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Apr 06 2024
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Donald Trump golf course earthquake sparks avalanche of jokes, memes
Donald Trump has been targeted with a wave of jokes and memes on social media after it emerged the epicenter of Friday's 4.8 magnitude earthquake, which hit the New York City tri-state area, was right next to his National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake's epicenter was by Whitehouse Station in New Jersey, less than 7 miles from the
NewsweekApr 08 2024
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Watch Charlotte native Blake Proehl’s Top 24 ‘American Idol’ performance from Sunday
Blake Proehl, the only remaining “American Idol’ contestant from North Carolina, performed Sunday at Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa, on Oahu, Hawaii for his chance to make the show’s top 20. Before he took the stage, Blake, a Charlotte native and former NFL player, said his football background was different from music — an art that he’s still trying to perfect. “I had confidence in football
Charlotte ObserverApr 03 2024
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Blake Shelton raises nearly $800K at Country Music Hall of Fame benefit in Oklahoma
Oklahoma-native country superstar and former "The Voice" co-host Blake Shelton took his passionate support for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum with him back to his Red Dirt roots. By raising nearly $800,000 for the nonprofit museum's education programs, March 30, 2024's "Oklahoma Is All for the Hall" Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum fundraiser was the most successful All for the
The TennesseanMar 21 2024
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Cher among those to be honored by Equal Justice Now
Two Baltimoreans will be honored for their contributions to justice and equality alongside national figures like Cher in an awards ceremony hosted by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump. On March 29, Crump, along with actor Terrence J, will host the Equal Justice Now Awards at 6 p.m. at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel. The ceremony will honor 11 recipients, including former Baltimore
Baltimore SunApr 03 2024
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World Central Kitchen names American Jacob Flickinger as victim of Israeli airstrike in Gaza
What we know about the Israeli airstrike that killed 7 aid workers Tel Aviv — World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by Spanish-American celebrity chef José Andrés, has named U.S.-Canadian dual national Jacob Flickinger, 33, as one of the seven members of its team killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza late Monday night. The other WCK staff members killed in the attack, which Israel's
CBS News (Online)Aug 29 2021
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Jacob Blake speaks out a year later. 'I have not survived until something has changed'
During the Fourth of July weekend, Jacob Blake says he called 911 over what he later realized was an anxiety attack.
The fireworks triggered what he felt had been a crescendo of pain over a difficult and turbulent year, particularly when it came to gun violence. Blake was in the Chicago area that weekend with family.
He says the anxious episode "was the most painful experience"
CNN (Online News)Apr 07 2024
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Capitol View: Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva and State Senate President Bart Hester
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas LEARNS Act celebrates its first anniversary, while Arkansas lawmakers prepare for the legislative fiscal session this week. Capitol View host Roby Brock met with Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva to discuss teacher pay and recruitment, along with the growth of the Arkansas LEARNS Act in its first year since being signed into action by Arkansas Gov.
Yahoo NewsApr 06 2024
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Blake Pontchartrain: Sutton's Fairyland sold gifts, clothes in New Orleans for nearly 40 years
A photo shared on Facebook of Canal Street in the 1950s featured a sign for a business called Sutton’s Fairyland. I’m intrigued by the name; what can you tell me about it? Sutton’s Fairyland in the 800 block of Canal Street was one of several retail establishments owned and operated by Joseph M. Sutton and his family. According to his May 24, 1980 Times-Picayune obituary, Sutton was born in
The Times-PicayuneApr 19 2024
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White House scolds ‘we should not make jokes’ about Biden claim cannibals ate uncle
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Friday that it would be inappropriate to poke fun at President Biden for falsely suggesting on two occasions earlier this week that his uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea during World War II. Jean-Pierre made the scolding comment during a back-and-forth with Fox News reporter Peter Doocy
New York Post (News)Mar 23 2024
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Blake Pontchartrain: Four U.S. presidents have spoken at Tulane's McAlister Auditorium
We went to a number of events at the New Orleans Book Festival in McAlister Auditorium on the Tulane campus. What can you tell us about its history, including who McAlister was? McAlister Auditorium was built with a $260,000 gift from Amelie McAlister Upshur in memory of her mother, Armantine Reynaud McAlister. Upshur’s father, William McAlister, was a tobacco merchant and former secretary of
The Times-Picayune