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“Mi jefa [my mom] gave me the guitar and I was afraid to take it,” he admits. “I didn’t want to know what was going to happen. I don’t want anything more in this life than to sing. It was a very special moment because that was when I realized that God gave me another opportunity. I said I won’t …

Google says it terminated 28 employees associated with protests of the company’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contracts with the Israeli government on Wednesday. The firings follow the arrests of nine Google employees for trespassing in the company’s New York and California offices on Tuesday during an hours-long sit-in protest. No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the …

It seems like, in 2024, everyone has a creative side project: a zine, a podcast, a Substack. For Harmony Korine, the indie director behind films like Spring Breakers and Gummo, it’s a budding DJ career. As part of the world tour for his latest film, AGGRO DR1FT, a private screening at Elsewhere in Bushwick became an all-night party with Korine …

XI’AN – April 17, 2024 — (Second from Left to Right) Consul General of Malaysia to Xi’an, Mr Lum Wan Liang, Chairman of AirAsia X, Dato Fam Lee Eee and CEO of AirAsia X, Benyamin Ismail today celebrated the airline’s inauguration of Xi’an-Kuala Lumpur route in Xi’an, China. AirAsia X (AAX) officially commemorated the resumption of its Xi’an-Kuala Lumpur route …

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in New York on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Stefan Jeremiah/AP hide caption toggle caption Stefan Jeremiah/AP Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in New York on Wednesday, April …

Supergiant Games just treated Hades fans to an extensive look at the game’s upcoming sequel. Seriously — the developer hosted a three-hour livestream that showed off Hades II’s gameplay, new features and mechanics, as well as the new designs for its characters based on the gods of Greek mythology. Supergiant’s Creative Director Greg Kasavin and Studio Director Amir Rao demonstrated …

deepblue4you According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, teen employment surged in March 2024. The seasonally-adjusted figures are pretty impressive. The number of teens Age 16 to 19 counted as employed jumped by 224,000 to reach 5,832,000 from February to March 2024. That’s the highest reported figure since April 2008. The employment situation in March 2024 was especially good …

For this year’s 60th Venice Biennale, curated by Brazilian-born Adriano Pedrosa, Chanel provided exceptional support to French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet, who represents his country at the French Pavilion. Together with the winners of the 2024 Chanel Next Prize, he was fêted with an exquisitely spectacular dinner hosted by Yana Peel, global head of Chanel arts & culture. The fabulous soirée …

Mr. Yonamine — who has a certain renown because his uncle Wally Yonamine was a famous athlete — is a figure in local sports. In 2018, one year after he was named varsity baseball coach at Pearl City High School, state lawmakers, some of whom received campaign contributions from his parties, approved $3 million in funding to convert the field …

What Is ERC-20? ERC-20 is the technical standard for fungible tokens created using the Ethereum blockchain. A fungible token is one that is exchangeable with another token, whereas the well-known ERC-721 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are not. ERC-20 allows developers to create smart-contract-enabled tokens that can be used with other products and services. These tokens are a representation of an asset, …

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › 4/20 is an unofficial holiday celebrating cannabis. You won’t find it on a calendar like you would Earth Day or National Park Week (celebrations of a different kind of green that happen around the same time). But you will find people …

“Squad” member Cori Bush called for “peace” and de-escalation in the Israel-Hamas war, as her hometown – St. Louis – recently ranked as the third “most dangerous” city in the United States. A report released earlier this month from real estate company Norada listed Rep. Bush’s hometown as the third “most dangerous” city in the United States after analyzing FBI …

LVS earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2024. Image source: The Motley Fool. Las Vegas Sands (LVS -0.55%)Q1 2024 Earnings CallApr 17, 2024, 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Sands’ first-quarter 2024 earnings call. [Operator instructions] It is now my pleasure …

An ornament found with the burned remains of royal people at a Maya temple Dr Christina T. Halperin Around 1200 years ago in a Maya city, the bones of several royal people were burned and unceremoniously discarded within the foundations of a new temple. These recently discovered remains may have marked a fiery political transition at a time of upheaval …

Lucas Jackson/Reuters US stocks slumped on Wednesday, led by a sharp decline in tech stocks. The major indexes fell throughout the day, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq down more than 1%. Investors are grappling with the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates after comments from Powell on Wednesday. US stocks slid on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 ending with its fourth straight …

House Speaker Mike Johnson is plowing ahead on a foreign aid plan that has roiled his conference and prompted two Republicans to push an effort to oust him from the chamber’s top job. But instead of the complex four-part plan he floated this week, Johnson now intends to try to pass five bills — one each for aid to Ukraine, …

A month after Kelly Clarkson filed a cross-complaint against her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock to affirm — and possibly expand — the $2.6 million award she was granted last year by the California Labor Commission, Blackstock requested the ruling be overturned, according to People. Per a Monday filing obtained by the outlet, Blackstock and his management firm Starstruck Management denied “each and every …

Other challenges include spaceflight-­associated neuro-ocular syndrome, which is a change in the structure and function of the eye, something researchers identified about 10 years ago. “We didn’t really see it with the shuttle, but as we started doing more and more station missions, we saw it,” Platts says. They have also identified small, structural changes in the brain but have …

Uri Berliner quits broadcaster days after being suspended over essay accusing network of lacking viewpoint diversity. A senior editor at a public broadcaster in the United States who accused his employer of liberal bias, igniting heated debate about standards in journalism, has resigned. Uri Berliner, an editor with National Public Radio (NPR), announced his resignation on Wednesday just over a …

From the moment the film was announced a year ago, “Abigail” has been marketed as a remake of “Dracula’s Daughter,” the 1936 Universal Pictures curio. So it’s no spoiler to say that the title character of “Abigail” is…Dracula’s daughter. Yet if you went in not knowing that, it might be the only real surprise in the movie, apart from what …