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18 companies cut ties with Sean Combs in wake of sexual assault allegations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

(The Hill) -- Eighteen companies shared that they have cut ties with a business venture created by Hip Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs amid the slew of sexual assault allegations against the music legend. The companies confirmed with Rolling Stone Magazine on Sunday that they severed business relationships with Combs’ recently launched platform Empower Global. Empower Global, founded by Combs in 2021, is an immersive e-commerce, digital marketplace offering products from Black-owned businesses around the world. The platform is said to “elevate the Black economy by creating opportunities for Black entrepreneurs to build and scale successful businesses” for consumers. Luxury bag, eyewear, and apparel company House of Takura founder Annette Njau told the magazine that she cut ties with Empower Global after learning of Casandra Ventura’s – better known as R&B singer Cassie – lawsuit against Combs. “We take the allegations against Mr. Combs very seriously and find su...

Will Delta-8 Topicals Be the Next “Skincare Superstar?”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

View the original article about Delta-8 Topicals at Real Tested CBD.Even customers who love delta-8 rarely mention using this cannabinoid in their skincare routine. Some might not even be aware that a few companies offer delta-8-infused skin-safe lotions. Unlike CBD, delta-8 THC hasn’t taken off in the topical industry. However, a few fervent followers believe in delta-8’s potential as a skincare supplement.It may not be easy to find “delta-8 lotions near me,” but more customers and businesses are interested in this new industry. Anyone interested in the latest trends in the lotion industry should take a closer look at delta-8 THC topicals.What Are The Benefits Of Using Delta-8 Topicals?Currently, there’s more data on the benefits of CBD topicals versus delta-8 lotions. Truthfully, we don’t know how delta-8 interacts with the skin layer. However, doctors now believe the endocannabinoid system (ECS) extends to human skin. Many tests show we have cannabinoid receptors on our skin, whi...

New Model Army Recall Mod Army

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

The WhoQuadrophenia (Track/MCS)New Model Army Recall Mod Army: New Model Army man Justin Sullivan told us about his love for the Who‘s mod classic.Justin Sullivan: I was nine years old when I first heard the Who’s “My Generation.” My response was to run around the house screaming and doing much air guitar playing and even more air drumming and it planted a kind of “fuck you” punk rock attitude in me forever. From that moment, the Who were always a group that I liked (especially watching Keith Moon on Ready Steady Go) but I didn’t really connect with them in the same way again until Quadrophenia. (Track/MCA)By this time, I was a typically confused seventeen-year-old and the album had everything that I wanted and needed – beauty, violence, mystery, melody, sex, pathos, romance, fury and the sound of the sea. It mixed orchestral splendour with rock chaos. Very few bands that could do the chaos thing quite as well as The Who but to be able to combine that w...

Can San Jose’s mobile home park residents rest easy now?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

For years, San Jose native Jill Borders bounced between apartments with her husband and young daughter as they found it impossible to buy a single-family home in one of the country’s most expensive housing markets.That nomadic lifestyle changed in 2013 when the family discovered Imperial Estates, a mobile home park in South San Jose that finally brought the stability Borders had been desperately searching for. The couple’s 10-year-old daughter got to pick the paint color in her room. They got a second dog.But in the decade since, there’s been a worry constantly in the back of Borders’ mind: What if a developer just simply purchased the park to build apartments — like what happened to a community near the Winchester Mystery House — leaving her family back where they started?Jill Borders sits in her house at the Imperial Estates Mobile Home Park on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. Borders has lived at the the mobile home park since 2013....

Steph Curry frustrated over mediocre start: ‘I’m sick of talking about it. We just have to do it.’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

The Warriors arrived in Phoenix with a troubling 10-12 record at a crucial point.A team, a Hall of Fame core, that’s already carved out a distinguished place in NBA history is grappling with its identity. Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Steve Kerr are on a mission to prove that they still run this league, but are stumbling too much not to raise questions about their vitality.The motion offense has often looked stale. Players outside of Curry haven’t been able to close a significant scoring gap. Through the first 22 games, the Warriors haven’t dominated any facet of the game. They are what their record is, as Kerr put it, with some faith that all the ways they can succeed on paper will come to fruition.But how many more stumbles until the Warriors call it? The season is only a quarter-way through, but the season may be swirling the toilet if this mediocrity continues through the winter. Curry seems to see the big picture.“Got to figure out how to s...

