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Goo Goo Dolls releasing 25th anniversary vinyl edition of ‘Dizzy Up the Girl’
Warner Records On September 15, almost 25 years to the day after it was first released, Goo Goo Dolls will release a special vinyl version of Dizzy Up the Girl, the 1998 album that made [Read More…]

Bow Wow announces “Big Move” ownership stake in Scream Tour; 2023 show kicks off in August
Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images In partnership with The Black Promoters Collective, Bow Wow announced Friday he is now a part owner of the legendary Scream Tour. The “Fresh Azimiz” rapper, dubbed “the original face of the Scream Tour,” [Read More…]

Dozens of whales slaughtered in front of cruise passengers as company apologizes
George Karbus Photography/Getty Images (LONDON) — A cruise line has apologized to over 1,000 of its passengers after one of their ships arrived at port in the middle of a whale hunt where dozens of [Read More…]

Zelenskyy’s No. 2 on Ukraine’s challenges: ‘Impossible is possible’
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ukraine marked a milestone last week, hitting 500 days of combat between the sovereign nation and Russia. And for Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Head of the Office, Ukraine’s resistance [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: US official talks Russian mutiny, potential impact
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]

Life in Chasiv Yar: The Ukrainian town in the Russian firing line
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The boom of artillery fire is a constant refrain in the town of Chasiv Yar, just 10 miles from the city of Bakhmut and some of the fiercest fighting since [Read More…]

Cuban government calls US nuclear submarine stop a ‘provocative escalation’
KeithBinns/Getty Images (HAVANA) — The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the stop by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay a “provocative escalation.” The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Pasadena, [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Wagner forces turn over weapons to Russian forces
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]

No warning signs prior to Elizabeth Tsurkov abduction, her sister says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Elizabeth Tsurkov, a doctoral student in political science at Princeton University, was abducted in March from a café in Iraq, where she had been doing research. The Israeli Middle East expert [Read More…]

Tokyo smile coach teaches people how to get back their grins in a post-pandemic world
ABC News (TOKYO) — Long after other countries relaxed masking requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan remained diligent and the country’s residents continued to wear masks. The Japanese government downgraded the COVID threat earlier this [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy has ‘powerful’ meeting with Biden
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]

‘We will not waver’: Biden highlights unity on Ukraine as high-stakes NATO summit ends
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (VILNIUS, Lithuania) — President Joe Biden highlighted allied unity in a major speech Wednesday following a two-day, high-stakes NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Biden spoke to a large crowd gathered [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy takes softer tone ahead of meeting with Biden
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]

North Korea launches long-range missile days after threats against US aircraft
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that flew about 621 miles before falling in the East Sea, neighboring Japan and South Korea said Wednesday. The launch amounted to [Read More…]

Were US F-16 fighter jets a factor in Turkey’s U-turn on Sweden’s NATO bid?
Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (VILNIUS, Lithuania) — President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Tuesday amid questions about how much the potential sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets factored into [Read More…]

Blinken talks high-stakes NATO summit and path to membership for Sweden, Ukraine
ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that NATO is “stronger,” “bigger” and “more united than it’s ever been” with Sweden now close to becoming the alliance’s 32nd member [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Delaying Ukraine NATO invite lets Russia ‘continue its terror,’ Zelenskyy says
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]

Six dead in helicopter crash near Mount Everest
AlpamayoPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Six people, including a pilot, were killed in a helicopter crash near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday, local officials said. Five tourists — all Mexican nationals — were onboard [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Turkey approves Sweden’s bid for NATO seat
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]

Islamic State leader killed while on motorcycle by US drones Russia had ‘harassed’: Officials
United States Air Force (NEW YORK) — Three MQ-9 Reaper drones that the U.S. military said had been “harassed” by Russian fighter jets over Syria on Friday were the same drones that later carried out [Read More…]