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WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia carried out a high-stakes prisoner swap on Thursday, with Moscow freeing professional basketball star Brittney Griner and Washington handing over notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Russia said the swap took place in the United Arab Emirates. Later, U.S. President Joe Biden, who had long pressed the Russian government […]
Kanye West has addressed his ongoing antisemitism controversy in a new track. The Stronger rapper released the song, which heavily samples Donny Hathaway’s 1973 song Someday We’ll All Be Free, via Instagram on Wednesday night before swiftly deleting it. In the tune, he references the backlash he has received in the past two months due […]
Lizzo has been named TikTok’s Top Music Artist of 2022. The megastar – who has 26 million followers on the video-sharing platform – has knocked Megan Thee Stallion off the top spot thanks to the viral dance routine to ‘About Damn Time’. She beat Bad Bunny, Doja Cat and Charlie Puth to number 1 in […]
MONTREAL — High-stakes biodiversity talks opened in Montreal on Wednesday, amid calls for a “peace pact with nature” to save the planet’s species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction. Delegates from around the world gathered for the December 7-19 COP15 meeting to try to reach a new deal for nature: a 10-year framework aimed at saving […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he expects a long war in Ukraine, but that he saw “no sense” in mobilizing additional soldiers at this point. Putin told a televised meeting of the Kremlin’s Human Rights Council — a loyal group of journalists, activists and public figures — that Russia would continue to “defend ourselves […]
WHITE HOUSE — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff hosted Jewish leaders at the White House Wednesday addressing efforts to combat hate crimes following a series of antisemitic tropes by American public figures. Emhoff, the spouse of Vice President Kamala Harris, is the first Jewish person to be married to the number two official in the executive branch […]
Taylor Swift’s signed ‘Midnights’ guitar is up for auction. The ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker’s acoustic boasts a picture of the star laying down on the couch and, at the time of writing, the highest bid is $5,500. The money raised from the sale of the instrument will benefit war veterans suffering from PTSD. It’s part […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was named The Movie of 2022 at the People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday night. The Marvel movie, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen, won the biggest prize in the ceremony’s movie categories, while the WandaVision actress won The Female Movie Star of 2022 and The Action Movie Star […]
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 were honored Tuesday with Congressional Gold Medals nearly two years after they fought supporters of then-President Donald Trump in a brutal and bloody attack. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the “heroes” as she opened the ceremony in the the stately Capitol Rotunda, […]
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud on Tuesday in a case brought by the Manhattan district attorney, a significant repudiation of the financial practices at the former president’s business. The guilty verdict came on the second day of deliberations following a trial in which the Trump Organization was accused of being […]
