Thursday, December 13, 2007 Image: David Shankbone. Victoria Wyndham was one of the most seasoned and accomplished actresses in daytime soap opera television. She played Rachel Cory, the maven of Another World‘s fictional town, Bay City, from 1972 to 1999 when the show went off the air. Wyndham talks about how she was seen as…
Besieged Syrian city of Deir Ezzour suffers multi-day attack
Thursday, May 19, 2016 The city of Deir Ezzour in eastern Syria has suffered a multi-day attack with Islamic State (IS) militants launching an offensive on Saturday. The hotly contested city, located near the border of Iraq, lies on a crucial supply route for Raqqa, an IS stronghold, and is also oil rich and possesses…
Annual rich list shows Ireland now has six billionaires
Sunday, April 3, 2005The annual Sunday Times Rich List published today showed that Ireland now has six euro billionaires, up from four last year. The combined wealth of Irelands 250 wealthiest is €42.3bn. Topping the list was the new entrant Hilary Weston with a fortune estimated at over €7.2bn. Weston was excluded in previous lists…
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to run for governor of California
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 The mayor of San Francisco, California, Gavin Newsom, has announced via Twitter that he will be running for the state’s governor in the 2010 elections. He will be in the running to replace California’s current governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.File:MayorNewsom.jpg Gavis Newsom, 2008.(Image missing from Commons: image; log) “It’s official- running for Gov…
Olivia Rodrigo’s song good 4 u debuts at No 1 on US Billboard Hot 100 chart
Thursday, May 27, 2021 On Monday, Billboard magazine announced that Olivia Rodrigo’s new song good 4 u had debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 chart dated for May 29. The Hot 100 combines sales, streaming and radio airplay in the United States to create a list of the most popular songs in the US…
Wikinews interviews Richard H. Clark, independent candidate for US President
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. As a non-partisan news…
Australian ministers lose veto power over territory laws
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Ministers in Australia’s federal government have lost the power to veto laws in the nation’s two mainland territories after legislation passed the national parliament. The legislation requires for both chambers of the parliament to strike down laws made in the Northern Territory (NT) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) parliaments. We’ve…
Explosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Rising steam from the explosionImage: Arvind Grover. A pipe has burst in New York City, the largest city in the United States, causing a generator to explode. The explosion occurred in Midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Terminal (GCT) and the Chrysler Building, and approximately at the intersection of 41st Street and…
Canada’s Etobicoke—Lakeshore (Ward 5) city council candidates speak
Wikinews This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Monday, October 30, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Etobicoke—Lakeshore (Ward 5). Two candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for…
Nearly 25% of Iceland’s voters petition for veto of Icesave bill
Sunday, January 3, 2010 Nearly a quarter of Iceland’s voters have signed a petition calling for President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto the bill passed last week to pay €3.8 billion to the United Kingdom and The Netherlands to compensate depositors impacted when the Icesave online bank collapsed in 2008. President Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonImage: Ragimiri.…