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Jay-Z wants you to take the $500,000 over lunch with him

Jay-Z has weighed in on a longstanding (hypothetical) internet debate over whether to choose a meal with the man himself or half a million dollars.

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Luis Díaz’s family relieved and thankful for his father’s release, cousin tells CNN

The cousin of Liverpool soccer star Luis Díaz told CNN on Friday that his family is relieved and “really thankful for all the support from the entire nation,” following the release of Díaz’s father by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group on Thursday night.

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Barack Obama shares his favorite music of 2023, and it’s a super eclectic mix

If you want to groove like Barack Obama, you can do so from Afrobeats to Reggaeton.

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Elon Musk jet-tracking account moves to Twitter rival Threads

One of Elon Musk’s least-favorite Twitter users is moving to Meta’s competing platform Threads.

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Witness says Rep. Ronny Jackson handcuffed and ‘briefly detained’ during rodeo while trying to assist with medical emergency

Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas was handcuffed and placed on the ground face-first by local law enforcement while he was trying to assist a teenage girl in medical distress at a rodeo over the weekend, according to a witness who spoke to CNN.

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Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing controversial immigration law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing a controversial immigration law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally.

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Foxconn makes most of the world’s iPhones. Now its CEO wants to make EVs

Certainly, Young Liu has heard the auto industry cliche that modern vehicles are “iPhones on wheels.” Cars and SUVs are packed with computer chips, sophisticated sensors, touchscreens and data connections.

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Why Costco’s hot dog is still $1.50 when everything has gotten so expensive

Inflation has touched nearly everything these last few years — even Trader Joe’s 19-cent bananas. But Costco is holding the line on its hot dog-soda combo price.

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Advocates condemn Texas anti-immigrant law SB4 as legal battles continue

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, March 19 that Texas law SB4—which would allow law enforcement agents to arrest and jail migrants—could go into effect pending litigation on its constitutionality. Just hours later, the Fifth Circuit restored a hold on the law. These decisions come a day after the Supreme Court blocked the law from going into effect while emergency appeals played out. SB4, which closely mirrors Arizona’s discriminatory “show me your papers” law, criminalizes entry and re-entry, and deputizes state police to arrest people they suspect are undocumented.

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Shakira faces second investigation into alleged tax fraud in Spain

A judge in Barcelona has opened a second investigation into alleged tax fraud by Grammy-winning singer Shakira, a Spanish court said Thursday.

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5 Marines missing en route from Las Vegas area to San Diego; rescue crews search for helicopter

Rescue crews are searching a remote, snow-covered area of Southern California after a military helicopter with five Marines onboard was “reported overdue” en route from a base near Las Vegas to one in San Diego, according to the US Marine Corps and Cal Fire.

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Southern California - 5 Marines confirmed dead after helicopter crashed

The five Marines aboard a helicopter that went down in remote, snow-covered woods Tuesday night are dead, a US military spokesperson said Thursday.

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Trump suggests changes at RNC in implied dig at Chairwoman McDaniel amid dip in cash reserves

Former President Donald Trump suggested in an interview aired Sunday that he thought there would likely be changes at the Republican National Committee, which is led by Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

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Idina Menzel says ‘interracial aspect’ played into her marriage to Taye Diggs ending

Idina Menzel has shared about some of the “very complicated” reasons she and Taye Diggs split in 2013.

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon found not guilty of aggravated menacing

Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was found not guilty Thursday on an aggravated menacing charge, according to a spokesperson with the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts and court records.

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Save the Dates! Houston Theater Week Deals August 14-20, 2023

Don’t Miss the Deals During Houston’s Second Annual Theater Week August 14-20, 2023

The second annual Houston Theater Week will kickoff August 14-20, 2023 with exclusive deals and discounts you don’t want to miss.

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Inside Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s friendship and musical partnership

The years-long artistic partnership between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga wasn’t an immediately obvious one.

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20 Days in Mariupol: A Gripping Documentary and Panel Discussion Event

In an impactful collaboration, FotoFest, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Institute for Global Engagement at the University of Houston proudly present the Texas premiere of "20 Days in Mariupol." This visceral documentary, directed by Pulitzer Prize recipient and Ukrainian photojournalist Mstyslav Chernov, captures the harrowing experiences of journalists covering the devastation of Mariupol, Ukraine.

Houston Man Who Killed Two, Injured Third Sentenced to 49 Years in Prison

A Houston man who killed two men and injured a third man in separate shootings beginning in 2014 was sentenced to 49 years in prison for each case in a plea agreement this week, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

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House Oversight GOP claims they don’t need to find direct payments to Joe Biden to prove corruption in Hunter Biden business dealings memo

House Oversight Republicans laid out their intention to accuse President Joe Biden of corruption even without direct evidence that he financially benefited from Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, a clear shift in their strategy that they said was launched to investigate the president. The new strategy is highlighted in a memo released by the committee on Wednesday.

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