Rapper ASAP Rocky will remain in Swedish custody after brawl
Rapper ASAP Rocky is facing another six days in a Swedish prison while police finish their investigation into a...
Rapper ASAP Rocky will remain in Swedish custody after brawl
Rapper ASAP Rocky is facing another six days in a Swedish prison while police finish their investigation into a...
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King Princess Celebrates Her Debut Album Announcement With New Song ‘Prophet’
After a year and a half of build-up, King Princess is ready to unleash her debut album upon the...
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Nancy Drew Cast Tease The Show’s Many Mysteries And Talk Riverdale Comparisons
The cast of the CW’s upcoming Nancy Drew hit the stage at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday (July 18)...
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This Year’s Arrowverse Crossover Event Will Include Two Supermans
Prepare yourselves, Arrowverse fans, because this year’s annual crossover event sounds like it’s going to be a big one....
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Two More Halloween Movies Are Coming, And Michael Myers Is Screwed
Ready to be scared out of your wits? The Shape, also known as Michael Myers, will be donning his...
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Jonas Brothers’ New ‘Only Human’ Performance Will Make You Feel ‘Drunk To An ’80s Groove’
After heating up the springtime with “Sucker” and “Cool,” Jonas Brothers are cruising into Summer ’19 with the insistently...
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Willow Smith’s New Self-Titled Album Is A Rubber Band Fling Through Space And Time
Willow Smith has released her self-titled third studio album today (July 19). After announcing it on June 24, it...
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Meet The Teens Suing The U.S. Government Over The Climate Crisis
By Jessica Suriano Vic Barrett has a tattoo of the level of carbon emissions that were in the atmosphere...
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Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Ozuna, And J Balvin Update A Shaggy Classic In Vibey ‘China’ Video
Back in April, Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA garnered an important accolade, winning New Artist of the Year at...
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Scar Isn’t The Only Villain In The New Lion King
The Lion King became an instant classic when Disney first released the animated movie in 1994. At the time,...
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Bop Shop: Songs From Charli XCX, MUNA, Hayley Kiyoko, And More
In the subjective world of music, titling a track “Good” is a lot of pressure to put on a...
Trump admin weighs tightening restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work
ASPEN, Colo. — The Trump administration is weighing a decision to end waivers that allow Iran to operate a civilian nuclear program with international assistance, in a move that would dismantle a key pillar of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, according to two current U.S....
The U.S. is eager to end its longest war. Is the Taliban ready to change?
DOHA, Qatar — After years in which efforts at resolving America’s longest war ambled slowly forward, if at all, they now appear to be galloping toward the finish line. American and Taliban negotiators are thought to be close to a deal that would see the 14,000 American troops remaining...
Tinder is now bypassing the Play Store on Android to avoid Google’s 30 percent cut
Tinder parent company Match Group has just become the latest high-profile software maker to stiff Google on its 30 percent fee for all Android transactions through the Play Store. To avoid paying the company on in-app purchases of subscriptions to services like Tinder Gold and Tinder Plus, Match Group...
The Witcher’s first trailer brings Henry Cavill’s Geralt to life
The first trailer for Netflix’s live-action Witcher series has arrived, and unfortunately does not include main character Geralt in a bathtub. It’s evident The Witcher is ready to take over for Game of Thrones as people’s new, favorite fantasy series. The trailer teases the magical Geralt’s story, as he...
The trailer for Steven Universe: The Movie introduces a new villain and a new look
As of the end of the last season of Cartoon Network’s beloved science-fiction-and-feelings animated series Steven Universe, things seemed pretty ideal for the heroes. The series’ biggest villains broke down and talked about their emotions, and came at least provisionally to terms with their past mistakes. It looked like...
Google is making it easier to monitor the battery life of wireless earbuds in Android
Google has been steadily building out its Bluetooth Fast Pair features for the last few years, and the company just revealed the next wave of updates that should make managing compatible Bluetooth devices even better on Android. The biggest update is said to be arriving “later this year” and...
Publishers are pissed about Amazon’s upcoming Audible Captions feature
Earlier this week, Audible revealed that it was working on a new feature for its audiobook app: Audible Captions, which will use machine learning to transcribe an audio recording for listeners, allowing them to read along with the narrator. While the Amazon-owned company claims it is designed as an...
