NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Charlie Puth helped kick off Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with his rendition of the national anthem, and football fans flocked to social media to give him his flowers for it.As some national anthem renditions have been critiqued in the past, many believed Puth did well with the performance.”Charlie Puth killed it holy s—,” one X user wrote. Another added: “Charlie Puth singing the national anthem like he’s in the Baptist church mixed with a little 80s RnB in there. One of my favorite anthems I heard [for real].”Even some viewers who are not fans of the Rumson, New Jersey, native’s music came away impressed.SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: HERE ARE SOME OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL COMMERCIALS YOU CAN EXPECT DURING THE BIG GAME”While I’m not a huge fan of his musical stylings, Charlie Puth is a brilliant musician,” an X user posted. “A bit of an over production for my taste, but he did a fine job.”There were some, though, who believe too much autotune pumped into his microphone. “Charlie Puth was [fire emoji] but the sound engineer needs to be fired for slapping so much auto-tune on…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Coco Jones performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” on Sunday ahead of Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots.”Lift Every Voice and Sing” is also known as the Black national anthem and has been a source of consternation for NFL fans since the league started to use the song during the 2020 season. Each Super Bowl, the performance of the song brings out hot takes on social media. Super Bowl LX was no different, as the song being a part of the pregame festivities drew backlash on X once again.Jones’ song was performed as fans began to trickle into Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. She was the opener before Green Day made a special performance to honor Super Bowl MVPs over the last 59 Super Bowls.Jones’ rendition drew a lot of praise, while the NFL’s use of the song was the main sticking point with critics.BRETT FAVRE SAYS HE WON’T WATCH BAD BUNNY SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, WILL WATCH ALL-AMERICAN SHOW INSTEAD The singer/songwriter and actress who has appeared on “Bel-Air” and “The Voice.” She released her first studio album, “Why Not More?” on April 25.The NFL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American Olympians have had a tough time getting onto the podium in the first two days of the 2026 Winter Olympics, but wrapped up Sunday with a gold medal.U.S. figure skating took home the gold medal in the figure skating team event. Team USA had a total score of 69 points and edged Japan for the top spot by just one point. Italy finished with the bronze medal with 60 points. The Americans needed to finish near the top in ice dancing, pair skating, women’s singles skating and men’s singles skating. Madison Chock and Evan Bates crushed the ice dancing discipline, scoring a 133.23 and picking up the 10 points needed to start the day on top.Danny O’Shea and Kam Ellie did enough to pick up one more point than they received in the qualifications. Though, the pair fell behind Japan’s Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura, Georgia’s Luka Berulava and Anastasiia Metelkina and Italy’s Niccolo Macii and Sara Conti.AMERICAN OLYMPIAN TAKING SOCIAL MEDIA BREATHER OVER ‘HATE’ AFTER TRUMP CRITICISM Amber Glenn picked up eight points in the final round of the women’s single skating but finished behind Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and Anastasiia…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After Mike Tomlin stepped down last month following 19 seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers hired Mike McCarthy as their next head coach.McCarthy took the 2025 season off after being let go by the Dallas Cowboys after five seasons there. Previously, he coached Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers for 13 years.Now, it looks like a 14th season is on the horizon.  NFL Network reported that the odds of Rodgers coming back to the Steelers for a 22nd NFL season are “increasing.”It’s not quite known what the original odds were, but even at season’s end, Rodgers, who originally sounded as if the 2025 season would be his last, didn’t sound ready to leave.”I’m not going to make any emotional decisions,” Rodgers said. “I’m disappointed. It was such a fun year. Obviously, a lot of adversity, but a lot of fun.” ODDSMAKER REVEALS MOST POPULAR BETTING TRENDS FOR SUPER BOWL, HOW GAMBLERS COULD CASH OUTAt the time he signed with the Steelers, he said he was “pretty sure” the 2025 season would be his last, but there is no question that Rodgers has at least warmed up to the possibility of a 22nd NFL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane said the U.S. should use military action against Iran while the regime is at its “weakest,” arguing that Tehran continues to lie about its nuclear ambitions even as President Donald Trump keeps the door open to a new deal.”I think we’re coming down to the reality that the military option is, indeed, the best option here,” Keane said on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”Trump faces “this historic opportunity that no other president has had” to set the conditions for regime collapse, which could herald enduring peace in the Middle East and be legacy-defining for the president, he said.  The Fox News senior strategic analyst acknowledged that Trump has established a pattern of using diplomatic pressure to achieve his aims, but still pushed for military action against Iran, claiming that “if they [Iran] make any kind of a deal, the first thing they’re going to want is sanction relief.”He said even a deal favorable to the U.S. wouldn’t be in the best interest of America, the region or the Iranian people because it would extend the life of the ayatollah’s regime, which is now the “weakest” it has been…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: It Is Starting! Layoffs Highest Since 2009, Job Openings Plummet, and Bitcoin And Other Major Cryptocurrencies Are Crashing Hard Look out below, because the dam is beginning to break.  Many of us were projecting that our economic problems would accelerate during the early portion of 2026, and that is precisely what has taken place.  Employers are conducting brutal layoffs all over the nation, the number of job openings continues to decline, stores and restaurants are closing everywhere we look, and now cryptocurrencies are crashing hard.  We haven’t seen anything like this since the Great Recession, and the worst is yet to come. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, so far in 2026 the number of announced layoffs is the highest that we have seen since 2009… Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, the highest tally for the first month of the year since 2009, according to a report out Feb. 5, and a sign employers may be taking defensive steps against economic uncertainty. The report, from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, mirrored other data released Feb. 5 that suggested the labor…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Days after Shinedown pulled out of the Rock the Country festival, the Kid Rock-led music event canceled its show in South Carolina. The festival, originally scheduled to be held in Anderson, South Carolina, on July 25 and July 26, was reportedly canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to Fox Carolina. “Anderson County has been proud to host Rock the Country for the past two years,” the Anderson County administrator, Rusty Burns, said in a statement to Fox Carolina. “The event was a huge success drawing tens of thousands of visitors, making a multimillion-dollar economic impact on the Upstate. An event of this caliber proved what a great venue and exceptional hospitality we have here in Anderson County. Of course, we are disappointed that Rock the Country will not return to Anderson this year.”SHINEDOWN ABANDONS PATRIOTIC FESTIVAL AS DISAPPOINTED FANS SLAM ‘WOKE’ DECISION TO CANCEL “We are already planning additional major events and look forward to exciting announcements to come. Anderson County is committed to bringing high quality arts and entertainment to our community.”According to the festival’s website, the lineups vary by city. The Anderson, South Carolina, lineup had Kid Rock and Jason Aldean headlining and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Real Time” host Bill Maher lamented the rise of gambling on Friday during his HBO show and told viewers that people still have control of their own destiny in America.”So I gotta ask, is this what we’re doing now instead of having an actual economy? I get it. Too many people feel that even clawing their way to the middle class is impossible. Forget fantasy football. Owning a home — that’s the real fantasy,” he said.Maher said gambling was mostly done by younger men during the monologue.”And yet, half of all millennials do own a home,” the comedian continued. “And most of the gambling is done by really young men, to whom I say: Why don’t you let life kick you in the a– before you give up on it?” BILL MAHER SAYS DEMS NEED TO TELL CELEBRITIES TO ‘SHUT THE F— UP,’ HOLLYWOOD IS HOLDING PARTY BACKThe comedian said gambling allows people to stop believing they can control their own destinies.”I’m sure that an afternoon doing scratch-offs at the gas station is a great way to signal to women, ‘I’m not marriage material,’ but it’s not a retirement plan. Gambling isn’t…