John Carpenter is long overdue for praise. He’s happy to play the hits

John Carpenter is long overdue for praise. He’s happy to play the hits

John Carpenter has this one recurring nightmare. β€œI’m in a huge, massive town I don’t really know,” he says, β€œand I’m looking for the movie district. And inevitably all the theaters are closed down. They’re all closed down. That’s what the dream is.” I’m visiting Carpenter at his longtime production house in Hollywood on one…

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Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected hikes to bills | Money News

Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected hikes to bills | Money News

Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected rises to their inflation-busting bills after the companies disputed limits imposed by the industry regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was called in to review Ofwat’s determinations on what Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, South East Water, Southern Water, and Wessex Water could charge customers…

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Khamenei’s son is selected as Iran’s supreme leader; 7th U.S. service member killed

Khamenei’s son is selected as Iran’s supreme leader; 7th U.S. service member killed

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran entered its ninth day Sunday with no clear path toward de-escalation, as the U.S. announced a seventh American service member had been killed and Iranian state TV reported the selection of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son as his successor. Meanwhile, the price of oil surpassed $100 a…

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Pressure on Big Tech is mounting – as transatlantic clash grows over free speech and child safety | Science, Climate & Tech News

Pressure on Big Tech is mounting – as transatlantic clash grows over free speech and child safety | Science, Climate & Tech News

More than 10 years ago, I filmed my kids for a report on the impact of screens on young minds. My eldest daughter was six at the time, her twin sisters nearly three. They didn’t have their own devices – Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube were beyond their imagination. TikTok hadn’t even been invented. Yet now…

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TrumpRx is launched: How it works and what Democrats say about it

TrumpRx is launched: How it works and what Democrats say about it

WASHINGTON Β β€”Β The White House’s TrumpRx website went live Thursday with a promise to instantly deliver prescription drugs at β€œthe lowest price anywhere in the world.” β€œThis launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many, many times, and it’s not even close,” President Trump said at a news conference announcing the…

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