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For Chaka Khan, the end of 2023 was nothing short of triumphant. In November, she was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and she also moved from Los Angeles to a big, rural property in Georgia, where she says she’s found “peace of mind.” The R&B icon, who just released a new fragrance (Chaka by Chaka Khan), and is still playing live dates even as she strives to wind down her touring schedule, looked back at some career highlights and struggles in the latest edition of our Last Word…

The early 1970s were the real heyday of beef in the US. It was the era of stroganoff, stews, and casseroles, steak lunches and 60-cent hamburgers. It was also the beginning of a long decline for the all-American meat. In 1975, Americans on average ate close to 90 pounds of beef each year. That has now dipped to around 57 pounds, and chicken has assumed beef’s place as the most-consumed meat in the US.Falling appetite for beef is good news for the environment. Beef produces 10 times the greenhouse gas emissions of poultry…

From the fourth and final season of Succession to a bloody samurai anime, our TV critic Alan Sepinwall’s picks for the best shows of the year There was a week in late May when Ted Lasso, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Succession, and Barry all released their final episodes. These are shows that dominated awards nights and year-end best-of lists like this one over the past few years, and all of them were gone within five days of one another. Between that busy farewell weekend…

Tesla has removed Disney+ from some of its vehicles amid Elon Musk having an online fight with Disney CEO Bob Iger. The fight started when Disney halted its advertising on X after Musk agreed with and amplified anti-Semitic content for which he eventually apologized. Every week, there’s a new drama with Elon Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter. It sometimes indirectly affects Tesla, but this time, it affects it directly. The current drama stems from Musk giving support to an antisemite post…

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedHumans eat a stunning amount of meat every year — some 800 billion pounds of it, enough flesh to fill roughly 28 million dump trucks. Our carnivorous cravings, particularly in industrialized, beef-guzzling countries like the United States, are one reason the planet is warming as fast as it is. Raising animals consumes a lot of land that could otherwise soak up carbon. Cows, sheep,…

A new study has found that trans-vaccenic acid, a fatty acid found in dairy products and the meat of grazing animals, may boost the cancer-killing abilities of the immune system’s T cells. Also found to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy, the nutrient has the potential to be used as a nutritional supplement to complement cancer treatments.Diet has been shown to provide a range of health benefits, including preventing cancer spread or boosting treatment of the disease. However, less is known about how specific…

Health Canada has granted approval to lift a ban on blood donations from people who lived or travelled in the United Kingdom, Ireland or France for long periods of time in the 1980s and 1990s, Canadian Blood Services said Wednesday.The ban was adopted more than two decades ago by blood agencies in many countries to prevent the transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or "mad cow disease."But almost 30 years of research and surveillance have made it clear that…

Despite covering her tracks and digital claw marks, Doja Cat left traces of an online scuffle with her fans over the weekend. In a series of now-deleted messages on Threads, the “Kiss Me More” performer took jabs at her fan base, specifically several fan accounts that go by “Kittenz.” Think Beyoncé’s Beyhive, Taylor Swift’s Swifties, Nicki Minaj’s Barbz or BTS’ ARMY. The only difference is, Doja Cat rejects her fan base moniker altogether. “My fans don’t name themselves s—,” she wrote on her Threads’ account in a rebuke…

Taco Bell's Vegan CrunchwrapSource: Taco BellTaco Bell will sell a vegan version of its popular Crunchwrap, made with plant-based beef and cheese, in three U.S. cities for a limited time, it said Wednesday.Starting Thursday, customers in Los Angeles, New York and Orlando will be able to order the Vegan Crunchwrap. The Yum Brands chain said it selected those three cities because of their high vegan populations. The item will stick around as long as supply lasts, which is expected to be roughly a week.Taco Bell has long…

​​Early worm or lazy bones? I’m up by 9.30am to take out the dog. He’s called Uhtred, son of Waltheof, from The Last Kingdom. He’s an American king corso, so he’s a big boy.Who takes who for a walk? We bop together. You know how they say dogs resemble their owners? He definitely resembles me.Family time? After the dog’s done, I take my seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son for warrior training at the Shaolin temple to do roly-polys and cartwheels on the mats.Lunch? Before lunch, I go into the shower of love and…