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Taylor Swift is keeping things indie. On Thursday morning, a multitude of indie record stores across America took to social media to share that signed “Folklore” CDs “just showed up” — as Chicago’s Reckless Records put it — at the door. Fans were instructed that the supply was limited to one per customer and that …
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Uber and Lyft saw their stocks soar after an eleventh-hour stay allowed the companies to avoid a service shutdown in California. The ride-hail giants were set to suspend service in their largest US market Thursday at midnight after a judge ruled they had violated the state’s Assembly Bill 5, which requires companies to classify their …
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TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said Thursday. The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, also said it banned more than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content. TikTok said in a blog post that it had acted on …
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Go, shorty! An 11-year-old boy in Gaza is getting Internet famous for his mad rap skills. Abdelrahman Alshantti, whose first language is Arabic, was filmed dropping his impressive rhymes in English. Surrounded by his somber friends, his lyrics shed light on issues in his home region. Video of 11-year-old Abdelrahman Alshantti rapping in English while …
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Apple’s ban of “Fortnite” from its App Store has led opportunistic sellers to try to make a quick buck. Listings of iPhones loaded with the wildly popular, battle royale game have flooded eBay this week. A search for the term “Fortnite iPhone” brought up more than 675 results at the auction site, many of them asking …
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After getting mauled by Toronto in their Eastern Conference playoff opener, the Nets had to prove they can play with the Raptors. They did that Wednesday, but now they have to show they can beat the defending champions. Monday’s first-round Game 1 blowout loss to Toronto was humbling. This was more heartbreaking, as the Nets …
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Nobody puts the “glam” in glamping quite like Kourtney Kardashian. The 41-year-old Poosh founder took some time out from her luxe camping trip in Colorado on Tuesday to pose in an unusual choice of outdoor wear: a nude-toned smoothing bralette ($34) and matching high-waisted thong ($28), both from her sister Kim’s Skims shapewear brand. “Woke …
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Apple became the US’s first $2 trillion company on Tuesday — almost two years to the day after it became the first company in the world to reach the $1 trillion mark. The iPhone maker reached the latest milestone when its stock crossed the $467.77 mark just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The company has 4,275,634,000 …
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The Associated Press fact-checked Michelle Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech after she condemned Trump for using “cages” to house migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border while failing to note that the same facilities were used during her husband’s administration. “Michelle Obama assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for ripping migrant children from their parents and throwing …
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The Islanders couldn’t finish off the series sweep for the second time this postseason. Alex Ovechkin scored two goals as the Capitals took a 3-2 win over the Islanders on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, forcing a Game 5 in the best-of-seven first-round series after the Isles had taken a commanding 3-0 lead. …
Taylor Swift is keeping things indie. On Thursday morning, a multitude of indie record stores across America took to social media to share that signed “Folklore” CDs “just showed up” — as Chicago’s Reckless Records put it — at the door. Fans were instructed that the supply was limited to one per customer and that …
