Egg prices jumped more than 15% in January from a year ago, with a carton of eggs costing Americans roughly $4.95. Producers blame it on the bird flu that has forced them to euthanize millions of chickens. With relief not expected anytime soon, some egg consumers are now looking for …
Read More »How The Sims grew from a virtual construction game into a cultural phenomenon
As the year 2000 ushered in the new millennium, boy bands and pop stars dominated the music charts, and the International Space Station welcomed its first crew, while back on Earth, reality TV was forever changed by an inaugural group of castaways on the CBS show “Survivor” — all when …
Read More »Crystal Hefner says she “felt trapped” in marriage to late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner
More than six years after the death of Hugh Hefner and her departure from the Playboy Mansion, Crystal Hefner is opening up about her marriage and her life inside the controversial home. In her new memoir “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” Hefner writes about how she …
Read More »Jeff German murder case: How a Las Vegas reporter’s colleagues chased clues as they grieved
When investigative reporter Jeff German was murdered in Las Vegas, there was an extraordinary twist. Police made the shocking arrest of a sitting public official who had been accused of wrongdoing in reports written by German. The staff at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where German worked, covered the huge story while …
Read More »Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones gets one last chance to plead his case
Update: Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board has voted to recommend clemency and a life sentence with parole for Julius Jones. Read our earlier story below. An Oklahoma man on death row for a murder he says he did not commit will have one last chance to plead his case at …
Read More »FKA twigs on being a survivor and overcoming alleged abuse by Shia LaBeouf: “I just thought, ‘Where did it all go wrong?'”
British singer-songwriter FKA twigs is speaking out in her first television interview since filing a civil lawsuit in December against her former boyfriend, actor Shia LaBeouf. She accuses LaBeouf of sexual battery, assault and inflicting emotional distress. He denies the allegations. His lawyers said the actor “denies, generally and specifically, …
Read More »“Old Town Road”: Billboard removes Lil Nas X song from Hot Country chart, critics question whether race was a factor
Set against a cowboy-themed game, the music video for Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” uses language of the Wild Wild West with a hip hop spin. The genre-blending tune was a breakout hit five weeks ago when it debuted on three Billboard charts at the same time: the Hot …
Read More »Ray Rice on recent NFL incidents involving Reuben Foster and Kareem Hunt: “I want to be in a position now to help”
Ray Rice, the running back who was suspended indefinitely and cut by the Baltimore Ravens after hotel surveillance camera showed him punching his then-fiancée in 2014, is speaking out in his first TV interview since the latest NFL domestic violence and assault incidents involving Reuben Foster and Kareem Hunt, respectively. …
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