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Lady Gaga will receive the Icon Award for her performance in “House of Gucci” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards next month. “To many Lady Gaga is an icon through her music, but she continues to impress audiences with her iconic acting roles. Following her memorable performance in A Star is Born, Lady Gaga
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EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A transgender woman has won a settlement in a civil rights lawsuit filed against a Southern California gym that denied her access to the women’s locker room. California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing sued the Crunch Fitness in El Cajon, alleging Christynne Wood was discriminated against on the basis
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The New York City Council is expected to approve a bill that would let non-U.S. citizens vote in citywide elections. The measure would allow those residents to vote in races for mayor, public advocate, borough president and city council. Under
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LONDON (AP) — An Irish male jockey has been found guilty of bullying and harassing a female rider in a disciplinary case that highlighted a weighing-room culture described as “not conducive to the development of modern-day race-riding.” Robbie Dunne was found in breach on all four counts of conduct prejudicial to horseracing by an independent
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Amazon Music and Prime Video will live stream Kanye West’s first headlining concert in five years. West will be joined by special guest Drake for the The Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, set to take place Thursday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event will be free to stream
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amazon Music and Prime Video will live stream Kanye West’s first headlining concert in five years. West will be joined by special guest Drake for the The Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, set to take place Thursday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event will be free to
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer It’s never easy to define a year in pop culture, especially in a rollercoaster year like 2021, when we were up and down again, and again, and again. People looked for happiness where they could find it and were cheered by Britney Spears’ new freedom, the renewed love that
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s health minister says the country plans to impose fines of up to 3,600 euros (around $4,000) on people who flout a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all residents ages 14 and over that it aims to introduce in February. The government announced last month that it would
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s health minister says the country plans to impose fines of up to 3,600 euros (around $4,000) on people who flout a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all residents ages 14 and over that it aims to introduce in February. The government announced last month that it would
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, Manu Raju, Daniella Diaz and Melanie Zanona, CNN The Longworth House Office Building of the US Capitol complex was put on a shelter-in-place order after a Capitol staffer brought a gun into the building, multiple sources told CNN. United States Capitol Police said in a statement this morning that officers “spotted the
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession. Unemployment claims dropped by 43,000 to 184,000 last week, the lowest since September 1968,
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession. Unemployment claims dropped by 43,000 to 184,000 last week, the lowest since September 1968,
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest X-ray observatory is circling the world after launching from Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX launched the spacecraft early Thursday on its $188 million mission to shed light on exploded stars, black holes and other violent high-energy events unfolding in the universe. It’s actually
Continue ReadingBy Jim Dolan Click here for updates on this story MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — A movement is growing in the Catholic Church to transform the late Dorothy Day, into a saint. Steeped in ceremony and tradition and held Wednesday in the gothic splendor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a local girl, a one-time atheist, a
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel says it is recommending COVID-19 shots for children aged 5 to 11 with pre-existing conditions or who are in close contact to vulnerable people. The expert panel also said Thursday that young kids without pre-existing conditions can be vaccinated if there is an “individual desire” to do
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped on the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 index slipped 0.2% in the early going, and the Nasdaq gave up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%. The modest pullback came after investors pushed the S&P
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped on the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 index slipped 0.2% in the early going, and the Nasdaq gave up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%. The modest pullback came after investors pushed the S&P
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Weekly claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a new, multi-decade low last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. At 184,000 claims, adjusted for seasonal swings, it was the lowest level of initial claims since September 1969, when the figure stood at 182,000. It was also a lower count than economists
Continue Reading BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man were hit and killed by a car driven by a California woman arrested on suspicion of DUI. Police say it’s the fourth time the 46-year-old woman has been arrested for driving under the influence. The driver was hospitalized in unknown condition after
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando los científicos sudafricanos anunciaron que detectaron una nueva variante del nuevo coronavirus con un número preocupantemente alto de mutaciones, fueron aplaudidos por la rapidez con que pudieron detectarlo, gracias a la secuenciación genómica. El país fue elogiado por tener un programa robusto de secuenciación genómica, que le permitió identificar
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