Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday before she closed out the show with a surprisingly big announcement: Her new album. “I thought it would be a fun moment to tell you that my new album comes out Oct. 21,” said Swift after she won video … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years. The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched “National Cinema Day” to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office. The Cinema Foundation, a non-profit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, on Sunday … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill offers little or no benefit for young adults, while reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday. does. The results of a 109,000-patient Israeli study are likely to re-emerge questions about the US government’s use of Paxlovid, which has become … Read more
SAO PAULO (AP) – The emaciated monarch who declared Brazil’s independence returned to the South American nation on Tuesday for celebrations worthy of the head of state as the country prepares to celebrate its bicentenary. The heart of Pedro I, contained in a golden relic, arrived in a Brazilian Air Force plane from Portugal on … Read more
LONDON (AP) – Over the years, global health officials have used billions of drops of oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at eradicating polio in their last remaining strongholds – usually, the world’s poor, politically unstable in the corners. Now, in a surprise twist in a decades-long effort to eradicate the virus, officials … Read more
1 of 2 FILE – In this October 25, 2012, file photo, Gary Busey attends a screening of “This Must Be the Place” in New York. Busey has been charged with sex crimes at a fan convention in New Jersey this month. Cherry Hill Police said on Saturday, August 20, 2022 that a 78-year-old Malibu, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – A first surprise for Finnish soldiers and officers participating in military exercises conducted by NATO in the Arctic this spring: the sudden roar of a US maritime helicopter assault force, touching down in an area right next to the hideout of the Finns. command post. Second surprise: Leaving their field headquarters, Finnish … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Barragan is used to wearing a mask because his job in the Los Angeles film industry has long required it, so if the nation’s most populous county causes another spike in the number of people requiring face coverings. They wouldn’t be surprised if the rules were reinstated. in coronavirus cases … Read more