The Grammys are by nature built to cause arguments among music lovers. Honestly, some people still aren’t over Herbie Hancock besting Amy Winehouse for album of the year back in 2008 (he took home the trophy for “River: The Joni Letters,” his album of Joni Mitchell interpretations.) Look for the Swifties to be in an
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SAN DIEGO, California — A 16-year-old who allegedly used a remote-controlled car to attempt to smuggle methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border has been arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents, the agency announced. The teenager, a U.S. citizen, was arrested Sunday after agents spotted him carrying two large duffel bags and ducking in-and-out of an agent’s
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Amazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster. It’ll spend more than $35 billion on shipping costs this year, more than twice what it spent two years ago. The company recently warned investors it’ll drop an extra $1.5 billion this holiday season as it works to transition to one-day shipping for Prime members.
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Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam on Wednesday announced he is suspending his presidential campaign after failing to gain any traction in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination. “Although the campaign goal of becoming President was not realized at this moment, I could not be more thankful for the many supporters including my family, friends
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Some of the strongest explosions that occur in the universe are gamma-ray bursts. They’re quick, incredibly powerful and happen about once a day as the light from some distant cataclysm reaches us, the result of massive stars collapsing or neutron stars merging in galaxies far, far away. Two specialized telescopes. HESS and MAGIC, in Namibia
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Visualize touching your sweetheart’s face on the screen of your laptop and seeing a reaction to your touch in real time, even though you are miles apart. Suddenly, you feel a touch on your face. Or if you’re a grandparent, imagine making a hugging motion during an internet video call with your grandchild and watching
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BTS did not receive a single Grammy nomination on Wednesday and fans of the popular K-pop group are feeling some way about it. Immediately the BTS “ARMY” (the name given to their fan base) erupted into a fury on social media, with supporters saying the South Korean boy band was robbed. Singer Halsey, who has
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — A black cat disappeared from Portland for five years, winding up 1,200 miles away. Only he knows the whole story of his mysterious journey, but here’s what we DO know. Viktor Usov had wondered about his cat for five years. He thought the worst had happened — then he got
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A Portland man’s lost cat was found in New Mexico, five years after it went missing. Viktor Usov and his black, long-haired cat Sasha were reunited Tuesday night at Portland International Airport, thanks to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and American Airlines. FOX 12
Continue Reading Have we reached crispy chicken sandwich fatigue yet? Because Taco Bell wants in, even though its entry into the fast food wars isn’t really a sandwich at all. The house of Doritos Locos Tacos and the mystifying Crunchwrap Supreme is scaling back the theatrics with Crispy Tortilla Chicken — aka, chicken strips breaded with jalapeno
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Nota del editor: Jorge Gómez Barata es columnista, periodista y exfuncionario del Departamento Ideológico del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y exvicepresidente de la agencia de noticias Prensa Latina. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivas del autor. (CNN Español) — El poder político es un misterio. Aparenta lo que no es
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What happens when a major political party campaigning in a hugely significant election misrepresents itself on social media? Not much, apparently. Twitter took no action Tuesday night when the Conservative Party press account changed its name and logo to “factcheckUK,” during the first live TV debate in the UK election between party leader Boris Johnson
Continue Reading Most of the nation’s most dangerous toxic waste sites, which threaten human health and the environment, are under a threat of their own: climate change. And the US government needs to do more to address those risks, a watchdog group says. About 60% of more than 1,500 Superfund sites overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency
Continue Reading Holiday gifts are meant to be fun, but security researchers say some presents can be downright creepy. Researchers at Mozilla, the nonprofit internet organization behind the Firefox browser, released its third-annual “Privacy Not Included” list of popular internet-connected holiday gifts on Wednesday. Mozilla researched 76 items to determine how well some of the most popular
Continue Reading Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee have joined forces to help Syrian refugee children through educational learning programs, including the launch of a new “Sesame Street” show in Arabic. More than 12 million people have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in Syria, and almost half of them are children, according
