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There have been countless amazing musical moments on "Saturday Night Live." So many that most of us can rattle off a favorite performance quicker than recalling a witty sketch or random celebrity host.Week after week, year after year, that simple yet standard intro ‒ "Ladies and gentlemen ..." ‒ has moved us to sit back for a few minutes and absorb those spotlight moments.

Iconic 'SNL' musical performances: Adele, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Nirvana

Trump Media & Technology Group reported a $400.9 million net loss for the full year.The company said it had to pay legal fees stemming from obstruction at the Biden-era Securities and Exchange Commission, and a revenue-sharing agreement negatively impacted revenue.Trump Media & Technology Group shares were down about 1% in extended trading on Friday after the operator of Truth Social released its 2024 results.

Trump Media reports $400 million in 2024 losses

DOGE faces court challenges over Treasury Department data accessFox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas has the latest on 19 states suing to stop DOGE from accessing certain information on ‘America Reports.’A federal judge on Friday indefinitely delayed a final ruling on the Labor Department's request to block Elon Musk's government efficiency team from accessing internal system data, telling both parties only that "you will hear from me," while declining to promise an exact time or date.

Federal judge delays unions' request to block DOGE access to agency information

Phil Bobbitt and Steve Greco revealed their NASCAR picks for sites like PrizePicks, Underdog Fantasy, Sleeper Fantasy, and DraftKings Pick6Denny Hamlin has three Daytona 500 victories, putting him in elite company heading into the 2025 Daytona 500 on Sunday. Jimmie Johnson, who is not locked into the Daytona 500 field, has two wins in this race, while no one else in the 2025 Daytona 500 starting lineup has more than one.

2025 Daytona 500 props, odds, best bets, expert predictions: Put William Byron in NASCAR parlay picks

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season!Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here.JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Armoni Zeigler’s 14 points helped Saint Peter’s defeat Fairfield 65-52 on Friday night.

Zeigler’s 14 lead Saint Peter’s over Fairfield 65-52

Palestinian militants released hostages American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn on Saturday.   CNN —   Three Israeli hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza by Palestinian militants on Saturday, in the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire deal that came into effect last month.  American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn were released

Three Israeli hostages in Gaza handed over to Red Cross

The right kind of silence can be golden, revitalizing and strengthening a relationshipPartners enjoy a companionable moment of separate activities.A couple sits together on a sunny park bench. He appears to be studying the passing clouds; she’s absorbed in a novel. Some passersby might think, How sweet. Others might see them as bleak.They could be either. Until now, scientists have mostly ignored shared silences between romantic partners, concentrating on verbal exchanges: how to discuss feelings, negotiate

The Psychology of ‘Shared Silence’ in Couples

A still from Heart Eyes. Photograph: Sony PicturesIt’s mid-February, which means love is in the air, elaborate dates are being planned and couples are flocking to multiplexes, perhaps hoping to see a much-advertised new romantic entanglement from the lovably yearning singleton Bridget Jones. They won’t actually find her there, though; in the United States, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is only playing on Peacock. In US movie theaters, the date crowd can find plenty of Valentine’s Day-themed entertainment,

Bad romance: why Hollywood is focusing on anti-Valentine’s movies

Trayce Jackson-Davis is a Rising Stars championGolden State Warriors’ Trace Jackson-Davis dunks during the Rising Stars game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. The game features the top NBA rookies and second-year players and kicks off the NBA’s All-Star weekend. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)SAN FRANCISCO — The first test run of the new, truncated All-Star weekend format produced mixed results.One of the three Rising Stars games, each played to a target score, was competitive.

Rising Stars Game provides test case of new All-Star format

CNN —Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have torched swathes of the country’s largest refugee camp, firing indiscriminately at civilians, according to open-source data and an eyewitness account.At least seven people have been killed and 40 injured in the attacks which began on Tuesday, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which operates one of the last remaining healthcare facilities in Zamzam camp, which hosts nearly half a million displaced people suffering from famine.

