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Country star Scotty McCreery took it in stride after he fell backward on stage during a recent concert.On Wednesday, the 31-year-old, who won “American Idol” during the show’s 10th season in 2011, shared a video in which he takes a tumble while performing at a stop on Kane Brown’s The High Road Tour.”Who put that there?” the “Damn Strait” singer joked in the caption of his Instagram post. “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery poked fun at himself after taking a tumble on stage during a recent concert. (Disney/Eric McCandless)In the clip, McCreery took a few steps backward at the end…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk boards Air Force One with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) as they departs for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., March 22, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersElon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the artificial intelligence company at $80 billion and the social media company at $33 billion.”xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk, the world’s richest person, wrote in a post on X. “Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute,…

Two cases involving possible food poisoning among tourists have raised concerns about what travelers can do to prevent and treat food-borne illnesses — not just during off-the-beaten-path adventures, but in and around resorts.While the cause of the recent death of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, has not been confirmed, Miller, along with other members of the Gardner family, is reported to have experienced gastrointestinal distress after eating a meal while on vacation in Costa Rica. And a lawsuit filed this year in Toronto in connection with the food poisoning-related deaths in…

A federal judge said on Friday that he would temporarily halt the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle Voice of America, the government-funded international broadcaster whose prospective demise has alarmed advocates for press freedoms.The judge, J. Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, made his comments from the bench during a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Voice of America journalists and their unions. The suit argues that the administration’s actions, like placing hundreds of journalists at the organization on paid leave, violated the journalists’ First Amendment rights.Andrew G. Celli Jr., a lawyer for the journalists who brought the…

Crypto exchange Coincall has officially entered the top 5 global crypto options exchanges by trading volume, marking a major milestone just 18 months after its founding. The achievement highlights the platform’s rapid growth in a sector that’s increasingly drawing both institutional and retail interest.The surge in performance, according to internal data and third-party analytics, is linked to a successful Q1 strategy that included high-impact marketing campaigns and new product rollouts, in collaboration with notable crypto partners such as SignalPlus, DWF, and Big Candle Capital.Crypto options: from niche strategy to core market structureOnce reserved for quants and hedge funds, options are…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.CoreWeave closed flat after a volatile trading debut after the data centre operator downsized its initial public offering over concerns about its business model and waning exuberance in groups linked to artificial intelligence. The company’s shares ended Friday at $40, having fallen as low as $37.46 as it started trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market following the largest US tech IPO since chipmaker Arm Holdings went public in September 2023.CoreWeave raised $1.5bn when it floated its shares at $40 a piece on…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A fintech start-up founder was convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase by overstating the value of a student loan business it bought from her, completing a stunning fall from grace for the millennial entrepreneur and an embarrassing chapter for the bank. Charlie Javice was arrested two years ago on fraud charges over the $175mn sale of her company Frank in 2021, which helped students applying for financial aid. Prosecutors accused Javice and her co-defendant, Olivier Amar, Frank’s former chief growth officer, of paying…

The Trump administration on Friday detailed its plans to put the U.S. Agency for International Development, the government’s main agency for distributing foreign aid, fully under the State Department and reduce its staff to some 15 positions.An email to U.S.A.I.D. employees informing them of the impending layoffs, titled “U.S.A.I.D.’s Final Mission” and sent just after noon, detailed an elimination in all but name that the administration had long signaled was coming. It arrived over protests from lawmakers who argued that efforts to downsize the agency were illegal, and from staff members and unions who sued to stop them.The agency employed…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign desperately needs a reset, according to some veteran Tory campaigners and strategists. The question is whether the former frontrunner for Canada’s next prime minister and his inner circle will acknowledge and address that Donald Trump, not carbon taxes or crime, is the ballot box question, the sources tell Global News.The world changed with U.S. President Trump’s election last year, but seven veteran Conservative campaigners warned Poilievre appears to be fighting yesterday’s fights.“These aren’t little waves lapping at the shore. The Trump stuff is as serious as tsunamis crashing through trees and buildings and bulldozing everything…

Novak Djokovic delivered an emphatic display to seal his place in the Miami Open final with a straight-sets victory over Grigor Dimitrov.The 24-time grand slam champion needed just 69 minutes to secure a one-sided 6-2 6-3 win over his Bulgarian opponent.Djokovic, 37, is bidding to land his 100th career title – a record seventh in Florida – and his first since teaming up with Andy Murray as his coach.Despite losing his opening service game, Djokovic raced to the first set in 30 minutes after producing just two unforced errors.He never looked in danger of losing the second – missing just…