If you don’t know the first thing about football but still want to bet on the 2024 Super Bowl, there are some so-called proposition bets that require zero understanding of the game, let alone insights into who the best players are or which team might win. Non-football fans who want in on the action can place wagers on everything from …
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President Biden vowed to respond after three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when a drone struck a small American base known as Tower 22 in Jordan, very near the border with Syria. An Iran-backed group called Islamic Resistance in Iraq appeared to claim the attack. What is this group, why did it attack a U.S. base, and how is it …
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Margot Robbie says she is not losing sleep over her controversial Oscar snub for best actress in the title role of “Barbie,”Variety reported. During a SAG-AFTRA panel with her “Barbie” co-stars on Tuesday, Robbie instead focused on the blockbuster filmscoring eight Academy Award nominations, including for best picture, for which Robbie is nominated in her role as a producer. “There’s …
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Biogen is pulling the plug on the controversial drug Aduhelm, the first drug cleared by government health officials for treating Alzheimer’s in nearly two decades. The pharmaceutical giant is returning the rights to the drug to Neurimmune, the private firm that invented it, and incurring a $60 million one-time charge to close out the Aduhelm program, Biogen said Wednesday in …
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Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, apologized to families who said their children were harmed by social media use during a heated hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The apology came as Zuckerberg, whose firm owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, answered questions at a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on the impact of social media on children. The …
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Universal Music Group warned Tuesday that it would pull its songs, which include those by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, from TikTok after a breakdown in talks over issues such as the compensation of artists. In an open letter, Universal accused TikTok of “trying to build a music-based business, without paying fair value for the music.” Both sides have been …
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Washington — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor working on the sprawling racketeering case in Georgia against former President Donald Trump and others, have been subpoenaed to answer questions at a hearing next month about allegations the two were involved in an improper romantic relationship. The subpoenas were issued on behalf of Michael Roman, …
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Washington — Hackers backed by the Chinese government are targeting U.S. water treatment plants and electrical grids, strategically positioning themselves within critical infrastructure systems to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities,” FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress Wednesday. “There has been far too little public focus on the fact that PRC hackers are targeting our …
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As a comedian, Trevor Noah is no stranger to crowd work. But even he admits he has some nerves about the audience he’ll face at his upcoming gig: The Grammys. Noah is hosting the Grammy Awards for the fourth consecutive year on Sunday. The former “The Daily Show” host said he loves the unpredictability of the show. “I don’t know …
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A hangar under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and injuring nine more, officials said. Authorities responded at about 5 p.m. local time to a private business located at the Boise Airport for a steel framed hangar that collapsed, Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel said during a news briefing. …
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