Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages

Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) —Puerto Rico'sgovernor declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and activated the National Guard after thousands of homes were left without water. Nearly 180,000 customers were affected at the peak of the outage late last week. As of Wednesday, nearly 3,000 customers were still without water, including nearly a dozen hotels, according toGov. Jenniffer González. The problem has angered many on the island of 3.2 million people, especially because the state water and sewer authority has declined to name the company responsible for damaging a main water line while repairing a road last week. Municipal officials have set up water distribution points and have gone home-to-home to distribute drinking water, with the National Guard now expected to help with those duties. "As long as I have 11 hotels without water and residents without service, of course we have an emergency," González said. The governor also named a special coordinator charged with stabilizing the water system, investigating the water and sewer authority and determining how the incident occurred. He is expected to issue a report in the next 10 days. González said that the water and sewer authority's executive director, who has come under fire, would remain in that position. Before the widespread incident occurred, dozens of communities across Puerto Rico had long experienced issues withwater supply. ____ Follow AP's coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean athttps://apnews.com/hub/latin-america

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Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages

Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) —Puerto Rico'sgovernor declare...

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Watch Pope Leo XIV receive box of Chicago pizza in Vatican City

Watch Pope Leo XIV receive box of Chicago pizza in Vatican City

Pope Leo XIVreceived aspecial deliveryen route to St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on July 30. Video footage shows a member of the crowd giving the pontiff, 69, a box fromAurelio's Pizzain Chicago's south suburbs as he arrived in St. Peter's Square in his open-air popemobile for his weekly audience. The gesture appeared to have delighted the pope, who gave a thumbs-up gesture upon receiving the box.According to 6 ABC, the Chicago native was known to frequent the original Homewood location of the restaurant when he was simply known as Father Bob. Although the toppings were not revealed, Joe Aurelio, owner of the pizzeria, announced the new "Poperoni Pizza" in early July, which features traditional pepperoni pizza topped with a layer of cup and crisp pepperoni. Need a break?Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The pizza delivered to the pope,known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevostoutside of his papal position, appears to be from Illinois-based Aurelio's Pizza, which was quick to take credit. The pizza joint, which has locations in Illinois, Minnesota, California and Florida, in apost on Facebook, said it was "another blessing to have Pope Leo acknowledge our pizza at St. Peter's Square." Aurelio's also invited the pope to visit them the "next time he is back home" and requested followers to connect them to the person who delivered the pizza about 4,800 miles away so the shop "can personally thank them." Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Pope Leo gets a special delivery from Chicago: Aurelio's pizza

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Watch Pope Leo XIV receive box of Chicago pizza in Vatican City

Watch Pope Leo XIV receive box of Chicago pizza in Vatican City Pope Leo XIVreceived aspecial deliveryen route to St. Peter's Square in ...

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Possible metal found in ground beef: Michigan company issues recall across 5 states

Possible metal found in ground beef: Michigan company issues recall across 5 states

A Michigan-based meat company recalled more than 1,000 pounds of fully cooked ground beef after a customer reported finding pieces of metal in the product, it said in a release. Ada Valley Meat Company on Tuesday said recalled products were shipped to businesses and distributors across five states: California, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The affected items came in 20-pound boxes containing four 5-pound bags of "Ada Valley Fully Cooked Ground Beef" from specific lots -- pack date May 28 with lot code 35156 and pack date May 30 with lot code 35157 -- the company said. The products subject to recall also bear establishment number "EST. 10031" inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mark of inspection, it said. While no injuries have been reported, food safety officials are concerned that some of the recalled products might still be in institutional freezers, Ada Valley noted. "We are taking this step out of an abundance of caution and in line with our core value: the safety and trust of our customers come first," Gerrit Rozeboom, the company's president, said in a statement sent to ABC News. MORE: High Noon voluntarily recalls some vodka seltzer drinks that were mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service advised institutions not to serve these products and instead throw them away or return them to where they were purchased. "We are working closely with regulators to investigate the issue and have already implemented additional safety measures and quality checks to prevent future occurrences," Rozeboom told ABC News. Customers with questions about the recall can contact the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854 or email MPHotline@usda.gov.

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Possible metal found in ground beef: Michigan company issues recall across 5 states

Possible metal found in ground beef: Michigan company issues recall across 5 states A Michigan-based meat company recalled more than 1,000 p...

