One night in 1983, I wandered through the Sam Goody record store in New Jersey’s Burlington Mall in my usual quest for new albums. It was a year or two before compact discs became popular, and decades before digital downloads. It was also 14 years before DVDs, and I spotted a copy of the […]
FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. FTX said in a court filing late Tuesday that it owes about $11.2 billion to its creditors. The exchange estimates that it has between […]
The Boy Scouts of America, a staple of youth organizations for over a century, is renaming itself Scouting America. This significant shift reflects the organization’s renewed focus on inclusivity and diversity, following a period of legal and financial challenges. Based in Irving, Texas, the 114-year-old organization has been a symbol of tradition and youth development […]
DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, marking the end of the French occupation of Indochina. At Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese troops led by General Vo Nguyen Giap, surprised French forces […]
N’DJAMENA, Chad — Chad held its long-delayed presidential election on Monday following three years of military rule under the interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno, a vote that analysts widely expected the incumbent to win. Deby Itno seized power after his father, who spent three decades in power, was killed fighting rebels in 2021. His government […]
A NFL Hall of Famer has discussed football for the last time on the league’s television network. The NFL Network’s “NFL Total Access” is being canceled, according to The New York Post. A former Dallas Cowboys all-time receiver who featured heavily on the football commentary show is also leaving the channel in connection with the […]
The iconic pop-rock duo Hall & Oates have officially called it quits after more than five decades together. Daryl Hall and John Oates came together in 1970 and began churning out hit after hit just a few years later. The two burst onto the charts with 1973’s “She’s Gone” and rattled off many other hits, […]
It’s no secret that things aren’t exactly going swimmingly at Disney’s typically-lucrative Marvel Studios division. A quick glance at the 2023 box office receipts will confirm as much (or you can just listen to screeching Disney execs, too). Given the horrific 2023, as well as the over-saturation and general malaise with the superhero film genre […]
SAO PAULO (AP) — Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a year, following floods […]
SAO PAULO — Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a year, following floods in […]
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