Saturday’s UFC 273 event features two championship fights at the top of the bill. Somehow, though, those title fights are taking a back seat to arguably the most hyped talent in the sport today. Khamzat Chimaev is an undefeated welterweight who has taken the fight game by storm since making his UFC debut in July
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to the media to announce the launch of a new Clean Truck Fund rate at 4Gen Logistics in Long Beach on Friday, April 1, 2022. The new fee is expected to generate up to $90 million in its first year and will allow the ports to accelerate the development
Britney Spears has announced she is writing a new tell-all memoir, saying the process has been “healing and therapeutic”. The pop star, who was freed from a controversial 13-year conservatorship arrangement in November 2020, says the experience has confronted her with memories of her early life, and experiences under the court order. It comes after
Boris Johnson is set to announce plans to send migrants to Rwanda to be processed, it has been reported. The prime minister is edging closer to unveiling proposals to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing and settlement, according to reports in The Times. The Home Office did not deny the reports, with a spokesperson
Billionaire Elon Musk has joined Twitter’s board of directors, a day after it was announced he had become the social media company’s largest shareholder. CEO Parag Agrawal shared the news in a series of tweets after Musk’s appointment was made official in an SEC filing. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), on Tuesday announced the official takedown of Hydra, the world’s largest illegal dark web marketplace. “[543] Bitcoins amounting to currently the equivalent of approximately €23 million were seized, which are attributed to the marketplace,” the BKA said in a press release. The agency attributed the shutdown of
Billy Strings should not need an introduction anymore. I mean, the man was playing on the damn Grammys this year. Granted, his performance was segue into a commercial, but still, the man is making waves beyond the world of bluegrass and country music. But if you’ve been living under a rock, he is the Michigan
Shaun Weiss is back and better … and now he’ll be returning to the big screen … ’cause the dude’s just landed a role in a movie. The ‘Mighty Ducks’ star tells TMZ … he’ll be in the film, “Jesus Revolution,” starring Kelsey Grammer — based on the true story of Lonnie Frisbee and the
Realme Narzo 50A Prime, which could launch in India soon, will debut without the charging brick in the box, the Chinese company has announced. A first for Realme, this step is a part of the company’s push towards “a more sustainable environment”. It also says that other Realme and Narzo products will continue to ship
A rise in demand for leisure and entertainment activities last month helped the UK economy grow more than had been expected, according to a closely watched survey, as fears intensify that soaring inflation will apply the brakes. The S&P Global/CIPS UK Services PMI, which measures the sector accounting for 80% of the country’s economy bar
In honor of National Library Week and to keep the conversation about book censorship going, EveryLibrary is hosting a free round table with authors whose works have been targeted. Tune in Thursday, April 6, at 8 pm Eastern for the conversation with Alex Gino (author of Melissa), Ashley Hope Pérez (author of Out of Darkness),
After months of failed negotiations, union representatives for Stater Bros. workers have reached a tenative labor agreement with the supermarket chain. Details of the contract were not revealed, but United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 announced the update Friday, April 1 in a post on its website. “Your hard work and dedication to standing
Sacramento Police have said they have made an arrest after a mass shooting in California’s state capital during the early hours of Sunday morning. Police said that more than 100 shots were fired in the Sacramento mass shooting, which killed six people and left 12 wounded. 26-year-old Dandre Martin, 26, has been arrested as a
Cancer survival rates in England risk going into reverse as the health service faces specialist staff shortages and the prolonged impact of the pandemic, MPs have warned. A report by the health and social care committee pointed to staff having to ration treatment and said factors including reluctance of patients to come forward and late
NBCUniversal and investment partner Atairos have paid $293 million for a 30% stake in fabled country music brand the Grand Ole Opry and a cluster of related Nashville-based live entertainment and assets. The Opry’s home, Ryman Auditorium, is known for hosting the Country Music Awards. It is a cornerstone of Opry Entertainment Group, the division
An Android spyware application has been spotted masquerading as a “Process Manager” service to stealthily siphon sensitive information stored in the infected devices. Interestingly, the app — that has the package name “com.remote.app” — establishes contact with a remote command-and-control server, 82.146.35[.]240, which has been previously identified as infrastructure belonging to the Russia-based hacking group
If there’s any artist in country music who can do a Foo Fighters cover justice, it’s Cody Jinks. He payed tribute to the late, great drummer of the iconic rock band, Taylor Hawkins, over the weekend, playing “Learn to Fly” for the crowd at Round Rock Amphitheater in Round Rock, Texas. The song was released
As the Will Smith–Chris Rock feud simmers down, so too has another long-standing beef in Hollywood — namely, the one between Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels … which is awesome. The two stars officially buried the hatchet Friday night at the Mo’Nique’s comedy show in Staten Island, where she brought out Daniels as a surprise guest
The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom is one organization that keeps track of formal book challenges and bans across the country. They have announced that their final count for number of challenges in 2021 was 729 challenges representing 1,597 individual books. This is far from a complete picture: only some of the formal
A new Android malware has been detected and detailed by a team of security researchers that records audio and tracks location once planted in the device. The malware uses the same shared-hosting infrastructure that was previously found to be used by a team of Russian hackers known as Turla. However, it is unclear whether the