Day: May 15, 2024

Nashville hotel faces legal scrutiny for canceling pro-Israel summit over ‘safety’ concerns

3:00 pm May 15, 2024

A Nashville hotel is being accused of violating federal and Tennessee civil rights laws by pulling the plug on a pro-Israel event slated to take place next week. The Sonesta Nashville Airport hotel abruptly canceled the summit, hosted by pro-Israel Christian group HaYovel, citing “credible threats” confirmed by law enforcement. “I think that the hotel […]

Cannes Film Festival explained: How juries, standing ovations, and the Palm Dog work

2:49 pm May 15, 2024

The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding. The Côte d’Azur festival, which kicked off Tuesday, is a 10-day ballet of spectacle and film where even the photographers wear tuxedos, standing ovations are timed with stopwatches and movies tend to be referred to by the names […]

A ‘border pap’ becomes first mixed-breed dog to win Westminster dog show agility competition

2:10 pm May 15, 2024

When the Westminster Kennel Club dog show added an agility competition a decade ago, it opened U.S. dogdom’s most elite door to mixed breeds for the first time since the late 1800s. But purebreds won every year — until Saturday, when a border collie-papillion mix aptly named Nimble outran and outmaneuvered 50 other finalists to […]

Pennsylvania police revoke carnival permit after ‘unruly crowd of juveniles’ seen beating someone on camera

1:54 pm May 15, 2024

Police in a Pennsylvania town said they shut down a carnival this week after an “unruly crowd of juveniles” ran amok throughout the mall where it was taking place, threatening the safety of families trying to enjoy the event and assaulting at least one person on video. Surveillance video given to police by an unnamed […]

Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico injured in shooting

1:54 pm May 15, 2024

A suspect has been taken into custody Wednesday after Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting. The shooting happened in Handlova, about 90 miles northeast of the capital of Bratislava. “Utterly shocked by today’s brutal attack on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, which I condemn in strongest possible terms,” Slovakia President Zuzana […]