General Mills and Audi are the latest big advertisers to pause ads on Twitter as questions swirl about how the social media platform will operate under new owner Elon Musk. Spokesperson Kelsey Roemhildt on Thursday confirmed the move by the Minneapolis-based maker of food brands such as Cheerios and Annie’s …

A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot early Tuesday during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as a “targeted” hit. A man knocked on a door in New Port Richey, which is north of Tampa, sometime after 12:30 a.m., Pasco County …

Julia Roberts has revealed a unique story about her birth — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, paid for her parents’ hospital bill after she was born. During a September interview with Gayle King for History Channel’s “HISTORYTalks” series, Roberts spoke about her family’s unexpected …

The IRS said this week it has hired an additional 4,000 customer service representatives who are being trained to answer taxpayer questions during the 2023 tax filing season. It’s part of the new hiring made possible when congressional Democrats gave the IRS an $80 billion boost in funding over the …

At the beginning of this midterm cycle, incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan was considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats on the November ballot. Hassan barely defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte in 2016, and was unpopular in poll after poll among New Hampshire voters. However, in the latest sign that Republicans …

A 14-year-old girl caused a stir at a north Florida middle school when she handed out more than $10,000 that she is accused of stealing from her grandmother, officials said. Marion County deputies responded to Lake Weir Middle School in Summerfield on Thursday after reports that a student was giving …

Igor Danchenko, the Russian analyst considered the primary source of the “Steele dossier,” a 2016 opposition research report filled with unproven, compromising personal and financial information about then-candidate Donald Trump, walked out of federal court on Tuesday after a jury cleared him of all charges of making false statements to …

With sky-high inflation still weighing on Americans’ pocketbooks as the holiday season approaches, a personal finance expert advises consumers to create a budget to avoid going into the hole.  A good rule of thumb is to allocate 50% of your paycheck toward everyday needs and 30% toward discretionary items, while socking …

A judge has halted Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk until the end of the month, giving the Tesla CEO more time to close the planned $44 billion acquisition of the company. The judge in Delaware Chancery Court has paused the trial until 5 p.m. October 28. Musk made a renewed …

Alabama has set a November execution date for a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire killing of a pastor’s wife. The scheduled execution follows criticism over the state’s last two lethal injection attempts, including one that was called off after the execution team had trouble finding a vein. Kenneth Eugene …