In September 2020, Sharon McMahon, a public-school teacher turned yarn entrepreneur and portrait photographer from Duluth, Minn., was nursing her husband through a recent kidney transplant, looking after her four school-age children, watching the election campaign with mounting dismay and, as she puts it, “just riding out COVID like everybody else was.” Weary of people…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges
The embattled rapper-turned-mogul, 54, appeared in federal court Tuesday following Monday night’s arrest in New York City. Source link
Bernie Sanders says Ozempic can be produced for less than $100 a month
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., renewed his criticism of drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Tuesday, claiming that the CEOs of major generic pharmaceutical companies have told him that they can produce and sell its blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic for less than $100 a month. Sanders made the remark at an expert roundtable event on Capitol…
How to Watch Tonight’s Rare Harvest-Blood-Supermoon
On Tuesday evening, stargazers in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa will be treated to three celestial events taking place at the same time: the harvest moon, a blood moon, and a supermoon. All three occurring simultaneously are “quite rare,” Teresa Monsue, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, told NPR. Here’s what…
‘Golden Bachelorette’ Joan Vassos felt she was ‘cheating on’ late husband on show
Joan Vassos is opening up about how her journey on “The Golden Bachelorette” helped aid her grief over the loss of her husband. “My husband passed away during COVID, and I really didn’t embrace the whole mourning thing,” the 61-year-old told People Tuesday. “I was in charge of being strong. I just buckled down and ignored…
A Look at Israel-Hezbollah Tensions and How a Wider War Could Impact Lebanon
Lebanon and Israel have repeatedly traded strikes since the Gaza war began in October, killing civilians and combatants in Lebanon and Israel. Source link
‘Bachelorette’ Jenn Tran addresses friendship and romance rumors with Jonathan Johnson
After one of most dramatic “Bachelorette” finales in the reality show’s history, lead Jenn Tran is getting by with a little help from a friend. Tran, 26, who’s been in Los Angeles to film for “Dancing With The Stars” following the finale aired earlier this month, said she’s been grateful to gain a friend in…
Elon Musk’s Memphis AI Data Center Raises Pollution Concerns
In July, Elon Musk made a bold prediction: that his artificial intelligence startup xAI would release “the most powerful AI in the world,” a model called Grok 3, by this December. The bulk of that AI’s training, Musk said, would happen at a “massive new training center” in Memphis, which he bragged had been built…
My mom keeps kissing my daughter goodbye without her consent
Jane’s daughter is turning three soon, so she’s trying to teach her that her body is hers and that she can say no to hugs and kisses if she wants to. But despite her best efforts to impart this lesson, her own mother is apparently making it “near impossible” and won’t stop kissing her daughter when she babysits her. “Family should…
Exploding pagers wound “large number” of Hezbollah members in Lebanon, Iran-backed group says
Beirut, Lebanon — Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said Tuesday that “a large number” of its members were wounded and at least three people killed when pagers carried by its members exploded simultaneously in locations across the Iran-backed group’s Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds. Some Lebanese officials were quick to blame Israel, but Hezbollah said in its statement that…