The Grand Ole Opry, the world’s longest running broadcast, debuted on WSM radio in Nashville on this day in history, Nov. 28, 1925. “The showcase was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio program called the National Barn Dance that had begun broadcasting the previous year,” according to History.com. “Impressed by the popularity…
An active weather pattern has set up across the U.S. with another strong storm moving in from the West. This storm will bring heavy snow, rain and ice to the Cascades through the Rockies before spreading up into the Midwest. The national forecast for Monday, Nov. 28. (Fox News) Parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah,…
General Motors has been rolling out its fleet of upcoming electric vehicles in recent months, including the Silverado EV, Blazer EV and Equinox EV that will be hitting Chevrolet dealers next year. There is even an all-electric version of the Corvette on the way, but no mention of battery-powered sedans. Chevy has whittled its current…
According to the United Nations, the world’s population just surpassed 8 billion on Nov. 15, 2022. This milestone, of course, is being condemned in some quarters as a threat to “sustainable development” and global standards of living. Some neo-Malthusians are using the occasion to raise alarm about the dangers of overpopulation to the global food supply…
An elected New Mexico judge and her pets were shot and killed by her husband on Friday before he turned the gun on himself, authorities said. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found the deceased couple along with “several dead animals” inside their home in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque. “This is believed to be a…
Police say they have apprehended a man accused of wielding a pepper-spray gun in a “threatening social media post” directed at an Atlanta LGBTQ nightclub. The arrest of suspect Chase Staubs comes less than a week after a gunman allegedly killed five people in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. The…
The World Cup is a soccer tournament watched all over the globe, but Chinese state media were accused of not giving their fans the whole picture. The allegation came on social media during matches between Japan and Costa Rica, Australia and Tunisia, and Croatia and Canada, according to the South Morning Post. Chinese state TV…
It is 2004, and I am 13 years old. I am sitting at the computer, mouse poised to close my tab if my dad came in to look over my shoulder. He rarely did though, as he had no conception of the bizarre information I was accessing online. During my time reading fan fiction, an…
Argentina’s celebration after defeating Mexico in their World Cup match on Saturday did not sit well with superstar boxer Canelo Álvarez. Álvarez, who is from Guadalajara, Mexico, appeared to take issue with Lionel Messi specifically after Argentina won the match 2-0 to save them from the potential embarrassment of missing the knockout stage in the…
A body has been found offshore in Mexico near where an Arizona couple disappeared while kayaking on Thanksgiving, officials said Sunday. The body was discovered near Playa Encanto in Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, Mexico, as search and rescue crews combed the area for Corey Allen and his wife Yeon-Su Kim, Mexico’s Sonora Civil Protection said….