J.Lo Gets Trapped With Chilean Miners in ‘The 33′
Jennifer Lopez landed one of her career-first leading roles as a real-life character who got entangled in tragic circumstances. Now Lopez will be following suit in her next film. The 43-year-old actress and pop star, who played late tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the 1997 biopic, “Selena,” has just been cast in the retelling of [...]
With Samsung, Jay-Z’s business continues to boom
He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z’s partnership with Samsung for his new album, “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” is another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, and how the multiplatinum performer — who famously rapped “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man” — continues [...]
Freeing Minds and opening doors to higher education in Austin
Tasha McMillion recently graduated from The Free Minds Project, a program offering free courses in humanities to adults who have faced barriers to higher education. A proud single mother of a son named Miles, McMillion started college years ago, but found herself unable to finish due to various circumstances. “Free Minds has not only provided [...]
Kidd introduced as Nets’ coach, with much to learn
Less than two weeks after ending his long, All-Star career, Jason Kidd acknowledged he has ”a lot to learn about coaching” Thursday as he took the Brooklyn Nets job despite having no experience leading a team from the bench. Now a point guard who was all about assists in his 19 years on the court [...]
Mississippi aims to curb teen pregnancy with umbilical blood law
Mississippi will require doctors to collect umbilical cord blood from babies born to some young mothers, under a new law intended to identify statutory rapists and reduce the state’s rate of teenage pregnancy, the highest in the country. The measure, which takes effect on July 1 and is the first of its kind in the [...]
Air pollution can trigger heart arrhythmias
For people with existing heart problems, exposure to high levels of air pollution can trigger the irregular heartbeats that may lead to a stroke or heart attack, according to a new study. Past research has linked air pollution to ventricular fibrillation, electrical confusion in the lower chambers of the heart which can cause sudden death. [...]
Mexican-American boy returns for NBA encore in famous mariachi suit
In less than 48 hours, Sebastien De La Cruz has become a household name. The 11-year-old Mexican-American boy’s singing of the national anthem in his mariachi outfit caused a stir during game 3 of the NBA finals in his San Antonio hometown Tuesday. On Thursday night, the Spurs decided to bring back “El Charro de [...]
HPV a growing cause of upper throat cancer
Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas’ comments on his own throat cancer in a newspaper story Monday threw a spotlight on a subject not often discussed. And it raises a lot of questions: —What virus can cause oral cancer? [...]
Medgar Evers remembered as pioneer in civil rights
Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers was honored for paving the way for black leaders during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death. Evers should be remembered as a pioneer who helped lay the foundation for much of the nation’s civil rights progress over the last five decades, said Eric Holder, the nation’s [...]
Obama taps Susan Rice for national security adviser, Samantha Power for U.N.
Susan Rice speaks at a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York in February. (Craig Ruttle/AP) In a major second-term foreign policy shuffle, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce that Susan Rice, his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will take over from Tom Donilon as his national security adviser, a White House [...]
