When Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga released their first album together in 2014, some may have found them an unlikely pair. But the singers had gotten close and continued to create music as a duo, with Gaga even crediting Bennett, who died on Friday at age 96, with “saving” her. …
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While most of us will only dream of ever receiving a sudden financial windfall, one lucky Powerball player purchased a winning ticket to Wednesday’s estimated $1.08 billion jackpot, lottery officials said. Though the sums aren’t as hefty, money received from an inheritance, business sale or big bonus at work are more …
Read More »Georgia’s highest court on Monday rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to block a district attorney from prosecuting him for his actions in wake of the 2020 election. The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously shot down a petition that Trump’s attorneys filed last week asking the court to intervene. Trump’s …
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Inflation dipped in June to its slowest pace in more than 2 years, indicating price increases are cooling amid the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking regime. The Consumer Price Index grew at an annual rate of 3%, the Labor Department said on Wednesday. Economists had expected a 3.1% increase, according to FactSet. The …
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Two weeks after a 49-year-old Minnesota woman was killed in a hit-and-run, law enforcement have arrested her husband and charged him with murder, the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said in a news statement. Sheriff deputies arrested Tony James McClelland, 47, as a suspect in the hit-and-run death of his …
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After looking at surveillance video, Las Vegas Police say a security guard for NBA rookie Victor Wembanyama pushed Britney Spears’ hand off the player without looking, causing her hand to hit her own face. No charges or citations were filed after the incident. Spears spoke out about the incident Thursday, …
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A semi-truck driver who earlier this year caused a six-vehicle crash in Arizona that resulted in the deaths of five people was on his phone and “actively using” TikTok just before the accident, officials said on Thursday. Danny Tiner, 36, has been charged with several felonies related to the incident. …
Read More »After the Supreme Court reversed President Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan, critics of the decision are pointing to other recent examples of the government forgiving debt —many with far larger amounts of money than at stake than in the student loan plan. In particular, the Paycheck Protection Program has so far …
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The White House confirmed Wednesday that President Biden has been using a CPAP machine, a device commonly used to address sleep apnea, to improve his sleeping in recent weeks. Biden, 80, disclosed in 2008 medical reports that he has a history of sleep apnea — making him one of roughly …
Read More »More than a dozen people across Texas and Louisiana have suffered heat-related deaths in recent days, as extreme temperatures are forecast to continue. Eleven of the Texas heat-related deaths happened in under two weeks in Webb County, which includes Laredo, Dr. Corinne Stern, the county’s medial examiner, said. The dead …
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