Mickey Gilley, Who Helped Inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' Dies at 86
contact@hellonews.website NEW YORK — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley…
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Firefighters Brace for Potentially Historic Winds in New Mexico
LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO — Weather conditions described as potentially historic were on tap for New Mexico on Saturday and for the next several days as more than 1,400 firefighters…
Ukrainians Fleeing Mariupol Reach Safety in Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainians are finding different ways to leave the areas under heavy fire along the southern front line of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The industrial city of Zaporizhzhia became the entry point…
Chinese Calculations on Taiwan Affected by Ukraine Conflict, CIA Director Says
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Saturday that China is closely monitoring Russia’s conflict in Ukraine and that it is affecting Chinese leaders’ calculations over Taiwan, the…
Russian Blockade of Ukrainian Sea Ports Sends Food Prices Soaring
Geneva — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says global food prices stabilized last month at a very high level but were slightly lower than in March, which saw…
Ukraine, China, Trade Set to Dominate US-ASEAN Summit Agenda
White House — Trade relations, regional security and the Russian invasion of Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the leaders of member countries in the…
Sinn Fein Set for Historic Win in Northern Ireland Election
Belfast, Northern Ireland — Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein was widely expected to become the largest group in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time, giving it the right…
Inside ‘Ozark’s’ Love of Hip-Hop and Killer Mike’s Season 4 Cameo
Ozark’s Ruth Langmore has become one of television’s most unlikely onscreen hip-hop ambassadors, frequently listening to 90s-era rappers. In season four’s episode “The Cousin of Death,” her taste goes meta:…
How Russia Tries to Counter Moldova’s Separatist Region Westward Drift
WASHINGTON/CHISINAU, MOLDOVA — Russia’s desire to create a land corridor to Moldova’s separatist region of Transnistria is drawing attention to Moscow’s efforts to prevent the pro-Russian enclave from deepening ties…
Fighting in Ukraine Likely to Intensify This Weekend
Ukrainian officials have warned the country’s residents that the battles with Russian troops are likely to intensify this weekend, in the lead-up to Russia’s Victory Day celebrations Monday, commemorating the…
McConnell, Utah Leaders Honor 'Larger Than Life' Orrin Hatch
SALT LAKE CITY — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to the late Sen. Orrin Hatch on Friday, celebrating the Utah icon as a principled conservative, committed public servant…
Bob Dylan Museum Opening in Tulsa
Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples will be among the dignitaries expected in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this weekend for the opening of the Bob Dylan Center, the museum and archive…
US Companies Struggle to React to Potential State Abortion Bans
In the days since the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow individual states to outlaw abortion, U.S. corporations have been largely…
US-China Policy Takes Shape Ahead of Meetings with Asian Leaders
Washington — The United States plans to more fully outline its policy toward China ahead of a series of high-profile meetings with Asian leaders, and the first in-person meeting between…
Warhol Monroe Portrait Set to Smash Records at New York Sales
NEW YORK — An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million headlines this month’s spring sales in New York that collectors say are among the most…