Delia Fiallo, a native of Cuba who was considered the mother of Latin America’s telenovelas and wrote dozens of the popular television soap operas, has died at her home in Coral Gables, Florida By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press June 30, 2021, 3:44 AM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare […]
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(CNN) — As countries around the Asia-Pacific region tighten restrictions once again to curb potential breakouts of the Delta coronavirus variant, Singapore has laid out a new vision for life to return to normal. The roadmap, proposed by three members of Singapore’s Covid-19 task force, would scrap lockdowns and mass […]
Outbrain, one of the top purveyors of clickbait ads, filed on Tuesday to raise at least $100 million through an initial public offering — one day before its top competitor starts trading publicly. The company, which calls itself a content recommendation platform, places so-called chumbox ads on websites, hoping to […]
In middle school I learned how to solve for the hypotenuse and identify properties of an atom, but the most enduring skill I picked up was how to gossip. Eighth grade in particular was consumed by chatter and rumors — my classmates and I had spent nine years together, witnessing […]
Change of plans. Josh Duggar was set to begin his trial next month following his April arrest, but it will still be months before he appears in front of the court. Though the 33-year-old requested to push the trial back until February 2022, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly, […]
Carla Suarez Navarro bids farewell to Wimbledon in style as she produces battling display in defeat by world No 1 Ashleigh Barty in just her second match since recovering from cancer World No 1 Ashleigh Barty held off a spirited Carla Suarez Navarro at Wimbledon The Spaniard was playing in […]
Election officials in New York City admitted on Tuesday night that 135,000 test ballots in the race for mayor had been mistakenly counted as real ones. The discovery came after mayoral election frontrunner Eric Adams questioned the ranked-choice results after his lead in the Democratic primary went down to a […]
The Atlanta Hawks proved they are more than a one-man team, shaking off Trae Young’s absence with a freak injury to even the Eastern Conference finals with a 110-88 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 4 on Tuesday night. And in another stunning twist to a series no one […]
A group of hatemongers hurling anti-gay slurs and alleged cop attackers were among those busted at Washington Square Park during a wild weekend that saw several skirmishes in the greenspace, police sources said. The weekend chaos occurred as revelers from the annual Pride celebration packed the iconic Greenwich Park on […]
Rihanna is advocating for the LGBTQ+ community — and looking oh so good along the way. See the photos. Rihanna is lending her support to the LGBTQ+ community — and looking great while doing it. The singer, 33, shared a series of sultry photos of herself in a black t-shirt, […]
Protesters surround the LA Superior Court to prevent an upcoming wave of evictions and call on Governor Gavin Newsom to pass an eviction moratorium, amid the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson WASHINGTON, June 29 – The U.S. Supreme Court […]
A crash at the Tour de France has created headlines worldwide. Gendarmerie du Finistère Tour de France is one of the world’s biggest and most renowned sporting events, but as 2021’s opening stages have shown, it’s also a tremendously perilous one. After days of alarming crashes, cyclists on Tuesday protested […]
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Families and friends are still clinging to hope that their loved ones may be found alive nearly a week after the collapse of a Miami Beach-area condo building. “We’re not going to give up,” said Sally Noriega, who has been praying for the rescue of her mother-in-law, […]
An artist’s depiction of the moment the Chicxulub asteroid struck present-day Mexico 66 million years ago. Chase Stone It’s tempting to ponder what life on Earth might have looked like had a space rock not hit 66 million years ago. That impact in present-day Mexico doomed the dinosaurs and a […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday extending the U.N. peacekeeping mission in crisis-wracked Mali and said it’s “imperative” the military government hold presidential and legislative elections on schedule next February. The council maintained the ceilings in the U.N. force at 13,289 military troops and […]
Nick Kyrgios has overcome a signature tantrum and six-month sabbatical from tennis to set up a compelling Wimbledon “to be continued”. Kyrgios’s thrilling first-round Wimbledon encounter with talented young Frenchman Ugo Humbert was suspended at two sets apiece five minutes before 11pm local time because of a London curfew. Kyrgios […]
WASHINGTON — On the eve of its second revenue-generating launch, Virgin Orbit is looking to 2022 to ramp up its launch activity and operate from several airports in the United States and Great Britain. In a call with reporters June 29, Virgin Orbit Chief Executive Dan Hart confirmed that the […]
By Matthew Sparkes Foam structures of various sizes made from recycled PLA plastic Heon Park Compostable plastic can be turned into a foam that functions as building insulation, creating a potential solution to difficulties in recycling the material. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a plastic made of fermented starch from corn […]
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker‘s latest selfie is bloody good! The couple, who began dating late last year, continue to make temperatures rise with their steamy social media posts. And although there’s been a heatwave in Los Angeles, nothing can compare to the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star and […]
Magic: Legends, the free-to-play ARPG set in the Magic: The Gathering universe, is shutting down for good on October 31, 2021. If this seems really fast to you, you’re right – the game technically never even left the beta phase for an official launch, nor did it ever get its scheduled […]