The first clip from Rick and Morty season 4 stars a diabolical Taika Waititi
There’s been a Rick and Morty-sized hole in our hearts since October 2017, but San Diego Comic-Con’s first look at the show’s fourth season promises new hijinks soon. The clip stars an alien intern, voiced by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, who has developed an app that Morty and...
Beauty queen, a Trump fan, dethroned after conservative views ruled ‘insensitive,’ she says
A beauty queen known for her pro-Trump conservative views was stripped of her Miss Michigan title and dismissed from the...
Beauty queen, a Trump fan, dethroned after conservative views ruled ‘insensitive,’ she says
A beauty queen known for her pro-Trump conservative views was stripped of her Miss Michigan title and dismissed from the...
King Princess Celebrates Her Debut Album Announcement With New Song ‘Prophet’
After a year and a half of build-up, King Princess is ready to unleash her debut album upon the world. And all we have to say is: It’s about time! The “1950” singer (born Mikaela Straus) announced on Friday (July 19) that Cheap Queen will arrive this fall. To...
Nancy Drew Cast Tease The Show’s Many Mysteries And Talk Riverdale Comparisons
The cast of the CW’s upcoming Nancy Drew hit the stage at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday (July 18) right after a sneak preview of the pilot — and if the completely packed ballroom wasn’t a hint that this show is going to be one to watch, the cheers as...
Utah woman bled to death into a garbage can during botched heart surgery, lawsuit says
A Utah woman died following open-heart surgery when a tube that doctors failed to close drained her blood into a garbage can, her family said in a lawsuit filed against the surgeons. Donnamay Brockbank, 62, died at St. Mark’s Hospital in Millcreek, Utah, on July 11, 2018, after undergoing...
A nursing home chain collapses amid allegations of poor care, unpaid bills
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Once a week for two years, police Lt. Jeannine Pettiford had visited the nearby nursing home where her 52-year-old cousin with cerebral palsy lived. But on their daily phone call in early May, her cousin had bad news. “I’m getting kicked out,” he told her....
Avengers: Endgame Considered Decapitating Captain America
2 hours ago Being a PG-13 franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t exactly known for scenes of brutality. Sure,...
2019 Comic-Con Cosplay Photos Include Funko Pops And A Really Cute Dog
Here’s the interesting thing about costumes during Comic-Con. You might expect, if there’s a Game Of Thrones panel for...
Column: El Trafico continues to deliver the makings of a great rivalry
Sports rivalries can’t be manufactured. The best are born of genuine passion, often based on geography and almost always...
Hyun-Jin Ryu provides enough for Dodgers to slip by bottom-dwelling Marlins
There was no earthquake like the 7.1-magnitude temblor that rattled Dodger Stadium on July 5, no strange atmospheric conditions...
Mariners’ Mike Leake flirts with a perfect game in rout over the Angels
A week ago, the Angels pumped their fists and pointed to the sky after no-hitting the Seattle Mariners on...
Heat wave blazes on: ‘It’s even too hot for ice cream’
Before the fever breaks this weekend, the extreme heat will put power grids across the country to the test. Utility companies were deploying thousands of workers to be able to quickly respond to any outages during the weekend’s sweltering weather. In New York City, Con Ed said it had...
Lester Holt reflects on watching Apollo 11 mission as a child
Video captures man scaling quickly down 19-story Philadelphia high-rise during fire
Growing number of pregnant women using marijuana
A study of 277,000 pregnant women in Northern California, where weed is legal, found their use of marijuana has nearly doubled. The increase was especially dramatic among women who used daily to deal with morning sickness, migraines, and depression.July 19, 2019
NBC News Investigation: Nursing home chain collapses amid allegations of unpaid bills, poor care
Parents are warned their children could be put in foster care over lunch debt
NFL won’t suspend Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill in child abuse case involving son
A criminal investigation into Hill began in March, when police were called to his home and determined that his son had broken his arm. “Based on the evidence presently available, the NFL cannot conclude that Mr. Hill violated the Personal Conduct Policy,” the NFL said in a statement.July 19,...
British-operated oil tanker seized by Iranian forces
Lester Holt reflects on watching the Apollo 11 mission as a 10-year-old kid
Our own Lester Holt was 10 years old and living on an Air Force base in Alaska when he gathered around the television with his family and watched the first lunar landing. He looks back at the historic event on tonight’s NBC Nightly News broadcast.July 19, 2019
Trump ‘already started’ working with Sweden for release of A$AP Rocky
How practical joke toys became a million dollar idea
They’re either the funniest inventions of modern times, or the most annoying. They’re practical joke toys, like sneezing powder, exploding cigars and the squirting lapel flower. The man who came up with almost all of them was the American prankster Sam Adams. Aaron Heslehurst explains how they became a...
