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Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Mario has had quite the 2024, as he released his first album in six years, Glad You Came; starred in and produced the BET+ film Style Me for Christmas; and came in second place on The Masked Singer, where he was revealed to be the Wasp. With 2025 just days away, […]
Al Drago/CQ Roll Call (NEW YORK) — Federal health officials have begun collecting samples of aged raw cow’s milk cheese across the U.S. to test for bird flu, the Food and Drug Administration announced. Sample collection started at the end of this month and is expected to be completed by the end of March 2025, the […]
(NEW YORK) — A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, according to the New York Police Department. Kawam was sleeping on a stationary F train at the […]
(NEW YORK) — Nearly half of U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage at the outset of 2025, boosting pay for millions of workers stretching from California to Maine. In all, 21 states will raise their wage floors on Jan. 1 in keeping with inflation-adjusted increases or as part of scheduled hikes that take effect at the […]
Disney/Eric McCandless Megan Thee Stallion may be known for her music, but her philanthropic efforts are also successful. In a collaborative Instagram post shared by Meg and her Pete and Thomas Foundation, she shared its accomplishments for 2024, which included serving “over 8,600 students, mothers, fathers, and senior citizens.” Megan then took some time to […]
Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As world leaders mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter and remark on his political and policy legacy, doctors are remembering his efforts to prevent disease, and his legacy in furthering global public health. The 39th president spent five decades working to eradicate a […]
(MEMPHIS, TN) — The gatekeepers of Elvis Presley’s estate are trying to recover a potential trove of records and memorabilia left behind by the King of Rock and Roll, according to a lawsuit filed in California. The lawsuit, filed just before 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, is a fitting coda to a year that saw […]
(NEW YORK) — Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told “Good Morning America.” “He’s an interesting guy, but he really was a grandfather […]
Sylvie Lanteaume via Getty Images (GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA) — The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday announced that Guantanamo Bay detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi had been repatriated to Tunisia, a transfer that leaves 26 detainees at the U.S. facility in Cuba. Yazidi arrived at Guantanamo Bay the day it opened on Jan. 11, 2002, […]
(WASHINGTON) — As world leaders mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter and remark on his political and policy legacy, doctors are remembering his efforts to prevent disease, and his legacy in furthering global public health. The 39th president spent five decades working to eradicate a parasitic disease, helped organize a major-drug donation program, […]