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A US diplomat who overheard President Donald Trump ask the US Ambassador to the EU about the status of “investigations” during a cellphone conversation in a Kiev restaurant is set to testify publicly in the House impeachment inquiry on Thursday. David Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the US Embassy in Ukraine, overheard the
Continue Reading Researchers have discovered an alarming security flaw that could let some Android apps spy on users without their knowledge. Discovered by security firm Checkmarx, the bug could allow an attacker to take control of the phone’s camera and take photos or record videos through a rogue application without a user’s permission. Samsung and Google phones
Continue Reading Republicans have held dominion over Georgia’s political landscape for decades, dominating state government while, every four years, comfortably collecting its presidential electoral votes. No Democratic presidential nominee has won a general election here since Bill Clinton did it in 1992. He lost the state during his successful reelection bid in 1996 and Republicans, even as
Continue Reading Ahead of today’s visit from President Trump, Apple announced it has begun construction on its new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas. The 133-acre campus, which is expected to open in 2022, will initially house 5,000 employees, with the capacity to grow to 15,000. It will run on 100% renewable energy, including from solar power
Continue Reading Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore who resigned in May amid a book deal scandal, was indicted on charges related to tax evasion and wire fraud, the US Attorney’s Office in Baltimore announced Wednesday. A grand jury indicted Pugh, a Democrat, on the conspiracy to commit wire fraud, seven counts of wire fraud, conspiracy
Continue Reading This was the summer of White Claw. The hard seltzer brand’s sales projections prove it. Sales of White Claw, owned by alcoholic beverage company Mark Anthony Brands, will surpass $1.5 billion this year, according to Sanjiv Gajiwala, the company’s senior vice president of marketing. In a recent panel discussion for “The Table,” a closed-door event
Continue Reading Much of Washington has been glued to the House impeachment inquiry’s public hearings. But Congress’ work on Capitol Hill has not ground to a halt. “For those of us not on the (House) Intelligence Committee, you know, the business of Congress goes on. We have busy days and we continue to work on those other
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Thanks to a minor geomagnetic storm, the northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States and across Canada on Wednesday night. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, an explosion of solar energy from the sun is set to slam into the Earth Wednesday night. There’s nothing to fear from the
Continue Reading As prepared for delivery: Thank you Mr. Chairman for the opportunity to speak again to the Members of this Committee. First, let me offer my thanks to the men and women of the U.S. Department of State, who have committed their professional lives to support the foreign policy work of the United States. In particular,
Continue Reading America’s banks have rapidly shut down branches over the past decade to slash costs and adapt to a world in which deposits can be made on smartphones. The number of US bank branches has shrunk by more than 3,000 since 2010, according to Deloitte. Bank of America alone has slashed its branch count by more
Continue Reading A Hollywood studio executive once suggested that Julia Roberts should play iconic African-American activist Harriet Tubman in a biopic. In a recent Q&A, screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard opened up about the 26-year journey to getting the “Harriet” biopic to the big screen. At the time the effort started, he said, Hollywood was not the same.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ADAMS COUNTY, CO (KMGH) — Something was just off about her father’s behavior following the disappearance of his longtime friend, the teenage daughter of 38-year-old Russell Montoya told authorities. And the “putrid odor” emanating from the basement was “indescribable,” according to a newly-released affidavit detailing the shooting death
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EL PASO, Texas — Walmart will unveil its “Grand Candela” memorial on Saturday outside its newly reopened Cielo Vista store. The memorial will honor the 22 victims who lost their lives during the Aug. 3 mass shooting. The memorial is comprised of 22 aluminum arcs grouped together into one single, 30-foot candle. The Grand Candela
Continue Reading Michael Knowles, president of a local union that represents US asylum officers, denounced the Trump administration’s asylum policies during a House hearing Tuesday, calling them “egregious” and “illegal.” “These policies are blatantly illegal, they are immoral, and indeed are the basis for some egregious human rights violations by our own country,” Knowles testified a hearing
Continue Reading A man serving 24 years in a Nigerian maximum security prison used a network of accomplices to conduct an international scam that brought in $1 million, officials said. Hope Olusegun Aroke was convicted of fraud four years ago and was held at a maximum security prison in Lagos after his conviction, according to Nigeria’s economic
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