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BTS’ blend of catchy music, slick choreography and camera-ready looks have made them a global sensation. Now the K-pop band will check off another milestone on its long list of achievements. After conquering the American music market — and McDonald’s — BTS’ members will make a cameo on the highly anticipated “Friends” reunion special premiering
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT COLLINS, Colorado (KCNC) — Students with aspirations to attend Colorado’s public universities and colleges will no longer be required to take the SAT or ACT exams to be accepted. Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill in to law, Tuesday, which voided the longstanding requirements for ACT and
Continue ReadingA grand jury in Idaho on Tuesday indicted Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow on murder charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow’s two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. Daybell also is charged with murder in the case of his ex-wife, Tammy, who died in her sleep a few weeks before Daybell got remarried.
Continue ReadingWhite House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday became the second Black woman in history to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday, saying that while she appreciates the “historic nature” of the moment she also acknowledges that the White House is not about “one person.” “It’s a real honor to be standing here
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden‘s team shut down a closely-held State Department effort launched late in the Trump administration to prove the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab over concerns about the quality of its work, according to three sources familiar with the decision. The existence of the State Department inquiry and its termination this spring by
Continue ReadingNewly released videos show the sequence of events that led to the death of Ronald Greene, a Black man, in Louisiana in 2019, offering a graphic account of an encounter with the state police that has drawn fresh attention this week. Louisiana State Police (LSP) released the footage — nine body camera and dash camera
Continue ReadingA reward for information leading authorities to the person responsible for killing a 6-year-old boy in a suspected road rage shooting in California last week has risen to $200,000, the boy’s family said Tuesday. The reward is for the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Aiden Leos on State Route 55, known as the 55
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Jamie Dimon acknowledged the housing boom may be getting out of hand, but the JPMorgan Chase CEO isn’t worried about a repeat of the Great Recession. Dimon acknowledged during a Senate hearing on Wednesday that there “is a little bit of a bubble in housing prices.” But, he added, “unlike in ’08 and ’09, when
Continue ReadingFormer Republican Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for three decades and was widely respected for his views on military affairs, has died. He was 94. Warner died peacefully on Tuesday evening of heart failure, surrounded by his wife Jeanne Warner and other family members, a former staff member said. Funeral
Continue ReadingRussia and Iran are the top two sources of coordinated fake activity on Facebook, according to a new report released by the company. Facebook’s report, published Wednesday, shows how foreign and domestic covert influence operators have shifted their tactics and grown more sophisticated in response to efforts by social media companies to crack down on
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Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings held a call Sunday with Elon Musk about the potential to make mining greener. Musk’s announcement about the call — on Twitter, of course — sent bitcoin surging earlier this week. Prior to the call, Tesla reversed its position on bitcoin, saying it would no longer accept crypto for car
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James Bond, meet Jeff Bezos. Amazon is investing even more heavily in growing its position in the entertainment world. The company announced Wednesday that it made a deal to acquire MGM, the home of James Bond and one of the most iconic movie studios in Hollywood. The deal, which is valued at $8.45 billion, gives
Continue ReadingIf you step out the door on a clear, dark night at this time of year, you’ll find the great constellation called Ursa Major high in the sky below Polaris, the pole star. You might even be able to pick out a small star there, in the middle of the handle of the Big Dipper.
Continue ReadingFacebook and Instagram are giving all users the option to hide public “likes” on their posts, potentially upending a core dynamic of the social media platforms where like counts are seen as a sign of a person’s influence. The social media giant has since 2019 been testing the ability for users to hide like counts,
Continue ReadingA gunman opened fire at a public transit rail yard in San Jose, California, Wednesday morning, causing multiple casualties and fatalities, Deputy Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. The male suspect is dead, he said. Employees of the Valley Transportation Authority were among the victims, and the extent of their injuries
Continue ReadingRep. Jody Hice says former President Donald Trump would’ve won the 2020 election in Georgia if it were “fair.” He says that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sent out 700,000 ballot applications to “illegal voters,” and that there’s going to be “some fraud mixed up in there.” To Hice, those “hundreds and hundreds of
Continue ReadingFord is doubling down on electric vehicle development, announcing Wednesday it will invest $30 billion in electrification efforts by 2025. The automaker also pledged that 40% of its vehicles sold by 2030 will be electric. Ford had previously announced plans to spend $22 billion on electrification efforts and had recently revealed plans to build two
Continue ReadingClose, but no passing the bar this time for Kim Kardashian. In a clip released Wednesday from her family’s show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” she confides in her sisters Kourtney and Khloe that she failed her law test. “So you guys, I did not pass the baby bar,” the reality star and aspiring lawyer
Continue ReadingI adopted my daughter from foster care. It took a specialized village to help her succeed. The day our daughter toddled around a corner of her foster mother’s house in a peach pantsuit and flashed my husband and me a mischievous grin, we knew we were her parents. We also knew we had made the
Continue ReadingMGM, a classic Hollywood brand synonymous with “The Wizard of Oz” and Leo the roaring lion, was purchased for $8.45 billion on Wednesday by Amazon, a company currently valued at nearly $1.7 trillion. Being gobbled up by a tech behemoth is a fitting finale for a studio that has been whittled down over the last
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