Archaeologists working on a site in Mexico found ancient skulls and bones stacked on top of each other, offering a glimpse into the practices of how some funerals might have been carried out in the region and era, officials said. The discovery was made in Pozo de Ibarra, a small town in the state of Jalisco. Personnel from the National …
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Billie Eilish will be performing “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Eilish, along with her brotherFinneas O’Connell, joins several other performers announced Wednesday for the 2024 Academy Awards. Written by Eilish and O’Connell, “What Was I Made For?” is one of two tracks from “Barbie” nominated for …
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Three Mississippi prisons that house about 7,200 people are controlled by gangs and rife with violence, violating the constitutional rights of people incarcerated at all three facilities, a scathing Department of Justice report said. The report found violence, gang control and trafficking of contraband had been happening inside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, and Wilkinson County …
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A list of accomplished performers will take to the Oscarsstage tonight. They’ll be performing the nominated songs for the 2024 Academy Awards. Who is performing at the 2024 Oscars? The performers on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ list for this year’s award showare: Jon Batisteperforming “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony” Becky G performing “The Fire …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to conserve shots of a kind of tetanus vaccine, as the agency braces for a potential shortage of those shots this year. Doctors should switch from using the so-called Td vaccine – the immunization that protects against both tetanus and diphtheria infections – to giving the broader Tdap vaccine instead …
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Small business owners are feeling better about the U.S. economy as inflation cools and recession fears subside, according to a new survey. Indeed, economic optimism among smaller employers is at a 22-year high, PNC Financial Services Group found in polling small and midsize business owners. A majority of respondents – 55% – said they are “highly optimistic” about the national …
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Ryan Gosling will be performing “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Gosling, who will perform with song co-writer Mark Ronson, joinsseveral other performers announced Wednesday for the 2024 Academy Awards. Gosling, who earned a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of Barbie’s long-term boyfriend, performed “I’m Just Ken” …
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Washington — OneSenate Republican on Wednesday scuttled a Democrat-led effort to pass legislation that would safeguard access to IVF nationwide. The bill aims to preempt state efforts to restrict access to the fertility treatments since a ruling earlier the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Thedecisionmade it possible …
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You need more money than ever to enter the ranks of the top 1% of the richest Americans. To join the club of the wealthiest citizens in the U.S., you’ll need at least $5.8 million, up about 15% up from $5.1 million one year ago, according to global real estate company Knight Frank’s 2024 Wealth Report. Robust wealth creation, driven …
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Washington — The Biden administration is proposing regulations to help the Justice Department stop data brokers from selling Americans’ personal information to “countries of concern,” the White House announced Wednesday. President Biden is issuing an executive order that will for the first time propose guardrails that shield bulk biometric and healthcare data and financial information collected by businesses inside the …
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