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After its hyperbolic, Ridley Scott-directed launch 40 years ago, Apple’s all-in-one computer was a commercial flop. And yet its impact is still being felt Forty years ago this week, on 22 January 1984, a stunning advertising video was screened during the Super Bowl broadcast in the US. It was directed by Ridley Scott and evoked … Read more

US star sets mark with 1min 5.37secs at the Utah Olympic OvalStolz, 19, becomes first US man to set world record since 2009 Reigning world champion Jordan Stolz set a world men’s 1000m speedskating record on Friday, the American teen clocking in at 1min 5.37secs at the Utah Olympic Oval. The 19-year-old who dazzled with … Read more

Cardell Hayes faces up to 40 years for the shooting after a traffic altercation that left Will Smith dead A jury found a New Orleans man guilty of manslaughter after he shot and killed former NFL player Will Smith in 2016. Cardell Hayes, 36, could face up to 40 years in prison after the guilty … Read more

But the House speaker said deal involving border security and aid to Ukraine is ‘dead on arrival’ in its current form Joe Biden said on Friday that the border deal being negotiated in the US Senate was the “toughest and fairest” set of reforms possible and vowed to “shut down the border” the day he … Read more

The “sugar brother” of President Biden’s son, Hunter, is threatening legal action against criminal defense attorney and Fox News contributor Johnathan Truly, accusing him of defamation.  Kevin Morris, a Hollywood attorney and personal confidant to the younger Biden sat for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee as part of House Republicans’ sweeping probe … Read more

Thousands of hotel workers in southern California have gone on strike over 100 times since last July, with some still fighting for new union contracts Last year was a big year for the US labor movement with historic wins and gains for workers at UPS, automakers, and for writers and actors in Hollywood. But for … Read more

The verdict in the manslaughter trial over the 2016 death of Saints star Will Smith brings to a close a turbulent eight years of legal wrangling Ever since the New Orleans tow-truck company owner Cardell Hayes shot the retired local pro-football champion Will Smith to death and wounded the former athlete’s wife on a city … Read more

Dallas star’s 73 are most in a game since Bryant’s 81 in 2006Dončić’s big night comes in same week as Joel Embiid’s 70 Dallas coach Jason Kidd had no worries about Luke Dončić’s scoring spree disturbing the Mavericks’ game plan. “He is the game plan,” Kidd said. Continue reading…

Grand Rapids saw just five minutes of sun in the first week of the year, while January was the cloudiest in Chicago in 129 years For the 34 million people who call the US’s Great Lakes region home, last winter was a particularly gloomy one due to a dearth of sunlight – a reality that … Read more

Nearly half of all officials have been insulted, a third harassed, and nearly one in five threatened, according to CivicPulse On a quiet day, home alone with the windows open at her Michigan home, Tina Barton thought she heard a voice saying: “Hello.” Her heart started beating quickly, as she believed someone uninvited might be … Read more