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<b>WNBA Star Caitlyn Clark To Miss Season Finals Due To Injury</b>

WNBA Star Caitlyn Clark To Miss Season Finals Due To Injury

NewsmakersJuly 19, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever’s standout guard, will miss the WNBA Finals due to a re-aggravated right groin injury suffered during the closing moments of…

<b>Assistant U.S. Attorney On Jeffrey Epstein Southern District of New York Trial Fired Out of the Blue</b>

Assistant U.S. Attorney On Jeffrey Epstein Southern District of New York Trial Fired Out of the Blue

NewsmakersJuly 18, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Maureen Comey, an assistant U.S. attorney with the Southern District of New York, continues to emerge as a formidable presence in federal law enforcement circles,…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Dramatic Series: <i>Slow Horses</i.> & <i>The Last of Us</i></

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Dramatic Series: Slow Horses & The Last of Us

TVJuly 17, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

TV Review: Slow Horses By Tandy Culpepper and Lisa Johnson-Mandell The spy thriller Slow Horses, streaming on Apple TV+, is as sharp as it is…

<b>Darius Rucker Cuts New Jersey Concert Short Due To Voice Problems</b>

Darius Rucker Cuts New Jersey Concert Short Due To Voice Problems

NewsmakersJuly 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

ATLANTIC CITY, July 15, 2025 — Darius Rucker’s show at Hard Rock Atlantic City was doing just fine until, only three songs in, the unmistakable…

<b> Speaker Johnson Breaks with Trump, Urges Release of Epstein Files</b>

Speaker Johnson Breaks with Trump, Urges Release of Epstein Files

NewsmakersJuly 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2025 — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the full release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, breaking ranks…

<b><i>Severance</i> Leads Emmy Noms With Record 27</b>

Severance Leads Emmy Noms With Record 27

Newsmakers, TVJuly 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

LOS ANGELES – The Television Academy unveiled the nominees for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on the morning of July 15, 2025, in a live announcement from the…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Dramedys With Heart: <i>Shrinking</i> & <i>Nobody Wants This</i></b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Dramedys With Heart: Shrinking & Nobody Wants This

TVJuly 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

TV Review: Shrinking Apple TV+ | Created by Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein, and Bill Lawrence Starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Lukita Maxwell, and…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review <i>Your Friends and Neighbors</i> As Well As <i>The Day of the Jackal</i></b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Your Friends and Neighbors As Well As The Day of the Jackal

TVJuly 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Your Friends and Neighbors By Tandy Culpepper and Lisa Johnson Mandell Apple TV+’s limited series Your Friends and Neighbors delivers a sleek, morally fractious descent…

<b>Federal Judge Bars LAPD From Using Rubber Bullets, Flash‑bangs & Chemical Irritants on Journalists</b>

Federal Judge Bars LAPD From Using Rubber Bullets, Flash‑bangs & Chemical Irritants on Journalists

NewsmakersJuly 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Los Angeles, July 11, 2025 – U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the Los Angeles Police Department from using rubber projectiles,…

<b>Progressive Pastor Celebrates IRS Ruling Allowing Pulpit Endorsement</b>

Progressive Pastor Celebrates IRS Ruling Allowing Pulpit Endorsement

NewsmakersJuly 13, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

MINNEAPOLIS / WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service’s new interpretation of the Johnson Amendment has stirred fresh debate on the role…

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