The Public Theater is presenting concert reading of the new show Knockouts, written by Bridget Everett, Isaac Oliver, Marc Shaiman, Rachel Shukert, and Scott Wittman. Knockouts was created in collaboration with Patti LuPone, and will be directed by Teddy Bergman and Scott Wittman. It will star Patti LuPone and Bridget Everett. The production has not yet revealed details of the plot of the show, or what audiences can expect from the new piece.  Performances will take place on Thursday, July 30th at 7:00PM; Friday, July 31st at 9:30 PM; Saturday, August 1st at 9:30PM; and Sunday, August 2nd at 8:30…

Barcelona registered a maximum temperature of 40.5C on Wednesday, its highest figure in 112 years of records, weather agencies said as another heatwave struck Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The provisional reading at the Fabra Observatory on Barcelona’s western outskirts broke the previous record of 40C set on July 30, 2024, regional weather monitor Meteocat said on X. At Barcelona’s El Prat airport, which is almost at sea level and sits next to the Mediterranean, the thermometer hit 37.7C, the highest reading in records going back to 1924, national weather agency AEMET said. “Barcelona has recorded the hottest day,” confirmed AEMET spokesman…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Karmelo Anthony’s new legal team is accusing the judge who presided over his murder trial of bias and arguing courtroom restrictions violated his constitutional right to a public trial in a pair of post-conviction motions seeking to overturn his conviction.According to court filings reviewed by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, Anthony’s defense team asks that Collin County Judge John Roach recuse himself from all remaining post-trial proceedings while also requesting a new trial based on what the defense describes as constitutional and legal errors during Anthony’s prosecution.Anthony, 19, was convicted of murdering 17-year-old…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Democratic senator admitted on CBS News that he believes President Donald Trump “wisely” made the critical demand to NATO allies to spend more on defense.Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is in Turkey this week as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation to NATO, spoke with CBS News when an anchor laughingly asked him about Trump’s “strange relationship with NATO over his push for them to spend more on security.” The anchor asked Durbin, “Where does this relationship go from here?”In response, Durbin described Trump’s relationship with NATO as a “back-and-forth,…

A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing United Airlines of charging passengers extra for “window seats” that lacked actual windows, allowing the case to move forward. U.S. District Judge James Donato ruled the plaintiffs plausibly alleged United breached its contractual obligations by selling seats identified as window seats even though some were positioned next to solid cabin walls rather than windows.”These terms plausibly establish that United expressly agreed to provide a seat with a window to passengers who paid for one,” Donato wrote, adding that United’s reservation screens and boarding passes represented that customers…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 15-year-old women’s singles competitor at Wimbledon learned quite the lesson during play on Monday.Tantrums will not be tolerated.Ida Wobker, from Germany, was disqualified from the Wimbledon junior tournament after throwing her racket on the ground, which bounced into the stands. The decision was confirmed by the All England Club on Sunday. The incident occurred during the second set of the first round match between Wobker and her opponent on Saturday.SERENA WILLIAMS DROPS WIMBLEDON COMEBACK MATCH TO 20-YEAR-OLD MAYA JOINT AFTER FOUR-YEAR ABSENCEMaria Valentina Pop, of Romania, had dominated the first set,…

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is reportedly kicking off a $10 billion fundraising round that values the rocket company at $130 billion, hot on the heels of last month’s historic IPO for Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The deal, reported by DealBook, would expand Blue Origin’s investor base beyond the deep-pocketed Bezos for the first time, reducing his need to bankroll the pricey endeavor by selling Amazon stock.  The financing, which already has big name backers onboard, shows investor interest in fueling the space race beyond Musk’s SpaceX, which has billions of fresh capital in its coffers after its blockbuster public listing last…

LONG BEACH, Calif. () — A Long Beach ice cream vendor is recovering from serious injuries after he says he was assaulted while working near Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier on the 4th of July, leaving him unable to work and support his family during his recovery.Eliu Ramirez said he suffered multiple injuries in the attack.”Nose broken, and I have a cheekbone shattered,” Ramirez told Eyewitness News in Spanish. He also said he has damage in his eye, causing him to wear glasses.Ramirez, who said he has worked as a street food vendor for the past 16 years, said he was…

Maybe Happy Ending has officially become the longest-running production at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. On Tuesday night, the Tony-winning musical had its 688th performance, officially cementing itself as the longest running show at the historic Broadway house. The production has now surpassed the 687-performance run of Dead End at the famed Broadway theatre — joining the ranks of Broadway’s current long-running hits, including Chicago, Book of Mormon, Six, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Lion King, Aladdin, Hadestown, Wicked, and Hamilton. Following the record-breaking performance, Dez Duron thanked the audience and the musical’s fanbase, which they call their…

Marine Le Pen’s run for the French presidency is not good news for opponents of the National Rally. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to several centrist and left-wing members of the European Parliament contacted by Euronews, the veteran French far-right leader will have more appeal to voters than Jordan Bardella, the young MEP whom many expected to replace her as RN’s candidate should she have been deemed ineligible to run. After Le Pen announced her intention to run in France’s 2027 presidential election despite her fraud conviction, with Bardella positioned as a candidate for the prime minister’s office, many in France have…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! PROVO, Utah — In an emotional moment in the gallery during the second day of a preliminary hearing for Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin Tyler Robinson in a Utah courthouse Tuesday, the victim’s widow Erika Kirk reached forward to hand a tissue to a crying woman in the row in front of her.Over the course of the hearing, the Kirk family has been given permission to come and go to avoid painful testimony.At one point Tuesday, as defense attorney Richard Novak cross-examined the case’s lead investigator, David Hull, the Kirk family left the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense systems, a move that could mark a significant shift from supplying Kyiv with American-made weapons to helping Ukraine produce them itself.Trump made the comments while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as Kyiv continues to press Western allies for additional air defense capabilities to counter Russian missile and drone attacks.Trump’s announcement comes as Patriot interceptors have become one of Ukraine’s most urgent military needs. The U.S.-made Patriot system is widely regarded as Ukraine’s most capable…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Entering the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the darling of the United States Men’s National Team, the public has done a 180 on Christian Pulisic.The 27-year-old AC Milan star has been the face of USA soccer since at least the turn of the decade, but the fact is that he was a major disappointment throughout the tournament.Sure, it did not help that he re-aggravated a calf injury in the opener, which led to him missing the equivalent of roughly two full games, but even when he was on the pitch, he did…