The night – and the first two nights of this first All-Star weekend held outside the USA – has ended with a celebration for LaVine, who won the MVP award in Friday’s Rising Stars Challenge for rookies and second-year players.
Obama has taken a number of steps to normalize relations with Cuba, including re-opening the USA embassy in Havana and enacting regulatory changes that allow more Americans to travel to and do business with Cuba.
Police unions in Nashville, Tampa and Miami are urging officers not to volunteer to work security at pop star Beyonce’s upcoming concerts in those cities, because of what they say was an anti-police message when she performed at the Super Bowl.
“At first I was not for it… but as time has gone, I think, like a lot of people on this issue, have really changed their thinking here to: ‘I don’t ever want to stand in front of anybody’s happiness, ‘ you know?”
His 1980 historical mystery novel The Name of the Rose, which has been translated into more than 40 languages, was a Gothic murder mystery set in an Italian Medieval monastery. He suffered a crisis of faith during this period, abandoning the Roman Catholic Church.
In a letter released Friday, Mark Pollins of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Flint doesn’t have enough qualified personnel to ensure the city’s water system meets federal requirements on preventing lead pollution.
Harper Lee was hailed a brilliant writer and an extraordinary woman as tributes poured in following the death of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird at age 89.
On February 11, it became obvious that the Kanye-Taylor feud would quickly be reignited after West debuted his new song, “Famous“, during his Yeezy Season 3 launch at Madison Square Garden.
Film director Duncan Jones, the son of Bowie and his first wife Angie, made a cryptic post on Twitter following Monday’s Grammy awards show in which he shared a dictionary definition of the word “gaga”. “What IS that word?!” he tweeted.
Another well-known Nike (NKE -0.1%) endorser fell from grace this week when the company cut off ties with Manny Pacquiao due to repeated homophobic comments.