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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Twenty One Pilots Fans Jumped Into Veronica Mars Mode After Someone Took Off With One of Josh Dun's Bespoke Drums
If you've ever been to a Twenty One Pilots show you are well aware that the bond between the group and their fans is beyond tight. Aside from the sing-alongs, the costumes and the overall loving, supportive spirit, there is the trusting act on their current world tour of singer Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun wading out into the pit to play drums as the Skeleton Clique sing and dance along to 'Trees.' Well, that trust was apparently broken during the final moments of the duo's show at Manchester's AO Arena on Sunday (May 11) when a concertgoer was seen grabbing one of Dun's drums and casually walking away with it. 'I really don't think you should take that,' one fan can be heard saying in a widely shared video of the alleged theft, as another adds, 'Have I just witnessed a crime. Has she actually just stolen that drum? That's crazy.' More from Billboard Palm Tree Festival to Debut in St. Tropez With Headliners A$AP Rocky & Swedish House Mafia Kelly Clarkson Doesn't Care What HR Says, She's Totally Open to Comments on Her Weight Loss: 'I Want You to Say 'Damn!' Ed Sheeran Sets Up Pink 'Play' Phone Booths Around Europe Previewing Upcoming Album And while it appeared that no Clique members stepped in to stop the unnamed fan, after word spread, the Clique put on their detective caps and distributed the video to see if they could find the percussion poacher. The hours long search appeared to pay off when 21P's behind-the-scenes tour videographer Sax posted on Instagram on Monday (May 12) that the one-of-a-kind drum had been returned. 'We Have The Drum!!!!!! – Thank you for all the tags and information. You guys rock!🤘,' wrote Sax along with an image of the purloined instrument safely ensconced in the back seat of a car. In a follow-up video, the band's crew welcomes the drum home, with the message, 'The Drum Returns! THANK YOU to everyone that helped, tagged, and supported the mission in bringing home The Drum. Let's kick off the last two shows of The Clancy World Tour THE RIGHT WAY!' After more than a year on the road in support of their Clancy album, the band has just two shows left on the outing, tonight (May 13) and Wednesday (May 14) at the O2 in London. Watch the drum's return below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Time Magazine
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
J.J. Abrams' Retro ‘70s Crime Show Duster Is Almost Too Much Fun
Someday, Josh Holloway should play Matthew McConnaughey 's brother. There's an obvious physical resemblance; born within months of one another in 1969, both actors are tall and lean but muscular, with angular features and, often, light, chin-grazing hair. They share a relaxed energy and the hint of a Southern twang—attributes that seem inextricably connected. But there's a subtle difference in their default temperaments. McConnaughey is the affable golden boy with a dark side waiting to be unearthed. Holloway, best known for his role as Lost antihero Sawyer,would make the perfect complement: a glowering outlaw with a sweet soul. If he's never quite ascended to McConnaughey's stratum of Hollywood, it's not for lack of charisma. Holloway is the kind of ideal TV actor who, when effectively cast, can keep viewers coming back to a show week after week. No one knows this better than Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams. Which is why, he and his collaborator LaToya Morgan (Turn, Parenthood) have said, they were moved to custom-build a series around Holloway, who'd been absent from the small screen since the inevitable violent end of his antagonist arc on Yellowstone in 2021. Their new 1970s-set Max crime drama Duster is, indeed, a tremendous star vehicle. In fact, it's so fun—and Holloway is such a blast in it—that the show falters a bit when it tries to get serious. Premiering Thursday, May 15 at 9 p.m. ET—a time slot inherited from its broadcast-throwback predecessor The Pitt — Duster casts Holloway as Jim Ellis, a getaway driver for a powerful crime boss, Ezra Saxton (the great Keith David). In his first scene, Jim speeds through the Arizona desert in the show's eponymous cherry-red Plymouth with a plucky preteen (Adriana Aluna Martinez's Luna) in the passenger seat, stops to pick up a duffel bag at the drive-thru window of a joint called Nachos con Dios, engages in some impressive stunt driving to evade a pair of thugs on his tail, and finally rolls up to Sax's mansion. Inside, there's a fully staffed, makeshift operating room where Sax's adult son Royce (Benjamin Charles Watson) lies unconscious on the table. The bag contains a freshly harvested human heart. His work far from finished, Jim is immediately instructed to reach into Royce's open chest cavity and aid in the surgery. The sequence epitomizes Duster 's