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Grammy winners 2020: See who took home a gramaphone
Read more: Grammy winners 2020: See who took home a gramaphoneThe 62nd Annual Grammy Awards were presented Sunday in Los Angeles.A list of winners in many of the major categories follows below. The complete list of more than 80 categories can be found on Grammy.com. Record of the Year “Hey, Ma,” Bon Iver “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish *WINNER “7 Rings,” Ariana Grande “Hard Place,” H.E.R .”Talk,” Khalid”Old…
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A Georgia death row inmate who argued a racist juror voted for his sentence has died, attorneys say
Read more: A Georgia death row inmate who argued a racist juror voted for his sentence has died, attorneys sayA Georgia death row inmate who had argued a racist juror voted to put him to death because he was black has died, according to the Georgia Resource Center. Keith Tharpe died Friday night, likely from complications of cancer, the organization said. He was 61.In appeals following his sentencing nearly 30 years ago, Tharpe’s lawyers…
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A teen raised $10K to install a community baby box. Less than a year later, a newborn was found inside
Read more: A teen raised $10K to install a community baby box. Less than a year later, a newborn was found insideAn Indiana teenager is being honored after a distressed parent left a newborn child in a baby drop-off box he raised money to install.Hunter Wart, 19, spent more than a year mowing lawns and scrapping metal to raise the $10,000 needed to purchase a Safe Haven Baby Box for the Seymour Fire Department.Wart was a…
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The beauty industry is bigger than ever, but mascara is struggling
Read more: The beauty industry is bigger than ever, but mascara is strugglingWhen Kylie Jenner launched her billion-dollar cosmetic brand, Kylie Cosmetics, five years ago, an essential item was missing: mascara. Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line, which she launched in 2017, didn’t sell mascara when it first launched, but she recently added the beauty product to the line. Lady Gaga’s beauty line also doesn’t include mascara.Mascara, the long-standing staple of makeup, is…
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Tyler, The Creator slams Grammys’ ‘urban’ category as a politically correct version of the n-word
Read more: Tyler, The Creator slams Grammys’ ‘urban’ category as a politically correct version of the n-wordTyler, The Creator is conflicted about his first-ever Grammy.The 28-year-old musician, who took home the award for Best Rap Album for his 2019 record “IGOR” on Sunday night, criticized the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for consistently placing “guys that look like me” in the rap and urban categories. Grammy winners 2020: See who took…
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Michael Avenatti heads to trial for allegedly trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike
Read more: Michael Avenatti heads to trial for allegedly trying to extort millions of dollars from NikeMichael Avenatti tried to shake down athletic apparel giant Nike for millions of dollars, prosecutors will argue in a trial starting Monday in New York Federal Court. The attorney is on trial for allegedly threatening to publicly accuse Nike employees of improper and illegal conduct unless the company paid his client $1.5 million and agreed to…
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North Carolina man charged with human trafficking after police allege he kept a sex slave for 5 years
Read more: North Carolina man charged with human trafficking after police allege he kept a sex slave for 5 yearsA North Carolina man is facing a human trafficking charge after police alleged he kept a person in sexual servitude for five years. Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48, of Asheboro, was arrested Wednesday when the investigation into the trafficking accusations began, according to a news release from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. The National Human Trafficking Tip…
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At least 2 dead and more missing as boats catch fire at an Alabama dock
Read more: At least 2 dead and more missing as boats catch fire at an Alabama dockAt least two people died and more are missing after an overnight fire destroyed a dock of about 35 boats in Jackson County Park in Alabama, the Scottsboro Fire Department told CNN. Two bodies have been recovered from the water, according to Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.Six or seven people…
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A guide to viewing the 2020 Grammy Awards
Read more: A guide to viewing the 2020 Grammy AwardsThe 62nd annual Grammy Awards are Sunday night, honoring the year’s best music.Aside from the nominees, this year’s show will also feature a variety of performances, from Billie Eilish to Lizzo. Here’s everything you need know about music’s biggest night. Start time The show will air live from Los Angeles on Jan. 26 at 8…
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6 people were shot at a South Carolina bar, including 2 fatally
Read more: 6 people were shot at a South Carolina bar, including 2 fatallyTwo people were killed Sunday in a shooting at a bar in Hartsville, South Carolina, Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee said. The shooting happened shortly after midnight Sunday morning at Mac’s Lounge, about a half mile from Coker College. Earlier, Hardee said five other people had been shot and wounded. But later Sunday, Hartsville city…
