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Taylor Swift’s Knicks Game 4 attendance dissed by NBA radio analyst: ‘Get out of here, girl’
New York Knicks radio analyst Monica McNutt was caught making a shady comment about Taylor Swift attending Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. In a viral clip, McNutt and fellow announcer Tyler Murray appeared to be unaware they were still broadcasting as they spoke about Swift, who sat courtside at Madison Square Garden with her…
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Inside America’s Ugly Birthday Battle
Years before Poison’s Bret Michaels, Young MC, and the Commodores dropped out of this summer’s concert series on the National Mall celebrating America’s 250th birthday, planners envisioned a Smithsonian-led blockbuster festival stretching from the Washington Monument to the U.S. Capitol that would be open to all and free of partisanship. They wanted a party bigger…
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Spencer Pratt became a voice for L.A.’s disaffected. Where do his supporters go now?
When Republican Spencer Pratt burst into Los Angeles politics, venting a torrent of online fury against Mayor Karen Bass’ handling of the Palisades fire, he pitched his mayoral campaign as a full-bore challenge to L.A.’s political status quo. The former reality TV star, who lost his home in the blaze, started as a long shot…
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Trump insider accused of helping recruit pivotal figure in Epstein network
Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein find a personal assistant who became both a recruiter and a victim in his sex trafficking network, Raw Story has learned. Sarah Kellen told members of the House Oversight Committee last month that she was working as a host at the W Hotel in…
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AI-Generated Microdramas Are Real — and Thriving Under Our Noses
When it comes to artificial intelligence, Hollywood studios have tread lightly, insisting that human actors, writers and directors will stay in the mix regardless of how the new technology gets used. That is decidedly not the case with microdramas. International players are already flooding the zone with thousands of cheaply produced — but highly addictive…
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What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality
—asiandelight—Getty Images Cindy had been bagging groceries for nine years when I became her colleague at a grocery store in Utah. My coworkers agreed to speak with me about their experiences, so long as they remained anonymous. Cindy is in her late 70s. When we worked together, she distributed candy and stickers to the children…
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Hunter Biden’s Life After Shame
How much grace should we extend to people who screw up—like, really screw up? After many years as an addict and a general failson, Hunter Biden’s history includes felony gun convictions, tax evasion, smoking crack, and smoking Parmesan cheese that he thought was crack. But in the past few weeks, the son of the former…
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Solar Just Produced More Electricity Than Coal for the First Time in the History of the United States
Last week, the Trump administration announced that it was pumping $700 million of federal funding into the US coal industry, a short-sighted investment in a highly polluting source of energy that’s been in decline for decades. It’s never been more obvious that there are far better alternatives. Case in point, according to global energy think…
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At Riverside’s Mission Inn, former owner departs with historic art — and locals are outraged
In less than a month, Riverside’s Mission Inn has gained a new owner, lost two prized pieces of art and sparked a heated debate over the line between private property and community history. The stage for this controversy was set in early May, when hotel owner Kelly Roberts decided to sell the Mission Inn to…
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Trump vows to seize Iran’s oil and ‘assume total control’ in stunning Truth Social post
President Donald Trump proclaimed on Truth Social on Thursday morning that not only would the United States engage in new offensives against Iran, they are gearing up for an invasion of the country and a seizure of its oil industry. “The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and…