playful, high-octane vibe, and captures the essence of its protagonist. In case you missed the neon-sign symbolism, Jim is the brave, deft, loyal, discreet, ladykiller beating heart of Sax's operation. Yet he's been stuck for too long in the lowly position of driver, overshadowed by a universally beloved brother (I picture McConnaughey, of course) who was part of Sax's inner circle before dying in an explosion. Jim is the black sheep of even his seamy family, despised by the conniving glamour-puss wife (Gail O'Grady) of his dad, Wade (a brilliantly cast Corbin Bernsen), also a longtime Sax associate. As for Luna, she worships 'Uncle Jim,' a man she's been led to believe is just a family friend because her truck-driver mom, Izzy (Camille Guaty), thinks he's too irresponsible to fulfill his actual role of father. There was a time—say, the '70s—when a charming, middle-aged white guy with an exciting job and ample motivation to prove himself would've been enough to fuel a TV hit. But in this overcrowded era, for better and worse, every streaming show has something to prove, too—it can't just be car chases and gunfights and attractive people flirting. So Duster has been freighted with heavier elements. The results of that expanded ambition are mixed. On the plus side, there's This Is Us and Love, Victor alum Rachel Hilson as Holloway's co-lead in what is really a buddy show. (The duo even banters about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.) Hilson's Nina Hayes is a freshly graduated FBI agent, at a time when Black people, women, and certainly Black women like herself are rare at the Bureau. But Nina is headstrong enough to land the assignment she's been pushing for, investigating Sax out of the Phoenix office. Her colleagues are mostly interchangeable white guys whose attitudes toward her presence range from condescending to hostile. Thankfully, she has an ally in her new partner, a nervous, guileless, half-Navajo agent named Awan (Asivak Koostachin). And she's hoping to recruit Jim as an informant because he—like Nina—has a reason to feel betrayed by Sax. Jim and Nina make great foils. Wiry and intense, she's a refreshing contrast to his languid brooding. What they have in common, besides their good hearts, is a willingness to break rules to ensure things go their way. It's an old-fashioned sort of odd-couple chemistry; Duster doesn't rush its leads into a forced will-they-or-won't-they, in part because its world is detailed enough to give both characters other viable love interests. In that sense, the central relationship suits the show's nostalgic mood, which is self-aware but not annoyingly so. Abrams and Morgan clearly cherish '70s pop culture, including that decade's nostalgia for the '50s. From the boxy cars to the music of the Spinners and the Stooges to offhand chatter about Linda Lovelace, these artifacts give the show an element of retro escapism. An animated sequence riffs on Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. There's an Elvis -obsessed gangster named Sunglasses who owns a bowling alley called Great Bowls of Fire. Do you even have to ask if Richard Nixon comes up? It's all pretty enjoyable, if not exactly the stuff of prestige drama. So it makes sense that the creators would want to add substance, and that they've done so by delving into the identity-based struggles of characters who are women, queer, people of color, or a combination of the three. There are rich veins of story to mine here. The problem is that when Nina is undermined at work or Awan wrestles with not feeling Navajo enough or Izzy goes Norma Rae on her own union over dangerous conditions for female truckers, these moments can seem spliced in from a different, stiffer show than the one where Jim and a colorful bad guy pause in the middle of an auto-shop bathroom melee to share a bottle of bourbon. It's a small complaint when Duster is such a good time on the whole. And it shouldn't be too hard, if it gets renewed for the second season that the finale so purposefully sets up, to fuse the two tones into one more consistent show. Because discovering how characters' backgrounds shaped the people they've become shouldn't feel like being forced to swallow boiled vegetables. Like the cheese that blankets a takeout container of nachos, it should be baked into the meal.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Despite Supreme Court setback, children's lawsuits against climate change continue
