DALLAS — Ashley Gorley, Zach Bryan and Hailey Whitters are already winners ahead of Thursday’s 58th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony in Frisco. Gorley was chosen songwriter of the year, only the third writer in the show’s history to have three song of the year nominations. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is … [Read more…]
LONDON (AP) — Loreen’s favorite moment of Eurovision comes as she’s rolled onstage, lying flat between two horizontal screens and sporting spiky jeweled nails, waiting for the music to start. It’s a moment of calm, about 40 seconds, when the Swedish singer can look at the audience and connect with the crowd, she says. It’s … [Read more…]
In 1994, 2008 and 2017 their hopes were cut down in semi-finals of differing nature. In 2005, there was glory. It is a story of ambition, anti-climax, optimism, improbable drama, one or two thoroughly insane and/or excruciating nights, and a few personal stories brought to the surface too. It is, typically of Carlisle United, an … [Read more…]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot (3.05-meter) wingspan decades after conservationists saved the species from extinction. But nine newly hatched chicks, covered in downy white feathers, give condor-keepers at the Los Angeles … [Read more…]
I never met Margaret “Ma” Murray, the crusty doyenne of Wet Coast journalism. But I’ve admired her since time before time. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Stay Sharp on Alberta. Sign up for Alberta Edge The Tyee launches a new free newsletter with fresh reporting and curated must reads. Just in … [Read more…]
It was the decade that gave us midnight movies, modern blockbusters, Blaxploitation epics, neo-noirs and the cream of the New Hollywood crop. The “Film Brats” were in full bloom, and after the studio system had let the bearded barbarians in through gate, audiences were gifted with what seemed like some new beautiful, bleak vision of American … [Read more…]
PHOENIX — The turning point to Denver’s season, the night head coach Michael Malone knew he had something special on his hands, came a few weeks before Christmas. It was Dec. 8, to be exact. The Nuggets escaped a road game against the Portland Trail Blazers that night, point guard Jamal Murray hitting the game … [Read more…]
Severe storms moved across Oklahoma Thursday afternoon into the evening, bringing tornadoes with it.Our live blog has ended for the night. Read below for updates from Thursday. 11:55 p.m. Thursday Update: A flood advisory was issued for Atoka, Coal, Hughes and Pontotoc counties until 3 a.m. 11:41 p.m. Thursday Update: A tornado warning for Coal, … [Read more…]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury is weighing two theories in the strange triple murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell: Is she a power-hungry manipulator who would kill her two youngest children for money, as prosecutors allege, or a normally protective mother who fell under the romantic sway of a wannabe cult leader, as … [Read more…]
In response to shocking statistics that show more than 70 per cent of lives lost on South Australian roads are in regional areas, South Australia’s emergency services have bolstered their response to promote crucial road safety messaging. A new State Government initiative, supported by SA Police, the Country Fire Service, SA State Emergency Service and … [Read more…]