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Hundreds of workers went on strike early Friday morning at a hotel near the Las Vegas Strip.  Around 700 hospitality workers walked off the job at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas as contract negotiations between the hotel and the Culinary Union broke down.  The Culinary Union said Friday’s action is its first open-ended strike in 22 years. Culinary Union workers … Read more

What’s in store for you today? (Picture: Metro.co.uk) The Full Moon in Taurus has us feeling the pull of change – the question is will you embrace or resist it? Under these powerful skies Taurus, emotions you’ve been holding back are bound bubble to the surface. Everyone has their limit… what’s yours? Gemini, the Moon … Read more

Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen in 2019 in New York. (Charles Sykes / Invision / Associated Press) Actress Jenny Mollen is itching to make sure everyone knows she didn’t realize she had head lice until she was already on her recent five-hour flight. Mollen, whose husband is “American Pie” actor Jason Biggs, posted a video … Read more

A scene from the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.” (Kino Lorber) Decolonization gets the ultimate needle-drop treatment in the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez. It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of images, words and sounds, recounting the moment during the Cold War when Congolese independence, hot jazz and geopolitical … Read more

H5N1 bird flu infects five more humans in California, and one in Oregon As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon — the state’s first. A seventh presumptive California case is awaiting confirmation … Read more

AI, yi, yi. A Google-made artificial intelligence program verbally abused a student seeking help with their homework, ultimately telling her to “Please die.” The shocking response from Google’s Gemini chatbot large language model (LLM) terrified 29-year-old Sumedha Reddy of Michigan — as it called her a “stain on the universe.” 4A woman is terrified after … Read more

Members of the Culinary Workers Union picket on Friday outside the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas. (John Locher / Associated Press) Hundreds of hospitality workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip walked off the job just before dawn Friday amid a long and highly contentious fight for a new contract. The work stoppage … Read more

“The Voice” winner Sundance Head was shot in the stomach at his ranch in rural Texas on Friday. The singer, who won Season 11 of the NBC competition series, was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Tyler, Texas, after paramedics were able to get him in stable condition, according to TMZ. Sundance Head’s agent … Read more

James Dean poses for a Warner Bros publicity shot for his film “Rebel Without A Cause” in 1955. Michael Ochs Archives James Dean was blackmailed by a former male lover who threatened to out him on the eve of his big-screen break, according to a new book. In “Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean,” … Read more

Sundance Head suffered a gunshot wound on his ranch. Getty Images Sundance Head, the country singer who won season 11 of “The Voice,” was shot on his Texas ranch on Friday. Jason “Sundance” Head’s agent Trey Newman told The Post, “he’s stable,” adding that the gunshot wound was “to his naval area.” “It missed all … Read more