Website hosting company GoDaddy gave a Texas anti-abortion website 24 hours to find a new hosting site before it cut off service. On Tuesday, Texas legislatures passed the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, making it illegal for most women to get an abortion after six weeks. The website, …
Read More »Naomi Osaka, of Japan, returns a shot to Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, during the third round of the US Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in New York.Photo: John Minchillo (AP) Naomi Osaka was defeated at the U.S. Open on Friday by unseeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez, ending the reigning …
Read More »Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Getty ; The Atlantic Your COVID-19 booster shot might’ve just gotten bumped back a bit. Last …
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Nearly eight years after Dontrell Stephens was shot by police and left paralyzed, the 28-year-old has died. According to The Palm Beach Post, Stephens died due to complications from paralysis. He reportedly passed away on Sunday, August 29. His attorney Jack Scarola said to The Palm Beach Post, “It was …
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Beyoncé turns 40 today, and social media users welcomed the newly-minted quadragenarian to the 40s club in grand fashion. The “Formation” singer is a 28x Grammy-winning diva who began her rise to fame in 1997 with Destiny’s Child. She has been unstoppable ever since. Fans and celebrities alike took to …
Read More »FILE – In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif, USA. Facebook’s purchase of Giphy will hurt competition for animated images, U.K. regulators said Thursday Aug. 12, 2021, following an investigation, indicating the social …
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Worth, a Netflix movie about the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, reminds us that tragedies can’t be neatly quantified. Netflix / Everett What is the value of a human life? This is the question with which the lawyer Kenneth Feinberg (played by Michael Keaton) opens the new Netflix film Worth, …
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Chicago rapper and three-time Grammy winner, Chance The Rapper will be performing his first concert since March 2020 this Friday (Sept. 3) as the headliner for Summerfest 2021, billed as the world’s largest music festival at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater in Milwaukee. “I’m excited because I am a performer. …
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There’s nothing worse than sitting down in front of your computer, prepared to write something, and writer’s block settles in. Before you know it, you’ve spent more time thinking about what to write than actually putting those words on your screen. As a result, a dread typically accompanies the thought …
Read More »In this screengrab, Amanda Gorman speaks at the virtual 33rd Gloria Awards: A Salute to Women of Vision on May 19, 2021 in New York City. Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) One of the newest stars of poetry is now the newest face of Estée Lauder; Youth Poet Laureate Amanda …
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