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For three young scribes, the star of Super Bowl Sunday won’t be Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady, no matter how many touchdowns they throw. No, they’ll be tuning in for Amanda Gorman. The 22-year-old Los Angeles poet brought a moment of peace to a beleaguered nation when she delivered her stirring poem, “The Hill We
Continue ReadingKuaishou’s stock skyrocketed in value Friday as the TikTok-like video app scored the world’s biggest IPO since the coronavirus pandemic began. Shares closed at 300 Hong Kong dollars ($38.70) apiece, marking a 161% jump over the 115 Hong Kong dollars ($14.80) the firm issued them at. It raised a total of 41.28 billion Hong Kong
Continue ReadingThe first jobs report of the Joe Biden presidency was less than okay — but Wall Street cheered anyway. Stocks rose Friday morning, extending all-time highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow gained more than 180 points, or 0.6% shortly after the opening bell. The government said that 49,000 jobs were added in
Continue Reading The Weeknd is going solo Sunday. According to the artist, viewers should not expect to see any guest appearances during his 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl LV halftime performance. “I’ve been reading a lot of rumors,” he told the NFL Network Thursday. “There wasn’t any room to fit it in the narrative and the story I
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He didn’t want to be fired, so he quit. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday submitted his resignation from SAG-AFTRA, the union representing roughly 160,000 professionals, from actors and musicians to media professionals. Trump’s resignation comes just weeks after the union’s National Board voted to have his membership reevaluated by a disciplinary committee, relating to
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(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Justicia de Tamaulipas informó este viernes que estableció la identidad de tres víctimas de la masacre de Santa Anita. En un comunicado, especificaron que son tres hombres de nacionalidad guatemalteca. Por el momento, mediante los estudios de perfiles genéticos han identificado a siete personas: dos de nacionalidad mexicana
Continue Reading (CNN) — JoJo Siwa está felizmente en una relación con «la novia más asombrosa, maravillosa, perfecta y hermosa del mundo». La estrella adolescente viral que tiene millones de seguidores –casi 32 millones solo en Tik Tok– apareció en «The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon» el miércoles, donde habló sobre haber hecho público que es miembro
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Click here for updates on this story Greenwood, Louisiana (KTBS) — As of Monday, Feb. 8, people over the age of 65 will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But some of the people who qualified in the first phase of the vaccine rollout are still waiting because they can’t get to a vaccination
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Ann, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Ann man is suing the city’s Papa John’s Pizza after experiencing what he calls employment discrimination and getting fired after filing complaints. George Mitchell said racist remarks were common when he worked at the Papa John’s and were so frequent he
Continue ReadingIt looks as if it’s all systems go for the Australian Open next week after all players forced into a recent quarantine returned negative results, organizers announced on Friday. Earlier this week, more than 500 Australian Open players and staff went into quarantine after a hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19, causing play to be
Continue Reading Gabbi Tuft is ready to show the world who she is. Tuft, a former WWE wrestling star, announced she is transgender this week. “This is me,” she wrote in an Instagram post coming out as transgender. “Unashamed, unabashedly me.” The former wrestler was active in the WWE from 2009-2012 under the ring name “Tyler Reks.”
Continue Reading (CNN) — A medida que aumentan los arrestos en la frontera sur, la Casa Blanca y otros funcionarios de la administración están abriendo un canal de comunicación con grupos de defensa que tienen una línea directa con los inmigrantes, según múltiples fuentes. En los primeros días de su presidencia, Joe Biden firmó una serie de
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The winter season has brought chilly overnight temperatures. As a result, the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission (CVRM) has seen an uptick in people in need of their help. “Whenever the weather changes to extreme cold or extreme hot, we always see an influx of 20% more people,” said Mark McGowan, program coordinator with CVRM. McGowan
Continue ReadingIt took less than six months for Instagram’s Snapchat clone to catch up to its rival’s audience size and be credited with stunting Snapchat’s user growth just as the company prepared to make its Wall Street debut in 2017. But Instagram and its parent company Facebook are having a harder time doing the same to
Continue Reading American dog royalty will be making an appearance at Puppy Bowl XVII. First Lady Jill Biden has filmed a public service announcement to air during the Discovery+ event, a beloved bit of alternative programming that runs on Super Bowl Sunday. In the video, Biden is seen in the White House, seated before a fire with
Continue ReadingGeorgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conservative Republican firebrand member of Congress, has drawn revulsion in Washington and among Americans just learning about her history of shocking and violent rhetoric. A fellow lawmaker, California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez, has said he would introduce a resolution to expel her from the chamber, and House Speaker Nancy
Continue ReadingRobinhood, the stock trading app that helped fuel GameStop mania and ended up in a PR crisis, is running a Super Bowl ad. The 30-second spot, which will make its TV debut during Sunday’s game, highlights the company’s branding push that it is “opening America’s financial system to everyone.” The commercial features everyday people living
Continue Reading Thursday brought havoc to the roads in Iowa and left dozens of people stranded by ice floes in Wisconsin, with a powerful winter storm showing no signs of abating in the Midwest. Whiteout conditions along Interstate 80 west of Newton, Iowa, led to a 40-vehicle pileup there, the state patrol said Thursday afternoon. Troopers, who
Continue ReadingRobinhood, the stock trading app that helped fuel GameStop mania and ended up in a PR crisis, is running a Super Bowl ad. The 30-second spot, which will make its TV debut during Sunday’s game, highlights the company’s branding push that it is “opening America’s financial system to everyone.” The commercial features everyday people living
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The debate over when and how and whether to put American kids back in school is taking on a predictably partisan tinge in Washington, with Republicans targeting teachers’ unions and Democrats over perceived resistance to reopening. But it’s more complicated than that. The fight over schools slices through red and blue America. In San Francisco,
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