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It’s no secret that former President Donald Trump’s once-rosy relationship with Fox News has soured since his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, during a town hall event nearly two years since his last live event with the network, Trump professed to hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum how proud he was of facilitating the demise of reproductive rights in America. As previously reported by Rolling Stone, Trump has privately speculated that he could run as a “moderate” on abortion, an idea that becomes laughable in…

AI is going to be the central theme for CES this year. Even though Sam Altman, the poster boy for AI will not be present at CES 2024, almost all tech companies, presenting at the tech show will focus on AI in some way or the other…

Best known as the home town of Father Christmas, Rovaniemi is perhaps not an obvious setting for crime, corruption and murder.But the unique lighting conditions, climate, nature, architecture and atmosphere of the capital of Finnish Lapland, a city of 64,000 that lies right on the Arctic Circle, is contributing to the evolution of its very own Nordic noir sub-genre.“Reindeer noir” (reindeer noirissa) – the term coined to describe the emerging category – was characterised by “a hint of dark humour” and a “localised feel”,…

Sierra Ward: James 5:7-8: Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Bob Bratcher: Silver Star has been here since 1936. It is, once Homestake closed, the oldest continuously operating business in town. I bought it in August 2001. Homestake was almost closed at that point. They took their last…

This year’s Spotify Wrapped roundup is live. As was the case with previous years, it features a bundle of shareable stats that break down the most-listened artists, songs, and podcasts for 574 million users. But there are also some surprises, too, including a new system that assigns you a city based on your listening habits.Here are some of the characters you might get assigned in Spotify Wrapped. Image: SpotifyThis year’s Wrapped roundup will match you with a city — or a “sound town,” as Spotify calls it — that shares a…

Bob Iger, Disney, at Apple programSource: AppleDisney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger told employees Tuesday during an internal town hall that he is looking forward to "building again" after spending 2023 mending parts of the business that "needed attention.""I feel that we've just emerged from a period of a lot of fixing to one of building again, and I can tell you building is a lot more fun than fixing," said Iger, who was interviewed by ABC News anchor David Muir at New York's Amsterdam Theater. After speaking alone…

Shed Seven will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2024 and today they’ve unveiled their euphoric new single ‘Talk of the Town’. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘A Matter of Time’, released on 5th January 2024. From its anthemic hook to its call-and-response backing vocals through to its central spiralling guitar riff and propulsive rhythms, it packages everything that fans love about the band into a song that instantly takes its place amongst the band’s classic hits. ‘Talk of the Town’, and…

As It Happens6:45Behold Turkules, the turkey who charmed and terrorized a New Jersey town for monthsFor the longest time, it seemed as though nothing could stop Turkules the turkey.The wild fowl roamed the streets of West Orange, N.J., for months, gaining both fame and notoriety as it stopped traffic, pecked tires, chased residents and evaded state officials' many attempts to capture him.When he was hit by a car, he walked away "unscathed," according to a statement by the West Orange Township. When an officer shot him…

The closure of a drive-in rarely makes the news, but Coober Pedy’s is no ordinary drive-in. Since it was constructed by volunteers in 1965, it has served as a meeting point for the remote opal mining community, itself immortalised on film in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. For decades, miners turned up in their utes, still filled with mining equipment and gelignite; as beer was sold at the drive-in, the operators had to ban patrons from bringing along explosives.But…

Assassin’s Creed MirageRating: 3.5/5Developer and Publisher: UbisoftPlatform: PC, XBS, XBO, PS5, PS4Price: Rs 3,499 It’s been a while since Assassin’s Creed had gameplay that focused heavily on stealth and tactics. Mirage tells us the story of Basim; you might remember him from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Here, though, he gets his own origin story, and you get to see what makes him tick. However, if you are looking for a deep dive into his life, you may be disappointed. The weakest link in…