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'Dark Brandon' meme makes an appearance on Biden's new campaign website
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
President Biden's 2024 reelection campaign team has embraced his darker alter ego — "Dark Brandon," featuring beaming red laser eyes. It shows up on error pages and T-shirts.
Grimes invites fans to make songs with an AI-generated version of her voice
Monday, April 24, 2023
The singer, songwriter and producer said she's working with her team to make "a program that should simulate my voice well but we could also upload stems and samples for ppl to train their own."
It took a while, but Aaron Rodgers is poised to become a New York Jet
Monday, April 24, 2023
The 39-year-old four-time NFL MVP had been vocal about his frustrations on the Green Bay Packers. Now, he'll be dropping the No. 12 in exchange for the No. 8 on the Jets.
Sun's out, ticks out. Lyme disease-carrying bloodsucker season is getting longer
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Blacklegged ticks, the arachnids that carry Lyme disease, are out and about for more of the year thanks to warming temperatures across much of the country. Here's how to stay safe.
Daddy Yankee's 'Gasolina' is the National Recording Registry's first reggaeton song
Thursday, April 13, 2023
On Wednesday, the mega-hit single became the first reggaeton song to be inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
Texas residents wait and watch as a sinkhole in their town grows
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
A huge sinkhole that seemed stable for 15 years suddenly began expanding about a week ago, growing by several acres and leaving nearby residents terrified that it will take them and their homes.
Tennessee House votes to expel 2 of 3 Democratic members over gun protest
Thursday, April 06, 2023
The Republican-led House voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson for participating in a protest on the floor of the House over gun laws. A motion to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson failed.
A history of U.S. presidents and hush money payments
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
The term hush money dates back centuries, and it's been applied to various scandals involving presidents for nearly as long as the U.S. has been a country.
Gwyneth Paltrow wins her ski crash case — and $1 in damages
Thursday, March 30, 2023
The Utah jury quickly sided with the Oscar-winning actress -turned-lifestyle guru on Thursday, saying that she wasn't at fault and that she was the victim in the 2016 ski slope collision.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury
Thursday, March 30, 2023
The charges, which are expected to be released in coming days, make Trump the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted.
A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Migrants say they are facing increased harassment and unabashed cruelty by local, state and federal authorities as permanent residents' general attitudes toward immigrants shift.
Antisemitic incidents are at an all-time high, the ADL reports
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The annual report says instances of harassment, assault and propaganda are all on the rise. It warns public officials and social media stars have helped normalize longstanding antisemitic tropes.
Why a horror film starring Winnie the Pooh has run into trouble in Hong Kong
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The film featuring a murderous Pooh bear has been pulled from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau without explanation. Some say it's a result of China's censorship of memes related to leader Xi Jinping.
Gwyneth Paltrow appears in a Utah court for a trial over a 2016 ski crash
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The trial has been seven years in the making, and on Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actress appeared in Park City for a jury trial that will determine who was at fault in the 2016 crash.
San Francisco will discuss reparation proposals — but even supporters are split
Saturday, March 18, 2023
While many cheered the possibility of a huge financial windfall for the city's Black residents, one civil rights leader says the proposal is a distraction from tangible efforts to redress racism.
Michelle Yeoh called out sexism in Hollywood. Will it help close the gender gap?
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The 60-year-old best actress winner addressed the timing of her historic win, which comes decades into her spectacular career. But is the industry ready for more complicated, older female characters?
Storms cause havoc on U.S. coasts as nor'easter bears down on New England
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Large outages are reported in New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts. The storm is dropping massive amounts of snow less than a week before the first day of spring.
Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.
Black couple settles lawsuit claiming their home appraisal was lowballed due to bias
Thursday, March 09, 2023
Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin alleged that an appraiser undervalued their home by nearly $500,000. They got a higher appraisal after they removed evidence that a Black family lived in the home.
2 surviving Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico are back in the U.S.
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
The State Department said the victims, who were found alive after days in captivity, are back on U.S. soil. Officials said they are in the process of returning the remains of two others to the U.S.