An ancient legal principle has become a key strategy of American children seeking to reduce the effects of climate change in the 21st century. A defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2025 has not stopped the effort, which has several legal actions continuing in the courts. The legal basis for these cases is called the 'public trust doctrine,' the principle that certain natural resources – historically, navigable waters such as lakes, rivers and streams and the lands under them – must be maintained in government ownership and held in trust for present and future generations of the public. Although the origins of the doctrine remain in some dispute, most scholars cite its first mention in ancient Roman law. Over the centuries the principle made its way to England and later to the United States. For the past decade, a nonprofit called Our Children's Trust has argued for a 21st-century interpretation of the public trust doctrine to support lawsuits against state and federal agencies and officials, seeking to force them to take specific actions to fight climate change. Our Children's Trust has focused on children, saying they are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change because their futures, which the public trust doctrine protects, will be lived in an unsafe and unhealthy climate unless governments take action. Children around the world have filed similar lawsuits against their governments on alternate legal grounds, including claims of constitutional and human rights violations. The U.S. Supreme Court first endorsed the public trust doctrine in 1892, when it ruled that the doctrine prevented the Illinois legislature from selling virtually the entire Chicago harbor in Lake Michigan to a private railroad company. In the 20th century, state courts have ruled that the doctrine bars states and local governments from selling off lakefront property or harbors to private owners and protects public access to beaches, lakes and oceans. The public trust doctrine had little to do with environmental protection until the 1970s, however, after law professor Joseph Sax wrote an influential article arguing that the doctrine could form the basis for lawsuits to protect water and other natural resources from pollution, destruction and other threats. Over the past five decades, some states' courts have expanded the public trust doctrine's application beyond access to water-based resources, ruling it can also require governments to protect parks and wildlife from development. And Montana, Minnesota and several other states followed Sax's recommendation to pass laws or amend their state constitutions to impose broader obligations on states to protect natural resources. In 2011, Our Children's Trust argued for the first time that governments had a legal obligation to protect the atmosphere as a public trust resource. The group filed lawsuits in all 50 states on behalf of children. Most state courts dismissed the lawsuits quickly, holding that there were no court decisions in their states that supported extending the public trust doctrine to claims involving the climate or the atmosphere. In 2015 the group filed a similar lawsuit in federal court in Oregon, this time against the federal government. That lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, alleged that the federal government's inaction to address climate change violated the public trust doctrine as well as the 21 young plaintiffs' rights to life, liberty and property under the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiffs asked the court to order the federal government to prepare an inventory of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions and to implement a national plan to phase out fossil fuels to 'stabilize the climate system and protect the vital resources on which Plaintiffs now and in the future will depend.' The federal lawsuit survived an early effort from the government to dismiss the case but never reached a full trial. In 2016 an Oregon federal judge ruled that the U.S. government had an obligation to protect the climate under both the public trust doctrine and the U.S. Constitution. However, this ruling was reversed on appeal. After years of back-and-forth in the court system, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the case's dismissal in March 2025. Since the initial wave of litigation, Our Children's Trust has continued to file lawsuits to force governments to address climate change. These newer ones are more narrowly tailored to state-specific constitutional and statutory provisions that protect environmental and public trust resources. And, so far, they have been more successful. In a 2020 Montana lawsuit, for example, the plaintiffs relied on a 1972 amendment to the state constitution declaring that the state and every person 'shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations' and that the legislature shall 'provide adequate remedies to prevent unreasonable depletion and degradation of natural resources.' Montana Supreme Court decisions prior to the 2020 lawsuit had held that the framers of the 1972 amendment had intended it to contain 'the strongest environmental protection provision found in any state constitution.' Relying on these court decisions, the Montana plaintiffs argued that a state law preventing state agencies from considering the effects of greenhouse gases in issuing permit applications for projects such as power plants or mines violated the state constitution. The plaintiffs won at trial, and in a landmark