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s Lookalike Son Moses Shares Rare Photos Following in Dad’s Footsteps

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's Lookalike Son Moses Shares Rare Photos Following in Dad's Footsteps

Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram Like his dad, Moses Martin—the son of actress and Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay's Chris Martin—is hitting the road this summer on tour with his band Dancer. On July 28, Moses took his Instagram followers behind-the-scenes of life on the road. Moses, 19, is a student at Brown University. Moses Martin—the son ofGwyneth PaltrowandChris Martin—has seen both of his parents dominate the headlines in July. He likely hasn't had the chance to paytooclose attention though as, like his dad—the frontman of the band Coldplay—Moses, too, is touring across the country. Moses, 19, has been touring with his band Dancer across the U.S. for the past several months; in addition to life as a musician, Moses is also a student at Brown University, an Ivy League school. In an Instagram post shared on July 28, Moses took fans behind-the-scenes on tour, and his mom shared her support, commenting with a red heart emoji. Coldplay dominated headlines in the latter part of July after a show in Boston—specifically the kiss cam—exposed an alleged affair that left two high-up executives at Astronomer resigning in its aftermath. A new biography of Paltrow by journalist Amy Odell was released on July 29—with many headlines accompanying it—and Paltrow herself, in a cheeky turn of events, was hired by Astronomer for a recent ad explaining more about the company in the wake of the kiss cam scandal. Moses plays guitar for Dancer and shared photos of the group performing, as well as life offstage, as well. "Music music music music," Moses captioned the carousel of images on Monday. Moses Martin/Instagram For Moses's 19th birthday in April, Paltrow wrote on Instagram that her son was "a dream come true": "You are deeply kind and brilliant," the actress and Goop founder wrote. "You have an incredible intellect and you are so gifted, so talented. I listen to your music on repeat and miss you so much at college. And today more than ever. I love you my boy." Speaking toVanity Fairearlier this year, Paltrow said of Moses and her daughter,Apple Martin, that they are "down-to-earth," noting that "College is a great equalizer." "Look, they're the children of two super-famous people, and so they understand what comes with that," she said. "They've grown up in it. You would be surprised at how lovely and unassuming and down-to-earth they are." Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram Speaking toThe Sunday Times, Paltrow opened up about becoming an empty nester after both of her kids left for college, telling the outlet that "on the one hand" she felt "incredible sadness" and a "deep sense of impending grief." "On the other hand, this is exactly what should be happening," she continued. "Your kids are supposed to be, you know, young adults who can achieve and cope and make connections and be resilient. That's exactly what you want. And that means they leave the house." Read the original article onInStyle

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s Lookalike Son Moses Shares Rare Photos Following in Dad’s Footsteps

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's Lookalike Son Moses Shares Rare Photos Following in Dad's Footsteps Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram Lik...

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'Downton Abbey' star Elizabeth McGovern brings Ava Gardner's tumultuous life to the stage

'Downton Abbey' star Elizabeth McGovern brings Ava Gardner's tumultuous life to the stage