49ers report card: Purdy, explosive offense help Niners’ injury-depleted defense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

Here is how the 49ers (10-3) graded in Sunday’s 28-16 home win over the Seattle Sehawks (6-7):PASS OFFENSE: A-Brock Purdy not only passed for 368 yards and two touchdowns, and he not only mixed in deep shots with smart checkdowns, he also produced his seventh straight game with a 70%-plus completion percentage, which is one shy of Joe Montana’s NFL record in 1989. He’s not taking a victory lap alone, saying: “I’m part of a special group.” That includes Deebo Samuel (seven catches, 149 yards; 54-yard go-ahead touchdown), Brandon Aiyuk (six catches, 126 yards; second-straight 1,000-yard season), and George Kittle (44-yard touchdown). Each of those three had a catch over 40 yards, but Purdy and coach Kyle Shanahan’s favorite strike was a checkdown that Samuel took 30 yards once Purdy went through his progression. The Seahawks sacked Purdy three times and hit him seven as the line adjusted with Jon Feliciano in at right guard for Spencer Burford.RUN OFFENSE: A-McCaffrey sped off 72 yard...

Is America is becoming a country of YIMBYs?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNNNew York  — Public support is building for changes to zoning codes and other laws that have dominated American housing policy for decades and restricted new development.A new Pew Charitable Trusts poll shows broad public approval for several policy initiatives that would make it easier to build new housing, especially apartments.The poll comes amid a severe housing shortage, a loose coalition of grassroots YIMBY leaders — short for Yes in My Backyard — and bipartisan housing policy reform efforts from Utah to Vermont.“The results reflect Americans’ broad concern about housing costs,” Pew Charitable Trusts researchers said in a report.The median home sale price in 2022 was $386,300, up 10.2% from 2021 and the highest on record, and housing construction has failed to keep up with demand. The US housing market is short some 6.5 million homes. Rents reached record highs last year, hitting $2,054, according to Redfin.The Pew poll found strong support for polic...

Golden Globes 2024: See the full list of nominees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

The nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards were revealed Monday morning.The nominations staged a huge sendoff for HBO’s “Succession,” for which multiple cast members scored individual acting nominations, in addition to a best drama series nod, for a total of nine nominations. It was a good morning for everyone who took the time to do a Barbenheimer double feature, too. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” scored the most nominations of any film with nine and “Oppenheimer,” from director Christopher Nolan, scored eight.The 2024 Golden Globes will take place Sunday, Jan. 7 on CBS and Paramount+.See below for a full list of nominees.TELEVISIONBest Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or ComedyBill Hader, “Barry”Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”Jason Segel, “Shrinking”Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or ComedyRachel Brosnahan, “The Marv...

One person injured in massive San Francisco fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

(KRON) – The San Francisco Fire Department is working on containing a massive fire on the 700 block of Masonic. Multiple buildings are evacuated with a partial floor collapse. According to SFFD, one person was rescued and transported to a local area hospital. Masonic Street between Hayes Street and Fulton Street is closed to traffic. Please avoid the area and find alternate routes.

French players Cornet and Cazaux receive wild cards for the Australian Open in January

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:48 GMT

French tennis players Alizé Cornet and Arthur Cazaux have been given wild-card entries for next month’s Australian Open, the French tennis federation said Monday.The 33-year-old Cornet, who is ranked 116th, will participate in the tournament for the 19th time in her career and make a record-extending 68th consecutive appearance at a major. She reached the quarterfinals for the first time in Melbourne last year — her best achievement at any major.The 21-year-old Cazaux is ranked 130th after climbing from 381st at the start of the year, and he goes into main draw first time at the Jan. 15-28 tournament. Cazaux has shown promise by winning one challenger series title and reaching three other challenger finals in 2023 — losing one of them to three-time major winner Andy Murray on grass at the Nottingham Open in June. The wild card deal is part of a swap arrangement with the Australian tennis federation, which will also receive wild cards for the clay-court French Open, to be held ...