Rapper Silento arrested after going 143 mph on Georgia highway, tells police he’s not ‘a regular person’
Rapper Silento, best known for the hit 2015 track “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was arrested Friday and accused of driving 143 mph on Interstate 85 in Georgia.The artist, whose real name is Richard “Ricky” Lamar Hawk, was charged with reckless driving, speeding, failure to maintain lane and improper stopping after DeKalb Police pulled him over
Melania Trump to travel to Pennsylvania in final stretch of campaign
First lady Melania Trump is hitting the campaign trail this week, traveling to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to speak to directly to voters before they cast their ballots in the final stretch before Election Day.The first lady is traveling to to Atglen, Penn. Tuesday, for what will be her first solo campaign stop this year, where she will participate
Patrick Mahomes and fiance Brittany Matthews are having a girl
The 25-year-old Kansas City Chiefs quarterback announced on Instagram that he and high-school sweetheart Brittany Matthews are expecting a baby girl. In the elaborate gender reveal video, Mahomes and his fiancée stood in front of a massive display of blue and pink balloons while their two dogs walked toward them with pink paint on their
Ant Group to raise $34.5 billion in the biggest IPO of all time
The Ant Group logo and the Alibaba Group logo are displayed at the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnt Group will raise $34.5 billion in its dual initial public offering (IPO) after setting the price for its shares on Monday, making it the biggest listing of all time.The Chinese financial
Melanie Griffith, 63, shows off age-defying figure for breast cancer awareness
Melanie Griffith showed off her toned figure in lingerie in partnership with a breast cancer awareness campaign.The “Working Girl” actress, 63, sat on the edge of her tub in nothing but a pink bra, high-waisted briefs and heels.Despite her briefs being high-waisted, her taut abs could still be seen. Griffith’s legs also appeared very toned.“I’m
Booker Prize: Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste on The Shadow King
Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her book, The Shadow King.The Shadow King is about an orphan girl named Hirut living in Ethiopia in 1935 amid the threat of invasion by Mussolini.The Booker Prize is the UK’s most prestigious literary award open to any novel written in English and
Trump stumping in Pennsylvania in presidential campaign’s final week
With the November election just a little over one week away and tens of millions of Americans already voting, President Trump is heading to Pennsylvania looking to erase Democratic challenger Joe Biden’s lead.Trump’s back-to-back rallies in Allentown, Lititz and Martinsburg, Pa., come just eight days before the Nov. 3 election.An average of polls by RealClearPolitics shows Biden with a solid lead
Tao Geoghegan Hart wins Giro d’Italia after thrilling conclusion in Milan
But after a superb time trial performance that secured his maiden victory in a Grand Tour, it was anything but a regular weekend day for the 25-year-old. Geoghegan Hart had started the Giro d’Italia and as a support rider to Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas, only for his teammate — the pre-race favorite — to crash
Facebook launches cloud games on desktop and Android, but not on iOS
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in a ‘Conversation on Free Expression” in Washington, DC on October 17, 2019.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesFacebook announced on Monday the launch of cloud gaming on its desktop website and Android app but said it’s unable to bring the games to iOS due to Apple’s “arbitrary”
Senate Democrats speak all night on Senate floor as Barrett confirmation edges closer to Monday night vote
Debate raged overnight on the Senate floor as Democrats protested the fact Republicans are moving ahead with the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, voting Sunday afternoon to limit debate on the judge and setting up a final confirmation vote on Monday.”Senate Democrats are taking over the floor all night to fight this sham
Lewis Hamilton vs Michael Schumacher: Who is the greatest?
