By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — Comedian Chris Rock returned to the stage Wednesday for the first time since being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars, receiving rapturous applause from a Boston audience. Rock only briefly addressed the slap, saying he was “still kind of processing what happened” Sunday and never mentioning Smith by name. “Other than the weird […]
Read moreArizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in almost every circumstance, a contingency plan to limit the procedure as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on what could be a precedent-altering case. In signing the bill, Ducey continues an unbroken record enacting every abortion restriction that has landed on his […]
Read moreBritish pop singer Tom Parker — whose boy band the Wanted was a global sensation and scored a triple-platinum-selling, top three Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2012 with “Glad You Came” — has died at age 33. Parker was diagnosed with inoperable stage four glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer, in October 2020, while his wife Kelsey Hardwick was […]
Read moreRep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) Wednesday walked back blockbuster drugs-and-sex claims about fellow lawmakers in a brutal tongue-lashing from GOP leaders. Cawthorn admitted to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that he made up claims that he saw lawmakers doing cocaine and that they invited him to orgies. “He changes what he tells and that’s not becoming of a congressman,” McCarthy said. […]
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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In its most specific description of Russian forces moving away from Kyiv, the Pentagon says “less than 20 percent” of the Russian contingent in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital are starting to “reposition.” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby gave no specific troop number on Wednesday. He said those that have begun moving away from […]
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Disgraced police officer, 38, will go to jail after admitting illegally using force national computer to search details of four women he was having affairs with Oliver Perry-Smith, 38, used force national computer to search details of women He was accused of having inappropriate relationships with four women The PC has since admitted misconduct in a public office at Reading Crown Court […]
Read moreThis article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Apple's subscription hardware service could mean more users Apple (AAPL) reportedly plans to launch a subscription model for devices, in a move that […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organisation released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out key strategies that, if implemented in 2022, would allow the world to end the emergency phase of the pandemic. The plan, released on Wednesday in Europe, includes three possible scenarios for how the virus might evolve in the coming year. World Health Organisation Director General Dr. Tedros […]
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TWO women were arrested for allegedly trying to shoot at police officers during an attempted carjacking. Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, launched a manhunt for Lizeth Iguado, 33 and Felicia Gonzales, 39, on Tuesday morning after they fled in a vehicle after the alleged shooting. A witness found the suspects' black Jeep and called 911, but when police caught up […]
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