NEW YORK (AP) — For all ofElizabeth McGovern'sacting career, someone else wrote her lines. Now it's her turn. The"Downton Abbey"star pivots from British aristocracy to classic Hollywood royalty this summer to portray screen legendAva Gardnerin a play she wrote. "It's an incredible feeling to see other people embrace these things that were in your head," she says. "My feet haven't touched the ground since we started working on this in New York. I am just loving it so much." "Ava: The Secret Conversations" examines the sometimes-prickly, sometimes seductive relationship between Gardner and Peter Evans, a journalist assigned to ghostwrite her memoir in the years before her death in 1990. Though Gardner pulled the plug on the project before its completion, Evans eventually published their conversations in 2013. That book is the basis of McGovern's play. She says she was intrigued by the idea of "a star on the wane of her career, sitting with a guy trying to glean from her the story of her life, and the two of them battling it out to control the narrative." About 'Ava: The Secret Conversations' Directed by Tony Award-nomineeMoritz von Stuelpnagel,the production co-stars Aaron Costa Ganis as Evans, who also channels Gardner's three famous husbands: actor Mickey Rooney, bandleader Artie Shaw and performer Frank Sinatra. It begins performancesoff-Broadway at New York City Centerstarting this week. McGovern says she wasn't initially a huge fan of Gardner — famed for her green eyes, photogenic features and understated acting style — before she embarked on the project. It was more the idea of how a memoir can become a battleground for legacy and a way to explore Hollywood fame. McGovern made her screen debut at 20 in Robert Redford's "Ordinary People" in 1980 and went on to co-star with Hollywood's leading men, including Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. She landed an Oscar nomination for Milos Forman's "Ragtime." It's a career with many similarities to Gardner. "I feel like I do have a natural affinity for who she is. I feel like we would really like each other. I don't know, I'm flattering myself, but it's possibly because I had a kind of similar trajectory in my early life," says McGovern. "I mean, it was not on any level close to hers, but I understood the whole kind of mechanics of it." Gardner's reputation as a sex goddess was fully launched in 1946 film "The Killers," in which she co-starred with Burt Lancaster. She also starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in "The Barefoot Contessa" and Richard Burton in Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana." McGovern says Gardner was caught in the impossibility of women's expectations at the time — be sexy but not sleep around. She had many lovers but also felt the shame society imposed. "I think she was a kind of a feminist, in spite of herself, really," says McGovern "I hope people are inspired by that — by the fact that she just did whatever she wanted to do and lived with the consequences." A screen siren at the end of her life By the end of her life and when the play is set, Gardner has been partially paralyzed after a stroke, had emphysema and lived in seclusion. She decided on a quickie memoir to keep the bills paid. "All my life I was the Woman Men Dream About. That was the only job I ever had," she wails in the play. "Where does that leave me now?" The 90-minute play, which has had previous runs in Los Angeles and London, goes to Chicago and Toronto this fall after New York. McGovern initially took the idea to two different writers who failed to produce anything. So she turned to herself, watching movies and footage of Gardner to nail her speech patterns and reading whatever she could about the actor's inner life. "I literally would act it out in my room to myself and then write it down. So it was natural to think of myself playing it, obviously, but then writing a part for somebody else to play, I couldn't think of a way to do it except by doing the acting of that part and then write it down." Costa Ganis, her co-star, says "she's doing something very bold and very daring and very scary" and he rarely meets a playwright so adaptable. "I think the thing that's so fun about working with her is just that she's such a collaborator," he says. Music helped McGovern the playwright McGovern developed the confidence to write her first play through songwriting. She is the lead singer and an acoustic guitarist for Sadie & The Hotheads, which released their debut album in 2007 and their latest in July, "Let's Stop Fighting." "It kind of embraces a lot of different styles and then ends up with something of its own," she says of the ethereal jazz-folk the band makes, which is waiting for an audience to catch up. "We're still waiting. It's been quite a while, but I'm fine," she says with a laugh. Costa Ganis hears McGovern's musicality throughout the play, an internal rhythm she understands: "So if something doesn't play right, she has a great sense of what sounds good and what moves things along." McGovern will be nearing the end of her New York turn as Gardner when the latest "Downton Abbey" hits movie theaters Sept. 12 — subtitled "The Grand Finale." She admits that she and the cast initially dreaded returning afterthe death of Maggie Smith,an audience favorite. "I think everyone was afraid that without Maggie, it's daunting to keep the thing going. But surprise, surprise, I think it's our best movie," she says. "It just kind of clicked." McGovern, who like Gardner lives in London, does music, TV, and film but always finds room for theater, where the smartphones disappear and performers meet the audience. "It's so healthy to have two hours where you only have one job and that job is basically just to be present and I really feel like it's good for the brain."

