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RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesKeanu Reeves knows his way around a martial arts mat, what with his extensive training for The Matrix and John Wick franchises, and now hes about to pay tribute to a groundbreaker within the combat sports.Deadline reports Reeves and Oscar-winning director Fisher Stevens will co-produce a documentary on Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, who is credited with introducing mixed martial arts to the world. Now 71, Urquidez was a world champion karate and kickboxin...

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NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Friday marks a year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia. The first American reporter to be imprisoned by Moscow since the Cold War, he remains trapped in jail while the United States struggles to find a deal with Russia to free him.Gershkovich, 32, has now spent 12 months in Moscows Lefortovo Prison on espionage charges that his newspaper, dozens of leading international media organizations and the U.S. go...

Helen OSheas forthcoming single, With You Still, featuring beloved Jersey Shore songstress Emily Grove, is the Makin Waves Song of the Week.

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Via Joseph Clark/Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) -- The United States hasnt given Israel every weapon it has asked for as it continues military operations against Hamas in Gaza, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Thursday."Although weve been supporting them with capability, theyve not received everything theyve asked for," Gen. CQ Brown said at an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group,That is pa...

Mpox virus particles. Via CDC/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)(NEW YORK) -- Mpox cases are on the rise in the U.S., increasing to almost double what they were at the same time last year, according to new CDC data.There is a national year-to-date estimate of 511 cases as of mid-March, compared to 287 cases during the same period last year. New York City has been dealing with over 100 cases so far this year, whereas last year, the city only had 30.Mpox, formerly known...

Everett Harris & Co. CA lifted its position in shares of Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J – Free Report) by 32.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 83,796 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional […]

The Upper Township Committee has approved a $17.6 million budget , which increases the local purpose tax rate by 1.4 cents to 29.43 cents for every $100 of assessed property value. For the average property owner, the increase will mean spending about $42 more a year on township taxes. The press of Atlantic City reports ... Read more

Via NASA(NEW YORK) -- As North America gears up for the total solar eclipse on April 8, Warby Parker, a New York City-based eyeglass retailer with over 200 stores across the United States and Canada, has announced it will distribute free ISO-certified solar eclipse glasses to ensure safe viewing for spectators.This celestial event marks the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States until 2044. Those hoping for a glimpse, however, will need to take precautions to avoid in...

GUILLEM SARTORIO/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Almost a million people have been forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year following an upsurge in violence in the east of the Central African nation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, has announced.Humanitarian agencies are raising alarm at the "humanitarian and medical toll of the violence," saying the situation has reached a "devastating level" as thousands...