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Eviction averted for thousands of formerly homeless people losing housing vouchers
Thousands of formerly homeless people whose housing subsidies will expire in December are no longer at risk of eviction, local housing officials announced Thursday. An infusion of new funds approved by Congress this year and a waiver of eligibility procedures have staved off a potential crisis that would have left 4,200 back on the street.…
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Texas bakery rakes in the dough after viral brawl with MAGA
A Texas bakery ripped into MAGA in a now-viral post that caught the country’s attention, according to reports Thursday. Hive Bakery in Flower Mound wrote in a Facebook post that it was “not wanting to celebrate the 4th this year,” USA Today reported. The award-winning bakery — and two-time Food Network Champion — said: “We’re…
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Paramount Says Oregon DOJ Motion Should Be Denied, Citing Antitrust Law
Paramount filed a response to Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield this week, insisting the state’s motion to attempt to block the $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is not based upon matters of antitrust law. In a Wednesday filing, Paramount Skydance claimed the Ex Parte Motion for Order to Show Cause and Application for…
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Inside a new $23.5M Florida penthouse with a private pool — in the first new building built on a private Miami island in 47 years
A Coconut Grove penthouse with a private rooftop pool is on the market for $23.5 million, Gimme Shelter has learned. The ritzy residence is at Vita at Grove Isle. It’s the first new construction on the 20-acre private island since 1979 — from developer Ugo Colombo’s CMC Group. The curved seven-story building was completed last…
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Breakdown of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s $30 million MSG wedding revealed — including $5 million in florals and decor
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s lavish Madison Square Garden wedding didn’t just make headlines — it also likely made history for sheer costs alone. The superstar couple’s star-studded celebration is estimated to have cost $30 million or more, with roughly $5 million alone spent on florals and decor, according to Esther Lee, editorial director at…
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‘Little House on the Prairie’ stays true to the spirit of the novel, if less so its letter
“Little House on the Prairie” is the third television adaptation to bear the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1935 autobiographical novel of life on the Kansas plains in 1869 to 1870. The first, the Michael Landon television series that debuted in 1974, set in Walnut Grove, Minn., is really based on Wilder’s subsequent volume, “On…
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‘Art of the Deal’ writer rocked by WSJ for poorly-worded clause that disintegrated pact
President Donald Trump may call himself the master of making a deal, but four Wall Street Journal writers think he stinks at writing them. The Journal on Thursday published a stern rebuke of Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, arguing a single “poorly worded clause” resulted in the battle for the Strait of Hormuz. “The…
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Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5
AI model developers have long offered consumers a simple deal: Use our technology for free through an online chatbot, or pay a monthly subscription to receive more usage, premium features, and advanced models. Anthropic is about to make that bargain a lot more complicated. Starting on July 12 at 11:59PM PT, subscribers to Anthropic’s $20,…
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What that wobbling New York office tower reveals about America’s housing crisis
“Gotta go,” a young woman murmured into her phone, slipping into a gaggle of gawking New Yorkers pointing and staring at a teetering office tower in the heart of midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. “This building’s like collapsing in New York.” If you squinted past the police barricades, you could see the sagging upper floors of…
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Right-wing fracas explodes over MAGA influencer’s attack: ‘Spreading poison for cash’
An online battle broke out Thursday between right-wing influencers and MAGA conspiracist Candace Owens. Owens, who has been vocal about alternative theories behind Charlie Kirk‘s killing while the trial was underway for the Tyler Robinson, the suspect accused of killing the Trump ally, fired off a post on X attacking Ben Shapiro and Turning Point…