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Leonardo DiCaprio to play cult leader Jim Jones in new film
Leonardo DiCaprio will play cult leader Jim Jones in an upcoming film. The new film will explore how Jones orchestrated the Jonestown mass suicide that caused over 900 deaths in November 1978. Jones founded the Peoples Temple religious organization in Indianapolis in 1955 and constructed Jonestown in Guyana in 1974. When U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan …
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Sitcom inspired by the life of Alanis Morissette in the works at ABC
Alanis Morissette, the singer/songwriter behind the multi-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, will be the inspiration for a new ABC sitcom. Titled Relatable, the sitcom is a single-camera comedy that follows a 40-something woman, married with three kids, who spent her young adult life as an international rock star, famous for her self-penned anthems of female …
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22-year-old college student is ninth person to die after tragedy at Astroworld festival
Nearly one week after the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, a 22-year-old college student has died – marking the ninth person killed in the tragedy. The family attorney of the victim announced Thursday that Bharti Shahani, a student at Texas A&M University studying computer science, died at an intensive care unit surrounded by …
Appeals court agrees to temporarily block access to former-President Trump’s White House records in Jan. 6 probe
A federal appeals court on Thursday granted former President Donald Trump’s request to temporarily block the National Archives from giving his White House records to a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel granted Trump an administrative injunction and set arguments for the case for Nov. 30, writing: “The …
Odell Beckham Jr. agrees to join Los Angeles Rams in one-year deal
Odell Beckham Jr. has agreed to sign a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Rams, the team confirmed on Thursday afternoon. The star wide receiver’s new contract is a one-year deal. Multiple reports indicated that the Rams and Green Bay Packers were the finalists for Beckham, who was waived by the Cleveland Browns on Monday …
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Free agent quarterback Cam Newton rejoins the Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers announced on Thursday that free agent quarterback Cam Newton agreed to sign with the team, pending a physical. Sources told ESPN and NFL Network that the contract is worth up to $10 million for the rest of the season and includes $4.5 million guaranteed and a $1.5 million roster bonus. Starting quarterback …
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