A brief history of Apple’s iTunes
Image copyright Getty Images Apple has announced iTunes will be absorbed into its three new entertainment apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. It launched a number of new services at a star-studded event in March, signalling a change of direction for the 42-year-old hardware company. ITunes will...
Bitcoin’s energy consumption ‘equals that of Switzerland’
Image copyright University of CambridgeImage caption Bitcoin uses about as much energy as Switzerland Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows. The tool makes it easier to see how the crypto-currency network’s energy usage compares with...
MPs demand regulator to crack down on bailiffs
Image copyright Getty Images MPs have said bailiffs should be regulated to stop them breaking rules and even the law to collect debts. It follows a dramatic rise in cases of bailiffs using intimidating behaviour, threatening to break into homes and in some cases, unlawfully doing so. The Parliamentary...
Channel Islands ‘among worst tax havens’ worldwide
Image caption Jersey was higher than Guernsey because of a larger volume of foreign direct investment A new list of corporate tax havens has named Jersey as the seventh most “aggressive” in the world. The Tax Justice Network created the ranking by assigning a “haven score” based on 20...
Bank staff ‘saving elderly from scams’
Image copyright Getty Images An average of nearly £9,000 per case was prevented from being stolen from elderly bank customers owing to a rapid response scheme. Bank staff have been trained to spot when customers appear to have been targeted by fraudsters pushing scams such as unnecessary home improvements....
Insolvencies ‘highest for seven years’
Image copyright PA The number of people in England and Wales going insolvent due to unmanageable debt hit a seven-year high in 2018, figures show. Personal insolvencies totalled 115,299, a 16.2% rise on 2017, the Insolvency Service said. The rise was driven by the use of Individual Voluntary Arrangements...
Flipkart boss resigns after misconduct investigation
Image copyright Getty Images Binny Bansal, chief executive of India’s biggest online retailer, Flipkart, has resigned following an investigation into personal misconduct. Flipkart and its owner, Walmart, launched the investigation after a complaint of “serious personal misconduct” was made against Mr Bansal. The inquiry did not find evidence to...
Estonia orders Danske Bank branch to shut
Image copyright ReutersImage caption The Tallinn branch must close by 19 October Estonia has told Danske Bank to close its branch in Tallinn before the end of 2019 after a money-laundering scandal. Chief executive Thomas Borgen resigned last year after an investigation into payments of about €200bn (£174bn) which...
What do drivers think of Uber?
Image copyright Getty Images Uber, the firm behind the taxi-hailing app, will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. The company plans to raise $10bn by selling shares, which could mean a valuation of $90bn for the company. But ahead of the sale, drivers in...
UK government cancels Brexit ferry deals
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Brittany Ferries is one of the suppliers which had a contract to provide extra ferry services The Department for Transport is cancelling contracts to provide extra ferry services after Brexit. Ending the contracts with Brittany Ferries and DFDS could cost the taxpayer tens of...
Record UK government borrowing surplus in January
Image copyright Getty Images The chancellor’s next Spring Statement has been given a lift after the government recorded its largest January borrowing surplus last month. Government finances were in surplus by £14.9bn last month, the largest January surplus since records began in 1993, official figures showed. The figure was...
US stocks fall as China fears trigger gloom
Image copyright Getty Images Shares on Wall Street sank deeper on Thursday after Apple said weak sales in China had hurt its business, stoking wider concerns over trade tensions and economic slowdown. A revenue warning from a major airline, as well as data showing declines in US car sales...
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England take an early wicket as Australia’s Jess Jonassen is out for eight slicing to backward point off the...
Image caption Bin collections are one of the outsourced council services Labour has targeted Labour wants councils in England...
Romelu Lukaku (right) with Paul Pogba, during pre-season training for Manchester United. Both players have been linked with a...
A beauty queen known for her pro-Trump conservative views was stripped of her Miss Michigan title and dismissed from the...
Watch comedian Jennifer Saunders score with an underarm throw in the All-Stars netball match for Sport Relief. WATCH MORE:...
(CNN) — Virgin Holidays is done promoting whales in captivity. Founder Richard Branson announced on the tourism service’s blog...
ASPEN, Colo. — The Trump administration is weighing a decision to end waivers that allow Iran to operate a...