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Photo:Getty Getty So long, summer! Arriving on Sept. 22 at 6:31 a.m. PT in the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox introduces the start to longer and cooler nights in comparison to summer’s longer and warmer days. The word “equinox” comes from Latinaequus(meaning “equal") andnox(meaning ”night") — so on the equinox, day and night are nearly equal in length. Like autumn, spring arrives via equinox. According to theFarmer’s Almanac, an equinox occurs precisely when the Sun’s center passes through the “celestial equator,” which is “an imaginary extension of Earth’s equator line into space....

Photo:Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter; Mark Perlstein/Getty Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter; Mark Perlstein/Getty Everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur is making a comeback! Thefilm was first announced in October 2019, and various details about the cast and plot have been released since. Barney & Friendsdebuted on television over two decades ago, originally running from 1992 to 2009. It alsojumpstarted the careers of starslike Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez andNever Have I Ever’s Jaren Lewison. In addition to the long-running television show, the feature filmBarney’s Great Adventurewas released in 1998....

Photo:dylan mulvaney/Instagram; Getty dylan mulvaney/Instagram; Getty WhenDylan Mulvaney, an actor and social media influencer who is transgender, posted a short clip from her partnership with beer brand Bud Light to Twitter, it didn’t appear any more controversial than the many other influencer “spon con” posts that happen on any given day. However, the post sparked negative commentary among conservative social media personalities,politiciansand celebrities, many of whom used transphobic rhetoric to attack Bud Light forturning to “woke” advertisingand playing off of the current political climate, which has seena significant rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policy being introduced in many conservative legislatures....

Photo: Corey Nickols/Getty Dungeons & Dragonsis coming back to the big screen. In this reboot, a group of adventurers travel on a quest to retrieve a lost relic that has fallen into dangerous hands, but they run into the wrong people on the way. Filming began in 2021 in Iceland and then moved to Northern Ireland. The film was originally set for release in July 2021, but with the COVID-19 pandemic and the release ofMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, its premiere was pushed back to March 2023....

On the night of April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old banker named Trisha Meili was jogging in New York City’s Central Park — something she often did after work to help her unwind. But shortly before midnight that night, two joggers discovered Meili unconscious in a wooded ravine. The media tipped into a frenzy of accusations many would say were racially-tinged, claiming the teens had been “wilding” before the attack. Then-mayor Ed Koch even reportedlycalled them “monsters....

Photo: Caiaimage/Paul Bradbury/Getty Parents across the country are experiencing a mix of emotions as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed a bill Friday that required daily recess for elementary-school students. AtlantaNPR affiliate WABE reportsthat the newly instated governor’s veto of House Bill 83 was due to the fact that, in his words, it “would impose unreasonable burdens on educational leaders without meaningful justification.” “While I support expanded recess opportunities for Georgia’s students, I am a firm believer in local control, especially in education,” Kemp said in his veto statement, according to multiple outlets....

The quick rundown on a complicated topic? Children ages 5 and up are two-dose Pfizer vaccine eligible, and children ages 12 and up are booster eligible, as well. Children under five are not quite vaccine eligible, withPfizer recently postponing its Food and Drug Administration application as the company seeks more data. Read on to learn more about what’s the latest from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and what three pediatricians – who are all also moms themselves – have to say....

Photo: Mario Tama/Getty While the Day of the Dead is largely celebrated in Mexico, it is observed across Latin America as well. Furthermore, countries across the globe have adopted various traditions and customs associated with the holiday, of which some have even created their own. Skulls are synonymous with the Day of the Dead, as they are considered one of the most popular symbols synonymous with the celebration. Typically, they are bright in color, often made out of sugar and represent the cyclical nature of life....

Elizabeth Holmes and Jennifer Lawrence.Photo: David Orrell/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Riccardo Savi/Getty Elizabeth Holmesjolted into the spotlight in 2015 whenForbesnamed the Theranos CEO and founder the world’s youngest and wealthiest self-made billionaire. Then Holmes' fortunes came crashing down when her allegedly revolutionary blood testing tool, once valued at $9 billion, faced fraud claims, leaving Holmes with a net worth of zero. Carreyrou — who wrote and reported theWall Street Journalstory that helped break open the Theranos scam — will write a movie treatment of his book....

Photo: GettySuper speedy stars are upon us!The Eta Aquarid meteor shower annually peaks at the beginning of May and is expected to reach its apex between the evening of Wednesday, May 4, and the morning of Thursday, May 5 this year.Known for its speed, this shower can see meteors traveling around 148,000 mph into the Earth’s atmosphere, according toNASA. The most exciting part? You may see as many as 50 shooting stars an hour!...

Photo: LG Patterson/MLB via Getty Here’s a look back at one of baseball’s biggest foul plays in the history of the game. The Houston Astros just solidified a spot in the2022 World Series, marking the third time they’ve made it to the annual championships ofMajor League Baseballsince their controversial win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017. It wasn’t just their nabbing of the Commissioner’s Trophy that still has baseball fans unsettled to this day, but it was their unfair gameplay throughout the entire 2017 season (and parts of the 2018 season) that put their integrity in question....

01of 17Taj Hotel Resorts and Palaces via Getty. Inset: Gary Gershoff/WireImageNick Jonasand Priyanka Chopra will havea wedding fit for a king and queen— because they’ll marry in an actual royal palace. The famous couple will tie the knot this weekend atUmaid Bhawan Palace, in the Indian city of Jodhpur. 01of 17 Taj Hotel Resorts and Palaces via Getty. Inset: Gary Gershoff/WireImage Nick Jonasand Priyanka Chopra will havea wedding fit for a king and queen— because they’ll marry in an actual royal palace....

Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty In a week that saw the downfall of two ofDonald Trump‘s top aides, even the president himself is discussing the possibility of his impeachment. During an interview that aired Thursday onFox & Friends, Trump, 72, defended himself amidcalls for his impeachment, saying, “I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job.” “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash,” he continued....