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From bedroom wall to NFT: Farrah Fawcett’s iconic bathing suit pic gets the non-fungible treatment
MORE Management, LLC If you’re a male of a certain age, it’s likely you had that iconic poster of Farrah Fawcett on your wall — it sold 12 million of copies, after all. Now you can relive those days [Read More…]
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Gwyneth Paltrow takes a bite of *that* candle in Uber Eats Super Bowl ad
ABC (NOTE CONTENT) With the Super Bowl less than two weeks away, advertisers have been teasing their pricey ads that will air during the Big Game, and Gwyneth Paltrow is in the mix with a commercial for Uber [Read More…]
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Keke Palmer, John Legend, Kirk Franklin, Meagan Good, President Biden and more celebrate Black History Month
ABC AT&T is celebrating Black history through its Dream in Black initiative’s signature program, Black Future Makers, honoring John Legend, Kirk Franklin, Meagan Good and others who are shaping culture, advocating for equity, and creating pathways for the next generation [Read More…]
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Take a deep dive into the rise and demise of Las Vegas legends Siegfried & Roy with ‘Wild Things’ podcast
CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images Today, a new episode of Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy dropped on Apple Podcasts. The series takes a deep dive into the titular tiger handlers, and what happened before and after a 2003 performance in which [Read More…]
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Sacklers ‘close’ to deal to contribute additional cash in opioid settlement
Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The family that owns Purdue Pharma is “close” to an agreement that substantially increases its financial contribution to a nationwide opioids settlement, according to a [Read More…]
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Biden relaunches cancer ‘moonshot’ initiative to help cut death rate
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the federal government’s cancer “moonshot” initiative, with the goal of cutting the death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter-century. [Read More…]
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Pfizer requests authorization of COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5: What to know
KoldoyChris/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, children ages 5 and under are one step closer to being eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food [Read More…]
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Parents of toddlers face struggles as they wait for vaccine authorization
Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For many parents of unvaccinated toddlers in the U.S., a return to normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic seems out of reach. Many have [Read More…]
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Washington Football Team reveals new team name, the Commanders
Dustin Satloff/Getty Images (ASHBURN, Va.) — After two years of speculation, the Washington Football Team revealed its new name and new look on Wednesday as the Washington Commanders. “One legacy. One unified future. We are [Read More…]
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What to know about the members of the US Olympic figure skating team
ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images (BEIJING) — One of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics is about to get underway in Beijing: figure skating. Lacing up their skates for the U.S. Olympic team [Read More…]
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What Tom Brady’s body coach, business partner says was the key to the quarterback’s longevity
Elsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After 22 seasons in the NFL, Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the sport that widely considers him the greatest quarterback of all time. “There is a physical, mental [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 2/1/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New Orleans 111, Detroit 101 Toronto 110, Miami 106 Milwaukee 112, Washington 98 Chicago 126, Orlando 115 Minnesota 130, Denver [Read More…]
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FBI urging Olympic athletes to keep personal phones at home
EThamPhoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Monday issued a stern warning for U.S. Olympic athletes traveling to Beijing for the Winter Olympics: keep your personal cellphones at home and use a burner phone. “The [Read More…]
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American statesman Bob Dole to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Stephanie Kuykendal/Getty Images (ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va.) — Former Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole — a decorated World War II veteran and presidential candidate who served in Congress for 36 years — will be laid to [Read More…]
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Who is potential Supreme Court nominee J. Michelle Childs?
Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge J. Michelle Childs was scheduled to have her Senate confirmation hearing to be a federal appeals court judge on Tuesday — just weeks after President Joe Biden nominated her [Read More…]
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Gaetz’s fundraising dips as sex trafficking investigation intensifies
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the federal investigation into possible sex trafficking allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz continues, his campaign’s fundraising has been dwindling. In its latest campaign finance disclosure filed on Monday, the [Read More…]
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Biden seeks Supreme Court nominee advice amid criticism over promise to name Black woman
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden began what he has said would be a bipartisan process to pick his Supreme Court nominee, hosting meetings at the White House on Tuesday amid Republican criticism [Read More…]
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Trump’s fundraising extends massive $122 million war chest
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump announced Monday night that his political committees raised more than $51 million over the second half of last year, to buttress what is now a [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Major US city requiring vaccination for schoolchildren
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 890,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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Major winter storm strikes from Denver to Chicago before heading to Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Six inches to 1 foot of snow is possible, along with sleet and freezing rain, from St. Louis to Indianapolis and Detroit to Cleveland. A winter storm warning has been [Read More…]