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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have expressed their “concerns” to Spotify for allowing “COVID misinformation” to be spread on its platform. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have weighed into growing controversy surrounding fellow Spotify star Joe Rogan and his false claims about the COVID vaccine. SNIP The couple has a reported $25 million deal with the audio giant. In a statement Sunday, an Archewell spokesperson said: “Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform.

The 44-year-old mayor of Hyattsville, Maryland, a city on the outskirts of Washington D.C., died from an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound” on Tuesday, the city stated in a release. U.S. park police found the body of Mayor Kevin Ward (D) in Fort Marcy, a park in McLean, Virginia, according to WJLA.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family were reportedly moved to a secret location Saturday after thousands of protesters descended on the country’s capital to decry COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Trudeau, his wife and their children were relocated from their Ottawa home to the undisclosed location in the capital amid heightened security concerns, sources told CBC. The prime minister’s itinerary for the day usually states he is in Ottawa if he’s at home, but on Saturday it was changed to say “National Capital Region.” Trudeau has been working remotely and isolating after one of his children tested positive for COVID....

CNN's "Democracy in Peril" host Jim Acosta charged that "Virginia's new Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is turning the state into a Soviet-Style police state." As evidence, he cited "the Governor's bizarre notion that parents ought to have a say in what their children are taught in the public schools. The whole point of public school is to liberate children from the domination of their parents." "Take the teaching of critical race theory as an example," Acosta said. "When telelearning enabled more parents to observe what was being taught they caused a ruckus at school board meetings. The response under the...

SHARE TWEET Play Neil Young on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) The market value of Spotify has dropped by over $2 billion since Neil Young called out the streaming platform for "spreading fake information about vaccines," various outlets reported. Last week, Young demanded the removal of his catalog from the streaming platform in protest of the company's multi-million dollar deal with broadcaster Joe Rogan, who’s been identified as a source of inaccurate information surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine through his Joe Rogan Experience show. Joni Mitchell later called for her own catalog to be deleted in an act of support for Young’s...

The two-time Emmy nominee and improv veteran also played teacher Charlie Moore on 'Head of the Class.' Howard Hesseman, who made a career out of portraying off-the-wall characters, none more popular than the disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. He was 81. Hesseman died Saturday in Los Angeles of complications from colon surgery he had last summer, his rep Robbie Kass told The Hollywood Reporter. A member of the San Francisco improv group The Committee and a real-life DJ back in the 1960s, Hesseman also was known for his stint as out-of-work actor turned...

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jennie Nguyen spoke out Wednesday for the first time following her firing from the reality TV show, saying that she is “proud to be a Republican” but cannot recall whether she or her social media team ... Bravo fired Nguyen over posts she shared on social media calling out the Marxist, far-left organization Black Lives Matter and critiquing rioters amid the summer 2020 riots that spread across the country after the death of George Floyd. In an Instagram Live stream Wednesday, Nguyen said she couldn’t remember if it was her or her social...

Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared Saturday that former President Donald Trump is not "the one" to represent the party going into the 2024 presidential election.

WAUKESHA, Wisc. — Nearly two months after the Waukesha Christmas parade, 11-year-old Jessalyn Torres is speaking for the first time. Her life changed forever when she was struck in the middle of the five points intersection in Waukesha. It’s been and continues to be a long road to recovery. Now she’s back at home, laughing and enjoying time with loved ones. TMJ4 News spent time with Torres and her family on Friday and witnessed some of those precious moments. Moments that are a lot different these days... "Not being able to walk, it makes things a whole lot more of...

Former Black Lives Matter leader Patrisse Cullors is bringing more of her activism to the entertainment industry with projects advocating for racialized reparations in a book and new television projects for Warner Bros. Early last year, Cullors, who has identified herself as a “trained Marxist,” became a target for becoming a multi-millionaire while claiming to represent the downtrodden and poor minorities who she claimed faced violence at the hands of the police. Cullors resigned from BLM in May of last year, though she claimed that the attacks on her personal wealth did not lead to her stepping down. But she...

Woke royals Meghan and Harry have denounced COVID ‘misinformation’ on Spotify, shortly after a number of artists abandoned the platform over podcaster Joe Rogan. Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry — who both founded the anti-disinformation “Archewell” project — have denounced COVID “misinformation” on the streaming platform Spotify, demanding that the service make “changes” on issues concerning the Chinese coronavirus. The statement from the wayward royals comes shortly after a number of artists abandoned the platform over its refusal to blacklist podcaster Joe Rogan. According to a post by journalist Omid Scobie, a spokesman for Archewell has aired concerns...