Paramilitary forces raid Sudan’s largest refugee camp

Also: Poor target | Too much government | Keep independence | Wrecking ball | Lamar’s mirror. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Feb. 16, 2025.Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.NIH funding cut could

Letters: Cutting NIH funding could kill medical research

OpenAI sent a short letter to Elon Musk's lawyer on Friday, rejecting the billionaire's acquisition offer.Musk's "much-publicized 'bid' is in fact not a bid at all," William Savitt, the attorney for OpenAI, wrote to Marc ToberoffEarlier this week, Toberoff disclosed that Musk was leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion.

OpenAI rejects Musk's takeover offer, says it ‘wasn't a bid at all'

Richard Tabler did not share final words before he was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday.Why It MattersThe death penalty is a legal form of criminal punishment in 27 states. Governors in California, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Ohio have currently placed executions on hold.

Richard Tabler Final Words Before Texas Execution

CNN —The awards campaign for an Oscar frontrunner hasn’t quite gone the way Netflix executives had hoped.With 13 nominations and a history-making star, “Emilia Pérez” leads among Oscar-nominated films this year. Then Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays the movie’s titular character, found herself in a firestorm after her offensive social media comments resurfaced.

Netflix addresses ‘bummer’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ controversy

It was later determined that Emily's boyfriend and sister injected her with 10 to 15 bags of heroin and fentanylInitially, police thought Emily Cruddas had tragically taken her own life through a drug overdosePolice discovered that a 21-year-old's sister and boyfriend pumped her with a lethal amount of heroin and fentanyl after initially thinking the victim had taken her own life. New Jersey police believed that Emily Cruddas had tragically taken her own life through a drug overdose in 2023. However, after

New Jersey woman killed sister by injecting her with 15 bags of heroin and Fentanyl after plotting with sibling's boyfriend, say police

‘I have one question.’Valentine’s Day isn’t just for lovers. Every year, kids in grade school exchange snacks and cards with their classmates. Many brands release limited-edition, themed snacks to make the gifting process more manageable for parents. But one mom is questioning the message on Pringle’s Valentine’s Day boxes.

‘Why you got my 9-year-old telling her classmates?’: Mom buys Pringles Valentine’s Snack Stacks for child’s class. Then she takes a closer look at what they say

A 23-year-old woman has revealed how a common act landed her in the emergency room, labeling it “traumatizing.”Gabi Amoils said she’s always been a nail picker. But earlier this year, after picking at one of her nails, within two days the finger started feeling “pretty bad and so sore.”

I’m Gen Z — here’s how a common habit landed me in the emergency room

CNN —Scott Foley is well aware that people are buying homes in Italy to renovate them, and he’d liked to help.“Scott really is out here trying to get anybody to get a home so he can renovate it,” Maia Reficco, who shares the screen with Foley in the new Netflix film “La Dolce Vita,” told CNN.

Scott Foley’s ‘La Dolce Villa’ has him ready to help you fix up a house in Italy

An incredible video has surfaced showing a humpback whale swallowing a kayaker whole—seconds later the man was spat back out and he lived to tell the story.In the remarkable encounter off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, kayaker Adrián Simancas experienced a brief but harrowing moment inside the mouth of the marine giant.

Incredible Moment Humpback Whale Swallows Kayaker—See What Happens Next

A friend invited me to attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration. I had mixed feelings about going, as I am not the biggest supporter of Trump. On the one hand, I saw it as an opportunity to witness history firsthand: the transfer of power and the democratic process in action.On the other hand, I grappled with the idea of being complicit in celebrating a man whose leadership and policies that conflict with some of my beliefs. Ultimately, I chose not to attend and instead watched the event unfold on television.

Calling rioters 'hostages' is an affront to decency

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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed a motion Friday to dismiss New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case, caving to pressure from the Justice Department to drop criminal charges against the mayor.In a memo to federal prosecutors on Feb. 10, acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove asked for Adams’ case to be dismissed without prejudice, arguing that the indictment in September is too close to the upcoming New York City mayoral primary in June.

