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House of Horrors mom denies 16 kids were ‘feral animals,’ just messy and poor
The mother accused of keeping 16 kids crammed in a filthy house of horrors denied that the children lived like “feral animals” — blaming the deplorable living conditions on “extreme poverty” and messy kids. Elizabeth Siders, 33, was one of four adults arrested last month after her 16 children — ranging in age from 18…
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Ben and Casey Affleck’s mom, Chris, dead at 83 following pancreatic cancer battle
Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck’s mom, Chris Anne Affleck, has died at 83. The actors’ mother lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on June 2, per the Hollywood Reporter. She “died peacefully in her sleep.” Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck’s mom, Chris Anne Affleck (pictured above in May 2019), died last month. GC Images The…
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Mayor’s press team uses disappearing WhatsApp messages, avoiding scrutiny
Mayor Karen Bass’ press relations office communicates through WhatsApp messages that auto-delete every 24 hours, potentially shielding the messages from public records requests, according to three sources familiar with the office. The press office is under scrutiny over its use of an unpaid consultant as a spokesperson for the first half of the year. Just…
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‘Off the charts’: Trump admin slammed for ‘despicable’ deletion of fallen heroes’ names
A decision by President Donald Trump’sadministration to delete the names of four US service members from the Iran war dead was slammed Friday on MS NOW as “among the more offensive moves that the administration has made.” The panel was responding to a New York Times report that the number of dead listed by the…
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The Trap of Millennial Fiction
Perhaps every generation believes that it is unsuited to its own era. As an elder Millennial, I can’t help but see how perfectly primed my cohort was for feelings of inadequacy and distress. Raised on the standard American diet of promise and progress, many in my micro-generation arrived in high school just in time for…
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Rams are fine with Aaron Donald taking his time to make comeback decision
Aaron Donald did not attend a Rams fan event Thursday night, but the crowd at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood featured many people wearing No. 99 jerseys. One waved a large printed cutout of the three-time NFL defensive player of the year’s face. The Rams are waiting for Donald to decide whether he will come…
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Trump admin busted for astonishing $155M ‘funding pot’ diversion: report
The vast majority of a $170 million earmarked for combating “illegal” Chinese fishing operations was quietly “diverted” elsewhere, sources told Punchbowl News Thursday. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act – President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax cut and spending package – included $170 million for “maritime domain awareness” technology designed to help monitor Chinese fishing vessels…
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Trump’s New Tariffs on Over 80 Countries, Explained
A fishing boat passes a container ship floating off the Port of Los Angeles, Calif. on July 17, 2026. —Mario Tama—Getty Images New U.S. tariffs on 60 economies take effect Friday, in the latest recourse by President Donald Trump’s Administration to impose alternative taxes on imported goods after the Supreme Court struck down most of…
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The Social Security Reckoning Is Finally Coming
Americans have been hearing about the looming demise of Social Security for decades. The number of old people receiving benefits has been increasing much more quickly than the number of working-age adults whose taxes pay for those checks. Yet politicians have let the problem fester for so long that the public could be forgiven for…
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What Is Entropy, Really?
Entropy is one of the most maligned and misunderstood concepts in science. Maybe you’ve heard it defined as the “amount of disorder” in a system. And the second law of thermodynamics says the entropy of a closed system always increases over time. So you might think, why should you clean up your office if it…