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Late music icon Prince will have a stretch of highway named after him in his home state of Minnesota. Minnesota senators voted on Thursday to rename a seven-mile stretch of the Minnesota State Highway 5 to Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway after the late Purple Rain singer. The section runs past Prince’s former Paisley Park […]
Ed Sheeran has won a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit song Thinking Out Loud. In 2018, the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Let’s Get It On with Marvin Gaye, sued the Shape of You star for allegedly breaching copyright law, claiming he copied elements of the 1973 song while writing his 2014 ballad. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Good news for all the password-haters out there: Google has taken a big step toward making them an afterthought by adding “passkeys” as a more straightforward and secure way to log into its services. Here’s what you need to know: What are passkeys? Passkeys offer a safer alternative to passwords and texted confirmation […]
WASHINGTON — A federal jury in Washington has convicted the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and three associates of seditious conspiracy for their role in the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and regional leaders Joe Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zach Rehl also were […]
Lizzo was thrilled to be able to play the flute alongside virtuoso performer James Galway at the 2023 Met Gala. During the annual fashion event staged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday night, the Juice hitmaker was joined by the Northern Irish flute player for a performance. Reflecting on […]
LONDON — A panel of global health experts will meet Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the World Health Organization’s rules, a status that helps maintain international focus on the pandemic. The WHO first gave COVID its highest level of alert on Jan. 30, 2020, and the panel has continued to apply […]
Ariana Grande’s debut album ‘Yours Truly’ was originally intended for Jordin Sparks. The producer of the 2013 hit record, Harmony Samuels, has claimed Jordan, 33, is “the blueprint behind who” Ariana is as an artist. He told ‘Rated R’n’B: “While I was doing that album for [Fantasia], I was working on those records for Ariana […]
Ed Sheeran has threatened to quit music if he loses his current copyright infringement trial. During his testimony in a federal court in Manhattan on Monday, Sheeran stated he would quit his music career if a jury finds him liable for plagiarising Marvin Gaye’s 1973 soul classic Let’s Get It On with his hit single […]
Kevin Costner’s wife Christine has filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Christine filed to terminate her marriage with the Yellowstone star on Monday. She cited irreconcilable differences as the grounds for divorce, and did not request spousal support. “It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond […]
TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits including “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide, died on Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not immediately available. […]
