BusinessYahoo MusicSpotify backlash continues after Neil Young's boycott: 'If you support Spotify, you are destroying an art form'
Following Neil Young's withdrawal from Spotify Wednesday to protest the streaming service's popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast — which has come under fire for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines — Young has been declared a “hero” by fans, peers, and even the director of the World Health Organization. Meanwhile, the backlash against Spotify continues to escalate.
WorldThe IndependentFrom Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China's crackdowns defy critics
From the deadly crushing of Beijing's 1989 pro-democracy protests to the suppression of Hong Kong's opposition four decades later, China's Communist Party has demonstrated a determination and ability to stay in power that is seemingly impervious to Western criticism and sanctions. As Beijing prepares to hold the Winter Olympics opening next week, China s president and party leader Xi Jinping appears firmly in control. The party has made political stability paramount and says that has been the foundation for the economic growth that has bettered lives and put the nation on a path to becoming a regional if not global power.
U.S.INSIDERFox News' Tomi Lahren told officers at a policing conference that prominent police killings could have been avoided if people 'would just comply'
Tomi Lahren was among several who spoke at a police training conference in Atlantic City in October. Lahren described Black Lives Matter as "thugs, felons, and criminals" and as a "terrorist organization." Fox News personality Tomi Lahren told police officers that significant numbers of police brutality cases could have been avoided "if people would just comply with police, would follow orders, and not resist arrest."
PoliticsAssociated PressGov tells Bette Midler to kiss dog's 'heinie' - and shows it
Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act. The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by lifting up his English bulldog and flashing its rear end to the cameras and crowd. “Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie," Justice said, grinning as people applauded and some gave him a standing ovation.
HealthPeople1000-Lb. Sisters' Tammy Slaton Drinks 8 Bottles of Liquor a Week, 'Putting Herself in Grave Danger'
Between Tammy Slaton's eating habits, lack of exercise and her worrisome new interest in drinking excessively, her doctor is concerned she's "putting herself in grave danger." On the season finale of 1000-Lb. Sisters, Slaton's bariatric surgeon, Dr. Eric Smith, stops by for a visit to check on how she's doing.
U.S.HuffPostKellyanne Conway Promotes Her Memoir And Everyone Makes The Same Damning Point
Critics, though, recalled Conway's penchant for “alternative facts,” her downplaying of the COVID-19 pandemic, her infamous “Bowling Green massacre” comment and the many, many, many times she cynically tried to spin away the chaos that engulfed Trump's presidency.
BusinessYahoo MoneyTaxes 2022: Many Americans could miss this key tax credit this year
For the first time this year, millions of Americans may qualify for a particularly generous tax break — the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) — thanks to an expansion of its eligibility requirements. "There are important changes to EITC that will help this credit reach more hard-working families this year," IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in a statement. Historically without the expansion, 1 in 5 eligible Americans don't claim the EITC, prompting the Internal Revenue Service to hold an EITC Awareness Day each year — this year on January 28 — to make sure taxpayers don't miss out.
WorldBusiness InsiderPhoto surfaces of F-35 that crashed into the South China Sea after a 'landing mishap' on a US Navy aircraft carrier
A photo and video of the F-35 that crashed in the South China Sea this week have appeared online. The US Navy said the photo and video were taken by someone on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Navy said that the images were taken "during the crash."
U.S.NY Daily NewsMissing North Carolina mother and daughter found safe after five years
More than five years after a North Carolina mother and her then-1-year-old daughter vanished, they were found safe just 20 miles away from home. Amber Renaye Weber, then 21, and daughter Miracle Smith were found at a home in Bunnlevel, N.C., Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals announced. Weber and Smith were last seen on Dec. 4, 2016, in Fayetteville and reported missing several weeks later on Jan. 31.
U.S.In The Know by YahooTikTok is shocked by how much mom and daughter look alike: ‘She cloned herself’
This TikToker and her daughter look so similar they could almost be twins! Danielle Sylvester (sylvester_danielle_) is a TikToker and parent who shares funny videos, many of them in collaboration with her teenage daughter, Thyri. In a recent video that received 4.9 million views and counting, Danielle shared just how much she and Thyri look alike, and the video had TikTokers in shock!
BusinessINSIDERAfter testing positive for COVID-19 in Jamaica, a couple paid $35,000 for a private jet home — and they're not the only Americans doing it
Ring told Insider she wished she had a better quarantine plan or purchased travel insurance. On Christmas morning, Beth Ring was relaxing in a villa in Jamaica. Beth, 53, her husband Dan, 54, their five children, and their son's girlfriend were wrapping up an eight-day vacation at the Mais Oui Villa, a luxury accommodation they said cost around $2,250 a night.
WorldCBS NewsWoman allegedly gang raped, tortured and paraded through streets
Police in the Indian capital have arrested 11 people, including nine women, after the alleged brutal gang rape and torture of a young woman that included her being paraded through the streets and humiliated. The incident took place on Wednesday in East Delhi's Kasturba Nagar area as the nation celebrated Republic Day — marked by a grand military parade through Central Delhi. The victim's head was shaved, face blackened, and a garland of shoes put around her neck as she was hit and paraded through the streets in East Delhi.
U.S.Yahoo TV'Willful ignorance': Joe Rogan’s comments on Blackness challenged by Vanderbilt professor
Michael Eric Dyson, professor of African American and Diaspora studies at Vanderbilt University, appeared Wednesday on Don Lemon Tonight and addressed comments made on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Tuesday. Rogan's guest, psychologist and commentator Jordan Peterson, questioned Dyson's Blackness because he is fairly light-skinned. Peterson also questioned his own whiteness, trying to make the point that unless someone's skin is literally black or literally white, then that person should not be called Black or white.
