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Trump urges Bruce Springsteen boycott in social media rant; calls him 'dried up prune"
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (606+ words) Donald Trump told his followers Thursday to boycott Bruce Springsteen in an angry rant against the rock icon who has emerged as a fierce critic of the U.S. president's often harsh immigration crackdown. Calling Springsteen "a dried up prune who has…...
Japan Today
20+ hour, 32+ min ago (661+ words) This time last year, I visited Ukiha, a small farming town in the south of Fukuoka Prefecture, to see the'tanada'(terraced rice paddies) and the'higanbana'(red spider lilies) that bloom around the edges of rice fields from mid- to late-September. Because…...
Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of U.S. cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (1077+ words) For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the U.S., automatic license plate readers have been installed…...
Women's Asian Cup finalists renew calls for equal money
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (462+ words) Women's Asian Cup finalists Japan and Australia renewed calls Thursday for equal prize money with the men's tournament in a direct challenge to the Asian Football Confederation and accused the governing body of "ignoring" previous requests. Japan beat host Australia…...
Final Four showdown with top seeds Michigan and Arizona includes intriguing matchups
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (1326+ words) A March Madness masterpiece might be on tap. Get your popcorn, kick up your feet and get ready for what shapes up to be an epic showdown in the Final Four nightcap on Saturday night. Michigan and Arizona, top-seeded teams…...
Spice up your grilled leg of lamb with a baharat marinade recipe from Formaggio Kitchen
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (401+ words) Ihsan Gurdal, the owner of Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Massachusetts (a specialty food shop and the first place I worked after college), grew up in Turkey. He introduced me, and probably many other American cooks, to baharat, a Turkish spice…...
Japan fires coach Nielsen 12 days after winning Women's Asian Cup
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (450+ words) Japan abruptly axed Nils Nielsen as coach on Thursday just 12 days after taking them to Women's Asian Cup glory, with soccer chiefs accusing him of being "lax" and "lacking passion". Greenlander Nielsen led a rampant Japan to their third Asian…...
Bodycam shows a stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after a Florida rollover crash
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (697+ words) Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his SUV last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday that also shows deputies removing two pills from Woods' pocket. Separate footage from the back of the…...
Japan travel costs during Golden Week holidays to mark 1st drop in 6 years
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (411+ words) The average spending on domestic travel during the upcoming Golden Week holidays is expected to be 46,000 yen per person, marking the first decline since 2020, when the economy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, a major travel agency said Thursday....
Float all of your troubles away with boat ride down Shimanto River in Kochi Prefecture
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (561+ words) Kochi Prefecture'makes up a large chunk of the southwestern part of the island of Shikoku. Full of intriguing highlights such as'statues dedicated to local samurai of legend Sakamoto Ryoma'or the'Kaiyodo Kappa Museum, the largely rural prefecture also has no shortage…...