Taylor Swift Announces Surprise New Album at Grammys (Newser Morning 8)

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February 5, 2024     "You may delay, but time will not." —Benjamin Franklin   1 What to Know About the New Border Bill Senate leaders released their long-awaited immigration proposal Sunday, one that couples new border laws with aid to Ukraine ($60 billion) and Israel ($14 billion). Keep reading   2 Taylor Swift Announces Surprise New Album at Grammys Taylor Swift won best pop vocal album for Midnights at Sunday's Grammy Awards, and used her acceptance speech to reveal a "secret" she said she's been keeping for two years: She's coming out with a new album April 19. Keep reading   From our sponsors After Testing Dozens of Bed Sheets, These Are #1 Perhaps the best kept secret of luxury hotels and Airbnbs is now available to the public. Miracle Brand sheets use a proprietary silver infused thread that eliminates 99% of the bacteria normally found in cotton bedding. The result is an amazingly soft, self-cooling, and self-cleaning sheet that takes advantage of the heat-dispersing properties of silver. Learn More >     At a Glance Phoebe Bridgers, from left, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus of boygenius pose in the press room with the awards for best rock performance and best rock song for "Not Strong Enough," and best alternative music album for "The Record." Taylor Swift, center right, and Jack Antonoff pose with the award for record of the year for "Midnights" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Keep reading   3 Jay-Z Calls Out Grammys While Onstage at the Grammys Jay-Z was awarded the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammys on Sunday night, and the rapper took the opportunity to call out the awards show itself while onstage accepting the award. Keep reading   4 2nd Member of Mahomes Family Lands in Legal Trouble The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was arrested in East Texas on at least his third charge of driving while intoxicated, according to jail records. Keep reading   5 Killer Mike Arrested After Winning 3 Grammys Killer Mike was arrested at the Grammy Awards on Sunday after the rapper and activist won three Grammy awards including his first in more than two decades, the AP reports. Keep reading   6 Jerome Powell Asks Americans to Be Patient In an appearance on 60 Minutes Sunday, Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve is still on track to cut interest rates three times in 2024. Keep reading     7 Angry Fans Chant 'Refund!' as Messi Sits Match Out Even Hong Kong's government weighed in Sunday when Lionel Messi remained on the bench during a pre-season friendly soccer match between his Inter Miami team and Hong Kong's team. Keep reading   8 Los Angeles Getting a Month's Worth of Rain in a Few Hours California was being battered by the second of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers Sunday, with Los Angeles expected to get a month's worth of rain in just a few hours. Keep reading   This Day in History On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history, though a majority of senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment. Just one Republican, Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with the GOP and voted to convict. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: 'Science Guy' Bill Nye, Creationist Square Off   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved