Thursday , 28 March 2024
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Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for financial fraud

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) – A judge sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating what prosecutors have called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history. Bankman-Fried, 32, of Stanford, California, was convicted last November of two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to …

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Unflattering portrait of Paul McCartney raises over $1,700 for charity

ABC/ Heidi Gutman An unflattering portrait of Sir Paul McCartney has brought in a nice chunk of change for charity. London artist Wilfrid Wood created a sculpture of The Beatle‘s face to be used as the cover art for “Pipes of Peace,” McCartney’s contribution to War Child U.K.’s annual Secret 7” auction, in which seven tracks from seven artists get auctioned …

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On This Day, March 28, 2005: U2 launched the Vertigo tour in San Diego

On This Day, March 28, 2005… U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, California. The North American portion of the tour consisted of two legs. The first was made up of 28 sold-out arena shows, wrapping May 28 in Boston, and the second, consisting of 50 sold-out shows, launched September 12 in Toronto and wrapped …

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Baltimore’s Key Bridge may have lacked collision protective measures for modern cargo ships: Experts

Via NTSB (BALTIMORE) — In the wake of the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineering and infrastructure policy experts explained the critical need for bridge reform in the United States and an international standard for large cargo ships. The Key Bridge partially collapsed early Tuesday morning after a massive cargo ship collided with one of the bridge’s support …

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Billy Idol shares animated video about his ‘Rebel Yell’ cover of “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore”

Capitol/UMe Billy Idol recently released his take on the Rose Royce classic “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” which will be featured on the upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe edition of Rebel Yell. Idol and his guitarist Steve Stevens recorded the cover while making the rest of the album. They discuss the decision to record the track in an animated video for the UDiscover’s Beyond …

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Mick Jagger proves he’s got the “Moves Like Jagger”

ABC/ Craig Sjodin Have you ever wondered what it would look like for Mick Jagger to show off his dance moves to a song about his dance moves? Well, wonder no more. The Rolling Stones rocker shared a video on Instagram of him dancing wildly to a band performing the Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera track “Moves Like Jagger,” and it leaves …

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BBC announces new ‘Moments That Shook Music’ Kurt Cobain documentary

Frank Micelotta/Getty Images The BBC has announced a new Kurt Cobain documentary. The film, titled Moments That Shook Music: Kurt Cobain, will air on BBC Two in honor of the upcoming 30th anniversary of the late Nirvana frontman’s death. “Told exclusively through powerful and rare archive footage — some of which has never been seen on British TV before — Moments …

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Man sentenced to 11 months in prison for voicemail threats to Nancy Pelosi, Alejandro Mayorkas: DOJ

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A California man was sentenced to 11 months in prison for making threatening calls to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. David Carrier, 44, of Concord, had pleaded guilty to two counts of making threats against public officials in December 2023. Federal prosecutors had only sought …

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Baltimore’s Key Bridge may have lacked collision protective measures for modern cargo ships: Experts

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — In the wake of the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineering and infrastructure policy experts explained the critical need for bridge reform in the United States and an international standard for large cargo ships. The Key Bridge partially collapsed early Tuesday morning after a massive cargo ship collided with one of the bridge’s …

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