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World Cup predicted to spark $45B global economic boom — like ‘Taylor Swift effect’ on steroids
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is shaping up to be one of the biggest economic events in modern sports history — and the financial impact could make Taylor Swift’s blockbuster Eras Tour look small in comparison. Bank of America analysts recently forecast that the month-long tournament will boost global gross domestic product by a whopping…
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‘Days of Our Lives’ icon Deidre Hall slaps Craig Melvin live on ‘Today’ after shocking request
“Days of Our Lives” star Deirdre Hall slapped “Today” host Craig Melvin in a display of soap opera prowess — but it was all in good fun. “Of all of the storylines that you’ve been a part of over the years, what I’ve always enjoyed is your ability to slap,” Melvin told the daytime icon…
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Boyle Heights shelter-in-place order lifted as crews battle cold storage facility fire
A shelter in place order for residents around a burning cold storage facility in Boyle Heights has been lifted, the Los Angeles Fire Department announced on Friday. The fire at the massive cold storage facility at 1400 S. Los Palos St. first broke out Wednesday afternoon. The fire is mostly in the solar-panel-covered roof area.…
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Trump DOJ thrashes court’s demand to officially declare that ‘slush fund’ is dead
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice thrashed a federal judge in a new court filing for demanding that DOJ officials and two Trump cabinet secretaries officially declare that Trump’s “anti-weaponization” slush fund is officially dead. Last month, the Trump administration announced plans to create a $1.776 billion fundto pay claims from people who allege they…
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John Kasich unloads on Trump’s Iran gambit: ‘How are you possibly going to do this?’
Former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) laid into President Donald Trump’s administration on MS NOW as they head into final negotiations for a deal to end the Iran war, faulting them for not understanding the most basic things about the enemy they attacked and then capitulated to. “I wonder if the military brass and the intelligence…
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CHP to flood California roads in statewide DUI crackdown this weekend
The California Highway Patrol will be out in force across the Golden State this weekend as the agency launches a statewide DUI crackdown on the first weekend of summer. CHP will deploy every uniformed officer statewide for a 12-hour “Maximum Enforcement Period” focused on impaired driving, the agency said in a news release. The crackdown…
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Bunnie XO’s ex-husband jumps into Jelly Roll divorce talk—and says he wants her back: ‘A lot of unfinished business’
Jelly Roll may be divorcing Bunnie XO — but her previous husband suggests he would take her back in a second. “We talk every day,” Frankie Lombardo told Page Six on Friday, before adding he “wouldn’t say no” to rekindling their romance if she was interested. “She was the only woman who ever broke my…
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California labor union offers to scale back billionaire tax proposal after pushback
SACRAMENTO — A labor union behind a controversial tax on California billionaires significantly scaled back its proposal a day after it qualified for the November ballot, but the offer Thursday wasn’t enough to get the governor on board. The proposal from the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Workers West to impose a one-time, 5% tax on individuals…
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‘Hopefully they learned their lesson’: Rural Georgia town bashes DHS’s attempted takeover
An elected official in a small, rural town in east Georgia bashed President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security after local residents defeated the department’s attempt to turn a local warehouse into one of the nation’s largest deportation centers, according to a new report. Trump’s DHS had planned to open a 10,000-person deportation facility in…
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FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology
WASHINGTON — A new kind of flu vaccine has moved a step closer to the U.S. market as federal health advisers recommended approval of the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating Moderna’s new shot, dubbed mFlusiva, for older Americans ahead…