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Lady Gaga to rock Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 1 million fans
Lady Gaga will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. The show will be ...
Shelter pet advocate Sir Darius Brown earns prestigious scholarship
High school senior Sir Darius Brown has been advocating for shelter pets since his pre-teen years. And now the impact he’s made has earned him a tuition-free college education. Sir Darius, who ...
Popovich stepping down means Tomlin becomes the longest-tenured current US major pro coach
Gregg Popovich stepped down. Mike Tomlin moved up. The decision by Popovich to end his run as coach of the San Antonio Spurs — it was announced by the team on Friday, along with the promotion of ...
Main Street Morgantown hosts First Friday for the Arts
Art venues across downtown Morgantown displayed a variety of student creations, while free art activities and live performances offered family-friendly entertainment and community engagement ...
JJ Quinerly shines in WNBA preseason debut
JJ Quinerly led the Dallas Wings in scoring in her WNBA preseason debut Friday night. Quinerly scored a team-high 16 points ...
Trump brands his opponents as ‘communists,’ a label loaded with the baggage of American history
For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his ...
In the $250B influencer industry, being a hater can be the only way to rein in bad behavior
For disappointed fans or followers who feel burned, snark can seem like the only regulatory guardrail in an industry that has gone largely unchecked. Think of snark as a Better Business Bureau for the ...
A community rallied to share flu shot experiences. Then the government stopped the study
Some Denver parents got texts during this winter’s brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids, an unusual study about ...
Don’t have a REAL ID yet? That could cause you travel headaches after May 7
The deadline to get a REAL ID is fast approaching after years of postponements and delays. Starting May 7, your license or identification card will need to be REAL ID-compliant to ...
Throngs of admirers fill an arena to get Warren Buffett’s take on tariffs and Berkshire Hathaway
Thousands of Berkshire Hathaway investors streamed into an arena Saturday hoping to hear Warren Buffett address what he thinks of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and ...
International tourists killed in vehicle crash were among millions drawn to the Yellowstone area
The deaths of six, and possibly seven, foreign nationals in a fiery van crash in eastern Idaho are a reminder that the ...
Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says
The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by “suspicion,” according to an ...