It started with an unsolicited email that landed in the inbox of the game presentation executives for the Seattle Kraken. The name Rod Masters didn’t immediately resonate with Jonny Greco and Lamont Buford, who are in charge of overseeing entertainment and game production for the expansion franchise, though they would… Read More
Powell says the Fed will raise interest rates this month
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear Wednesday that the Fed will begin raising interest rates this month in a high-stakes effort to restrain surging inflation. In prepared testimony he will deliver to a congressional committee, Powell cautioned that the economic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are “highly uncertain.”… Read More
New Orleans holds its first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020
Revelers decked out in traditional purple, green and gold came out to party on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020. The fun includes back-to-back parades across the city and marches through the French Quarter and beyond, with masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public… Read More
First big 2022 election test happens Tuesday
Voters in Texas will usher in the midterm campaign season with primaries that will test exactly how the Republican Party will shift… in a state where many in the GOP have already tightened their embrace of former President Donald Trump. Incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott appears well positioned to secure… Read More
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband dead at 86
Richard Blum, the husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 86. Feinstein announced her husband’s death in a statement Monday morning that said her “heart is broken today.” She said her husband, a wealthy San Francisco investor, “left things better than… Read More
In protest, some bars stop selling Russian vodka
Some bars and liquor stores think they’ve found a way to protest Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine: They’re pulling Russian vodka off their shelves and promoting Ukrainian brands instead. “I woke up yesterday morning, and I saw that Russia had invaded Ukraine. You wonder what you can do,” said Bob… Read More
Serious winter weather to pound millions of Americans
A steady snow that started in the predawn hours Friday could bring up to a foot of accumulation in some areas of the U.S. Northeast by the time the storm ends late in the day, while other spots were contending with a sloppy mix of sleet and ice. The National… Read More
Oscar-nominated M.A.S.H. star dead at 84
Sally Kellerman, the Oscar and Emmy nominated actor who played Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in director Robert Altman’s 1970 film “M.A.S.H.,” died Thursday. Kellerman died of heart failure at her home in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, her manager and publicist Alan Eichler said. She was 84. Kellerman… Read More
[Watch] Shocking videos emerge from Russia’s bloody Ukraine invasion
Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in a shocking invasion that has fueled fears of a wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia halt the bloody war of conquest. Amid… Read More
CDC expected to significantly ease mask guidelines Friday
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will announce… Read More
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