, the California agency “has conned the taxpayer ... with no viable plan to deliver even that partial segment on time,”
While Yoon defended his martial law decree as a necessary response to what he called the Democratic Party’s abuse of its legislative majority to obstruct his agenda, that same majority now gives Lee a far more favorable environment to advance his policies. Conservatives have voiced concern that this could give Lee partially unchecked power and enable him to advance legislation that shields his presidency from his own legal troubles.Lee faces five separate trials on corruption and other charges, but the hearings were suspended ahead of Tuesday’s election. While South Korea’s constitution shields sitting presidents from most criminal prosecution aside of rebellion or treason, it doesn’t clearly state whether this protection extends to preelection indictments. The Democrats have been pushing to revise the criminal procedure law to keep Lee’s trials suspended during his term, drawing criticism from conservatives.
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unlocked one of thefrom an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday.last fall, experts were hard at work preparing “Encounters in the Milky Way,” a deep dive into our home galaxy shaped by the movements of stars and other celestial objects.
They were fine-tuning a scene featuring what’s known as the, a region far beyond Pluto filled with icy relics from the solar system’s formation.
toward Earth from the cloud, but scientists have never glimpsed its true shape.
One evening while watching the Oort Cloud scene, scientists noticed something strange projected onto the planetarium’s dome.Mike Flanagan, second from right, writer/director of “The Life of Chuck,” poses with cast members, from left, Annalise Basso, Tom Hiddleston and Carl Lumbly at the premiere of the film on Monday, June 2, 2025, at Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
It’s a funny but maybe not coincidental irony that many of the best King adaptations, like “Stand By Me” and “The Shawshank Redemption,” have come from the author’s more warm-hearted tales. “The Life of Chuck,” which won the People’s Choice Award last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival, is after a similar spirit.When King reached out about attending the TIFF world premiere, Flanagan was shocked. The last time King had done that for one of his own adaptations was 26 years ago, for “The Green Mile.” That movie, like “The Shawshank Redemption,” was a box-office disappointments, King recalls, a fate he’s hoping “The Life of Chuck” can avoid.
“He views this movie as something that’s a bit precious,” says Flanagan. “He’s said a few things to me in the past about how earnest it is, how this is a story without an ounce of cynicism. As it was being released into a cynical world, I think he felt protective of it. I think this one really means something to him.”The Stephen King industrial complex, meanwhile, keeps rolling along. Coming just this year are series of “Welcome to Derry” and “The Institute” and a film of “The Long Walk.” King, himself, just finished a draft of “Talisman 3.”