Friday, 25 August 2023 Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour has been mostly flawless during its run through Europe and The United States, but that changed thanks to a major glitch at her most recent stop. Bey and team were at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ Thursday when the…
Beyonce has some wide words of advice for her daughter when it comes to online haters. During a recent episode of Vogue's The Run Through podcast, Tina Knowles, the Grammy-winning singer's mother, chatted about her granddaughter Blue Ivy Carter's performances during Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour.
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‘Rolling Stone’ Names , the Best Songs of 2024 So Far.
Staff members at 'Rolling Stone' compiled some of their favorite songs of the year so far and even made a Spotify playlist for you to check them out.
Beyoncé, "Ya Ya", "Her lyrics place her own family’s struggles
against a backdrop of American economic, racial,
and social hypocrisy, and wrap her anti-erasure gospel in
a music that radiates freedom, resistance, and joy." –J.D.
Kehlani, "After Hours", "She makes the groove her own, lighting up
one of 2024’s finest summer jams." —J.D.
Ariana Grande, "We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)", "Whether the song is about Grande’s relationship with the press,
an ex, or both, its raw mix of hurt and hope has the kaleidoscopic radiance of club lights in wet eyes." —B. Stallings.
Kendrick Lamar, "Not Like Us", "Of all the songs that Kendrick Lamar
unleashed against Drake this spring in a paroxysm
of pure contempt, this is the winner." —S.V.L.
Kim Gordon, "Bye Bye", "Your favorite avant-garde twentysomething
wishes they sounded this cool." —S.V.L.
Megan Thee Stallion, "Hiss", "For longtime fans, it represented the down and dirty, no holds barred, UGK-studied rapping that made them fall in love with her.
She herself credits it to her beloved ego, Tina Snow." —M.C.
Olivia Rodrigo, "So American", "It’s a giddy pop earworm and an absolute
rock & roll banger." —M.G.
Hozier, "Too Sweet", "The song didn’t appear on his album
'Unreal Unearth' because it didn’t fit the mood,
but it’s landed perfectly now." —J.L.
Kacey Musgraves, "Cardinal", "To open her latest studio album, 'Deeper Well,' Kacey Musgraves looked to nature to set the tone." —J.L
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Don't expect 3-hour concerts from Billie Eilish anytime soon. While answering fan questions live following the release of her third album, 'Hit Me Hard and Soft,' the Grammy and Oscar winner was asked if she would ever perform a three-hour-long show — similar to what Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have done for their tours. Eilish responded bluntly, "I'm not doing a three-hour show, that's literally psychotic."
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Border Arrests Fall Over 40% , Since Biden Suspended Asylum Processing.
The Homeland Security Department made the announcement on June 26, NPR reports. .
Average daily arrests that the
Border Patrol has made over a week-long period have dropped below 2,400.
That is a decrease of over 40% from before the president's proclamation went into effect on June 5.
That is a decrease of over 40% from before the president's proclamation went into effect on June 5.
However, arrests need to drop to the
1,500 mark before asylum processing can resume.
Still, the current data marks the lowest number
of arrests since Jan. 17, 2021, NPR reports. .
Last week, President Biden touted a 25% decrease
in border arrests since the order took effect, .
which means they've
dropped a lot more since then.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called the executive order a "tremendous success.".
We indeed have seen a tremendous
success early on, and I should emphasize
that it is early on in our implementation
of the president’s proclamation and
our accompanying regulation, Alejandro Mayorkas, to CNN.
Mayorkas will address border enforcement
efforts in Tuscon, Arizona, on June 26.
The area has served as "the busiest corridor for illegal crossings" recently, NPR reports.
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Microdose Chocolate , May Cause Seizures, FDA Warns.
The FDA says that several people in
four states have gotten sick after eating Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars.
Severe symptoms experienced by the victims include "seizures, central nervous system depression, agitation, abnormal heart rates, hyper/hypotension, nausea and vomiting," CBS News reports. .
The chocolate, which is sold across the country, landed six of the eight victims in the hospital. .
The company's website says that the chocolate
is manufactured with a "primo proprietary blend
of nootropic and functional mushrooms.".
In 2022, the FDA called nootropics "a term widely used to market unapproved products as 'smart drugs' and 'cognitive enhancers.'".
On June 7, the FDA warned parents to
keep their kids away from the chocolate
which is marketed as candy. .
Parents and caregivers should consider
discussing the information in this
advisory with their children and take
extra care to avoid this product being
consumed by younger people. , FDA, via statement.
Half of the victims were in
Arizona, CBS News reports. .
While these products claim to
contain only natural ingredients
and no scheduled drugs, there is
clearly something toxic occurring, Steve Dudley, director of the Arizona Poison and
Drug Information Center, via news release.
We've seen the same phenomenon
of people eating the chocolate bar
then seizing, losing consciousness,
and having to be intubated, Steve Dudley, director of the Arizona Poison and
Drug Information Center, via news release
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