The year was 2005: Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo had even played in a FIFA World Cup. George W. Bush was in the the beginning of his second term as president of the United States, YouTube was just founded and the world was dealing with a differently deadly virus — the bird flu. That […]
After Burger King’s International Women’s Day tweet got grilled for resonating as sexist, the company’s global chief marketing officer says it was “obviously not our intent” to offend. The burger brand launched a new IWD campaign on Monday to announce it is investing in scholarships to develop women’s culinary skills in the U.S., U.K., Mexico […]
Manchester City will be doing something Wednesday it hasn’t done in close to four months. The European power will be entering a match coming off a loss. The Cityzens, who had their 28-game unbeaten run halted in a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday in a meeting of the Premier League’s top clubs, will […]
Roger Mudd, the anchorman who delivered the news and narrated documentaries with an urbane edge for three decades on CBS, NBC and PBS and conducted a 1979 interview that undermined the presidential hopes of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, died on Tuesday at his home in McLean, Va. He was 93. The cause was kidney failure, his […]
It was on this day, 24 years ago that the media began to buzz with the news that nobody wanted to hear. A mere 6 months after his community mourned the loss of Tupac Shakur, shockwaves were felt across the globe at the news of a drive-by shooting, which had injured the Notorious B.I.G. The vehicle he […]
After it first aired on Sunday, “Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special” generated global news because of what Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, told Oprah Winfrey about how they were treated by Britain’s royal family. The special was watched in the U.S. by 17.8 million viewers, which […]
Long is not under contract with Chicago and is free to sign with any team. The No. 20 overall pick in 2013, Long played his entire career in Chicago. He announced his retirement following the 2019 season. The offensive lineman had played in just 12 games in his final two seasons. After opening his career […]
ARLINGTON, Va. (ABC7) — Peter “Kane” Deibler, host of “The Kane Show,” passed away Friday “after a long illness” at Shady Grove Adventist Medical Center in Rockville, according to the law firm that represented him. The Kane Show had for years “been among the DMV’s most-listened-to morning radio programs,” the statement says, “playing the latest hits […]
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives now appears to be on track for a final vote Wednesday on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had initially said that the House would vote Tuesday after the legislation passed out of the Senate over the weekend, but now the vote will […]