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Dear Abby: I’m exhausted from parenting my close friends’ kids
DEAR ABBY: My husband’s best friend died when we were in our early 30s. His son, “Marty,” recently moved back to the area with his wife and three boys. We think of them as family. My husband often needs help with heavy handyman jobs. (I was diagnosed with cancer and am unable to help him.)…
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Four IDF soldiers killed by Hezbollah drone strike in Lebanon
Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed overnight during fighting in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Friday, in what appears to have been a Hezbollah drone strike targeting a tank. The IDF identified one of the slain men as Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, from Kibbutz Beit HaShita, commander of the 52nd…
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TSA sounds alarm after World Cup fans pack their bags with American staple
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is issuing a serious warning to international World Cup visitors: Don’t pack ranch dressing in your carry-on luggage. As the World Cup brings millions of international visitors to the United States, many fans are trying out American staples — and, apparently, rushing to take them back home with them. One European…
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‘Sugar,’ with Colin Farrell as an alien private eye, gets a new and improved second season
For whatever reason, I never reviewed the first season of “Sugar,” which I’d stopped watching before its late-season big reveal — the detective (Colin Farrell as John Sugar) is an alien. Had that happened earlier in the story I might have hung on, but strictly as a production, I’d found its brand of neo-noir to…
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Florida man indicted for allegedly plotting mass shooting of Jewish employees at advocacy group
A Florida man has been indicted for allegedly plotting a mass shooting targeting Jewish employees at a pro-Israel nonprofit organization, the Justice Department said. Forrest Kendall Pemberton, 27, of Gainesville, is charged with an attempted hate crime, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a short-barreled rifle. Federal prosecutors said that on…
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Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach
A clinic in London, run by a former maker of artisanal ice cream, is treating patients with stage 4 cancer using a method that involves sealing them, naked from the neck down, in a plastic bag while gassing them with the oxidizing industrial bleach chlorine dioxide—a treatment that even the person administering it admits is…
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Minneapolis city council hear arguments in favor of legalizing adult bathhouses for LGBTQ community
The Minneapolis City Council received widespread support for repealing the longstanding ban on venues, such as bathhouses, ahead of an upcoming vote on Wednesday. The council held its second public hearing regarding ordinances that would repeal the ban on venues where consenting adults can engage in sexual activity and provide new regulations regarding their business. At…
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Amy Griffin sues woman who said author stole her stories of rape for hit memoir ‘The Tell’
Author and venture capitalist Amy Griffin is suing the woman who accused her of stealing her stories of rape for the bestselling memoir “The Tell.” Griffin filed a lawsuit against her former classmate for defamation on Monday, claiming that in 2025, the woman “told The New York Times — and through it, the world —…
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Top GOP lawmaker rallies around conservative school board member facing calls to resign
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., rebuked a school board in Richmond, Michigan, after some of its members tried to remove a conservative colleague for missing meetings while on military deployment to the Middle East. Ray Stier, who received an American flag and a copy of the Congressional Record from McClain on Thursday as a commendation…
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Democrat Hannah Pingree and MAGA ally Bobby Charles will face off for Maine governor
Former Maine state House Speaker Hannah Pingree, a Democrat, and MAGA conservative Bobby Charles will face off in what’s expected to be a competitive general election for Maine governor. Both emerged from the state’s ranked choice voting process early Friday morning, with Pingree — the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) — leapfrogging front-runner and…