opinion in 2024 the Montana Supreme Court upheld the trial court's finding that greenhouse gases were harmful to the state's 'climate, rivers, lakes, groundwater, atmospheric waters, forests, glaciers, fish, wildlife, air quality, and ecosystem.' The court similarly found that 'a stable climate system … is clearly within the object and true principles' of the state's constitution. Children in Hawaii filed a similar lawsuit in 2022 against the state Department of Transportation, alleging that its failure to reduce transportation emissions in the state violated the state public trust doctrine and the state's constitution. The lawsuit relied on Hawaii courts' previous rulings that the state's public trust doctrine and state constitution broadly protect natural resources for present and future generations. In 2024, days before trial was to begin, the parties reached a landmark settlement in which the state agreed to take concrete actions to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. Looking back, it was perhaps not surprising that a one-size-fits-all nationwide legal strategy based on a doctrine that varies widely state by state would face long odds. But the public trust doctrine itself has been historically incremental, expanding and contracting as society and the needs of its citizens change over time. And Our Children's Trust has several cases still pending, including in Alaska and Utah state courts, and in a federal court in California. The campaign's successes broke new legal ground: Montana courts held the first trial in the United States that examined evidence of the effects of climate change and states' obligations to address them. The Hawaii settlement set concrete benchmarks and included provisions for continued feedback on state policies by the youth plaintiffs. More broadly, Our Children's Trust's campaign demonstrates that a combination of legal advocacy and nationwide publicity over the plight of young people in a rapidly changing climate have the potential to result in real change, both in the law and in public perception of the importance of addressing climate change. This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit, independent news organization bringing you facts and trustworthy analysis to help you make sense of our complex world. It was written by: Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan Read more: Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here's why it could set a powerful precedent Revoking EPA's endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won't be simple and could have unintended consequences Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future Alexandra Klass does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Norovirus strikes, again: How to survive a cruise with the stomach bug
New outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships have sickened about 150 people, adding to the growing toll of such cases in 2025 ahead of peak cruise season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two outbreaks occurred on the Holland America Line's Eurodam and Zuiderdam. The agency also reported new cases on the Lindblad Expeditions' National Geographic Sea Lion. Health officials have yet to determine what caused two of these outbreaks but were able to link Eurodam illnesses to the pathogen behind most of this year's outbreaks: Norovirus. Commonly known as the stomach bug, norovirus is a leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in the U.S, typically infecting patients through contaminated food or water. The only thing bearable about it is that it is short-lived, passing through the system in one to three days. Norovirus has been linked to twelve outbreaks on cruise ships this year, sickening nearly 1,500 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This number surpasses pre-pandemic levels and is on track to exceed 2024's total of 15 norovirus outbreaks. If you plan to cruise with your family this summer, here's everything you need to know about norovirus. Cruise drama: Video shows passengers fighting at Galveston terminal, 24 travelers banned These are symptoms of norovirus infection, according to the Minnesota Department of Health and the Cleveland Clinic: Dizziness Vomiting Diarrhea Stomach cramping Urinating less or dark-colored urine Dry mouth Feeling weak Less common symptoms are: Low-grade fever or chills Headache Muscle aches A person who is sick and has been infected with the virus will typically experience the symptoms suddenly. Children with the virus may be fussy, sleepy throughout the day and cry without tears. People begin to show symptoms one to two days after they've been exposed to the virus, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. But symptoms can appear 12 hours after exposure. Though a person infected with the virus may experience unpleasant symptoms, others may be asymptomatic and show no symptoms at all. Despite showing no symptoms, they can still be contagious and pass the virus to