Comment on this story Comment Gift Article A federal appeals court ruled this week that live-streaming traffic stops is protected speech under the First Amendment after a North Carolina man challenged police’s claims that doing so is barred for safety reasons. “Recording police encounters creates information that contributes to discussion about governmental affairs. So too […]
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Dudamel, who has been the music director of the Paris Opera since 2021, and of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela since 1999, was a favorite for the podium in New York as soon as it became vacant. In the fall of 2021, van Zweden announced that he would step down at the end […]
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We may now know how some Chinese spy balloons managed to fly into U.S. airspace under the radar. A Chinese surveillance balloon drifted through American skies for about a week before an F-22 fighter jet shot it down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday (Feb. 4). That same day, the U.S. military revealed […]
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Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) announced Tuesday that his Twitter account suspension was lifted by the social media giant’s owner, Elon Musk, after the congressman had violated a policy regarding sensitive images. Daines received a notification Monday night that his account was locked for displaying “graphic violence,” he said, […]
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If Gustavo Dudamel, the 42-year-old superstar maestro who on Tuesday was announced as the next music director of the New York Philharmonic, is known for anything, it’s the sheer energy of his performances. His body moves with dancerly charisma as his baton conjures extremities of orchestral sound; the music feels alive, and so do you. The […]
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So it makes perfect sense that Dudamel, a superstar, would be the choice after van Zweden, a minor character even within the music industry. Van Zweden, in turn, was a martinet specialist in the standards who seemed appealing as an about-face from Gilbert, less electric in the core repertory. Gilbert’s familial closeness to the Philharmonic — […]
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Wildcats (1986) Official Trailer – Goldie Hawn, Woody Harrelson Sports Movie HD Many of the movies on this list are pretty dramatic, so if you’re in for a laugh, check out this 1986 comedy, Wildcats. This classic comedy is about a rookie coach trying to whip her team into shape. It’s also the first film […]
Read MoreHome Office plans to uproot Afghan refugees from a London hotel and move them hundreds of miles from their children’s schools could result in a court battle, a lawyer has warned. About 40 families with 150 children have been told by the government that they must move from Kensington to a hotel in Yorkshire despite […]
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Special to Yahoo Sports This week’s article looks at the first-half fantasy All-Star teams. For purposes of this column, we tried to avoid clear first-round picks, because what’s the fun in including them? More importantly, we didn’t include them because expectations were already heightened for those players. Keeper fantasy leagues may have seen some of […]
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Atherton, California, is a prosperous little town in Silicon Valley, a few miles south of Meta’s headquarters. The town’s average home value, according to Zillow, is just shy of $7.5 million; median household income exceeds a quarter of a million dollars per year. It’s one of the poshest ZIP codes in a state riven by […]
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Travis Kelce isn’t supposed to be on this Super Bowl stage, at least not at the level he’s still playing at. Let’s start with his age. Kelce has destroyed the model for what a tight end should do at age 33. Before Kelce, only two tight ends at age 33 or older […]
Read MoreThe Witcher 3 looks absolutely stunning running on this gorgeous 4K Mini LED screen. And the latent power of both the new RTX 4090 and Core i9 13950HX hardware means I can slap everything up to max and still top 60 fps. I’m beating the scat out of this werewolf and in turn telling his […]
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Photo: Food Network When you watch as much Food Network as I do, the competition shows start to run together. There’s only so many times you can watch someone try to Beat Bobby Flay before it gets repetitive. However, fan favorite Darnell Ferguson is shaking up the format with the new series Superchef Grudge Match, […]
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A few days ago The Times published a very interesting column by my colleague Ezra Klein about America’s peculiar lack of progress in the art of building things. Drawing on a recent paper by Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson, he noted that at least according to official statistics, we’ve gone a half century without any […]
Read MoreAn ambitious moon mission set to touch down at the south pole will delay its landing this year by a few months. Intuitive Machines will push back its IM-1 south pole moon landing for NASA to June instead of in the spring, the company announced Monday (Feb. 6). The news confirms a NASA request from […]
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She understands her currency in a party that would like to be able to claim more diversity than it has and to seem a bit more modern than it does. “I happen to be the youngest governor currently serving anywhere in the country,” she said during those inauguration remarks, just happening to mention that. She […]
Read MoreAfter the news on Monday of 101 Premier League charges against Manchester City, the perennial chestnut put to Pep Guardiola in any pre-Champions League match media conference may be adjusted. Usually the manager faces a permutation of: “Pep, how important is it to win it with City?” Or: “Does it matter if you never win […]
Read MoreThe Formula One chief executive, Stefano Domenicali, has insisted the sport “will never put a gag on anyone”, after the FIA announced a clampdown banning political statements. Domenicali was unequivocal in stating F1’s owners stand behind drivers’ rights to speak out on the issues they believe in and that he expects the governing body to […]
Read MoreWhen he was six, his terrified face – photographed during a raid by armed immigration officers on his family’s Miami home – became one of the most memorable images of cold war tensions between the US and Cuba. Now 29, and more than two decades after he was forcibly deported from Florida to his homeland […]
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Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde and Ross Dellenger discuss Texas and Oklahoma’s desire to leave the Big 12 a year early for the SEC, and break down why the broadcast partners, ESPN and Fox, are making the move extremely difficult.