Federal prosecutors in New York officially move to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.Beginning July 1, unions serving Utah teachers, firefighters, police officers, transit workers and other public employees will be banned from negotiating on their behalf for better wages and working conditions.

Utah governor signs collective bargaining ban for teachers, firefighters and police unions

'We have quit talking about working Americans, keeping America safe, doing the things that we did when I joined this party,' Chuck Rocha saidDem strategist Chuck Rocha says Trump's appeal is he 'sounds like the Democrats' from 1989Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha argued that President Trump's appeal is that he runs on the common sense policies Democrats have abandoned for years.

Dem strategist says Trump is popular because he 'sounds like the Democrats' from 1989

The Trump administration indicated U.S. troops could be deployed to provide security in connection with the minerals if there's a peace deal with Russia, sources told NBC News.The Trump administration has suggested to Ukraine that the United States be granted 50% ownership of the country’s rare earth minerals, and signaled an openness to deploying American troops there to guard them if there’s a deal with Russia to end the war, according to four U.S. officials.

Trump officials pitch Zelenskyy on U.S. owning 50% of Ukraine's rare earth minerals

Philadelphia Eagles fans climbed trees and atop ladders to get a glimpse of their Super Bowl champion EaglesPhiladelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkley celebrated during Super Bowl LIX parade and celebration on Friday in Philadelphia.Players and coaches celebrated during the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl 59 parade and celebration on Friday in Philadelphia.Fans took pictures as they arrived before the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl 59 parade and celebration on Friday in Philadelphia.PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia

Philadelphia turns green on Valentine’s Day to celebrate Super Bowl champions

State health officials declared a measles outbreak in southeast New Mexico on Friday after two adults tested positive for the viral illness — the third confirmed case this week.The two adults live in Lea County, where an unvaccinated teenager tested positive on Tuesday, the New Mexico Department of Health reported Friday.

Health officials declare measles outbreak in Lea County

Barkley spent six seasons with the Giants, playing in just two playoff gamesEagles star Saquon Barkley talks journey to win Super Bowl, next season's goalsPhiladelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley discusses his journey to becoming a Super Bowl champion and what's next.Philadelphia officials estimated more than 1 million people would gather for the Eagles' Super Bowl victory parade. On Friday, a sea of fans wearing Eagles green lined Philly's Broad Street to take in the festivities.The Eagles' defense

Saquon Barkley left speechless after first Super Bowl title: 'You can't use words'

Audi is reportedly planning to become a more prestigious brand than it currently is, moving closer toward - but not into - Bentley territory in a move that calls to mind the plans BMW has for Alpina. According to Auto Express, the Volkswagen Group-owned automaker will make its replacements for the Audi A8 sedan and Audi Q8 SUV even more prestigious, with the seven-seat Audi Q7 also forming part of the move further upmarket.

Audi Wants To Become The BMW-Alpina Of The VW Group

Two years ago, two days of protests were enough to force Georgia’s government into an embarrassing U-turn. It had tried to introduce a “foreign agents” bill – which critics likened to legislation passed by President Vladimir Putin to stifle dissent in Russia – but backed down after fierce demonstrations sparked by the bill’s first reading.

As Georgia slides into authoritarianism, protesters vow to keep fighting Russian pivot

Hawaii is a dream destination, but first-time visitors often run into surprises they wish they had known about beforehand. Planning ahead can make a big difference in everything from packing to choosing the right place to stay. Here are our top ten (well really thirteen) things you or a friend might just want to know.

10 Things No One Tells You Before Visiting Hawaii (But Should)

Spring may not have arrived just yet, but the time for getting your vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers ready certainly has.No matter where you live, starting seeds indoors over the final few weeks of winter will help set your seedlings up for success, ready to transfer into a full and thriving garden once warmer months do come.

19 Seeds You Should Start Now So They're Ready to Plant in April, According to Gardeners

NEW YORK – If you’re going to throw a musical party to celebrate a half-century of existence, why not enlist Lady Gaga? And Cher. And Ms. Lauryn Hill. And Jack White. And Miley Cyrus. And Backstreet Boys. And so very many more stars.