History was made on Sunday at the Portimao Circuit in Portugal. A track which has never hosted a F1 race prior to this coronavirus-affected 2020 season, in a country where Hamilton had never raced an F1 car. Both drivers are regarded as greats, racking up wins with Terminator-like ruthlessness, and Hamilton’s career statistics mirror Schumacher’s
Susan Collins, last vestige of New England GOP representation in Congress, fighting for political life
Almost 100 years ago, the Vermont-born former Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge was president — and widely considered the nation’s most conservative president alongside Ronald Regan.In 1936, only the states of Maine and Vermont went to Republican presidential nominee Alf Landon when Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt won a massive reelection landslide.In the 1950s, a GOP political
Tom Brady becomes NFL’s all-time passing touchdown leader
When Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers took to the field in Las Vegas, he trailed Drew Brees by three career touchdowns. The New Orleans Saints’ quarterback threw a pair of touchdowns earlier in the day to stretch his career tally to 558, increasing his lead over Brady’s 555.But if Brady’s 20-year career has told
Confederation Cup: Moroccans RS Berkane win first African title
Berkane win the Confederation Cup a year after losing the finalMorocco’s RS Berkane beat Egyptians Pyramids 1-0 in the first one-legged Confederation Cup final to win their first African title on Sunday. A scrappy goal from Issoufou Dayo settled a tight contest in Rabat after just fifteen minutes as the Burkinabe defender turned home from
Joe Biden appears to confuse Trump with former President George W. Bush
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden misspoke on Sunday and appeared to begin saying the name of former President George W. Bush rather than President Trump while emphasizing that the 2020 election is important “because who I’m running against.”Biden made the gaffe Sunday at an “I Will Vote Concert” virtual campaign event that featured a number of
Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response among adults
A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020.Dado Ruvic | ReutersLONDON — British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Monday said its potential Covid-19 vaccine had produced a similar immune response in both older and younger adults.Adverse responses to the vaccine among the elderly — the
SAP market cap plunges by $30 billion as coronavirus takes its toll
A company logo is attached to the headquarters of the SAP software group.Uwe Anspach | picture alliance | Getty ImagesLONDON — German enterprise software group SAP saw its market valuation fall by 25 billion euros ($30 billion) on Monday as shares collapsed by over 17% following disappointing third-quarter results.The company, which slashed its revenue forecast
Fauci says findings will be known by early December
(Photo by Alex Edelman-Pool/Getty Images)Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — Hopes are rising that a Covid-19 vaccine could be approved by the end of the year, with drugmakers and research centers scrambling to help bring an end to the pandemic. Dozens of candidate vaccines are in clinical evaluation, according to the World
Shares of Samsung Electronics, affiliates rise after Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s death
Samsung logo at store in Shanghai. A South Korean multinational conglomerate.Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Shares of Samsung Electronics and its affiliates rose Monday morning after Chairman Lee Kun-hee died a day earlier.Samsung shares were up 0.66% as of 10:18 a.m. HK/SIN. Shares of Samsung C&T rose 17.31%, Samsung
Egypt sex attacks fuel ‘feminist revolution’
Women and girls are fighting back against sexual harassment like never before.
’60 Minutes’ airs Trump interview cut short by president
President Trump has had his share of dust-ups with reporters, but one of the most high-profile clashes occurred last week during an interview in the White House’s Roosevelt Room with “60 Minutes” journalist Lesley Stahl.Trump took to Twitter shortly after cutting the meeting short and called the interview biased. Days later, he made good on
The U.S. is about to enter its ‘most dangerous time’
The U.S. may be entering a more dangerous period in the coronavirus crisis as the country heads toward winter season and temperatures fall, according to a health-care leader.”We’re seeing much higher growth in cases all over the northern part of the U.S., and the northern part of the U.S. is just a teaser for what
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Coinbase’s ‘apolitical culture’
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple.John Chiala | CNBCFintech start-up Ripple doesn’t plan on following Silicon Valley peer Coinbase in banning politics from the workplace.Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, caused a stir late last month when he wrote a blog post outlining the company’s policy of non-engagement on social and political issues.He said the virtual
TikTok parent ByteDance in IPO talks to list Douyin and other businesses
Douyin logo on a stand at The First International Artificial Products Expo Hangzhou on October 18, 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. ByteDance runs Douyin, the Chinese version of TiKTok.VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChinese technology giant ByteDance is in early stage talks to list some of its businesses including Douyin, a
Tanker stowaways: ‘Hijacking’ ends after special forces storm ship
The SBS, headquartered at Poole in Dorset, is less well-known than its Hereford-based counterpart, the Special Air Service (SAS), but both units have been called on over the years for delicate counter-terrorism and hostage rescue missions, often in arduous conditions.
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