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A train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed on Friday in East Palestine, Ohio, resulting in a large fire, and to prevent an explosion, crews this week began to expel the chemicals from the train cars in a “controlled release,” reports The Washington Post. The release was to drain the cars of vinyl chloride, a highly unstable compound that […]
Read MoreAt least 100,000 civil servants will join one-day strike action on budget day in a significant escalation in a long-running dispute over pay, pension and job security demands. The strike by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union, which will comprise workers from across 123 government departments, is scheduled to coincide with Jeremy Hunt’s announcement […]
Read MoreAt least 24 people have been killed and 53 wounded amid heavy fighting in the Somali city of Las Anod, after local clan elders declared their intention to cut ties with the breakaway republic of Somaliland and rejoin Somalia. In a second day of violence, local elders said on Tuesday that electricity and water in […]
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Washington — In his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Biden is slated to outline a series of actions the federal government is taking to crack down on the smuggling of fentanyl along the southern border, where Mexican cartels have sought to traffic thousands of pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid into […]
Read MoreA long-awaited report on the government’s counter-extremism programme is expected to call for its focus to shift more towards Islamist terrorism instead of rightwing terrorism. Wednesday’s publication of William Shawcross’s review into Prevent follows months of delays caused by ministerial tussles over redactions and the language in the report, sources said. Organisations blamed for promoting […]
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WASHINGTON — A group of several dozen residents from New York’s 3rd Congressional District traveled to Washington on Tuesday to call for their congressman, Republican Rep. George Santos, to resign or be expelled from the House of Representatives. “Santos has admitted his lies. Every day the press uncovers more lies,” Jody Kass Finkel, the founder […]
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Image: Random House Children’s Books Publishing powerhouse Random House Children’s Books is teaming up with Black-owned brand Afro Unicorn® on a series of children’s books designed to celebrate what is unique and magical about children of color. CC Off English The first two books in the series, “A Magical Day” and a Little Golden Book […]
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Simms: How Mac Jones landed in Bill Belichick’s ‘doghouse’ in 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Things went a little sideways for the New England Patriots in 2022. After going 10-7 and reaching the postseason with rookie quarterback Mac Jones and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels in 2021, the Patriots stumbled to an 8-9 record […]
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The 6-year-old Virginia student accused of shooting and injuring his first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner has a track record of violent behavior according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The shooting wasn’t the only bad run-in he’s had with a teacher. CC Off English Zwerner’s attorney Diane Toscano detailed multiple instances when staff were […]
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A young Wrexham fan in the stands ahead of the FA Cup fourth round replay at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. – Mike Egerton/PA Wire 07:29 PM A nice chat here with Bryn Law 07:15 PM Paul Heckingbottom on his five changes It’s another tough one. Both teams are second in the league so we have other […]
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Yes, Myles Garrett injured his foot while climbing walls at the Pro Bowl. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) A revamped set of Pro Bowl games intended to keep players safe fell short of its goal Sunday. Myles Garrett suffered a dislocated toe while climbing walls during an obstacle course relay. The Cleveland Browns confirmed the […]
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