The Augusta National Invitation Tournament in Georgia teed off for the first time on this day in history, March 22, 1934. “A tradition unlike any other,” in the now-famous words of CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz, the golf competition was renamed the Masters Tournament in 1939 and moved to the first full week of April in 1948. Ralph Stonehouse, fueled by …
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22 March
Luke Bryan praises new Tennessee AI legislation protecting musicians: ‘What an amazing precedent to set’
Luke Bryan is celebrating new protections from artificial intelligence for musicians in Nashville. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed off on the legislation, dubbed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act, or “ELVIS Act” on Thursday. Bryan was on hand to celebrate the occasion, which was held at the historic Broadway honky-tonk Robert’s Western World in Nashville, Tennessee. “What an …
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22 March
Humanitarian crisis looms in Chad as refugee camps face funding shortfall
Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out of money soon, exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis caused by the spillover from a deadly conflict in Sudan, the United Nations said. More than a million people in Chad, including refugees, face losing access to lifesaving aid unless more funding is raised to help, the U.N. World Food Program …
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22 March
Missing woman's mom begs Biden for help in Caribbean paradise where murders have gone unsolved
The mother of a U.K. woman who vanished from her American boyfriend’s yacht in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 sent an open letter to President Biden on Friday, demanding he do something about the “failures” of police in the tourist hot spot, known for gorgeous beaches and a leisurely island life. Sarm Heslop vanished overnight between March 7 and …
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22 March
California teacher's sexting turned into yearslong sexual abuse of student: police
A 40-year-old California drama teacher faces a slew of felonies after police learned of her yearslong sexual relationship with a female student who was 15 years old at the onset, police said. San Diego Police wrote in a press release that Mt. Carmel High School teacher Stacey Michelle Walker “began engaging the 15-year-old victim in conversations that became sexual in …
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22 March
Parkland victim's dad slams VP Kamala Harris' 'photo op' visit to 'push an agenda': 'Slap in the face'
After Vice President Kamala Harris announced her plans to walk the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a parent of one of the victims of the deadly 2018 school shooting shared his frustration about the blatant “push” and “promotion” of gun control. Ryan Petty, whose 14-year-old daughter Alaina Petty was tragically killed in the Parkland, Florida …
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22 March
Bud Light hasn’t fully rebounded as one-year mark of Dylan Mulvaney fiasco approaches: ‘Very stubborn boycott'
Bud Light has struggled to win back many of its once-loyal drinkers as the one-year mark since its disastrous pact with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney approaches. “The drinkers that they lost last April and May have not come back to any discernible rate… it’s a very stubborn boycott. The likes of, I don’t think we’ve ever seen before,” Beer Business …
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22 March
Global demand for AI experts surges as EU struggles to recruit
Soon after Italian watchdog Garante took on ChatGPT with a temporary shutdown locally last year, it tried to strengthen its team by hiring four artificial intelligence (AI) experts. But Italy’s data protection agency could not recruit the people it wanted, with a dozen candidates dropping out over issues including pay, highlighting a growing challenge facing regulators around the world. “The …
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22 March
Kate Middleton announces she has cancer, undergoing chemotherapy treatment
Princess Kate announced she’s been diagnosed with cancer in a video message. The Princess of Wales, 42, has been undergoing preventative chemotherapy treatment after a planned abdominal surgery showed “cancer had been present.” Kate did not elaborate on the form or extent of the cancer in her video. She gave the update on her health Friday after undergoing major surgery …
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22 March
Proof that wind and solar are disasters, and not the energy America really needs
Forget the “science is settled.” With energy policy, settling on the best energy sources is more important. Unfortunately, the debate over energy is dominated by agenda-driven outburstsandmisleading statistics, from activistsandgovernmental officials alike.That’s why we released a comprehensive report cardthatreviews every major energy source’s benefits (andlimitations). We’re “grading the grid,” so lawmakersandregulators don’t enact policiesthataredoomed to fail. Wind electric power generation …
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