Beijing is backing down from a law that would have punished those wearing clothes that “hurt the feelings of the Chinese people” amid a public backlash. In September, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress published draft legislation that would, among other things, outlaw speech and dress deemed to criticize the Chinese nation or […]
Youve been waiting 45 minutes for your food delivery order — and it gets sent to the wrong house. The airline lost your luggage after making your plane sit on the tarmac for hours. Or you’re driving to work and someone cuts you off. Suddenly, your grip on the steering wheel tightens, your heart pounds […]
Image: Matt Rourke (AP) As those famous rock n’ rollers once crooned, you can’t always get what you want. That’s especially true for personalized license plates. Plates can’t display something vulgar about a social movement group you don’t agree with, creepy or sexual references, drug or criminal references and, often, negative things about the current […]
Spring in the Midlands has brought unusual birds to Lexington County backyards this year, with several people posting pictures on Facebook of peacocks standing on porches, driveways, in front of businesses and even on train tracks. Facebook users have reported peacocks with brightly-colored plumage and bobbing head feathers wandering freely in West Columbia and the […]
There I was, feeling a rush of self-righteous satisfaction, when my lovely spouse had to go and call off the confetti. “How disappointing,” she sighed at news reports about America’s Favorite Neofascist and his alleged affairs with porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal. Where I celebrated accountability, she saw big-picture irony: […]
L’Oreal Thompson Payton is a mom, journalist and motivational speaker. She’s also the author of Stop Waiting for Perfect. Before I became a parent, wedding invitations would elicit excitement and genuine joy for the couple. Since becoming a mom, there’s also now a healthy dose of logistics to consider in addition to which gift to […]
On Monday (April 8), the sky over a swathe of North America will briefly darken as the moon covers the sun completely during a total solar eclipse. For a maximum of 4 minutes and 28 seconds along a 115-mile-wide (185 kilometers) and 10,000-mile-long (16,000 km) path passing through Mexico, the United States and Canada, the […]
Nick Cave has said “there can’t help but be feelings of culpability” over the deaths of his sons as it is “against nature” to bury a child. The Bad Seeds musician (66), known for hits such as Into My Arms and One More Time With Feeling, lost two children in the space of seven years. […]
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are no doubt delighted about clinching their parties’ 2024 nominations with primary victories in Georgia and elsewhere earlier this week. But the rest of the country? Not so much. Instead, the No. 1 feeling that comes to mind for Americans when thinking about a Biden-Trump rematch is “dread,” […]
[Source] Kimuraya, Japan’s oldest bakery, is using AI to create “romance bread” to capture the essence of romantic feelings. About the AI bread: In collaboration with NEC Corp, the Japanese bakery is creating “Ren AI Pan” or “AI Romance Bread” using AI technology that analyzes conversations from a Japanese dating show titled “Today I Fell […]
One word was all Bowen Yang needed to slam “Saturday Night Live” for having Nikki Haley on this week’s episode. On Monday, Yang turned to Instagram to subtly shame “SNL” creator Lorne Michael and other staffers for welcoming the Republican presidential hopeful to the set with open arms. The comic, who uses the name @fayedunaway […]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The University of Arkansas campus was just approved for exterior renovations of Yocum Hall, one of the largest dorm buildings, by the Board of Trustees and current students express how they feel about new updates. “It’s a little older, but it’s not bad. I mean, it gets the job done,” said […]