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The 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
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 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 ReadingSeven-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 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
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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
Continue ReadingA 16-year-old Kenyan boy has survived sub-zero temperatures on an hour-long flight from London to the Netherlands by hiding himself near the plane’s landing gear. Dutch police are investigating the possibility of human trafficking after finding the boy falling from a compartment in an aircraft at Maastricht Aachen airport in Limburg on Thursday. “For us,
Continue ReadingWith multiple new coronavirus strains spreading across the country, Americans need to get vaccinated as quickly as possible to stop more mutations from emerging, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday, “You need to get vaccinated when it becomes available as quickly and as expeditiously as possible throughout the country,” Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser,
Continue ReadingAn unidentified fan ran onto the field at Super Bowl LV and interrupted the game right as it was winding down during its fourth quarter. The fan, who sported a pink one-piece bathing suit and black shorts, appeared when there was about five minutes remaining in the game, and the Kansas City Chiefs had possession
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No, it wasn’t a glitch — for some Super Bowl viewers, a Reddit commercial really did pop up on the screen. The spot, which was just five seconds, opened as if it were a car commercial, but then quickly then flashed to Reddit’s orange and white logo, which was followed by a message. “If you’re
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 ReadingOn Super Bowl Sunday, there’s one thing that matters almost just as much as the football: the commercials. And this year, they delivered. Though some popular brands were notably absent — like Budweiser, which chose to donate the millions it would’ve spent on an ad to Covid-19 vaccine awareness — many others still partook. CBS
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