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Married Santa impersonator, 68, busted in Florida child predator sting
This Santa is on the very, very naughty list. A married Santa Claus impersonator who sat “thousands and thousands of children” on his lap over the years has been nabbed in an undercover child sex sting Thomas Allen Hicks, 68, a white-bearded professional Santa and preacher of 40 years, allegedly responded to an online ad
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills Ends Senate Bid, Clearing the Way For Graham Platner
Graham Platner and Gov. Janet Mills of Maine. —Graham Platner for Senate; Scott Eisen—Getty Images Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate Thursday, all but ensuring progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November. The announcement marks a stunning denouement for the two-term governor and former attorney
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David Allan Coe, controversial ‘outlaw country’ pioneer, dies at 86
David Allan Coe, a controversial figure who helped pioneer the 20th century “outlaw country” musical subgenre, penning hits including “Take This Job and Shove It” and “Would you Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone),” has died. Coe died Wednesday night, his representative David Wade confirmed to The Times. He was 86. No other
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Judge ‘clearly annoyed’ at Trump DOJ over ‘unprecedented’ move in would-be shooter hearing
U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya was reportedly “clearly annoyed” after President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice prosecutors tried an “unprecedented” move at a detention hearing for the alleged White House Correspondents’ Association dinner gunman. During Thursday’s hearing, attorneys for Cole Allen conceded that their client would be detained without bail. However, prosecutors demanded the
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Why Meryl Streep initially refused ‘Devil Wears Prada’ role
She knows her worth. Meryl Streep revealed that she initially refused to star as Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada.” “I knew it was going to be a hit,” she told host Jenna Bush Hager on Wednesday’s “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle” of the 2006 cult classic. “I read the script — the script
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What Can We Learn from America’s Centennial?
Nearly 10 million people attended the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. —RockingStock—Getty Images As we get ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding—in an America stressed by authoritarian overreach, economic anxiety, and partisan trench warfare—we might look back for a lesson or two to 1876, when the United States threw
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Saudi Public Investment Fund cuts ties with LIV Golf, which says it has plans to stay afloat
Two weeks ago, LIV Golf did its best to conceal the fact that the Saudi Public Investment Fund would cease to bankroll the league after the current season, only to have LIV CEO Scott O’Neill let the truth slip during a television interview. This week, the intentions of PIF and consequences to LIV are known
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‘You’re a war criminal!’ Pete Hegseth interrupted by protester in Pentagon hearing
A protester interrupted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a congressional hearing on Thursday as the Trump administration official faces heightened scrutiny over the Iran war and Pentagon budget. The Pentagon chief testified for the second day before congressional leaders, this time speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee and defending the ongoing military operation in
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How to Get Rid of Reddit’s Giant App-Shilling Popup That Breaks Its Entire Mobile Site
Earlier today, we reported on an incredibly irritating move by the social giant Reddit. Though the company has a perfectly functional mobile website that lets you browse its communities and discussions on your phone’s browser, it’s now intentionally sabotaging it — by displaying a giant popup that prevents any use of the site while imploring
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Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine
TEL AVIV — Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection. These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine — are small, hard to track and lethal. Drones injured at least a dozen