Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian from speaking. The private university in Los Angeles on Monday said it was canceling […]
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Declined the Met Gala as a Possible Diss to Kim Kardashian
Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian | Kevin Mazur/WireImage Related Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, 2024, and fans are going wild over one track that appears to diss Kim Kardashian. Kardashian and Swift have had issues through the years, and Swift appears to finally address the feud with the […]
Taylor Swift’s New Song References Viral Video of Travis Kelce Choosing to ‘Marry’ Katy Perry
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift | Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Related Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, includes numerous Easter eggs pointing to her relationships of the past and present. Many fans of Swift’s work believe she mentions Travis Kelce more than once. And they even suspect she references […]
East Palo Alto: Arrest made in fatal February stabbing
EAST PALO ALTO – A 19-year-old East Palo Alto man was arrested Friday in connection with a fatal stabbing in February, police said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | San Mateo County law enforcement agencies to host May gun buyback event Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested in connection with stabbing at Pacifica […]
Indonesia volcano continues to erupt, closing nearby airport
By Gracey Wakary and Edna Tarigan | Associated Press MANADO, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. Mount Ruang on the northern side of Sulawesi Island had at […]
Firefighters work carefully around remains of Copenhagen landmark
By Jan M. Olsen | Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Firefighters stabilizing the burned-out husk of Copenhagen’s historic Old Stock Exchange tried to use giant shears on a crane Friday to cut away dangling scaffolding, but suffered a setback when the implement fell into the debris. A large blaze broke out Tuesday at the 400-year-old […]
Lakers’ LeBron James on Nikola Jokic: “He’s one of the best players to ever play this game.”
From Tim Duncan to Kevin Garnett and Steph Curry, LeBron James’ 21-year NBA career has featured postseason matchups against some of the best to ever do it. For the Lakers forward, Nikola Jokic is right there among them. “He’s one of the best players to ever play this game. It’s that simple,” James said after […]
Colorado home sales: Prices continue to climb, days on market drop
Colorado’s spring housing season started quickly in March as the single-family listings statewide increased by nearly 18%. The Colorado Association of Realtors’ latest housing trends report shows that statewide median sales prices and pending/under-contract listings climbed while the average number of days on the market dropped from 63 to 56. “We have entered the spring […]
Why Meghan Markle’s Big Product Reveal Has Been Dubbed ‘The Twilight Zone’
Meghan Markle visits the Woodstock Exchange to meet female entrepreneurs working in technology during the royal tour of South Africa | Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage Commentator rips Meghan’s new brand, likens it to ‘The Twilight Zone’ Royal commentator and To Di For Daily podcast host Kinsey Schofield shared her thoughts on Meghan’s big launch of jams. She […]
First stage of world’s largest election under way in India
By Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi | Associated Press NEW DELHI — Millions of Indians began voting on Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader. People […]
US may still bare scars of Columbine 25 later – but victims memorial is withering away
Stephen and Cheyenne Izaguirre, from Austin, Texas, visit the Columbine Memorial, located near Columbine High School (Picture: Getty Images) Twenty-five years have passed since the Columbine High School shooting that took 13 lives, and still, victims’ families and many in Colorado, the US and world struggle to grapple with the tragedy. Saturday marks the quarter-century […]
Getting rid of open world games would solve a lot of gaming’s problems – Reader’s Feature
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – would it have been better without the open world sections? (Picture: Square Enix) A reader suggests that open world design is behind many of gaming’s ills and getting rid off it would save time and money and improve games. Like any gamer at the moment, I’m very concerned about the […]