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UB40’s new single has touched the hearts of football fans across the UK. Even rival teams are singing the praises of the new Birmingham City Football Club (BCFC) song and now want to wear “Royal Blue,” the team’s colours, because they like the song so much. Will it replace Keep Right On? | video | article |
Via Rail Canada has lots of ideas for long-distance travel by train, a section with low fares, and other ways to save money including through frequent railers travel cards, but the travel company issued a warning to let customers know that they have nothing to do with some of the offers popping up on social media.
Continue reading How to spot Via Rail travel card scamThe Young and the Restless actor Eric Braeden reacts to racist posts on social media with cutting remarks. His response sends the soap opera veteran to the top of the trending posts on X/Twitter.
Continue reading ‘Young and the Restless’ actor defends cast against online hate in true Newman styleMatthew Perry became an activist for people who were addicted to drugs and alcohol, offering them help whenever he could while struggling to maintain his own sobriety. He died at the age of 54 in his home in Los Angeles (LA), California on Saturday.
Continue reading The late Matthew Perry was isolated, alone and fighting opioid addiction
The moment Foodom founder and CEO Reneta Jenik overheard some teenage kids using the word “milf” and decided that it needed a rebranding. Could milf 2.0 be it?
Continue reading Investing in mother foundersThe term “milf” has been around for over 25 years, and it’s time for a change. The current acronym, “Mothers I’d Like to F — (have sexual relations with),” is outdated and offensive. It objectifies mothers and reduces them to sexual objects, and it’s time for a new definition that better reflects the changing attitudes of our society.
It seems like gun violence will never end in America. Early this morning rapper Takeoff became the latest victim to lose his life to a bullet.
Continue reading Fatal shooting of Migos’ rapper Takeoff started with a disagreement, not over a dice game, witness saysKristallnacht, German for “crystal night” or “night of broken glass.” So named for the events of November 9 and 10, 1938 when shattered glass from Jewish businesses, homes and places of worship littered the streets.
Continue reading Kristallnacht: night of broken glass
It’s the 1980s and anything goes. Some Canadian boys went to England after getting serious radio airplay. They started getting gigs and decided to take the show on the road. Here’s what JC Chambers, guitarist for the 80s post-punk bank Kinetic Ideals had to say to Core Magazines about their adventures in London, U.K.
Continue reading How to ‘gig-pirate’ a show at London’s 101 ClubA possible racially-motivated hate crime between a woman who claims that she is of Mexican-American heritage and a group of South-Asian women in Dallas, Texas was captured on film.
Continue reading Texas woman threatens to shoot a group of Asian women