In this 2011 file photo, female U.S. Marines are shown marching. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) Soon to be released Pentagon figures will show a significant almost 19% reduction in the number of service members who say they have experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact over the previous survey conducted two years ago, according to a U.S. official.There was also a drop in the number of sexual assault reports involving service members filed last year, according to the official.Every two years, the U.S. military carries out an anonymous survey that Defense Department officials believe is a better indicator of the prevalence of sexual assault in the military than the annual reports where victims may be reluctant to step forward to report a sexual assault.This year s survey indicated close to 29,000 reported unwanted sexual contacts, an almost 19% reduction from the 35,800 reported in the survey carried out in 2021.The Pentagon survey defines unwanted sexual contact
Riddick - Universal Pictures Home EntertainmentVin Diesel s next adventure as the night vision-enabled intergalactic anti-hero Riddick will get underway on August 26, according to Variety.Riddick: Furya, the fourth film in the sci-fi franchise that started with 2000 s Pitch Black, is named after the character s home planet to which he finally returns, "a place he barely remembers and one he fears might be left in ruins," says the trade, quoting from the movie s logline.It is there, the trade continues, "he finds other Furyans fighting for their existence against a new monster and some of these Furyans are more like Riddick than he could have ever imagined."Aside from comics and video games, the original film also spawned 2004 s The Chronicles of Riddick and 2013 s Riddick, all of which were written and directed by The Fugitive veteran David Twohy, who s back with Vin as star and producer for the fourquel. Diesel has been mum about the project on social medi
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) President Joe Biden will deliver a major speech denouncing antisemitism on Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol.The remarks are part of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ceremony marking the Days of Remembrance to honor the memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust as well as other victims of Nazi persecution."He will speak to the horrors of Oct. 7 when Hamas unleashed the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday. "And he will speak to how since Oct. 7, we ve seen an alarming rise in antisemitism in the U.S. in our cities or communities and our campuses."Jean-Pierre also said Biden will highlight his administration’s national strategy to counter antisemitism and protect Jewish Americans.Biden s high-profile address comes at a fraught political moment, as a possible Israeli invasion of Rafah looms and college protests
Universal PicturesThe Fall Guy topped the North American box office with an estimated $28.5 million in its opening weekend. The action comedy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, was expected to grab between $30 and $40 million, according to Variety.The movie added an estimated $25.4 million at the international box office, for a worldwide total of $65.4 million.Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, rereleased to honor May the Fourth, took second place, earning an estimated $8.1 million. The film, originally released in 1999, earned an estimated $6.4 million overseas, for a global tally of $14.5 million.Third place went to the Zendaya-led romantic sports drama Challengers, which collected an estimated $7.65 million at the domestic box office. Its two-week global tally currently stands at over $52 million.The second of this week s two major releases, the horror film Tarot, debuted in fourth place with an estimated $6.5 million. It added an estimated $3.7 million overseas, for a worldwide to
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak at a press conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) One Saturday last month, several dozen members of the Alaskan Independence Party, a small, largely unknown political group whose primary goal is to put Alaskan secession from the United States to a vote, gathered in Fairbanks for their biennial convention.Among the topics of conversation: whether to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president.The party ultimately rejected Kennedy, who is running as an independent, after a few outspoken members said they did not want him atop their 2024 ticket, according to John Howe, the party s chairman, who was involved in the discussions."There was serious consideration," Howe, a machine shop owner, told ABC News.The decision to pass on Kennedy was seen as a blow to the candidate "They wanted us to put him on the ballot," Howe said