Are divorce albums breaking new ground? Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini make the case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the were announced, one thing was immediately apparent: Women outpaced men in the major categories.
The leading artists — superstars like SZA, Taylor Swift, and Olivia Rodrigo — reflect an incredible diversity of skill with acclaimed albums that mine all corners of the human experience.
One such corner: divorce.
An influx of new releases from Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Kelsea Ballerini reimagine the divorce album in all its complexity. While the music industry has long been youth-obsessed, there may
Patriots agree to hire Jerod Mayo as next head coach, Bill Belichick’s successor
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — spent his entire professional football career learning from Bill Belichick, first as a player and then as an assistant.
He’ll now have the weighty task of succeeding the future Hall of Famer and leading a New England Patriots team as its first new voice in more than two decades.
The Patriots named Mayo to succeed Belichick as the franchise’s 15th head coach on Friday. Mayo is the first Black head coach in team history.
He will be formally introduced at a
Section of QEW shut down in Beamsville following nearby fuel tanker truck rollover
Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who may have caused a chain-reaction crash on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in Beamsville, causing a tractor-trailer carrying fuel to roll over near the highway.
Provincial police say the crash, which involved two other vehicles, happened on South Service Road adjacent to the highway just before 8 a.m. on Friday.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said police are investigating reports of an “aggressive driver” who failed to remain at the scene.
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‘The Curse’ embraces cringe and absurdism. Emma Stone wanted in before she even knew what it was
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “We’re certified Fresh!!!!! Don’t miss out!” filmmaker and actor posted online in December, referencing his latest project with and comedian Nathan Fielder.
Attached to the ostensibly straightforward was a photo of the Rotten Tomatoes score for “The Curse” — an impressive 94% endorsement from critics who watched, next to a comparatively atrocious audience score of 35%.
That’s a feat the trio seems to relish.
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Cellebrite donates AI investigative tools to nonprofits to help find missing children faster
NEW YORK (AP) — , advocate for missing children and longtime host of “America’s Most Wanted,” said he feels outmanned by criminals all the time – especially in the courtroom.
“I say to myself, ‘My god, the lawyer for this dirtbag predator is smarter and more sophisticated than the cops are’,” the co-founder of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children told The Associated Press. “They don’t really know the technology.”
Human traffickers and sexual predators
Moon landing, Beatles, MLK speech are among TV’s 75 biggest moments, released before 75th Emmys
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The moon landing, the Beatles’ first appearance on and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech are among the as ranked by the Television Academy before Monday’s 75th edition of the Emmy Awards.
Academy members from the television industry collaborated with academics to cull eight decades of TV history and vote on the list that was revealed Friday. Atop it they put Apollo 11’s 1969 first landing on the moon
A Denmark terror case has ‘links’ to Hamas, a prosecutor tells local media
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish prosecutor said Friday that an investigation that led to the arrests of three suspects in Denmark last month on suspicion of plotting to carry out “an act of terror” was linked to Hamas, according to a local media report.
The case has been shrouded in secrecy and very few details have been revealed about it until now.
”The investigation has provided information that, according to the police, the case has links to Hamas,” prosecutor Anders Larsson said during a custody hearing
Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign?
Iowa assumed its position as the state that votes first for a more than 50 years ago. But its 1972 caucuses didn’t feel very historic.
Two folding tables at state Democratic Party headquarters were enough to accommodate all staff and media present. No TV cameras rolled. Results from around the state trickled in on two phone lines because the party didn’t want to pay for a third. Just one person, a then-25-year-old anti-Vietnam War activist who helped
Main political party in St. Maarten secures most seats in Dutch Caribbean territory’s elections
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Voters in St. Maarten have upheld the Dutch Caribbean territory’s main political party, the National Alliance, in general elections.
The party of the current prime minister, Silveria Jacobs, won four of Parliament’s 15 seats, according to preliminary results released Friday.
The United People’s Party won three seats in Thursday’s election. A handful of smaller parties were elected to remaining seats.
More than 120 candidates from eight parties had vied for
Wholesale inflation in US declined last month, signaling that price pressures are still easing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale inflation in the United States fell for a third straight month in December, further evidence that price pressures in the economy are easing.
The Labor Department reported Friday that its — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — declined 0.1% from November to December after falling 0.1% in November and 0.4% in October. Measured year over year, producer prices rose by a mild 1% in December.
Prices of goods fell 0.4% from November to December