Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples will be among the dignitaries expected in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this weekend for the opening of the Bob Dylan Center, the museum and archive celebrating the Nobel laureate’s work. Dylan himself won’t be among them, unless he surprises everyone. The center’s subject and namesake… Read More
US added 428K jobs added last month
America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department showed that last month’s hiring kept the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just… Read More
Poll shocker! Trump beats Biden in a rematch… by a landslide
In March, a Harvard/Harris Poll found President Joe Biden losing to former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical rematch. At the time, the pundits warned against reading too much into one poll. “While I don’t put any stock at all in 2024 polling in 2022, it was definitely a psychological… Read More
Maine nearly rids license plates of obscenities
The rackin’ frackin’ sassafrassin’ salty language on hundreds of Maine license plates is one step closer to being removed from the road. Maine’s secretary of state released draft rules Thursday that would eliminate references to genitalia, sex acts and profanities that proliferated after the state severely loosened language restrictions on… Read More
Ms. Pac-Man joins Hall of Fame
After more than 40 years, Ms. Pac-Man was inducted Thursday into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, along with Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Meier’s Civilization. The Hall of Fame considers electronic games of all types each year — arcade, console, computer,… Read More
Virus found in pig heart transplanted to human
Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man’s death. A Maryland man, 57-year-old David Bennett Sr., died in March, two months… Read More
California sees opportunity to become abortion sanctuary
California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation’s most populous state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, propelled by the release this week of an early draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has ignited a surge of activism among the state’s vast network of providers and… Read More
Video: Sean Hannity gets unlikely Democratic ally
At the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden spoke about the Supreme Court’s leaked draft… and he insulted 70 million Americans. Biden was speaking about the Supreme Court’s leaked draft of a opinion to “overrule” Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. If implemented, the opinion would allow state legislatures… Read More
Study uncovers clues to rise in uterine cancer death rates
A rare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly among Black women, researchers reported Thursday. Over eight years, deaths from the aggressive type rose by 2.7% per year, while deaths were stable for the less aggressive kind, their… Read More
Mensa members test new board games
Makers of board games are seeking the smarty seal of approval at a round-the-clock event this weekend. The 2022 American Mensa Mind Games are underway at hotel in South Portland, Maine, where hundreds of intellectually gifted individuals are getting a crack at new board games during a three-day event. Should… Read More
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