Tejano singer Johnny Canales, who helped launch Selena’s career, dead at 77
Tejano singer and longtime television music host Johnny Canales has died at the age of 77. Canales’ family confirmed his death in a statement posted on the Johnny and Nora Canales Show Facebook page. The Mexican-born Canales rose to fame with his catchphrase “Take it away” while hosting a television music show in Corpus Christi, […]
Farage’s Seaside Campaign Launch Draws Crowds
Nigel Farage announced his candidacy for the UK parliamentary election on Tuesday, drawing a much larger-than-expected crowd of locals to the seafront in his chosen constituency, Clacton. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stood on a picnic bench outside a fish and chip shop at the entrance to Clacton Pier at midday on Tuesday as he […]
Opening Arguments Launch Hunter Biden’s Delaware Gun Trial
Opening statements in Hunter Biden’s Delaware trial on firearms charges will take place on Tuesday, marking the first prosecution of the child of a sitting U.S. president. Hunter Biden is President Joe Biden’s only surviving son and his trial is expected to last two weeks. The 54-year-old man faces felony charges for lying about illegal […]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to launch registry of ‘repeat offenders’
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal government’s top consumer watchdog, announced Monday that it will create a registry to go after companies and individuals that repeatedly violate consumer protection laws. The new rules, originally proposed in December 2022, would require non-bank companies that receive enforcement orders from local, state, or federal consumer protection […]
Boeing Starliner launch postponed a second time
NASA scrapped its Boeing Starliner launch Saturday, some three minutes before it was meant to begin. Saturday was the second attempt at the launch after the May 6 event was postponed just two hours before it was scheduled. The goal is to get the Starliner onto the International Space Station for a one-week stay. Then, […]
Boeing Scraps Starliner Mission Launch Carrying Two Astronauts
The widely anticipated launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts was canceled and postponed shortly before liftoff, the statement said. According to updates provided by Boeing Space, NASA and launch services provider United Launch Alliance (ULA), the outage occurred just after the first minute of the countdown for the Starliner Crew Test Flight […]
Vince McMahon accuser Janel Grant pauses sex trafficking lawsuit as feds launch probe
A woman who had accused former WWE president Vince McMahon of sex trafficking and assault agreed Thursday to a pause in her lawsuit at the request of the Justice Department while the federal government conducts its own investigation. In a bombshell lawsuit filed in Connecticut federal court earlier this year against wrestling mogul McMahon and […]
Boeing’s Starliner set to launch first crewed flight into space Saturday
Boeing’s Starliner program is scheduled to launch its first crewed space mission this weekend after earlier technical issues delayed takeoff. NASA and Boeing have both approved a key test flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:25 pm local time on Saturday. The first test flight will carry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station […]
North Korea flies balloons carrying garbage over South Korea following failed satellite launch
North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons loaded with garbage towards South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged military scientists to get over the failed satellite launch and continue developing space reconnaissance capabilities, saying they are crucial to countering U.S. and South Korean military activity. Kim also warned of unspecified “severe” measures […]
Biden campaign to launch Black voter program at Philadelphia rally
President Biden’s reelection campaign is set to launch a “Black Voters for Biden-Harris” drive on Wednesday at a majority-black college in Philadelphia. President Harris and the Vice President will visit Girard College for a campaign rally in support of the announcement, accompanied by black leaders including Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D), Biden campaign co-chair Cedric […]