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Inside Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson's 'Special Bond' as Reunion Fuels Romance Rumors

Inside Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson's 'Special Bond' as Reunion Fuels Romance Rumors

THE RUNDOWN Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson have been friends for decades and are now working on a new project together: Holmes's filmHappy Hours. The two formerDawson's Creekstars dated on-screen and offscreen in the '90s. As they continue filming in New York City during summer 2025, a source recently spoke about whether the two single stars would ever date each other again. Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson have officially reunited. The formerDawson's Creekstars are collaborating on Holmes's upcoming filmHappy Hours, which she is set to direct and star in alongside Jackson. Since the pair have been spotted filming scenes around New York City, fans are speculating about a possible romantic rekindling as they previously dated decades ago. But a source recently clarified that they aren't back together. The insider toldEntertainment Tonightthat Holmes and Jackson are "just friends." The source added, "They have a special bond and love how excited fans are. Rekindling a romantic relationship is not likely."⁠ Ahead, the full history of their relationship. Holmes and Jackson met in the '90s when they co-starred on the hit teen drama,Dawson's Creek. The show ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2003. Their characters, Joey Potter (Holmes) and Pacey Witter (Jackson), engaged in an on-again-off-again relationship throughout the series before finally getting married in the end. And the actors took their romance offscreen. In a 1998Rolling Stoneinterview, Holmes, then 19, alluded to her IRL relationship with Jackson, whichreportedlyhad already ended by then. "I had really good luck this past year, and I had a really wonderful, amazing experience," she said. The journalist then mentioned that she has it on "good authority" that her great dating experience was with herDawson's Creekco-star. "I'm just going to say that I met somebody last year," she responded. "I fell in love, I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable that I will treasure it always. And that I feel so fortunate because he's now one of my best friends." She continued, "He's been in the business so long, and he's really helped me. I respect him as a friend and as a professional." Jackson appeared onan episodeof the Canadian talk show,George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. In the interview, he spoke about a recent phone call he received from Holmes. "Like any old friend, it was like, 'Oh, hi, how are ya? What's going on?,' 'I had a kid,' 'Yeah, that's crazy, I heard.' It was nice, it was very nice, actually." At the time, he was in a relationship with the German actress Diane Kruger. In an interview withThe Times, Jackson spoke about his former relationship with Holmes. "We were kids," he said, "so it was a full-on stars-moon-sky romance." He also shared that theDawson's Creekcast have a WhatsApp group chat. "It doesn't get a lot of use but every once in a while someone will crop up," he said. "[In January] we passed the 25th anniversary [of the show] so there was a flurry of texts. It really centers around, 'Oh my God, I can't believe that we all went through that thing together.' It's obviously such a formative point in all our lives." Holmes was interviewed forThe Timesand was asked about theDawson's CreekWhatsApp group, which she seemingly didn't know anything about. "All of us text every now and then, but I wasn't aware of the WhatsApp," she said. "But you know what? I'm really bad at WhatsApp. I never check it because it's a little too much." But she did share that she keeps in touch with the cast "every now and then." She added, "Everyone's grown up and is busy, but the bond will forever be there." Jackson appeared onan episodeof Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast,Dinner's on Me. During a conversation aboutDawson's Creek, Jackson revealed that he and Holmes were still "very close." He said, "It's not a daily call. Sometimes it's not a weekly, or monthly, or even a half-yearly call, but when you're together...there's always that, like, I know you know." Holmesannouncedthat she and Jackson were going to be working together again on a new film,Happy Hours. "Working with Josh after so many years is a testament to friendship," she wrote. " HAPPY HOURS is a love story that includes so many people I adore. We can't wait for everyone to see what we make." Holmes is set to direct, write, and star inHappy Hourswith Jackson. According toDeadline, the forthcoming trilogy is "a story about two people (played by Holmes and Jackson) navigating their relationship within the challenges of careers and family responsibilities and the pursuit of love, despite life's inevitable obstacles. It's a character-driven dramedy that explores the emotional journey of young loves who reconnect as adults, with the connective thread of shared joys, loss, and hope." The rest of the cast includes Constance Wu, Mary-Louise Parker, Donald Webber Jr., and John McGinty. Production on the first of the three films is currently underway in New York. The same day as Holmes' Instagram post, she and Jackson were spotted filmingHappy Hoursin NYC. Holmes and Jackson were photographed running lines. A source shut down offscreen dating rumors, tellingEntertainment Tonight, "Rekindling a romantic relationship is not likely. They are just friends." The insider added, "Josh and Katie are excited to be working together again. They have a special bond and love how excited fans are." They were seen shooting a scene in Washington Square Park. Jackson was pushing a stroller, possibly hinting that their characters will have a baby inHappy Hours. The actors ventured to Brooklyn to film, and Holmes was in director mode. 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Inside Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson's 'Special Bond' as Reunion Fuels Romance Rumors

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