WorldBBCFamily who died in freezing cold by US-Canada border identified
Canadian authorities believe the deaths of four Indian nationals found steps away from the Canada-US border are connected to a human smuggling scheme. Jagdish Patel, 39, Vaishailben Patel, 37, and their children Vihangi, 11, and Dharkmik, 3, died from exposure due to the frigid cold in Manitoba, Canada. Temperatures dropped to -35C (-31F) on the night the Patel family attempted to cross into the US on foot.
PoliticsINSIDERHerschel Walker says it's 'totally unfair' to ask him if he supports the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed last year: 'I have to see all the facts'
Walker said he wasn't "privileged" to the facts about the bipartisan infrastructure law that passed last year. "I think you've gotta be an Alabama fan," the Georgia Senate candidate and ex-football star snapped during an interview when asked about the law. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who Walker may face this November, enthusiastically supported Biden's plan.
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Carl Bernstein says Trump investigation ‘far worse than Watergate’
On "The View," the journalist explains why he says America has been in a "cold civil war in this country for perhaps three decades."
U.S.Good Morning AmericaSammy Gravano, notorious gangster turned FBI informant, reflects 30 years later
Almost 30 years after providing testimony that brought the powerful Gambino crime family to its knees, notorious gangster Sammy "The Bull" Gravano said he still has his regrets. Despite a dramatic betrayal that turned Gravano against "the family" and brought down powerful Gambino boss John Gotti for good, no regret loomed as large as the ones about his real family, said Gravano. "Being a gangster, actually in my life, was a curse," Gravano said, "and it did affect my family."
U.S.The Daily BeastShe Bugged Her Cheating Cop Husband—and Got Charged
Sharon Maddox, 41, admitted in a bond hearing Wednesday to bugging her husband, Chesapeake Police officer Sean Maddox, after she became concerned he was cheating on her last April. According to her lawyer, Kristin Paulding, the tape confirmed what Sharon suspected: that her husband was sleeping with a local 911 dispatcher. The recording might have remained secret forever if the dispatcher hadn't accused Sean Maddox weeks later of abducting and raping her on April 27—the day after his wife put the recording device in his car.
U.S.EngadgetPorsche sent its Taycan EV cross-country to claim a 'charging time' record
A standard 2021 Porsche Taycan has broken the Guinness World Record for the shortest charging time to cross the United States in an electric vehicle. It only needed a cumulative charge time of 2 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds to cover a 2,834.5-mile drive from Los Angeles to New York. While the record it broke is highly specific, there was a previous holder: A Kia EV6, which had to be charged for 7 hours, 10 minutes and 1 second to make a similar, but just slightly longer, trip from New York to LA.
U.S.HuffPostFox News’ Meltdown Over Black Woman On Supreme Court Dismantled By Trevor Noah
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah on Thursday pointed out the basic flaw in an argument Fox News personalities are pressing against President Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson have led the chorus of criticism on the conservative network, claiming Biden's pledge is “beyond extremely divisive.” “And why not try to make the Supreme Court a little more representative of the country it represents?” the comedian asked.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump says his publisher — Donald Trump Jr. — can't find enough paper, ink, glue, or leather to make copies of his 'very successful photo book'
Former President Donald Trump is claiming that he can't find the supplies to produce his book. Trump said that he was told his publisher can't find enough paper, ink, glue, or leather to produce the book. Trump's book is published by Winning Team Publishing, a company co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. in 2021.
PoliticsAssociated PressVoting machine company won't comply with Wisconsin subpoena
A Nebraska-based voting machine company told the Republican-hired attorney leading an investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin that it will not comply with subpoenas issued seeking a broad array of information. Attorneys for Election Systems & Software told former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman in a letter dated Jan. 21 that it would not comply, calling the subpoenas issued last month a “quintessential fishing expedition.” Gableman has subpoenaed the mayors of Wisconsin's five largest cities, the state's top elections official, an immigrant rights group, ES&S and Dominion Voting Systems as part of his ongoing probe ordered after President Joe Biden narrowly defeated Donald Trump in the battleground state.
U.S.AFPMichigan school not providing litter box for students identifying as cats
An online article shared on Facebook claims a school in the US state of Michigan placed a litter box in a bathroom for use by students who identify as cats. "CULTURAL INSANITY – MI School Providing Litter Boxes In Bathroom For Students Who Identify As Cats (Furries)," says the headline of an article published on January 22, 2022 by the TrendingPolitics website. "Radical school administrators and teachers are indoctrinating children, entrusted to them by loving parents, with every deviant and social justice cause imaginable," the article says.
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15 inventions made using garbage
From furniture made of chopsticks to coffins made of mushrooms, these inventions are turning pollution into productivity. We made a list of 15 innovations that save garbage from landfills and smog from the skies in an effort to reduce worldwide waste.
WorldAssociated PressFilipino dictator's son loses 1 of 3 votes on elections bid
One of three Philippine election commissioners handling petitions to disqualify late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' son from the May presidential polls said Thursday that she voted in favor of the petitions and suspected there were efforts to nullify her vote against the leading candidate criticized by human rights groups. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said she voted to uphold the petitions, which sought Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s disqualification from the race because of a previous tax conviction. An offense of “moral turpitude” is one of the grounds to bar a candidate from seeking and holding public office.
“The door to using nonhuman organs has been opened — and with it, the promise of an almost unlimited supply of donor organs.”
“The practice of breeding, raising and killing pigs for our purposes is deeply problematic.”
“The place to worry about animal welfare is breakfast, not the medical use of pigs.”
“Fears about violating the barrier between humans and animals are enduring and inexorable.”
“I can’t think of any reason to oppose this approach … A rat is not a pig, is not a dog, is not a boy.”