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Grimes has insisted she wasn’t “dumped” by her billionaire ex-boyfriend Elon Musk. The Canadian musician, who shares three children with the Tesla boss, clarified what happened between them after rapper Azealia Banks made a string of insults about their situation on Musk’s platform X. Banks, who was once involved in a feud with Grimes in […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient’s property. The CDC said the patient’s sample showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) […]
Major banks and business groups sued the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, alleging the U.S. central bank’s annual “stress tests” of Wall Street firms violate the law. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, claims the Fed’s practice of determining how big banks perform against hypothetical economic turmoil, and assigning capital requirements accordingly, […]
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over control of the Panama Canal, denying that China was interfering in its operation. Mulino also rejected the possibility of reducing tolls for U.S. vessels in response to Trump’s threat to demand control of the vital waterway […]
WASHINGTON — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had […]
Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. The pontiff’s “Urbi et Orbi” — “To the City and the World” […]
Mariah Carey thought she was too young to record a Christmas album. The 55-year-old singer is celebrating 30 years since she released her ‘Merry Christmas’ LP and its most famous track, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, but she admitted she was very hesitant about the project when it was first suggested. She recently […]
Michael Bublé’s wife plays his music first thing on Christmas morning even though the singer would prefer to wake up to Bing Crosby. The Canadian crooner’s hits are synonymous with the festive season, with his 2011 covers album Christmas being one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time, as well as one of the […]
Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 80 kilometers from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day, which would top […]
Angelina Jolie “nearly passed out” when she first performed opera in preparation for ‘Maria’. The 49-year-old actress portrays soprano Maria Callas in the biopic and revealed that it gave her a sense of appreciation for the skill needed to perform opera. Angelina told Empire magazine: “I am now a huge fan of opera – I […]
