One person is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after an incident at Carowinds in south Charlotte. Originally, MEDIC reported the incident as a shooting that took place around 4 a.m. Saturday morning on the 1400 block of Carowinds Boulevard. A spokesperson for Carowinds told Channel 9 that CMPD did not find evidence of a … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws insisted in court Friday that a donation to a hospital made via a federal government minister was not a covert attempt to curry favor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh … Read more
Drake and J. Cole have released the music video for their chart-topping For All the Dogs collaboration, “First Person Shooter.” Directed by Gibson Hazard, the visual begins with a cameo from Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin Malone on The Office) before the rappers go head-to-head in activities like ping pong and chess. Later in the … Read more
Opening my email to see an invite to a fall luncheon, I rolled my eyes. Not because I’m not a fan of luncheons (quite the opposite!) but because this invitation, like so many other emails I had received, was intended for someone else. When I snagged my email address early on in Gmail’s creation, I … Read more
Lawrence Faucette, the 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who was the second person to receive a genetically engineered pig heart, died on October 30, according to a statement from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, where the transplant was performed. Faucette received the transplant on September 20 and lived for six weeks—less … Read more
Cruise says the vehicle then stopped again. Emergency responders arrived soon after, according to TV station NBC Bay Area, and the San Francisco Fire Department said the victim was “extricated from beneath the vehicle using rescue tools.” The department said she was transported to the hospital with multiple traumatic injuries. The human driver of the … Read more
After decades of rocking audiences and using his platform to help others, Jon Bon Jovi is being recognized for his musical accomplishments and commendable philanthropic efforts. The celebrated musician and founding member of the iconic rock band Bon Jovi will be honored as the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year. The GRAMMY-winning artist has not … Read more
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen posted a manifesto on the a16z website, calling for “techno-optimism” in a frenzied, 5,000-word blog post that somehow manages to re-invent Reaganomics, propose the colonization of outer space, and unironically answer a question with the phrase “QED.” Andreessen’s vision of techno-optimism could seem inspiring: he imagines a Libertarian-esque world where technology … Read more
A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families has collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least two injured ByThe Associated Press October 4, 2023, 12:44 PM Firefighters clear debris from a building that partially collapsed in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) The Associated Press HAVANA — … Read more
Play video content Courtesy of NFL Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance is going strong — so much so that she popped into another football stadium to cheer him on … this time with some famous pals in tow. The pop star is again the guest of honor Sunday during NBC’s ‘SNF’ broadcast of the … Read more