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Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning Nuyorican pianist, bandleader and composer who helped innovate Afro-Caribbean music in the States and transform the New York salsa scene, died on Wednesday. He was 88. According to a post on his official Instagram, Palmieri passed away in his Hackensack, N.J., home. The New York Times confirmed via his youngest daughter,…
A wealthy US-Saudi investor who expressed an interest in buying Chelsea Football Club four years ago has been in talks with one of the founding members of the English Football League about a potential investment. Sky News has learnt that Amr Zedan, who has business interests spanning sectors from energy to horseracing, has held a…
The company behind London’s Pride parade recorded a Β£120,726 loss in 2024, latest accounts show. The entity that runs the capital’s annual LGBT+ event had made Β£204,368 in profit the previous year. It comes as Pride organisations have been struggling with running costs. Major cities across the UK had either paused the running of full…
Nvidia, the world’s leading chipmaker, announced on Thursday that it’s investing $5 billion in Intel and will collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company. The two companies will team up to work on custom data centers that form the backbone of artificial intelligence infrastructure as well as personal computer products, Nvidia said in a press release….
Diehard college football fans Glen Powell and Michael Waldron are going to ask you what college football team you root for if you talk to them about their new show, βChad Powers.β Thereβs a decent chance theyβd ask you even if you didnβt bring up the sport at all. βChad Powers,β a new Hulu comedy,…
Last fall, βDr. Pimple Popperβ suddenly became a patient herself. Dr. Sandra Lee, the reality TV dermatologist and surgeon known for tackling ick-inducing skin situations on camera, had a bad day a week before Thanksgiving 2025 while she was taping new episodes of her show at her Upland office. βI had what I thought was…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, ItalyΒ βΒ World-class athletes, thrilling events, stirring medal ceremonies, I will remember all of those from the Winter Olympics. But what I experienced Sunday on my 45-minute bus ride from my hotel to Cortina will stay with me longer. There was a young woman sitting across the aisle. She looked to be in her mid-20s,…
Nigel Farage has appeared to row back on his claim that women and children would be detained and deported if they arrived in the UK on small boats, saying it was not Reform’s “priority”. The Reform UK leader gave a news conference on Tuesday in which he outlined plans to deport around 600,000 illegal migrants…
It was a night when defenders draped over Kelsey Plum, her path to the rim often crowded. And when she turned to the officials for relief, the whistles were elusive. But when it mattered most β that being with 3.3 seconds to play and the Sparks trailing by one β Plum lowered her shoulder and…
A judge recently entered an eviction ruling against actor Mickey Rourke who, despite owing nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent at his Beverly Grove home, rejected more than $100,000 raised in a GoFundMe campaign coordinated by his manager to keep him housed. On Monday, a judge issued a default eviction ruling in favor of Rourkeβs landlord,…
