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In Chicago last week the 5,200 cab drivers and mechanics of Teamster Local 777 proved that in union there is strength —and also demonstrated why Teamsters’ Boss Jimmy Hoffa dislikes the secret ballot. In an election supervised not only by the National Labor Relations Board but also by Chicago police, Local 777’s members made it abundantly clear that they want no more truck with the Teamsters. Ending a 25-year Teamster grip on Chicago’s taxicabs was an uphill job. [Read More]

YOLO Island will be introduced through an exclusive event, allowing guests to immerse themselves in a world of luxury, wellness, and bespoke hospitality. The elegant all-inclusive beach resort is located at Ibeshe Private Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The latest facility boasts state-of-the-art features and facilities including, a beautiful landscape, spacious public areas, high-quality service, six grand chalets with ocean and lake views, 7 swimming pools, a chic restaurant and bar, a sports court, a trendy spa and gym, and a multipurpose entertainment space. [Read More]

(See Cover) High over the jungle green hills of Laos, unmarked U.S. transport planes loosed red and white parachutes that floated down the supplies of war: ammunition, clothing and food. Only a few miles away, across a canyon or a hill. Russian Ilyushins bounced onto rough turf runways bearing howitzers, mortars, assault guns and Communist technicians to man them. Among all the crises around the world, only in the remote and rugged northern Laos were Communist and anti-Communist armies lined up for war. [Read More]

When a prominent political figure debuts a new book, it often leads to speculation about a subsequent run for office. In Liz Cheney’s case, she’s made that possibility explicit. As the former GOP congresswoman promotes her new memoir, “Oath and Honor,” she has made it no secret that she is mulling a presidential bid as a third-party candidate to prevent Donald Trump from returning to the White House. “I think that the situation that we’re in is so grave, and the politics of the moment require independents and Republicans and Democrats coming together in a way that can help form a new coalition, so that may well be a third-party option,” Cheney told USA TODAY on Monday, the day before her memoir arrived on bookshelves. [Read More]

U.K.'s ITVS GE will act as licensing agent for Ánima Kitchent's ‘Piny' One of the world’s leading trade publishers, Penguin Random House, will publish the children’s books series based on “Cleo & Cuquin,” a pre-school transmedia brand from Madrid-based Ánima Kitchent and Mexico’s Televisa. [Read More]

Complete Broadcast, Cable and Pay TV Ratings Ranker for 2023 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 There are several popular social media accounts that graph weekly cable network schedules, and it’s always stunning to see how many schedulers have just given up. Nearly every cable network, large and small, now mostly program marathons of their most popular shows. You know about “Ridiculousness” on MTV, of course. But did you know how much time Disney Channel runs “Big City Greens,” Nick Jr. [Read More]

Every social network lets you upload lots of pictures, but because those images get buried in the back pages of your profile, they hardly ever get viewed. My Flickr for Facebook and Happy Flickr for MySpace display several pictures at once, right on your main profile page. You can choose how big you want each photo to be and how you want them arranged. Since the images are hosted on the Flickr website, you'll need to create a free account and upload your photos there first. [Read More]

Mirror Uk reports that Enki Bracaj, who became an international celebrity by presenting a program with an open top, has been replaced by an even more buxom and braless, Greta Hoxha. Hoxha is now the presenter reading the station’s news output, wearing the shortest of waistcoats with no bra beneath. ADVERTISEMENT The 21-yr-old TV news presenter made the news all around the world with her open-top stunt at the news station in conservative city of Albania. [Read More]

When we first meet Fern in Nomadland, she’s living in a van and working at an Amazon Warehouse in Nevada. It’s Christmastime and the 61-year-old widow, played by Frances McDormand, is shopping at a sporting goods store when she sees some familiar faces from her old life in Empire, a company-owned mining town left abandoned months earlier as a casualty of the Great Recession. Before they part ways, a young girl who Fern used to tutor tells her that her mother says Fern is homeless. [Read More]