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Madonna Pays Tribute To Late Producer William Orbit

On Friday (Aug. 7), news broke that producer William Orbit had passed away on July 23 at the age of 69. He's best known for his work on 1998's pop classic Ray Of Light , and the singer paid tribute to him in a new social media post. The post Madonna Pays Tribute To Late

The political black hole over the Strait of Hormuz

The absence of Iran’s supreme leader, doubts about his condition and internal power divisions are turning the country into a failing state — spreading chaos as far as China. What will Beijing do? Iranian regime media have claimed the emerging Iran-Oman deal would let Iran

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Sam Alito is locked and loaded for another term

A month after National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg announced that Sam Alito was retiring (a story NPR later had to retract), the 76-year-old jurist told the Wall Street Journal in an interview, “Obviously, I’m here for another term.” Looking at the docket for the coming term,

Another KATSEYE Member Is Taking A Hiatus

It's been a rocky year for KATSEYE. The girl group is getting ready to release their WILD EP, but fans are wondering whether or not Manon, who announced a hiatus in February, has officially left the ensemble. Now, Sophia Laforteza, who's known as the leader, has announced a

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California may win chip race while losing productivity one

Silicon Valley built its reputation by making transistors smaller and smaller. For decades, each shrink delivered a predictable payoff: faster computers, cheaper computing power, new products and new industries. Moore’s Law became a self-reinforcing cycle. Lower costs expanded

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