others. There are no antivirals to treat norovirus, and the CDC warns against taking antibiotics because the medication won't work and can lead to dangerous antibiotic resistance. The best way to get through the stomach flu is to rest, stay hydrated and listen to your body, Dr. Paul Sax, clinical director of the infectious disease division at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said during a January 2025 interview. That might mean not eating solid foods for most of the day. "Don't force yourself to eat if you're not ready to eat," said Sax, who is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. "If you're feeling a little better, then it's time to introduce foods." If you're not ready for solids, Sax recommends drinking diluted sodas or juices to compensate for the lack of calories throughout the day. It's easy to get dehydrated with a stomach bug, so the CDC recommends drinking plenty of liquids. When it's time to reintroduce solid foods, many doctors will recommend the BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. But Sax said a patient at the end of a norovirus infection can eat whatever they want if they feel their body is ready. He recommends avoiding alcohol because it tends to slow recovery. Some people also avoid dairy products because norovirus can lead to a temporary lactose intolerance. The infection damages the gut lining, which leads to a lack of lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose. More stomach bugs: More than 30 guests, crew sick in Viking cruise gastrointestinal illness outbreak Health experts recommend practicing good hygiene. It's important to note that sanitizers are not effective against norovirus, so it's important to wash hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water, the CDC says. Unfortunately, people can still pass on norovirus for two weeks or more after being infected. Norovirus spreads very easily between people, for instance by sharing food, eating or drinking liquids handled by someone with the virus or touching contaminated surfaces and then putting unwashed fingers in your mouth, according to the CDC. The agency says some of the most common foods associated with norovirus include shellfish, raw vegetables and fruit. Adrianna Rodriguez can be reached at adrodriguez@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Norovirus on cruise ships: How to survive the stomach bug
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
SC Troopers discusses crash investigation on day 2 of trial for former Charleston County deputy charged in deadly Mother's Day crash
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The second day of trial for a former Charleston County deputy charged in a deadly Mother's Day crash heard testimony from South Carolina troopers. Emily Pellitier is facing three counts of reckless homicide after crashing her cruiser into a vehicle on Highway 17, killing a woman and her two daughters in May 2022. The day was primarily focused on the technicalities of the investigation. A forensic pathologist who handled the autopsies took the stand, and one by one, she went into painstaking detail about the many injuries each of the women sustained during the crash. She testified that the cause of death was total body blunt trauma. Pelletier was responding to a disabled vehicle call when she drove past a stop sign on New Road at roughly 73 mph and slammed into the vehicle carrying Stephanie Dantzler and her daughters, Shanice and Miranda Dantzler-Williams. Officials have said that Pelletier did not have her lights or sirens activated at the time; however, one of the state troopers who investigated the case stated that Deputy Sax, the first deputy on scene almost immediately after the accident, told him he saw blue lights on Pellitier's vehicle when he arrived, but did not hear any sirens. 'He immediately went to his car and headed to the collision. When he arrived there, he said the blue lights were still on. He opened the door and started to check on Deputy Pelletier. A witness that was there told Sax there was another vehicle she hit; he observed taillights from another vehicle on the other side of the trees. When he checked on the other vehicle, he only saw two occupants, and both were deceased. I asked Deputy Sax if he saw Deputy Pelletier's lights or if he heard siren … he said he saw lights and he did not hear siren,' the trooper testified. Trooper Jessea James, an accident reconstruction specialist with the SC Highway Patrol, also testified about the cause of the crash, saying: 'The cause of this crash is due to failure to stop at a stop sign while going 73 mph in a 45 mph zone.' When asked about the trial, Former Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano told News 2 that the night of the crash was the worst night of her career and wants to see the facts laid out for what they are in this case. The trial is expected to continue through the rest of the week. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
