Beyoncé, Candace Owens, Charles Barkley & More - 2/20/2024

A Morning News Update That Takes Into Account The News Stories You Deem 'Highly Conversational'

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Today's Rundown:
Beyoncé Becomes First Black Female Artist To Appear On Billboard Country Airplay Chart With A Solo Song In Nearly A Decade
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/02/16/beyonce-becomes-first-black-female-artist-to-appear-on-billboard-country-airplay-chart-with-a-solo-song-this-decade/

Candace Owens Says Black Women Don't Like Taylor Swift Because She's "Giving Karen" and Travis Kelce Is Just Using Her
https://theshadowleague.com/is-candace-owens-redeemable-conservative-pundit-says-black-women-dont-like-taylor-swift-because-shes-giving-karen-and-pulls-receipts/

Truckers for Trump to boycott driving to New York City after $355M fraud ruling
https://www.foxnews.com/us/truckers-trump-will-boycott-driving-new-york-city-after-355m-fraud-ruling

1 killed, 5 wounded in shooting at Waffle House in Indianapolis, police say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/waffle-house-indianapolis-several-shot/

Paramount Plus and Peacock might be the next streaming platforms to merge
https://www.androidcentral.com/streaming-tv/paramount-plus-and-peacock-considering-merger

Capital One is buying Discover in a $35.3 billion deal
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/business/capital-one-buying-discover/index.html

John Oliver offers to pay Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he resigns from supreme court
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/19/john-oliver-clarence-thomas-resign-1-million-offer

Kevin O’Leary says he will no longer invest in ‘loser’ New York after Trump verdict
https://thehill.com/business/4477608-kevin-oleary-says-he-will-no-longer-invest-in-loser-new-york-after-trump-verdict/

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ONE DAY OLDER ON FEBRUARY 20:
Charles Barkley (61)
Trevor Noah (40)
Rihanna (36)

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1962: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbited the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
1997: The Trinity Broadcasting network announced it has dropped singer Pat Boone’s Gospel America show after he records a heavy metal album and appears on the American Music Awards in black leather and a studded dog collar.
2016: A 4-inch lock of John Lennon’s hair sold for $35,000 to a memorabilia collector at an auction in Dallas, Texas.

PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: National Leadership Day
https://nationaltoday.com/national-leadership-day/