UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

CAIRO — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the … Read more

Marilyn Manson completes community service sentence for blowing nose on videographer

Marilyn Manson completes community service sentence for blowing nose on videographer

CONCORD, N.H. — Marilyn Manson, who was sentenced to community service for blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire, recently completed his time at an organization that provides meeting space for Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, according to court paperwork. The shock rocker, 55, spent 20 hours last month at … Read more

The New America’s Team: How the Chiefs have become the new ‘it team’ in professional sports

The New America’s Team: How the Chiefs have become the new ‘it team’ in professional sports

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The polarizing moniker is still applied to the Dallas Cowboys these days, regardless of whether it rings as true as it did during their 1990s heyday, when Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith led them to three Super Bowl titles in a four-year span. “America’s Team.” The team that much … Read more

Controversial podcast host Joe Rogan signs new multiyear deal with Spotify

Controversial podcast host Joe Rogan signs new multiyear deal with Spotify

NEW YORK — Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, whose enormously popular show will soon also be available on competing platforms, including YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Spotify announced the renewed partnership in a post on the company’s corporate blog Friday. Under a prior multimillion-dollar deal, “The Joe … Read more

A painting by René Magritte may fetch $64 million at an auction marking a century of surrealism

A painting by René Magritte may fetch  million at an auction marking a century of surrealism

LONDON — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month. Christie’s auction house announced Saturday that it will offer “L’ami intime” (The Intimate Friend) at a March 7 sale in London marking a century … Read more

Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas

Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas

COOKE CITY, Mont. — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down the hillside. He had triggered an avalanche. Within seconds, the fury of accelerating snow flipped the snowmobile on top of him, threatening to bury Mlaskoch … Read more

New Jersey comes West to kick off Grammy weekend with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen

New Jersey comes West to kick off Grammy weekend with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen

LOS ANGELES — New Jersey came to the West Coast to kick off Grammy Awards weekend, with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen teaming up. The occasion was to honor Bon Jovi for his musical achievements and philanthropic efforts as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night. Bon Jovi hailed Springsteen as … Read more

Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds

Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds

LOS ANGELES — Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but together their impact on cardiovascular and respiratory systems is more dangerous and affects some communities more than others. A study published Friday in the journal Science Advances said climate change is increasing the frequency of both hazards, particularly in … Read more

Why Taylor Swift’s globe-trotting in private jets is getting scrutinized

Why Taylor Swift’s globe-trotting in private jets is getting scrutinized

PHILADELPHIA — For weeks, scrutiny over singer Taylor Swift’s travel in private jets has been bubbling up on social media, with people pointing out the planet-warming emissions of carbon dioxide released with every flight. The megastar is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, one of the NFL’s most celebrated players. The growing romance … Read more

Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island

Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island

A Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site, a place where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they overdose. The Providence City Council voted Thursday to establish the site that will be run by a nonprofit and funded with money from opioid settlement money. It … Read more