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Mattel FilmsBob the Builder is set to hit the big screen with a Latin twist. Mattel Films, ShadowMachine and Jennifer Lopezs Nuyorican Productions announced plans for a feature-length film starring the animated handyman whose tact and positivity captivated child audiences for over a decade, Mattel announced on Thursday. This comes following Mattels first theatrical release, the box office blockbuster Barbie, which so far has earned over $1.4 billion worldwide. Actor and recording artist Anthony ...

K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Western North America has experienced an unprecedented "hot drought" over the last century, according to new research that shows the amplification of heat in the region over recent decades. "Hot drought," a climate phenomenon that occurs amid concurrent heat and drought conditions, has affected the western portion of the continent in recent decades at a frequency and severity that was not ...

ABC News(CHICAGO) -- With the economy looming large in the 2024 election, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday she sees "no reason" for a recession this year and insisted consumers are turning more optimistic about their finances. "I think 2024 is going to be a very good economic year. That said, there are always risks," Yellen told ABC News Correspondent Elizabeth Schulze in an exclusive interview in Chicago. "Consumers and households feel confident enough abou...

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For years, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been the most common reason infants are hospitalized in the U.S. and has hospitalized thousands of elderly people every year. After decades of trying to develop a vaccine, they became available ahead of this season for the first time for adults aged 60 and older and for pregnant people between 32 weeks and 36 weeks gestation. Additionally, for the first time ever, an injectable monoclonal antibody sh...

The results of a recent survey by the online organization “Upgraded Points” are… well… chilling! Connecticut residents are projected to have the11th largest increase among all states in utility bills this winter. Here in Connecticut, where folks primarily rely on heating oil to heat their homes, residents saw average household utility costs of $389 each month during the winter of 2019 and 2020. This winter, they’re projected to spend an average of $506 each month&...

Warner Bros. PicturesA "beyond proud" Eva Mendes took to Instagram Wednesday afternoon to clap back at those who once derided her longtime partner Ryan Gosling for taking the role of Ken in Barbie. The movie has since become a cultural phenomenon and was the highest-grossing movie of 2023 — and the recipient of eight Oscar nominations, including one for Gosling as Best Supporting Actor. To a screen grab of a 2022 Rolling Stone article titled in part "Ryan Gosling Is Giving Major...

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced on Thursday for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro was convicted in September on one count of contempt of Congress over his refusal to appear for a deposition in front of the committee, and on a second count for refusing to produce documents. He is the second Trump adviser to be conv...

Galloway Township Council this week voted unanimously Tuesday to start the process of having the speed limit reduced on Old New York Road from 50 mph to 45 mph between Route 9 and Motts Creek Road. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the measure is scheduled for a public hearing and final vote at ... Read more

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- "I dont get too angry, I get even," former President Donald Trump sniped on Tuesday night during his New Hampshire victory speech shortly after his former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley, whom hed just beaten by double digits, vowed to fight on against him for the 2024 Republican nomination. "Who the hell was the imposter that went up on the stage before and like claimed a victory? She did very poorly," Trump said at his election...

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Jan. 24, 2024. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- North Korea launched a test flight for a new type of missile, state media outlets said Thursday. The test on Wednesday was the first for an under-development strategic cruise missile, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. Reports named the weapon as a Pulhwasal-3-31 missile. &qu...