Mariah Carey announces holiday concert in Chicago
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
CHICAGO — The Queen of Christmas music is hitting the road for the holidays!Mariah Carey announced Monday the return of her "Merry Christmas One and All!" tour. The 13-date event will kick off Nov. 15 in California — and will include a stop at Chicago's United Center on Dec. 3.The tour will end in New York.Her announcement on social media reads, "Yes, the actual defrosting has begun! Announcing the MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL Tour! On sale 10/6." Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour heads to theaters Tickets for presales will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. and general public tickets go onsale Friday at LiveNation.com.300,000 electric skateboards recalled after multiple deaths reported
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
(WHTM) - Three hundred thousand self-balancing electric skateboards have been recalled due to a crash hazard and four reported deaths.According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the reason for the recall is that the skateboards can stop balancing the rider if the board's limits are exceeded, which poses a crash hazard that can cause serious injuries or death. Courtesy of USCPSCCourtesy of USCPSCThe CPSC says the manufacturer Future Motion has received dozens of reports of incidents involving the recalled skateboards, including four deaths that were reported between 2019 and 2021. The deaths were a result of head trauma — three of the riders were not wearing helmets.Injuries such as traumatic brain injury, concussion, paralysis, upper body fractures, lower body fractures, and ligament damage have also been reported.The recalled Onewheel Electric Skateboards were sold online at www.onewheel.com, other websites, and at independent shops nationwide from Jan...Virginia mother killed by tire while driving with husband, 5 children
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) -- Virginia State Police say a Williamsburg woman died in a crash on Sunday in York County when a tire hit the car she was driving.It happened around 12:22 p.m. on I-64 eastbound at mile marker 241 near the Camp Perry exit. Police say the driver of a Jeep Renegade was heading west on I-64 when one of her vehicle's tires dislodged and traveled into the eastbound lanes. Woman on lawn mower hit and killed by plane in Oklahoma The tire hit the driver's side of a Ford Explorer, fatally wounding the driver, 53-year-old Tammy M. Parsons. Parsons was traveling with her husband and five children at the time. Police say the others were not injured. A photo of Parsons' vehicle shared by VSP shows the driver's side windshield and the roof concaved in. The vehicle appears to have collided with a highway barrier but was otherwise undamaged.(Virginia State Police)Police say the investigation is ongoing and charges are pending, though alcohol and speed are not considered ...At ACC, nearly $500K in student pandemic aid went to employees
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for Oct. 2, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) – Amid a KXAN investigation of Austin Community College’s use of student pandemic relief money, the institution acknowledged on Friday it launched an internal review of its aid distribution and how 115 full-time employees received nearly $500,000 of pandemic grants intended to help struggling students.KXAN found many of those employees were career staffers who weren’t taking course credit before, or after, the semester they enrolled and qualified for emergency student assistance, according to records of ACC’s use of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund money. The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says KXAN began filing record requests and investigating months ago, after receiving an anonymous tip from a person claiming to be a concerned ACC employee.HEERF was a multi-billion-dollar aid program to help college students with b...How to get to, from the 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of thousands of festival goers will flock to Zilker Park over the next two weekends for the 22nd Austin City Limits Music Festival, running Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 13-15. As you put the finishing touches on your festival-ready 'fits and finalize your artist playlist, here's a breakdown of how to get to and from Zilker Park.Free shuttle servicesACL will run a free shuttle service traveling to and from Zilker Park, with attendees boarding at Republic Square Park in downtown Austin. Shuttle riders will then be dropped off at the festival entrance before taking the shuttle back to Republic Square each night.CapMetro bus servicesCapMetro will offer special event services throughout both Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 of the ACL Music Festival. Festivalgoers can purchase a bus pass and receive an unlimited number of rides for $2.50 a day. High-frequency bus routes 2, 4, 7, 10, 20 and the 801 depart every 15 to 30 minutes and will drop riders off approximately a block away from...Birthday celebration for late Texas musician Stevie Ray Vaughan to be held at Auditorium Shores
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Late Texas musician Stevie Ray Vaughan would've turned 69 this week. To honor the iconic Dallas native, the Trail Conservancy is holding a birthday celebration Tuesday from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Statue at Auditorium Shores. This year also marks the 30th anniversary since the statue was placed there, according to the conservancy. The Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on downtown Austin's hike and bike trail in November 2021.ARNOLD WELLS/ABJThere will be live music by Bill Carter, who wrote a lot of Stevie Ray's music, the Trail Conservancy said. Vaughan would've turned 69 this year. He died in 1990 in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.Foo Fighters to play first local show in nearly six years when they headline Target Field in July
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters will play their largest show yet in the metro when they headline Target Field on July 28.Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. There are at least eight presales taking place, including one for Citi cardholders that starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday. For further details, see foofighters.com. Neither the venue nor the promoter announced prices.Fellow Rock Hall inductees the Pretenders and grunge-era rockers L7 are also on the bill.The band had booked an August 2022 stop at Huntington Bank Field that, due to a disagreement between the band and venue over COVID protocols, was then moved to U.S. Bank Stadium. But that March, drummer Taylor Hawkins died of an overdose before a show in Colombia, causing the band to cancel the tour.Led by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters have become one of the most successful contemporary rock bands of the era. In 2021, Paul McCartney inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...Aerosmith postpones farewell tour, which includes a November stop at Xcel Energy Center
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
Aerosmith is postponing all upcoming tour dates, including a Nov. 13 stop at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center, to give Steven Tyler the chance to recover from a serious vocal injury.All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates, which have yet to be announced but will take place in 2024. Once the new schedule is announced, refunds will be available for ticketholders who can’t make the rescheduled date.Tyler first hurt his vocal cords on the third night of the tour, a Sept. 9 concert in New York, which led to the group postponing a half dozen dates. But after Tyler took an extended break from singing, his doctors found further damage.“Unfortunately, Steven’s vocal injury is more serious than initially thought,” reads a post on the band’s Facebook page. “His doctor has confirmed that in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care. He is receiving the best medical treatment available to ensur...Friends of Crandall Public Library to host book sale
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Friends of Crandall Public Library are hosting a fall book sale on Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21. The book sale runs from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Adult books cost $1 each. Books for kids and teens cost four for $1. Patrons are asked to bring their own bags.The book sale will be held in the Christine L. McDonald Community Room on the lower level of the library. Visitors are asked to use the Glen Street Entrance.Dispensary relocating in Colonie, hoping to sell cannabis by November
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:32:10 GMT
COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The CBD shop Brownies is relocating within Colonie. The shop, which hopes to start cannabis sales soon, is moving from 1593 Central Avenue to 1686 Central Avenue. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Brownies is owned by mother and son duo Kelly and Michael Hilland. They opened Brownies two years ago in Colonie.Michael Hilland said they needed a bigger space. The new location is a stand-alone building, as opposed to a plaza, with a 20-space parking lot. Brownies is currently closed while they move into the new space at 1686 Central Avenue. Multiple agencies searching for missing child in Saratoga County Brownies was awarded a Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) license by the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) at the end of July. The dispensary will be selling THC flower, cartridges, edibles, topicals, oils, and concentrates.At the new store, Hilland said they'll be adding a terpene smell wal...Latest news
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