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KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About 152 people across 30 counties in West Virginia have been exposed to measles, state health officials said Friday. Earlier this week, the first confirmed case of measles in the state since 2009 was identified, according to the West Virginia Department of Health (WVDH). The patient was […]
NPG Records/Paisley Park Enterprises/Sony Music Entertainment The 20th anniversary celebration of Prince’s 28th studio album, Musicology, continues with the digital release of “Magnificent,” which originally came out as a virtual B-side to the album’s title track. This is the first time the song has ever been released to streaming services; it was sourced from master tapes discovered in […]
(NEW YORK) — Student protesters critical of the Israeli government’s military actions in Gaza have continued to face accusations of antisemitism, as politicians from across the ideological spectrum react to the widening demonstrations on college campuses. But many of the student groups behind the protests – including Jewish activists voicing their support for a cease-fire […]
(DETROIT) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a building storing thousands of cans of nitrous oxide and butane exploded last month and a teenager was killed by flying debris, officials said. Noor Noel Kestou, 31, of Commerce, Michigan, was taken into custody on Saturday at John F. […]
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella Plenty of artists who have young fans don’t seem to have a problem with using explicit language in their songs, including Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift. But artists don’t normally tell those young fans not to come see them in concert, where they’ll be using that explicit language — until now. […]
From a lead single to the fourth iteration of an album series, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Tems, “Love Me Jeje” — Featuring an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu‘s song of the same name, the song’s the lead single off Tems’ debut album, Born In the Wild, due out in […]
(AUGUSTA, Maine) — Democratic leaders in Maine are threatening to eliminate the state’s split-vote system for allocating Electoral College delegates if Nebraska Republicans move forward with their plan to do the same. The two states are the only ones in the country to allocate some delegates proportionally by congressional district, which in 2020 allowed President […]
(AURORA, Colo.) — Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper has been sentenced to a four-year probationary sentence Friday after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the final case connected to Elijah McClain’s 2019 death. Prosecutors accused the Aurora, Colorado, paramedic and his co-defendant Peter Cichuniec of administering an excessive amount of ketamine to sedate the […]
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ – New Line/WireImage Peter Jackson‘s Oscar-winning epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy is returning to theaters for three days in June. The extended and remastered cuts of 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring, 2002’s The Two Towers and the finale, 2003’s The Return of […]
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Southwest Airlines famously allows passengers to select their own seats upon boarding, but the low fare carrier could be changing course. Earlier this week, after the Dallas-based carrier reported a $231 million net loss from the first quarter of 2024, CEO Bob Jordan commented on the “disappointing” […]
