Jack Teixeira accepts 16 year accepted in secret military doc leak on Russia-Ukraine war
Baby-faced Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira struck a plea deal Monday that would have resulted in a 16-year prison sentence for committing the most serious national security violation in years. The 22-year-old former Massachusetts Air National Guard man entered a federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, and told his family […]
Jamie Foxx beams as he accepts award AAFCA Special Achievement nearly a year after mystery illness
Jamie Foxx was honored Sunday night at the African American Film Critics Association Awards, nearly a year after his health scare. The Oscar-winning actor, 56, was all smiles as he accepted the producer award at the star-studded ceremony. The actor was also honored by his company, Foxhall Productions, at a luncheon held at the Los […]
Seven Year Old Girl Dies as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off French Coast
On Sunday, a 7-year-old girl drowned when an illegal migrant boat capsized while crossing the English Channel from the coast of France, making it the third fatal accident this year. The Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office said a migrant boat carrying 16 illegal immigrants, including 10 children aged between 7 and 13, capsized in the Ar […]
Brazil’s economy grows 2.9% in Lula’s 1st year, beating expectations
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s economy grew 2.9% in 2023, beating expectations in the first year of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration, a government statistics agency said Friday. The numbers released by IBGE shocked many economists, whose overall forecast early last year was for 2023 growth to be just 0.8%. Brazil’s Amazon rainforest […]
New York has endured a year of patched-up, Band-Aid needing teams
This was the year of Band-Aids, the year of gauze pads, the year of ice packs, the year of X-rays, MRIs, and PRP injections in New York sports. Maybe other years have been just as bad as this one, but it’s hard to remember a year as bad as this one. If the last 12 […]
Could more price hikes be coming to Netflix this year? Analysts think so
Mark Mahaney, senior managing director at Evercore ISI, discusses Netflix’s market performance and why Google is dangerous. Netflix binge-watching prices could soon become even more expensive. That could happen if the streaming giant decides to raise membership prices again, which UBS communications and cable analyst John Hodulyk says is very likely this year. UBS: “I’m […]
Haas declare ‘we can fight this year’ after F1 Bahrain Grand Prix
At first glance, it was not the result Haas had hoped for in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. But dig a little deeper and F1 teams may feel much better about their chances this year than they did before the season. Nico Hulkenberg finished outside the points after qualifying 10th in the first race of […]
How gambling impacts your taxes this year
(NEXSTAR) — Tax season is back. That means it’s time to report your previous year’s income again. This includes all income, including W-2s, side gigs, illegal activities (yes, you have to report them), and gambling winnings, which is a potential new source of income for some. . It looks like 2023 was a strong year […]
Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney fiasco spurred sales hit of more than $1B last year
Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, may have lost more than $1 billion in sales due to an ill-fated ad featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. In North America, organic revenue, considered the best measure of business performance, plummeted to a staggering $1.4 billion in 2023 “primarily due to lower Bud Light volumes,” the company said. […]
Milestone in 2024: The year Hispanics vote in larger numbers than Blacks
The 2024 election will likely reach a historic milestone and result in an increase in political power across the electoral landscape. Demographic data and current trends analyzed by Pew Research Center says that Latinos or Hispanics are “projected to make up 14.7 percent of the electorate in November 2024, a new high.” For the first […]