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Janet Jackson performs alongside YOLA at sold-out concert in Los Angeles on tour stop with Ludacris

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Janet Jackson inserted some youthful spirit into her normally mature concert during a Saturday night tour stop in Los Angeles.In a show filled with nostalgic hits, Jackson took a moment to perform her 1993 ballad “ Again ” alongside the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl. Before the 16-member ensemble’s performance with the pop icon, the five-time Grammy winner had a brief conversation with an 11-year-old percussionist who has only been a part of the orchestra for a year.“Tonight is very special to me because we’re here to support LA Phil,” said Jackson in front of a sold-out crowd, which collectively rose to its feet to applaud the singer. She paid homage to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the YOLA program that serves around 1,700 young musicians across five sites with free instruments, intensive music instruction, academic support and leadership training.Last year, YOLA accompanied gospel duo Mary Mary to perform “Lift Every Voice and S...

Novak Djokovic wins his 23rd Grand Slam title by beating Casper Ruud in the French Open final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic made clear for years that this was his goal. What drove him. What inspired him. The biggest titles from his sport’s biggest stages were Djokovic’s main aim and now he finally stands alone — ahead of Rafael Nadal, ahead of Roger Federer, ahead of every man who ever has swung a racket.If Djokovic could wait this long to hold this record, he certainly could wait for the half-hour or so it took to straighten out his strokes in the French Open final. And so, after a bit of a shaky start in thick, humid air and under foreboding charcoal clouds Sunday, he imposed himself. The opponent at Court Philippe Chatrier, Casper Ruud, never really stood a serious chance after that.Djokovic earned his men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam singles championship, breaking a tie with Nadal and moving three in front of the retired Federer, with a 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Ruud that really was not in doubt for most of its 3 hours, 13 minutes.Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, puts...

Man dead, 1 injured after shooting on Southwest Side

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

CHICAGO -- A man is dead and another man is injured after a shooting that took place in the city's Marquette Park neighborhood Sunday morning. Police said that the men, 25 and 30, were standing outside near the 3100 block of Wes Redfield Drive around 8:08 a.m. when an unknown person approached them and fired shots. The 30-year-old man sustained multiple gunshot wounds throughout the body and was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Cyclist struck by Pace bus in Des Plaines The 25-year-old man was also transported to the hospital where he sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He is in critical condition.There is currently no one in custody and police are investigating the incident.

Cyclist struck by Pace bus in Des Plaines

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- A bicyclist is in serious condition after being struck by a Pace bus Saturday evening. The city of Des Plaines said that the bus struck the individual in the 1000 block of Touhy Avenue around 5:40 p.m. Man, 70, found dead in house fire on far South Side ID’d The bicyclist was taken to a local hospital for serious injuries.The incident is still under investigation.

This inflatable dog crate makes traveling with pets so much easier

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.These dog crates are convenient for all kinds of travelWhether you're traveling by car, train or airplane, going the distance with dogs can add another complicated layer to your trip. Sure, plenty of dogs do fine in the air and don't experience motion sickness in the car, but a traveling pup certainly adds more to the equation — more packing (their food, toys, beds and more), more potty breaks and more things to, well, carry. Enter the Eventur Travel Kennel by Diggs. This recent innovation is the world's first inflatable travel crate for dogs, and it's currently available for pre-order. Since it's inflatable, it's light to carry, portable and it deflates easily when not in use.Shop this article: Eventur Travel Kennel, Amazon Basics Two-door Collapsible Soft-Sided Folding Travel Crate Dog Kennel, Beatrice Home Fashions Portable Pop-Up Travel Pet Kennel.Best pet travel cratesEventur ...

Brittney Griner confronted at airport by 'provocateur,' WNBA says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a "provocateur" at a Dallas airport on Saturday.The WNBA said in a statement it was looking into the team's run-in with a “social media figure" whose “actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.”“The safety of Brittney Griner and all WNBA players is our top priority," the league said, without specifying what exactly happened.Before the season started, the league had discussed with Griner's representatives and the Mercury security concerns when the All-Star center traveled for road games after she returned from detainment in Russia. The thought was that the highly publicized case compromised her and others' safety. The league granted Griner permission to book her own charter flights.The WNBA added charter flights for the playoffs this season, but only a handful of back-to-back regular-season games were scheduled for such flights.WNBA teams have flown commercially during the regular ...

These are the safest suburbs in 2023, study says. Did yours make the list?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — If you’re looking to move, you may have a number of aspects about the suburb you’re considering — what are the nearest schools like, is it a walkable area, how close is it to your job are all relatively common questions. You’re also likely wondering how safe the area is. As you may expect, there are a number of things that can impact the perceived safety of the suburb. SmartAsset, a personal finance website, reviewed 370 suburbs across the 100 largest cities in the U.S. and analyzed them based on multiple safety-related metrics: violent crime rates and property crime rates based on FBI data as well as rates of adults engaging in excessive drinking and deaths related to traffic accidents and drug poisonings from County Health Rankings. These are the 10 safest states in the US, data shows Overall, SmartAsset found suburbs on the East Coast and in the Midwest were among the safest. Suburbs in the West and South ranked further down on the list.Great Falls, Virgin...

Welcome to Slowjamastan, a 'micronation' hidden in California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) -- A San Diego-based slow jams radio DJ has spent his life visiting every country in the world. Now, Randy "R Dub!" Williams is the "sultan" of his own "country," tucked away right here in the United States.Over the course of about a decade, Williams visited every single UN-recognized nation, from the regular tourist favorites to some of the world's most elusive destinations, like North Korea and Venezuela, to South Sudan and Somalia. Ahead of crossing off the 193th country on his list, the radio personality was looking for a new frontier to explore. That's when he visited a "micronation," or a self-declared territory, in Nevada known as the "Republic of Molossia."That visit cemented his next mission: to found his own country. Commute nightmare: These cities are most infuriating, expensive and dangerous for drivers, study finds "It has been an absolute dream and a mission to see every country in the world," Williams said to Nexstar's FOX5SanDiego.com. "I've seen s...

A pay-what-you-can café in North Carolina is thriving

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — It's probably not something they teach at the nation's elite business schools: open a cafe, let people pay what they can, and give away tens of thousands of meals each year. But it's working for Maggie Kane.“We’ve been here for 5-and-a-half years, which is wild," says Kane about her cafe, A Place at the Table, on Hargett Street in downtown Raleigh. "Am I surprised? I’m surprised, every single day, by just how beautiful this place is. I’m surprised that it’s worked, that it’s continued to work and I’m grateful.” A large percentage of restaurants close, each year, even in relatively good times so, when the pandemic came and closed everything in North Carolina under government order, Maggie didn't know what they'd do, at first.“We actually became a serving line out here, so we just passed out meals, everything was free, we had a line upwards of 450 people, every single day,” she says. And when asked how they could afford that, she replies, “Whew!  A lot of amazin...

One suspect in fatal Austin, Minn., drive-by shooting taken into custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:25 GMT

Authorities say one suspect as been arrested in a fatal drive-by shooting in Austin., Minn., on Friday night that left a person dead and several others injured.Police said Sunday that Manamany Abella, 23, was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.Authorities say the chain of events began about 10:40 p.m. Friday when five people got into a vehicle on the 700 block of Second Street Northwest and a gunman in a white Dodge Durango drove up and began shooting, according to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.During the shooting, the vehicle with the victims in it rolled and then crashed into a home on the 700 block of Fourth Street North. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman inside the vehicle who had both also been shot. Both were taken to area hospitals. Two other people inside the victims’ vehicle fled the accident scene. Austin police say they are concerned the two also have injuries and...