ROUND 3 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS II COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, Feb 6 @ 12:00 pm Eastern. 32 songs, 16 pairs, 16 winners! Vote for your favorite in each pair listed. No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs but please don't overdo it!) Any ties will be broken via Billboard annual ranking, then back to Round 1 ranking (seed), then Round 1 point total, then Round 1 vote count. Format in survey: Poll seed – year - song title - act Rounds 1A and 1B: ToCT Rd 1A, ToCT Rd 1B Round 2: ToCT Rd...

Here’s more proof that San Francisco is pro-crime. They just released a guy who is allegedly responsible for half of the city’s anti-Asian hate crimes that occurred last year. The voters are getting exactly what they voted for.By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)January 30, 2022Derik Barreto has allegedly been a very busy guy.He is allegedly single-handedly responsible for half of all the anti-Asian hate crimes that were committed in San Francisco last year.Under a system of traditional justice, he would be in jail for a very, very long time.But the voters of San San Francisco are against traditional...

Police say they are working to "establish the full circumstances" after a woman accused Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood of assault. On Sunday video, photos, and an audio recording were posted on the woman's Instagram account before being deleted. Greater Manchester Police said it was "aware of images and videos circulating on social media". Manchester United said the player would now not return to training or matches until further notice. The club earlier said they "do not condone violence of any kind" and had been made aware of the allegations on social media but would make no further comment until...

Nicole A. is a genius but from an extremely low-class background, from broken home ready to be hauled off to the dump. A woman doctor at UC Davis Med Center, Sacramento, at Ob-Gyn in the Old Libby Cannery on Stockton & Alhambra, told her, "you have too many children, I'm going to give you an abortion" -- and she did. Maybe you agree with the Dr. that Nicole doesn't have the right to a child. But it's not genetics -- any child that Nicole would love, nurture & protect, would have a fighting chance. Beethoven's family were "feebleminded"; his piano...

HD 84406 is located in the constellation Ursa Major, which means "Big Bear" in Latin. The Big Dipper asterism (or star pattern) is actually part of this constellation, and it's the tail of this furry beast. The star has a visual magnitude of about 6.9, which is too dim to see with the naked eye. To see the star, you'll need a telescope or high-power binoculars. Here's our guide for the best telescopes for 2022, and our guide for the best binoculars may help you find the right pair to hunt Webb's star. A bright point like HD 84406 provides...

An illegal alien can fly on a government paid for flight wearing an ankle bracelet, with an arrest warrant as an ID. Retired military personnel who have served honorably can no longer fly Space Available with a military ID. This policy has been in place for two years and there is no sign that it will end. A C-17 is a huge aircraft with plenty of room for safe COVID-19 spacing.

A new initiative by environmental organization Friends of the Earth (“FoE,” called “Milieudefensie” in The Netherlands) threatens to plunge the Dutch economy into a green abyss. Last Thursday, FoE sent a letter to the 30 largest companies in the Netherlands demanding that those companies submit a “climate plan” by April 15. To support its demands, FoE relies on the verdict it won in a case against Shell, in which the District Court of The Hague ordered Shell to accelerate its emission reductions to solve the “climate crisis.” With that verdict in hand, FoE is now trying to bring the entire...

Bacon lovers might be in for a sizzling surprise as pork supplies in cold storage tumble to an 11-year low as prices rise due to declining hog herds. The latest United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) pork data in cold storage as of Dec. 1 was approximately 399 million pounds, a drop of 4.1% from a year ago and now at the lowest point since 2010."The drop came before the spreading omicron virus variant prompted slaughterhouses to slow down in recent weeks as more workers called in sick, further limiting meat production and likely keeping prices for the meat high,"...

A woman suing the U.S. Army and Air Force for discrimination said her case centers on what certain military leaders think a "lesbian female should look like," according to media reports. Technical Sgt. Kristin Kingrey, who has served in the Air National Guard in West Virginia for 14 years, told the Daily Beast on Monday that she is suing the two branches for discrimination after a male supervisor in 2019 allegedly made disparaging comments about her appearance, including that she needed to grow her hair out and wear makeup. Kingrey said officials tried to intimidate her into obeying, later acting...