Thousands of tennis fans descended on Melbourne Park to watch stars including Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams kick off the Australian Open on Monday, after a three-week postponement and high drama over the quarantine of players. Spectators came out in force on an unusually overcast and chilly summer morning, relishing in the fact that they
Continue ReadingThe bandages were back, but not on The Weeknd’s face this time. The Grammy-winning singer took to the stage for the Pepsi Super Bowl LV halftime performance with plenty of pyrotechnics, lights and men dressed like The Weeknd in all black with red jackets and bandaged faces. The Weeknd performed a medley of his hits,
Continue ReadingApple may be doing away with one of its most divisive pieces of technology this year, and some fans aren’t sorry to see it go. While the MacBook Pro design hasn’t changed significantly in five years, Apple will eliminate its digital Touch Bar, according to a January memo from Ming-Chi Kuo, a top Apple analyst
Continue ReadingAfter a rocky 12 months, oil prices — which got crushed when Covid-19 slashed demand for energy around the world — are roaring back. What’s happening: Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, have breached $60 per barrel, their highest level since January 2020. The immediate catalyst appeared to be weekend remarks from President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingNothing unusual happened when Lou Dobbs hosted his Fox Business show on Thursday evening. His hour was full of Fox’s usual themes about “radical Dims” (Democrats) and Big Tech “abusing their power.” “Join us here tomorrow,” he said at the end of the show. “See you then.” But that, it turned out, was his final
Continue ReadingAt least 171 people are missing and 26 have died in northern India after part of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam. Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Police arrested a Tillman’s Corner woman after they said she shot and killed her fiancé Saturday night. Investigators said it happened around 8:50 p.m. at the Plantation Apartments on Old Pascagoula Road. When officers arrived, they found 29-year-old Kaleb Hamilton suffering from multiple gunshot
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Three days after 18-year-old Treyh Webster was shot and killed by Mobile police executing a search warrant at his home on Lakeview Drive, his family is breaking their silence, sharing their side of the deadly encounter. Treyh Webster had been out on bond for
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats on Monday asked the Biden administration to hand over long-sought documents from the Trump administration regarding its response to the coronavirus pandemic, renewing an investigation into what role alleged political interference by former officials may have played in the virus’ threat. In letters obtained by CNN to White House Chief of Staff Ron
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The Biden administration will review the deportations of veterans and their family members, according to a White House official. The move is in line with a Department of Homeland Security memo released shortly after President Joe Biden took office outlining new agency enforcement priorities and kicking off agency reviews. According to the memo, national security,
Continue ReadingClubhouse appears to have been blocked in China just days after it became the go-to app for uncensored conversations on a host of sensitive issues banned on other platforms. Over the weekend, several large Chinese-language chat rooms were set up on the invite-only audio app, where guests talked about politically-charged topics such as the ongoing
Continue ReadingTesla is betting big on bitcoin, saying it may soon accept the digital currency as payment for its cars. And the most valuable car company on the stock market said it is holding some of its cash in bitcoins rather than traditional currency. In its annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla said
Continue ReadingBob Saget has nothing but love for his “Full House” family. Saget played the father of the twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen when they were young children in “Full House,” and says they’ve stayed close, along with his other costars Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin. “They’re all friends, it’s not like they’re kids,”
Continue ReadingNew team, no offseason to prepare, no problem. Tom Brady has taken things to another level not seen before: Winning a Super Bowl at age 43, in his first year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and making history by being part of the first team to appear in a Super Bowl in its home stadium
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Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will continue to race for Mercedes in the 2021 season after agreeing a new, one-year deal, the team announced on Monday. The deal will see Hamilton partner with Mercedes for a ninth season and puts an end to months of speculation over the Briton’s immediate future in the
Continue ReadingPatton Oswalt just wants the simple things back when the pandemic is over. He wants to watch a movie with strangers. He wants to eavesdrop on conversations. Post pandemic, the comic tells CNN, “I’d definitely like to travel. I would definitely like to be able to, you know obviously for me, it’s getting on the
Continue ReadingNeed a change of scenery? If you’re waiting for a sign, here it is: a Mississippi city will pay you $6,000 to pick up and move there for a year. The city of Natchez is calling on remote workers across the country to relocate to their “charming and historic community” for one year through a
Continue ReadingEunice Hunton Carter was a social worker and prosecutor whose investigative work in New York City in the 1930s led to what was then the largest prosecution of organized crime in US history. When notorious mob boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano met his downfall, the credit went to the young prosecutor Thomas Dewey, who eventually ran
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — When is a cup of soup more than just a cup of soup? When it is served with love and appreciation. “Until we get back to normal, why not? Why not? Can I afford it? Who knows? But I have to do it.
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The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins this week as the House impeachment managers prepare to make their case to the public — and the 100 senators who are jurors for the trial — that Trump is responsible for last month’s deadly riots at the US Capitol. The House managers have been
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