The Recording Academy is making major changes to the events. The organization said Friday it has made adjustments “that reflect its ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical landscape and to ensure that the GRAMMY Awards rules and guidelines are transparent and equitable.” Among the notable changes is the elimination …
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Venezuela transfers 6 jailed American oil execs to house arrest as Biden weighs policy options
Venezuelaa> transferred <a href="https: to house arrest on Friday as the Biden administration mulled the next steps in its relationship with Nicolas Maduro’s socialist regime. The executives — Tomeu Vadell, Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Jose Zambrano, Jorge Toledo, Gustavo Cardenas and Jose Pereira – are employees of Houston-based oil firm …
Read More »US and Russia working toward Biden-Putin summer summit
Talks are in the works for a summit between President Biden and world-regions President Vladimir Putin this summer, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday. The meeting is likely to occur in a third country, but it is not yet clear where. “President Biden has indicated in his conversations with President Putin, and …
Read More »Halle Berry shows off long hairstyle after viral jokes about her 2021 Oscars bob cut
Video halle-berry”>Halle Berry< red carpet donning a brunette bob haircut and bangs. The “Monster’s Ball” actress, 54, responded to the viral moment and internet jokes about her hair transformation many thought to be permanent at the 93rd Academy Awards by sharing a new selfie to Instagram and Twitter that the …
Read More »California Cypress College professor flips out after student calls police 'heroes': video
A us-regions education student and his communications education” target=”_blank”>professor<” and defended crime as “heroes.” The educator told 19-year-old student Braden Ellis, a business major, that police were created in the American South to track down runaway slaves and suggested that policing is inherently a form of systemic racism. Ellis declined …
Read More »Stephen Miller calls on GOP to 'fight back' against leftist transformation of American institutions
Former donald-trump” target=”_blank”>Trump<” Friday to discuss the need for elections to stand up forcefully against progressive policy pushes. MILLER: Traditional minds of Americans are focused on raising their families, living their lives, pursuing their dreams. Hardcore leftists are focused on fundamentally transforming America. That’s why they put their energy into taking over institutions like the legal profession, but now we …
Read More »Texas Dem official faces demands to resign for calling Tim Scott 'an oreo'
A Texas senate official is facing calls to step down from his role after he called Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., a racial slur. “I had hoped that Scott might show some common sense, but it seems clear he is little more than an oreo with no real principles,” Lamar County Democratic Party …
Read More »FISA warrants dropped sharply during coronavirus pandemic, intel agencies say
The number of people targeted by federal warrants for suspected spying on behalf of a foreign agency plummeted in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, national intelligence officials said Friday. An annual report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) showed that only 451 people were placed under electronic surveillance or issued search warrants …
Read More »Reuters headline suggests GOP opposes teaching 'Black history' in schools, buries link to 1619 Project
Reuters published a misleading headline Friday suggesting that senate oppose the teaching of Black history in America’s schools. Senate Minority Leader mitch-mcconnell” target=”_blank”>Mitch McConnell<‘s Department of Education block a planned history education proposal that invokes the 1619 Project. McConnell and more than 30 of his GOP colleagues penned a letter to Secretary of Education …
Read More »Brooklyn homeowner calls 911 after finding flock of sheep in backyard
It’s not everyday you see livestock wandering the streets of new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< It was not immediately clear where they’d come from. They were estimated to be under 1 year old. Mounted police and the NYPD’s emergency services units “safely wrangled them up,” according to the department. The eight …
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