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Record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years in an effort to prop up a threatened species that’s highly vulnerable to climate change, researchers discovered. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week returned to five reefs where they planted […]
Labor protests in China have increased rapidly since August of last year, according to rights groups, especially in the lead-up to Lunar New Year, which began late last week. Labor protests more than tripled in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to data collected by New York-based international […]
A court in the U.S. state of Missouri announced Friday that two juveniles have been charged in connection with the mass shooting that left a woman dead and 22 others injured during a parade this week celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. In a statement, the Jackson County Family Court Division said the […]
Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled on Friday, handing the former U.S. president another legal setback in a civil case that imperils his real estate empire. Justice Arthur Engoron, in a sharply worded decision issued after a contentious three-month […]
Chart-topping sensation Jason Derulo officially kicks off a new era with Nu King. The 27-song project is available to stream now via Atlantic Records. As his boldest body of work yet, he collates a handful of fan favorites such as “Acapulco,” “Slow Low,” “Swalla,” “Lifestyle” [feat. Adam Levine], “Love Not War” [feat. Nuka], and more […]
Sir Rod Stewart has sold the rights to his music and likeness to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group for just under $100 million. The 79-year-old rock legend – whose back catalogue includes the hits ‘Maggie May’, ‘Stay With Me’, ‘You Wear It Well’, ‘You’re in My Heart’, and ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ – feels […]
Alexey Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived to […]
Billy Joel’s dream supergroup would include Don Henley, Sting and “maybe” John Mayer. The ‘Piano Man’ has named the Eagles rocker, former Police frontman and the ‘Half of My Heart’ star as the musicians he’d recruit to form the ultimate all-star ensemble. Howard Stern asked him: “Wouldn’t it have been great if George Harrison and […]
WASHINGTON — An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or […]
A New York judge on Thursday set the stage for the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss charges accusing him of falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star ahead of his successful 2016 White House run. Judge Juan Merchan, over […]
