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Amanda Zurawski Won’t Give Up the Fight for Reproductive Rights
Amanda Zurawski never set out to be an activist. But in 2022, when she was four months pregnant after years of trying, her life changed forever. She dilated too early, her water broke at just 18 weeks, and suddenly, her pregnancy was in distress. Zurawski’s doctors told her “with complete certainty” that she would lose…
Read MoreRaquel Willis’s Fearless Fight for Bodily Autonomy
Raquel Willis isn’t afraid to take risks. She has organized large-scale marches to protest violence against Black trans lives and rallied outside the Supreme Court to support the trans youth at the center of the ongoing case U.S. v. Skrmetti, which will decide whether gender-affirming health care bans for minors are constitutional. Last December, Willis…
Read MoreWhy the Islanders’ playoff hopes hinge on a key forward’s willingness to play through pain
Anthony Duclair’s performance since returning from a suspected groin injury must improve dramatically for the Islanders to make the playoffs Source link
Read MoreHow Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Found Love That Shines Brighter Than a Diamond – E! Online
He also took the opportunity to record over that summer, and said in December 2020 that his fourth album, Don’t Be Dumb, was finished. (While it’s now supposedly slated for 2025, like his beloved, A$AP has been in no hurry to drop a new LP.) He had told GQ that his new music was “absolutely” influenced by…
Read MoreDeranged vagrant slashes NYC store clerk with machete, tries to torch him in gum dispute — while out with no bail
A violent vagrant with a string of Big Apple assault busts on his rap sheet is finally behind bars after cops said he slashed a clerk at a Brooklyn discount store with a machete and tried to set him on fire. All because he couldn’t afford a stick of gum. Joaquin Hidalgo, 35, couldn’t come…
Read MoreBowling for Soup guitarist Chris Burney reveals he lost two toes amid health battle — month after retiring from band
Former Bowling For Soup guitarist Chris Burney revealed that he had two of his toes amputated — one month after he retired from the pop-punk band over “medical developments.” Burney, who co-founded the Texas-based band in 1994, snapped a photo of his foot which was missing his big toe and his index toe. “I’m a…
Read More‘Zero Day’ Review: A Political Thriller Without Politics
Robert De Niro in Zero Day. Courtesy of Netflix It’s not necessary to agree with the politics of a work or its authors to find it entertaining, but in the case of a political thriller, that’s a very tall order. Zero Day, the new Netflix miniseries starring Robert De Niro, is undeniably a page-turner. It’s…
Read MoreDear Abby: My creepy neighbor broke into my house and won’t leave us alone
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 19-year-old guy and live with my parents. We have this neighbor, “Ed,” who, until recently, was friends with my dad. We’ve hung out with him several times and have even gone over to each other’s houses to watch sports games and eat dinner. The problem is, Ed has become very overbearing…
Read MoreUSA’s Auston Matthews, Matthew Tkachuk expected to play vs. Canada
BOSTON — Aside from defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who was ruled out for the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game with an infected right shoulder, Team USA is expected to have every other player who was banged up available on Thursday. “There’s no way I was missing this game,” USA captain Auston Matthews said after participating in…
Read MoreFive pressing questions heading into USA-Canada 4 Nations final showdown
BOSTON — With apologies to Finland and Sweden, this is the rematch the hockey world wanted and it is the rematch the fans deserve. Team USA already beat Canada once in this tournament, but without doing so a second time, that rousing 3-1 win in Montreal will be relegated to historical trivia, same as the…
Read MoreKim Kardashian and Kanye West Reunite to Support Daughter North West – E! Online
Kim Kardashian’s Daughters North West & Chicago West Star in Dad Kanye West’s Music Video Kanye West is keeping up with The Kardashians. The “Famous” rapper made a cameo on his ex-wife Kim Kardashian‘s reality show during the Feb. 20 episode, appearing backstage at the Hollywood Bowl as their 11-year-old daughter North West got ready…
Read MoreAcademy announces more Oscar presenters: Here's who they are
(KTLA) — More names have been added to the lineup of presenters for the 97th Academy Awards. On Wednesday morning, it was announced that Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Goldie Hawn, Ben Stiller, Ana de Armas, Sterling K. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp and Connie Nielsen will take to the Oscar stage presenters. Conan O’Brien will…
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