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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times The City of Birmingham on Tuesday unveiled its first-ever “sensory room” at the Boutwell Auditorium in downtown for children and adults who experience sensory sensitivities – which often produce adverse reactions to loud noises or sounds, loud smells, bright lights or even large crowd gatherings. The room […]
Bayer Leverkusen sealed their first ever Bundesliga title with five games to spare after thrashing visitors Werder Bremen 5-0. After the final whistle hundreds of fans rushed onto the pitch to celebrate with the players. Fans outside the stadium were also celebrating, ecstatic to be victorious 'after all the runner-up finishes'. Bayer Leverkusen clinch historic Bundesliga title with rout of Werder Continue reading
Nineteen years ago, a young man named Jawed Karim uploaded the first ever video on YouTube. Titled ‘Me at the zoo’, the 19 second clip features Karim standing in front of elephants at the San Diego Zoo. Interestingly, the video, which was shot by Karim’s friends, was taken just a few months before YouTube’s public launch in May 2005. Despite its low quality, the video went on to revolutionise the digital scene. In 2006, tech giant Google acquired the platform for a whopping $1.65 billion, while...
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - New to the event stage? The first ever MCH Diamond Dash Fun Run, as part of the First Friday ODTX Series with Odessa Arts and Downtown Odessa, Inc. on Friday, May 3rd. This comes as Medical Center Health System kicks off its 75th Anniversary. Registration for the 2K Fun Run is []
Women's rugby in the U.S. is going professional with the new Women's Elite Rugby competition. The league will officially launch next year with between 6 and 8 teams.
We Still Don’t Trust You is running it up, projecting for Future and Metro Boomin’s second No. 1 debut in a month. According to Hits Daily Double, We Still Don’t Trust You is aiming for a 150-175K album-equivalent unit debut. The first edition, We Don’t Trust You, hit No. 1 behind 251,000 equivalent album units. […] The post Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU’ Projected for 175K First Week Units first appeared on The Source.
Times staff report When looking for a children’s book on a local African American hero, Hailey Mason initially couldn’t find one on Richard Arrington Jr., Ph.D., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. “I volunteered at some local [Birmingham] elementary schools and I wanted to do a segment on local Black history figures and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is partnering, through his Seth MacFarlane Foundation, with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation to fund the first-ever, curated restoration of historically significant animated shorts from the 1920s to 1940s. MacFarlane is committed to saving and honoring the art form from its earliest days forward. He’s been fascinated by animation since […]
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The U.S. now boasts a record 550 “million-dollar” cities, where the typical home is worth $1 million or more, according to a new analysis by Zillow.
See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended April 21.