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Is the point-and-shoot aesthetic making a comeback? Because this week, It girls such as Dua Lipa, Rosalía, and Bella Hadid uploaded photos bathed in the gloriously unforgiving whitewash of shoddy flash photography. Hailey Bieber even took things one step further and shared a mirror selfie where the beams of flash bisect her face. The whole thing feels like a harbinger of a Myspace-era comeback of fun, bad-on-purpose photography.Meanwhile, there were plenty of more obvious and concrete trends to be found on the celebrity section of Instagram. Troye Sivan showed off his delightful spin on “womenswear as menswear” with a Loewe appliquéd…

David DePape, Paul Pelosi’s attacker, called a California Fox local news station on Friday and made bizarre and chilling statements that he called an “important message.”On the call, which KTVU had permission to record, DePape said “you’re welcome” for the Paul Pelosi attack.DePape faces state charges of attempted murder and elder abuse and federal charges for kidnapping after he allegedly broke into the home of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her husband, Paul, with a hammer.Despite saying he didn’t want to jeopardize his case, DePape told KTVU he attacked Pelosi because “liberty isn’t dying, it’s being killed systematically and…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam title by coming back to beat Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open women’s final Saturday.The 24-year-old Sabalenka, who is from Belarus, was appearing in her first major final.She improved to 11-0 in 2023, and the only set she has dropped all season was the opener on Saturday against Wimbledon champion Rybakina.But Sabalenka turned things around with an aggressive style that resulted in 51 winners, 20 more than her opponent. She used 17 aces to overcome seven double-faults. And she managed to break the big-serving Rybakina three…

Hear what President Biden said to Tyre Nichols’ parents President Joe Biden spoke to the parents of Tyre Nichols, according to a video posted to Twitter by a Washington Post reporter. In the short video of what the reporter says was a 10-minute call, Biden talked about the deaths of his wife and son. Source: CNN

If you drive down a busy suburban strip mall or walk down a street in a major city, chances are you won’t go long without spotting a Concentra, MedExpress, CityMD or another urgent care center. Demand at urgent care sites surged during the Covid-19 pandemic as people searched for tests and treatments. Patient volume has jumped 60% since 2019, according to the Urgent Care Association, an industry trade group. That has fueled growth for new urgent care centers. A record 11,150 urgent care centers have popped up around the United States and they are growing at 7% a year, the…

Tyre Nichols loved his family, photographing sunsets and skateboardingNBC News; Family handoutsNichols, the youngest of four children, had a 4-year-old son. He was visiting his family in Memphis from his home in Sacramento, California, when the pandemic started, so he stayed put and got a job working the overnight shift for FedEx.He was an amateur photographer who loved skateboarding and watching sunsets darken the woods and ponds of his adopted hometown. He enjoyed his mom’s sesame seed chicken and greeted her and his stepfather, Rodney Wells, when he got home with a hearty “Hello, parents!”“Nobody’s perfect, OK, but he was…

Industrial metals have ripped higher since November on bets that China’s reopening will boost demand for raw materials.A group of “base metals” led by tin, zinc and copper have surged more than 20 per cent in three months, further supported by the US Federal Reserve signalling a slowdown in the pace of interest rate rises and a softening in the US dollar, which importers use to buy commodities.Star performer tin has rocketed almost 80 per cent to $32,262 per tonne, the highest level since June, while copper prices have rallied by a tenth this month to $9,329 per tonne on…

The Department of Motor Vehicles in California plans to use blockchain technology for record keeping, including the issuance of car ownership and simplifying transfers of such ownership.The DMV has tapped a private fork of the Tezos blockchain, an open-source blockchain that can execute peer-to-peer transactions and serve as a platform for deploying smart contracts, according to a recent report by Fortune. The move is part of a collaboration between the California DMV, Tezos and blockchain software firm Oxhead Alpha, which announced the successful completion of a proof-of-concept blockchain-based vehicle titling solution on January 25.Ajay Gupta, the chief digital officer at the California DMV, said he…

We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news storyA murder probe has been launched in Walsall after a man in his 20s was allegedly killed by a group armed with weapons. We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. Please check back regularly for updates on this developing story HERE . Get email updates on the day’s biggest stories straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletters . Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter…

SALEM, N.H. – Former President Donald Trump returns Saturday to the state that first launched him toward the presidency, as he takes his latest White House bid into a new more active phase.Trump, who in November launched his third presidential campaign, will visit New Hampshire, the state that for a century’s held the first primary in the race for the White House. And Trump’s victory in New Hampshire’s 2016 presidential primary rocketed him toward the GOP nomination and eventually the White House.The former president will deliver the keynote address to hundreds of party leaders, elected officials and activists attending the…