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Serena Williams pivots quickly to new playing partner for Berlin Open next week
Serena Williams opted to let Nike break the news about her pro tennis comeback at age 44 in two slick commercials. The abrupt end to her doubles foray at the HSBC Queen’s Club Championships was more muted. Williams’ playing partner Victoria Mboko injured her left knee in a fall during a singles match Wednesday. The…
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Josh Hawley threatens to sink Blanche’s confirmation over one critical demand
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces a critical test from a key Republican vote as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) signals he will condition his support on guarantees that Blanche will aggressively restrict access to mifepristone, the abortion pill. According to Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein, Blanche’s path to confirmation is already fraught with peril. He faces…
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Tastemade Brings Back ‘Struggle Meals’ After 3-Year Hiatus | Exclusive
A former food staple is returning to social media. After a three-year hiatus, Tastemade is bringing back “Struggle Meals” with Chef Frankie Celenza, TheWrap has exclusively learned. “Struggle Meals” first premiered in 2017 and quickly became a bit of an internet sensation. Each episode follows Celenza as he makes a different dish on a budget,…
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CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn’t been on TV since merger news broke — prompting questions
CNN’s most recognizable fact-checker has all but disappeared from the network’s airwaves, fueling questions about the sudden absence of one of its more familiar on-air personalities. Daniel Dale, a Canadian journo who built a national profile as fact-checker of President Trump and other politicians, has not appeared on CNN television in more than three months…
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‘Vanderpump Rules’ alum Dayna Kathan comes out as ‘late-in-life lesbian’ to celebrate Pride Month
“Vanderpump Rules” alum Dayna Kathan is celebrating Pride Month by coming out. “Shout out to my fellow late in life lesbians!! HAPPY PRIDE!!! 🧡🤍🩷,” the former reality star wrote beneath a series of Instagram pictures on Sunday. In the shots, Kathan, 35, sported a black tank with the words “gay” written across her chest in white…
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UC to consider reinstating SAT, ACT tests after faculty say students are deficient in math
Six years after dropping SAT and ACT test requirements, members of an influential University of California admissions board said Thursday that the group will reconsider requiring the standardized tests, a major move favored by faculty who have complained that many students are severely deficient in math. The potential reversal thrusts the nation’s most prestigious public…
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How Inappropriate Humor Was the Key for Haley Lu Richardson and Emilia Clarke in ‘Ponies’
On paper, the job of starring in “Ponies” looks tricky. The lead roles are two young women working at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in the late 1970s. Their husbands die unexpectedly in a plane crash that might not have been an accident. As they’re in mourning, they’re unexpectedly drafted into undercover jobs for the…
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Biden’s Mexico ambassador was so frustrated, he almost ran for president himself
For nearly four years, Ken Salazar — the U.S. ambassador to Mexico under former President Joe Biden — grew increasingly frustrated with the White House’s border plan. Salazar says he begged for a “border czar” to run point on interagency coordination; he never got one, and instead, the moniker was inaccurately and problematically affixed to…
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Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI
Lawyers just can’t stop being caught using AI chatbots, polluting their filings with hallucinated citations that infuriate judges when they’re caught. Even prestigious law firms are being humiliated, with some perpetrators getting slapped with fines and facing discipline from the Bar. In a particularly egregious reminder of just how widespread the problem has become, a…
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Opening of Canada-U.S. bridge that Trump threatened to block is delayed over unresolved ‘issues’
WASHINGTON — The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to unresolved issues. In a statement released before a scheduled Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the bridge, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said that “Canada and the United States have agreed to delay the opening…