Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, died Friday after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his publicity firm confirmed to CBS News. He was 59. Rourke died early Friday morning in New York City at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer […]
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The original Chick-fil-A location is closing down, local reports indicate
America’s favorite fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A ranked America’s favorite fast food restaurant — again 01:55 Chick-fil-A’s first-ever location is closing down after 56 years of operation. The chicken sandwich restaurant is located in the Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta, Georgia. While the shop’s Facebook page indicates that it is already “permanently […]
Artificial intelligence gives real boost to U.S. stock market
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Recent advances in artificial intelligence are fueling optimism over how businesses can operate more productively in the years ahead. They are also providing a big boost to the stock market. Advertisement The S&P 500’s 9% rally this year has been driven by a […]
Blur’s Alex James on making new album: ‘It’s exciting and emotional’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Recording Blur’s first new album in eight years has been “exciting and emotional”, bassist Alex James says, as the band prepares for a series of gigs this summer where fans will get to hear their new tunes. Advertisement Blur, who exploded onto the British […]
US debt ceiling talks resume as default date ticks closer
By Moira Warburton, Richard Cowan and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. lawmakers resumed negotiations with President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration on Friday on raising the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy said. Advertisement Talks resumed hours after being paused by McCarthy’s lead negotiator and […]
Author and YouTuber Hank Green reveals cancer diagnosis
Veteran YouTuber and best-selling author Hank Green has announced that he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “It seems likely that we caught mine early. I’m still waiting on a scan to sort of confirm that,” Green said in a YouTube video uploaded Friday. In the video description, he wrote his first treatment […]
At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia
When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native American heritage. Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told her no. Yanchick settled for wearing beaded earrings to her 2018 graduation. A bill vetoed earlier this […]
Fewer Americans are moving for work, survey finds
Fewer Americans are moving for work, survey finds – CBS News Watch CBS News A new survey finds that far fewer Americans are moving for work — just 1.6% of job seekers moved in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 45% in 1986. CBS MoneyWatch associate managing editor Irina […]
Humans have been “romantic kissing” for 4,500 years, new study says
Humans have been kissing for a long time, according to an article published in the journal Science on Thursday. Researchers studied cuneiform texts from ancient Mesopotamia in an effort to unlock the secrets behind smooching lips. These texts revealed that romantic kisses have been happening for 4,500 years in the […]
Biggs: ‘election disinformation came from our own intelligence agencies’
OAN’s John Hines2:59 PM – Friday, May 19, 2023 Representative Andy Biggs explains that after his meeting with former director of the CIA John Brennan, who signed the letter declaring that Hunter Biden’s laptop had earmarks of Russian disinformation, it’s clear the the primary source of election disinformation was from our […]