Day: May 10, 2025

Pakistan, India suggest possible de-escalation amid both countries’ missile strikes

3:16 pm May 10, 2025

Pakistan’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would consider de-escalation if India stopped its attacks, after India said it sought non-escalation if Pakistan agreed to do the same. Both countries traded strikes Saturday during the conflict sparked by a massacre last month, which India attributes to Pakistan. Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, warned that “our […]

Music conductor with Parkinson’s sees symptoms improve with deep brain stimulation

2:30 pm May 10, 2025

An Ohio music conductor is using deep brain stimulation to combat his Parkinson’s disease. Rand Laycock, 70, the director and conductor of a symphony orchestra, was diagnosed just before his 60th birthday, according to a press release from Cleveland Clinic. “My doctor at the time told me [a Parkinson’s diagnosis] wasn’t a death sentence, and […]

William Shatner has a ‘counter-offer’ in mind for Canada’s new prime minister

2:30 pm May 10, 2025

Canadian actor William Shatner teased the “counter-offer” he would have liked Canada’s newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to have made against President Donald Trump’s push for the country to join the United States as its 51st state. The prime minister told Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday that some places are “never for sale,” including Canada, […]

States support parents in legal case over school’s secret gender transition of child

2:30 pm May 10, 2025

Nearly two dozen states have banded together, filing an amicus brief to defend the constitutional rights of a Florida family, whose public middle school is accused of secretly “socially transitioning” their 13-year-old daughter without their consent. The brief, filed on April 30, involves January and Jeffrey Littlejohn, parents in Leon County, Florida, who allege school […]

Vince Vaughn joins ‘Rocky’ and ‘Sopranos’ legends to spotlight food, family and tradition

2:30 pm May 10, 2025

Vince Vaughn teamed up with a quartet of iconic veteran actresses for a new comedy that celebrates Italian-American heritage through the lens of food, family and tradition. The 55-year-old actor is starring alongside Lorraine Bracco, 70; Talia Shire, 79; Susan Sarandon, 78; and Brenda Vaccaro, 85, in the Netflix movie “Nonnas,” titled after the Italian […]