Matt Prigge
San Antonio, Texas flooding kills one
A woman died when her car was washed off a bridge on Saturday as drenching rains in Texas spawned flood waters so powerful they swept a city bus off the street, San Antonio officials sai
Two freight trains collide in Missouri, seven injured
Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural southeastern Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said.
7 wonderfully weird things about Steven Soderbergh
The Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra” is Steven Soderbergh’s alleged final film. In honor, we round up some weird tidbits about this odd filmmaker.
Polanski’s ‘Venus’ seduces on last day of Cannes Film Festival
An avenging Venus settling the psychological and sexual score is the star of acclaimed director Roman Polanski’s “La Venus a la Fourrure” (“Venus in Fur”), one of the Cannes film festival’s two final movies in main competition to premiere on Saturday.
Hagel calls sexual assault a ‘scourge’ on U.S. Military
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a “scourge” on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers.
Washington State Bridge collapse caused by truck
A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation’s aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.
Taliban attack international compound in Afghan capital
Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, sparking a five-hour battle with security forces.
Film review: ‘Fast & Furious 6′ has a tank. Need we say more?
The sixth in the shape-shifting “Fast & Furious” series is almost as transcendently ridiculous as the glorious fifth. That’s partly because it has a tank.
Film review: ‘Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s’ profiles an institution
The documentary “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s” covers the New York Institution, though only offers a shallow view.
Film review: ‘Epic’ is as generic as its title
“Epic,” the latest animated film from Fox’ Blue Sky Studios (“Ice Age,” “Rio,” etc.), is a generic fantasy based on the a children’s book by William Joyce.