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Austin prices soar for United States Grand Prix Formula 1 weekend
Formula 1 is booming, prices are skyrocketing as fans head to Austin for the 2025 United States Grand Prix to face one of the most expensive race weekends on the Formula 1 calendar, with accommodation and ticket costs now exceeding $1,200....

Editorial : The U.S. law that tried to send Filipinos home: remembering the Repatriation Act of 1935
Share Post Viber icon Viber Email Filipino farmworkers harvest crops circa 1930s–1940s. Their labor was vital to the agricultural boom, yet their contributions were often overlooked in mainstream histories. – Photo from Bulosan.org A reflection on...

Technology Ventures Honors 2024 U.S. Patent Recipients
Russell Cothren Margaret McCabe, vice chancellor for research and innovation, celebrates the honorees at the annual Technology Ventures banquet. Technology Ventures, part of the Division of Research and Innovation, hosted its annual Innovator...

Ace Frehley, founding member of rock band Kiss, dies at 74
Open this photo in gallery:Ace Frehley, founding member and guitarist of the band Kiss, performs at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, in March, 2016.Ethan Miller/Getty Images Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam...

A prodigy’s ascent: Life and Success of Spoorthi Rao
At just 20 years old, she is a rising star full of potential in Carnatic music. The winner of Airtel Super Singer Junior Season 4, she had claimed the title in 2015 at the tender age of nine. Today, she has been touring the world, showing...

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl shouldn’t come with ICE surveillance
When a global musician performs at the Super Bowl, the world should be celebrating music, not focusing on immigration raids. The National Football League recently announced that Bad Bunny will headline this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. Bad...

Original lead guitarist and founding member of rock band Kiss dies
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in...

BRONCO BILLY – THE MUSICAL To Release Live Original London Cast Recording October 24
Producers Gary Grossman, Bronco Billy Partners, and Yellow Sound Label have announced the upcoming release of Bronco Billy – The Musical (Live Original London Cast Recording), captured during its acclaimed 2024 run at London’s Charing Cross...

Tame Impala Drops ‘Deadbeat’ Album: Stream It Now
Kevin Parker winds back the clock, tunes up the dancefloor and reminds us to get our arms out wide (or up high) on Deadbeat, Tame Impala’s fifth and latest full-length studio album. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Dropping at midnight,...

To bring ‘sexy’ back, Victoria’s Secret needed a female CEO
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show started with a baby bump. Model Jasmine Tookes, nine months pregnant, walked onto the stage in full VS angel wings. She looked undeniably glamorous, radiant in gold. It seemed to be a statement from Victoria’s...

"Where's the national championship minions": Caitlin Clark fans rejoice as Iowa legend finds spot on AP's All-Time WCBB First-Team
Caitlin Clark received a massive honor from the Associated Press on Thursday after earning a spot on their All-Time Women's College Basketball First Team. It cemented the Iowa legend's legacy among the greats as she made the list alongside Diana...

Democrat School Board Chair Jackie Norris Ends Senate Campaign After Illegal Migrant’s Arrest
by Benjamin Roberts A Democratic Senate candidate ended her campaign Thursday as her school board continues to deal with the fallout of a superintendent’s arrest by immigration authorities. Jackie Norris, who currently leads the Des Moines public...

All Time Low Lift Off With ‘Everyone’s Talking!’: Stream It Now
All Time Low notch up double digits with Everyone’s Talking!, which arrives today, Oct. 17, through the alternative rock veterans’ own label Basement Noise Records. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Everyone’s Talking! is the 10th...

First UK city to have driverless taxis revealed and it's not Manchester
Mike Johns was trapped, and growing desperate. The tech entrepreneur’s flight home to Los Angeles was departing shortly, but his taxi was making repeated circles in the airport parking lot in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he could not escape. On any...

Sam Fender Wins Mercury Prize, Beating Out Fontaines D.C., Pulp, And Wolf Alice For Prestigious U.K. Music Award
Getty Images On Thursday night (October 16), Sam Fender was awarded the 2025 Mercury Prize for his album, People Watching. The ceremony was held in Fender’s hometown of Newcastle in the North East of England, marking the first time the awards took...

Pop star Renee Rapp issues foul-mouthed tirade against ICE during Portland concert
By BRITTANY CHAIN, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 01:18 EDT, 17 October 2025 | Updated: 01:43 EDT, 17 October 2025 Pop star Renee Rapp has issued a foul-mouthed rebuke of President Donald Trump and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials on...

Strike Up the Band | Conemaugh Valley, Ferndale co-op music group emulate gridiron battle for halftime show
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of stories and photographs featuring high school marching bands in the region. The series will appear each Friday throughout the high school football season. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Conemaugh Valley and...

The Last Dinner Party’s ‘From The Pyre’: All 10 Tracks Ranked
The band's sophomore LP's is a worthy follow-up to 2024's Prelude to Ecstasy. 10/17/2025 TLDP Cal McIntyre Underpinning The Last Dinner Party’s polished, Rococo-era aesthetic is an epic striving for greatness. When the London-formed five-piece...

More than 170 U.S. Citizens have been held by immigration agents, Propublica found
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Reporting Highlights Americans Detained: The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by...

Meet Sheila Carrasco, aka Flower on CBS’s ‘Ghosts’
CBS’s hit series Ghosts is back for its fifth season, premiering on Thursday, October 16, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. If you’re one of the show’s 11.9 million viewers, chances are one of your favorite characters is Flower, the ghost of a sweet but trippy...