By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are bringing the “Verzuz” series back with a new major platform for viewers to watch musicians face off in a song-against-song battle. The legendary producers announced Wednesday that Verzuz cemented an exclusive partnership for independent distribution with X, the site
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a new twist on the guestbook at a wedding or other event. With audio guestbooks, you use old-fashioned phones to capture recorded messages for the bride and groom. Couples who have embraced them say guests had a ball returning to the phones again and
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT STUMM Associated Press It’s been years since scientists established that the Mediterranean diet really is good for you. But nutrition experts say you can improve your health anywhere by mimicking at least one aspect of the diet — eat whatever fruits and vegetables are in season. That injects more variety into your diet
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker has been hailed as one of the preeminent voices of her generation, but the movies have long lingered in her mind and in her work. Now, Baker, 43, has made her first film: “Janet Planet,” a mother-daughter tale set
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By Cat Woods, CNN (CNN) — Queer love, BDSM sex, identity crises and religious trauma — they’re not the topics Korean American author R. O. Kwon was raised with; nor are they likely the subjects her family wishes she would write about, she noted wryly. But as she grew into (some of) them, so did
Continue ReadingBy Matt Witkos Click here for updates on this story DORR TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WXMI) — Two women didn’t hesitate after seeing a car on fire on US-131 last Friday. Chyanne Saucier and her fiance, Danielle Casarez, were in Kalamazoo and on their way back home when an accident happened right before them. “As soon as
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two climate protesters who sprayed orange paint on the ancient Stonehenge monument in southern England were arrested Wednesday after two bystanders appeared to intervene and stop them. The latest act by Just Stop Oil was quickly condemned by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a “disgraceful act of
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The orange powder paint sprayed onto Britain’s most famous prehistoric structure, Stonehenge, by environmental protesters on Wednesday has been removed, leaving “no visible damage,” according to the organization that manages the site. “Thankfully, there appears to be no visible damage but that’s in no way saying
Continue ReadingBy Ruta Ulcinaite Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan (WXYZ) — Sixteen-year-old Kylie Fitzgerald says she still hasn’t fully processed the Rochester Hills splash pad shooting after seeing it unfold last Saturday from her job across the street. Fitzgerald is a bright teenager and resident of Rochester Hills. She works at
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WXYZ By Ruta Ulcinaite Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan (WXYZ) — Sixteen-year-old Kylie Fitzgerald says she still hasn’t fully processed the Rochester Hills splash pad shooting after seeing it unfold last Saturday from her job across the street. Fitzgerald is a bright teenager and resident of Rochester Hills. She works
Continue ReadingBy Darren Cunningham Click here for updates on this story LIVONIA, Michigan (WXYZ) — A 9-year-old boy remains in critical but stable condition after a near drowning in Warren on Monday, while the family of a 17-year-old boy from Hamtramck is grieving his death after drowning in Milford. One happened at a pool, and the
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus. West Virginia University mycology professor Matt Kasson, his 9-year-old son Oliver, and
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KRDO, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, CNN By Dakin Andone, Lucy Kafanov and Zoe Sottile, CNN Denver (CNN) — The shooter who opened fire in a Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, killing five people and injuring 19, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 190 years. The
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years. The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest federal
Continue ReadingCNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years. The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, se encuentra en Corea del Norte en su primera visita en más de 20 años, cuyo objetivo, se cree, es asegurar el apoyo del aislado país en su guerra en Ucrania. A continuación, algunas de sus frases destacadas durante su visita: El presidente de Rusia,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Otro “misterioso” monolito ha sido avistado. Esta vez, en una ruta de senderismo de Las Vegas, Nevada, según el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Las Vegas. “Vemos un montón de cosas raras cuando la gente va de excursión como no estar preparado para el clima, no llevar suficiente agua… pero
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Honolulu police are searching for an attempted murder suspect wanted for a stabbing outside the Keeaumoku Street Walmart over the weekend that left a Walmart employee in critical condition. “He was probably lying about here. And then at this point I’m like
Continue ReadingCNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — On this holiday you might see another red, white and blue flag flying over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — On this holiday you might see another red, white and blue flag flying over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States.
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