The Most Streamed Song On Spotify Absolutely Isn’t What You’re Expecting
The most streamed song on Spotify to dateThe most streamed song on Spotify to date is actually Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. At last count at the end of October 2024, the 2019 hit had over 4.5 billion streams on the app. It has been at the top of the all-time streaming charts on Spotify since last year, when the song overtook Ed Sheeran’s track Shape of You. The New York Times described this trend as: “Ubiquitous, among the most wholesome of all viral dances... relentlessly doofy.”Obsessed. The 10 most streamed songs on Spotify of all time:
Source:Huffington Post
November 24, 2024 07:18 UTC
Trump and GOP eye new limits on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are weighing vast changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, seeking to limit the powers and funding of a federal watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis. On Capitol Hill, meanwhile, Republican lawmakers have suggested they’ll pursue their own legislative overhaul targeting the bureau. Already, some major financial industry lobbying groups are encouraging the incoming administration — and the new Republican majority in Congress — to use the transfer of power to advance significant changes to the CFPB. AdvertisementBut some of Trump’s former aides have taken the opposite tack, even suggesting that Congress should eliminate the CFPB. Trump previously has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, though he’s named several of its authors and contributors to his incoming administration.
Source:Washington Post
November 24, 2024 06:31 UTC
Denzel Washington is nearly 10 years sober: Drug, alcohol use led to 'a lot of damage'
The two-time Oscar winner will hit a major milestone in his sobriety journey: 10 years alcohol- and drug-free. The 69-year-old screen legend shared his upcoming anniversary in Esquire, recalling how "I've done a lot of damage to the body" with past alcohol and drug use. "I stopped at 60 and I haven't had a thimble's worth since," he said in a cover story published Wednesday. Washington was nominated for "The Hurricane" and Spacey won for his work in "American Beauty." Washington said he often ordered two bottles of wine at a time from a liquor store on Sunset Boulevard.
Source:Los Angeles Times
November 24, 2024 05:49 UTC
California's Egg-mergency Food Shortage: Why Prices Are Surging To Record Highs
With egg prices skyrocketing to record highs, consumers are facing financial strain, and poultry farmers are counting the cost of millions of lost layer chickens. More recently, in July 2024, egg prices rose by 19.1% compared to the same month in the previous year. Impact on Poultry Farmers and Egg ProducersCalifornia's poultry farmers have been severely affected by the avian flu outbreak. Policy and RegulationImpact of Proposition 12California's Proposition 12, which mandates animal welfare standards, has likely contributed to the egg shortage by requiring cage-free egg production. As the holidays are approaching, one thing is clear: California's egg shortage is not just a minor inconvenience, but a full-blown emergency demanding immediate attention and action.
Source:Los Angeles Times
November 24, 2024 05:14 UTC
The Mexican Mafia’s long reach and longer memory
Weapons seized by police during a 2023 investigation into a gang linked to the Mexican Mafia. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend:The Mexican Mafia settled an old score at a homeless camp, records show. Reyna has pleaded not guilty to murder charges for the 2021 killing of Mexican Mafia member Samuel “Negro” Villalba. Ramon “Mundo” Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member, said Villalba made the mistake of returning to a neighborhood within the organization’s reach. La Familia would provide an unending supply of methamphetamine if the Mexican Mafia protected the cartel’s leaders in U.S. prisons.
Source:Los Angeles Times
November 24, 2024 04:02 UTC
Israeli Strike Hits Residential Building in Central Beirut
0:33Hezbollah Fires About 250 Projectiles Into IsraelNOW PLAYINGIsraeli Strike Hits Residential Building in Central Beirut1:00Israel and Hezbollah Trade Strikes as U.S. Pushes for a Cease-Fire1:17I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Over War in Gaza0:32Israel Resumes Strikes South of Beirut1:10Aid Convoy Was Violently Looted in Gaza, UNWRA Chief Says1:03Beirut Residents Reel Under Fresh Round of Israeli Airstrikes0:56Israeli Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut and Its Southern Suburbs0:30Video Captures Israeli Strike on Humanitarian Zone in Gaza0:23Israeli Airstrikes Hit Suburbs South of Beirut1:00Israel and Hezbollah Trade Deadly Attacks0:28
Source:New York Times
November 24, 2024 03:36 UTC
Video 2 people, sorority charged after Dartmouth student found dead
2 people, sorority charged after Dartmouth student found dead Dartmouth College student Won Jang, 20, was found dead by the Connecticut River on the school's New Hampshire campus in July, according to police.
Source:ABC News
November 24, 2024 02:26 UTC
Venezuelan security forces have surrounded the Argentine embassy, opposition leaders say
Armed and hooded members of the Venezuelan security forces have surrounded Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, according to leaders of the country’s opposition. Six members of the opposition are currently taking refuge in the embassy, having fled there to escape a crackdown by Venezuelan authorities in the run-up to July’s presidential elections. Pedro Urruchurtu, who has been in the embassy since March and is the international coordinator for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, wrote on X Saturday that armed hooded members of the National Police had closed off streets around the embassy. Omar Gonzalez, another opposition member living in the embassy, posted a video on X showing Venezuelan police outside the diplomatic building. Similar scenes took place in September, when Venezuelan security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy.
Source:CNN
November 24, 2024 02:23 UTC
Trump’s Labor secretary pick is surprisingly pro-union. It doesn’t mean his administration will be
New York CNN —This week ended with President-elect Donald Trump nominating one of the most pro-union Republican members of Congress to be his secretary of Labor. Trump support growing among unionsTrump received more support from rank-and-file union members in this election than he had in past elections. “Now he is threatening to take the unprecedented action of removing current pro-worker NLRB members in the middle of their term, replacing them with his corporate friends. Nearly half of the nation’s union members work for different units of government, not companies. Many of the public-sector bargaining rights are not set at the national level, but at the state level, where most public-sector employees and union members work.
Source:CNN
November 24, 2024 01:55 UTC
Trump unveils his lineup for FDA, CDC and surgeon general • New Jersey Monitor
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced his choices to lead two of the country’s top public health agencies late Friday, as well as his pick for surgeon general. His biography says he “has published over 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has served on several editorial boards.”“Dr. Makary served in leadership at the World Health Organization Patient Safety Program and has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine,” according to his biography. “Dave has successfully worked with the CDC to enact a ban on patents for human embryos,” Trump said in a statement. Nesheiwat is the medical director at CityMD, which is a network of urgent care centers in New York and New Jersey.
Source:Wall Street Journal
November 24, 2024 01:45 UTC
Iran Update, November 23, 2024
The chairman, Ebrahim Azizi, threatened on November 23 that Iran would withdraw from the NPT if the United States acted “coercively” against Iran. Israeli forces killed Palestinian militia snipers operating near Israeli forces and directed an IDF Air Force strike that killed a sniper observing Israeli forces from a nearby building. [51] The mayor of Deir Mimas claimed on November 23 that Israeli forces were positioned at the northern entrance to the town. Commercially available satellite imagery captured on November 23 showed indications of Israeli forces advancing west from Chama towards Naqoura. [74]The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests.
Source:New York Times
November 24, 2024 01:42 UTC