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Is Woody Brown the Author of Woody Brown’s Best-Selling Novel?
On a recent morning at Rockefeller Center, NBC employees strolled through the crowd with copies of Upward Bound, the latest book-club pick from the Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager. “It’s deeply heartfelt and moving,” Hager said, after holding up the debut novel from the 28-year-old Woody Brown, “and the reason it’s so authentic is…
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Microsoft Surface PCs Are Getting Big Price Hikes, and the Cheaper Models Are Going Away
If you’ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC lineup—perhaps with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors—I’ve got bad news for you. Microsoft is shaking up its PC lineup, but it’s doing so by instituting big price hikes. This means you’ll be paying at least $1,500 for Surface devices that launched at $1,000 just…
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Donald Trump messed with the wrong pope
The White House cannot stop fighting with the pope. On Tuesday night, Vice President JD Vance — who converted to Catholicism in 2019 — accused Pope Leo XIV of not understanding the Church’s stance on war, saying it was “very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”…
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GOP senator says Republicans don’t deserve majority: ‘Hell, we ain’t done anything’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that there was a “good chance” of Republicans losing the midterms because they “ain’t done nothing” while having control of Congress. “Everything that goes on up here, Benny, is about, oh, we got to get reelected,” Tuberville told MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on Wednesday. “We got to keep the majority.…
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Walmart reveals new packaging for its Great Value store brand
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is redesigning the packaging of its Great Value store brand to help customers instantly spot whether that bag of spicy chips is gluten-free or how much protein is packed in its chicken nuggets. Great Value is Walmart’s biggest private label food brand and one of the largest food and consumer…
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Billy Crystal details final conversation with Rob Reiner before director’s tragic murder
Billy Crystal recalled the final conversation he had with Rob Reiner before the latter was fatally stabbed in his Los Angeles home last December. “We had spent the night before together and [were] talking about our careers together,” the comedian said on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Tuesday. “I met him when I was a…
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Snap is cutting 1,000 workers in the latest tech layoff
Snap, the parent company of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, said Wednesday that it’s laying off 1,000 workers to reduce costs. The Santa Monica social media company is pursuing profitability and efficiency as it faces stiff competition for ad dollars from bigger rivals such as Facebook parent company Meta and Google. Snap said it’s slashing 16%…
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Americans react to Trump’s latest Fox interview, suggesting he is senile
President Donald Trump delivered a disjointed Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo, during which he mischaracterized Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s timeline, claiming she “decided she would live forever and two minutes after the election she went out.” During the interview, Trump shrugged off Chinese aggression, touted Republican midterm prospects, predicted the Iran war was nearly…
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Man Engineers Giant Robot Hand to Smash His Enemies
One of China’s preeminent engineering influencers is at it again. Fan Shisan, the Sichuan-based content creator who runs the YouTube account “Sword man Fan 13,” has previously lavished the ‘net with clips of his flying sword swarms and giant sword hoverboards. His latest creation is a little outside the typical blade-themed wheelhouse. But it’s no…
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More than 50 million Americans got Trump tax cuts. But most still think taxes are too high
This week is the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, and the Trump administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax on tips and overtime, exemptions for interest on certain car loans, deductions for some seniors, and Trump Accounts for children’s savings. More than 53 million filers claimed…