Tech company CEO resigns after Coldplay video

July 22, 2025

The IT company CEO captured in a widely circulated video showing him embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert has resigned. Andy Byron resigned from his job as CEO of Cincinnati-based Astronomer Inc., according to a statement posted on LinkedIn by the company Saturday. "Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met," the company said in its post on LinkedIn. The move comes a day after the company said that Byron had ...

‘Superman’ shows staying power in its second weekend

July 22, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — James Gunn's "Superman" showed staying power in its second weekend at North American box offices, collecting $57.3 million in ticket sales and remaining the No. 1 movie in cinemas, according to studio estimates Sunday. None of the week's new releases — "I Know What You ...

Coldplay’s jumbotron captures — what exactly? The internet has its theories

July 21, 2025

LONDON (AP) — It started out as a routine bit of fun at a Coldplay concert: Lead singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his "Jumbotron Song," when he sings a few lines about the people the camera lands on. At a concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Wednesday, ...

Man dies after heavy weight-training chain around neck pulls him into MRI machine

July 21, 2025

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his wife, who told a local television outlet that he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died Thursday afternoon, but a police ...

The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth

July 19, 2025

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed "hell on Earth," Danny Westergaard tells himself: "Slow and steady" or "smooth as butter." For 18 years, Westergaard, 66, has braved the scorching summer heat of California's Death Valley in an ...

Local Entertainment

July 18, 2025

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE (Check with venues first in case of cancellation) Friday, July 18 — Aura Community Hall, Townline Road, north of L’Anse, East of Aura - 47th Annual Aura Jamboree from 5 p.m. to midnight. Local musicians’ schedule: Me & My Uncle at 5 p.m. Anthony Lindsey at 5:40 p.m. Pentatonic Uncertainty at 6 p.m. Onward at 6:20 pm. — Leigh’s Garden Winery, 6 p.m. – Friday Night Piano with Gavin Hedin — Saunders Point Brewing, 6-9 p.m. – Kevin Gulik — Iron Mountain City Park, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Polar Blues Band, followed by Next Myle — ...