Justice Department sues Texas developer with accusations of preying on Latino homebuyers

Federal authorities sued Houston-area developer Colony Ridge on Wednesday, with accusations of them luring Latino home buyers into seller-financed mortgages and setting them up to default and face foreclosure.  The lawsuit comes one week after the Houston Landing published an investigation about Colony Ridge’s lending practices. Colony Ridge entities developed a collection of subdivisions that …

Xfinity urges users to change passwords after 36M customers are affected by hackers

Xfinity has notified its customers that a hacker data breach obtained access to the personal information of 36 million customers — comprising nearly all of Xfinity’s customers. The data included passwords, user names and security-question answers. An Xfinity notice to customers this week said that the hack was due to a vulnerability in Citrix software …

Trisha Yearwood debuts ‘nearly unrecognizable’ new look and hairstyle with bangs

Trisha Yearwood is showing off her recent hair transformation, looking nearly unrecognizable in a series of photos she posted to Instagram. In Yearwood’s first two photos, she shows off her new honey blonde hairstyle -with the addition of bangs – as she dons leather leggings, a cherry red velvet blazer and black boots, finishing off …

Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson debut unreleased song in Las Vegas

Lainey Wilson surprised fans during her Las Vegas show on Dec 15, bringing Miranda Lambert on stage to join her for a live performance, including debuting a a new, unreleased song the duo co-wrote together. Wilson had posted on her Instagram some images of her and Lambert on stage rehearsing, along with the tagline: “Charlie’s …

Sister of Céline Dion says singer’s symptoms of stiff-person syndrome have worsened

Céline Dion’s sister, Claudette Dion, shared in new interview that the singer has reportedly lost control of some of her mobility amid her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis. The disease is considered to be rare and only affects approximately one in a million people. According to a translation from French, Claudette Dion told 7 Jours: “She doesn’t …

‘Wonka’ debuts at No. 1 at the box office with $39M in earnings

The musical “Wonka” debuted with $39 million in its opening in U.S. and Canadian theaters, with its star, 27-year-old Timothée Chalamet, earning his second No. 1 movie (following 2021’s “Dune.”) “Wonka” is the first big Hollywood release to launch following the end of the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike, and its success it due in part to …

President Biden, others remember Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at funeral services

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who was the first woman to serve on the High Court, was honored by President Biden and other political figures at her funeral on Tuesday. O’Connor passed away in Phoenix on Dec. 1 at the age of 93. O’Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan …

Fresh Express bagged spinach sold in 7 states is recalled over potential listeria concerns

Fresh Express bagged spinach is being recalled in seven states due to a potential health risk. The recall was initiated after the Florida Department of Agriculture tested a “randomly selected” package of spinach as part of its routine sampling activities and received a positive result for the bacteria. According to the FDA, Listeria is an …

Old Dominion to open ‘Odie’s Bar & Music Venue’ in Nashville

Old Dominion announced plans to open a new bar/music venue in Summer 2024 near Music Row in Nashville called Odie’s, located at 1919 Division St. Old Dominion teamed with Good Time Design, the hospitality and entertainment group behind Sonny’s Patio Pub and Cerveza Jack’s in Nashville, to create the concept for Odie’s. Old Dominion’s Trevor Rosen …

Dan + Shay join Spotify Billionaires Club with ‘10,000 Hours’

Dan + Shay have joined the Spotify Billionaires Club with their “10,000 Hours” collaboration with Justin Bieber — meaning, “10,000 Hours” was one of the rare songs from a country artist or group that has hit 1 billion streams on the streaming platform. The collaboration was written by Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Bieber, Jordan Reynolds, …