Photos and Quotes from Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement Speech
The superstar singer imparted wisdom on the class of '22 — and had a blast doing it
The superstar singer imparted wisdom on the class of '22 — and had a blast doing it
The Rockies have postponed Friday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners due to weather, officials said via the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson has skipped the team's offseason workouts as he hopes to be traded to another club. But there has been little interest from other teams thus far.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Justice Minister Brad Johns has resigned, one day after he made comments downplaying the severity of domestic violence. Premier Tim Houston announced the resignation tonight, saying domestic violence is an issue his government takes very seriously. On Thursday, Johns disputed a public inquiry's finding that domestic violence is an epidemic and said drugs and gun violence are more serious problems. His comments came on the anniversary of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, w
The Iron Claw has confirmed its first streaming release date.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere is facing a key test Friday night as workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, finish voting on whether to join the union. The UAW’s ranks in the auto industry have dwindled over the years as foreign-based companies with nonunion U.S. plants have sold increasingly more vehicles. Twice in recent years, workers at the Chattanooga plant have reje
Skydance expects to make just over $1 billion in revenue in 2024 with Ebitda of $90 million, and in 2025 expects $2.29 billion in revenue and $322 million in Ebitda, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter. Paramount is currently engaged in exclusive deal talks with Skydance Media, an independent studio led by David Ellison, though some investors have urged Paramount to explore other options. Skydance did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Dozens of health-care workers picketed outside of Regina's Pasqua Hospital on Friday to ask the province to address conditions in Saskatchewan's health-care system.The rally, organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), was the fourth in a series across Saskatchewan, with the other three held in Weyburn, North Battleford and Prince Albert this month. CUPE 5430 president Bashir Jalloh said the union has been at the bargaining table since September 2023 and is frustrated with the pr
During their regular meeting on Monday, the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division board of education discussed the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) Spring Assembly on April 11-12 in Saskatoon. The theme of the conference was ‘Forward Focus’. "There were lots of different professional development opportunities for the board that took place,” director of education Neil Finch said. According to a school division press release, trustees had the opportunity to gain valuable professional de
Olivia, dog seized from Beekmantown rescue A Canine Gem, dies, Elmore SPCA says
Community advocates send air quality consultant into building after KETV investigation.
Police: Suspect in custody in connection with armed bank robbery in Fairfield Twp.
Flipped semi closes all lanes on northbound I-71 in Lytle Tunnel
New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked the judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud case to void the whopping $175m bond posted previously by the former president, after questioning whether the insurance company has sufficient funds to back it up. Mr Trump’s bond was posted by California-based Knight Specialty Insurance Company (KSIC), and Ms James raised concerns that the insurer was “not authorised” to write business in New York.
In his fifth book Coexistence, Billy-Ray Belcourt (Driftpile Cree Nation) shares a collection of short stories that moves through Indigenous love, loss, queerness and hope. Themes of identity, belonging, past and present flow through each of the stories. Belcourt burst onto the literary scene in 2017 with his book of poetry This Wound is a World, winning multiple awards. Subsequent bestselling novels continued to bring recognition to the author, including the 2019 Inspire Award. Belcourt is now
Former Stockton Unified School District Board President AngelAnn Flores was arrested on Friday, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.
Winkleman previously said she had originally turned down the offer to host the hit BBC programme.
STORY: A German man has mastered thislittle-known instrument called the Trautonium"It's like an ocean noise. I can also do the flutter. It flies directly to us."Location: Munich, GermanyIt creates chilling sounds andhas been used in hundreds of films(Peter Pichler, Trautonium player)"You are hearing the real Trautonium sound. And that has to do with the fact that Alfred Hitchcock made the film The Birds in 1962. You know the film: birds attack mankind and destroy mankind. But he realised that normal bird sounds were too boring. And that's why he had them created electronically, in Germany, by Oskar Sala."Pichler is self-taught and is believed to be theonly musician to perform live with the instrument"The Trautonium was developed in Berlin in 1930 ... And that was the future. People back then really thought they invented the iPad. This is a new sound, this is a new time. And everyone thought forget the violin, forget the piano. We don't need a guitar, we need electronic music like we need electronic light."
BofA still doesn't expect "a full-blown growth rebound" as China grapples with a real estate crisis and weak consumer demand.
What counts as the north end in Saint John? That's what city planners are looking to define as part of consultations on the North End Neighbourhood Plan, Saint John's growth committee heard Tuesday. The initiative is part of how the city is spending its federal housing funding from the Housing Accelerator Fund. "We want the plan to be big enough but small enough that we can really give focus to each neighbourhood," community planning manager Jennifer Kirchner told the city's growth committee Tue
Students, staff and alumni are celebrating the grand opening of a new sports complex at a high school in Sacramento. A special ribbon-cutting ceremony took place Thursday at Hiram Johnson High School to officially open the school’s sports complex.