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(AP) Disney’s Hulu + Live TV and sports streaming service Fubo are combining in a deal that will also see the settlement of a lawsuit against the creation of Venu Sports. Fubo and Hulu + Live TV both allow customers to stream live broadcast and cable networks on their connected TVs, mobile phones, tablets, and…
The Brief TAMPA – As we turn the calendars from 2024 to 2025 on Tuesday at midnight, some businesses and public services will be closed for the holiday. Here is a list of places that will be open and closed. Banks Many banks close on New Year’s Day but not all do. Check your local…
Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world (AP) Updated 6:32 PM EST, December 30, 2024 PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter’s death within a matter of minutes. That’s how it works in a small town, even for a former U.S. president and Nobel Peace…
NEW YORK (AP) — An Alabama woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls, a judge ruled Thursday. In her written order, Judge Analisa Torres also chastised the lawyer representing Jay-Z for what she described…
Canadian officials responded to Trump’s proposed tariff plans on Monday. President-elect Donald Trump is making good on his tariff promises, saying Monday he plans to impose them on Mexico, Canada and China in an effort to stop the flow of drugs entering the country and illegal border crossings. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform…
(CNBC) Former President Donald Trump stood by his idea to end income taxes and substitute them with tariffs in a Friday interview with Joe Rogan, the host of one of the most widely listened to podcasts in the world. “Did you just float out the idea of getting rid of income taxes and replacing it…
Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as the storm is projected to threaten areas of the Florida Peninsula still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Milton quickly intensified Monday morning, growing from a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds estimated near 120 mph early in the day to a Category 5 storm…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84. He died Aug. 21 of natural causes in Los Angeles. Amos’ publicist, Belinda Foster, confirmed the news…
NPR As we head toward another presidential election, we’re seeing a shift in the politics of American Latinos – believe it or not – to the far right. Now, a Latino immigrant being a white supremacist might sound antithetical, right? And yet there are a lot of examples of exactly that – people like Enrique…