Global food prices declined in 2023 after record highs in 2022, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of monthly shifts in the global cost of common food commodities, was just over 10% lower in December 2023 than in December 2022. Food prices spiked in early 2022 […]
Month: January 2024
Selena Gomez wishes to switch career to acting
Selena Gomez hinted at the end of her music career during her appearance on the SmartLess podcast with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. The star revealed that she never intended to be a full-time singer, but thanks to a push from Disney it spiraled into something she never imagined happening, with her […]
Is natural wine actually healthier than regular wine?
Quite often, we always seem to think that anything natural is healthy, but is this the case with wine? Wine is one of the oldest, most popular, most enjoyed alcoholic beverages. However, have we ever stopped to think about the positive and negative effects that its consumption may have on our health? Based on several […]
Sen. John Fetterman gets candid on mental health struggles
No one is immune to mental health struggles and illnesses; not even accomplished political giants like Senator John Fetterman. Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman opens up about his mental health struggles in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press”. The senator was discharged back in March after he had received treatment for clinical depression. In […]
Dalvin Cook joins the Baltimore Ravens
After parting ways amicably with the New York Jets, Dalvin Cook is set to join the Baltimore Ravens just in time for the playoffs. The news was first spotted by ESPN’s insider Adam Schefter. According to ESPN, The Jets picked up Cook in August with a one-year contract of $5.8 million in guaranteed money. After […]
Jonathan Bennett will debut on Broadway during the revival of “Spamalot”
You may know Jonathan Bennett as an actor from his portrayal of Aaron Samuels in “Mean Girls” (2004), his Hallmark movies, his many roles on TV as a host on “Cupcake Wars”, and even as a contestant in “Celebrity Big Brother”; now he takes on Broadway. On Wednesday, the team behind Monty Python’s “Spamalot” announced […]
NBC announces Snoop Dogg will join their coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics
As many of us prepared to say goodbye to 2023, NBC announced that multi-hyphenated rapper Snoop Dogg will join their primetime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The announcement was made during the halftime of Sunday Night Football’s coverage on NBC and Peacock. To some, the news may come as a surprise, to others it is a […]
Hershey sued over ‘misleading’ Reese’s Halloween candy
A Florida woman has sued The Hershey Company for $5 million over the “misleading” packaging of Halloween-themed Reese’s peanut butter candies. The packaging art of Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins depicts the candy with a carved jack-o-lantern face, which does not appear on the physical candy. In the proposed federal class action lawsuit filed on Dec. […]
Chief Justice Roberts cautions against use of AI in federal courts
In an annual report released Sunday, Chief Justice John Roberts commented on both the promises and dangers of artificial intelligence in federal courts. “AI obviously has great potential to dramatically increase access to key information for lawyers and non-lawyers alike,” the end-of-year report reads. “But just as obviously it risks invading privacy interests and dehumanizing […]
Pope Francis reaffirms approval of blessings for same-sex couples
In response to pushback from several bishops, Pope Francis reiterated that there is nothing “heretical” in his recent move to allow blessings for same-sex couples. The new rule on blessings was declared last month, allowing priests to bless same-sex couples “without officially validating their status or changing in any way the Church’s perennial teaching on […]
Salman Rushdie’s memoir may delay trial of attacker
The trial of Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker may be delayed until the author publishes his memoir about the incident. In August 2022, Rushdie was being introduced for a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York when a man rushed onto stage, stabbing him several times and forcing him to stay in a hospital for […]
UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland recounts terrible childhood in podcast
UFC star Sean Strickland, 32, has apparently been through the wringer literally and metaphorically throughout his childhood. Comedian Theo Van had a chat with the UFC star in his podcast, “This Past Weekend”, in which the star touched up on his childhood wounds with the comedian. The podcast which was mostly light-hearted and humorous also […]
