Photograph: Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Imagesįran Drescher has blasted Hollywood studios in a fiery speech after talks between the actors’ union and studios failed to avert a strike, calling them “disgusting” for claiming “they’re losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs”. The Nanny star turned Sag-Aftra union president Fran Drescher wins praise for her passion as performers join writers in action expected to halt majority of US film and TV production. As well as the US, heatwaves have roiled China, India, parts of Europe and the Arctic.įran Drescher’s fiery speech against Hollywood studios goes viral as actors strike What’s happening elsewhere? Mild El Niño climatic conditions brewing in the Pacific Ocean will strengthen throughout the year, with an outside chance of a record-breaking event that will further turbocharge already sweltering temperatures around the globe, scientists have forecast. The sweltering conditions were expected to build on Friday and through the weekend in central and southern California, where many residents were told to prepare for the hottest weather of the year by the National Weather Service. More than 200 rescues and 100 evacuations have taken place as a result of the extreme storms.Īcross the US, more than one-third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as the heatwave baking the nation spread further into California. One death was confirmed by the state department of health, a 63-year-old man who drowned in his home. Historic flooding in the state has damaged thousands of homes, businesses and roads, and has left some residents stranded. Residents of Vermont, still suffering from an onslaught of dangerous weather in recent days, are preparing for another round of severe storms in the area. The US is bracing for more extreme weather from coast to coast, with a heatwave hitting California, tornadoes in the midwest and the east expecting more rain as it continues to reel from historic flooding. Thousands of homes, businesses and roads were damaged by the flooding in Vermont this week, with further extreme weather expected across the US. Who is most likely to be affected? A crackdown on third-party voter registration groups is likely to disproportionately affect Floridians of color, who are about five times more likely to register with third-party groups than white voters are.įloods, tornadoes, heat: more extreme weather predicted across US That’s on pace to be a sharp decrease from the 63,212 new voter registrations from third-party groups submitted by the end of 2019. Through 1 June of this year, 2,430 new registrations had come from third-party voter registration organizations, he said. There has already been a drop in voter registrations this year compared with 2019, the last full year leading into a presidential election, according to Daniel Smith, a political science professor at the University of Florida. Voter fraud is extremely rare, and the office has already come under scrutiny for bringing criminal charges against people who appeared to be confused about their voting eligibility.Įlection watchdogs worry the new policies could have a chilling effect on engaging voters. The fines, which range from $50 to tens of thousands of dollars, were levied by the state’s office of election crimes and security, a first-of-its-kind agency created at the behest of DeSantis in 2022 to investigate voter fraud. The groups include for-profit and nonprofit organizations as well as political parties, including the statewide Republican and Democratic parties of Florida. At least 26 groups have cumulatively racked up more than $100,000 in fines since September last year, according to a list provided by Florida officials to the Guardian.
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