Chicago has turned into Gotham City, and there's no superhero watching for the Bat Signal. But instead of just giving in, one Chicago woman defended herself when a punk pulled a gun on her. On Wednesday afternoon, a student identified only as Maddi was walking home from class around 3...

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New York City's storefronts aren't as alluring as they once were. The brutal statistics coming out are bad (but wholly predictable) news. As of 2024, 11.2 percent of the city's storefronts are sitting vacant. This is up from 6 percent in 2019. That doesn't seem like a huge number, but...

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Stephanie Sparks, a star junior golfer who made it to the LPGA and was a host of the Golf Channel reality show “Big Break,” is dead. Sparks, a former U.S. Curtis Cup golfer, was 50, the New York Post reported Saturday. She died April 13. No cause of death was...

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The International Monetary Fund last week ripped the Biden administration's out of control spending, calling it “out of line with what is needed for long-term fiscal stability.” According to the New York Post, the IMF, an international organization aimed at fighting financial crises across the globe, warned that ever-growing national debt...

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Taylor Swift appeared to toss some pent-up rage in Kim Kardashian’s direction on her new album. The mega-star’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” came out Friday, and it did not take long for Swifty sleuths to note a message in one track in a batch of songs that made...

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In a bit of refined and genteel online gamesmanship, the British version of the domain name Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is using for her new branding venture carries a message of support for Catherine, Princess of Wales. Meghan recently announced the brand American Riviera Orchard, which led to a bit...

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It should be a truism by now that, no matter how many times and in how many ways studios have bent over backward to accommodate every raging liberal's demand for "representation," it will never be enough. Is it enough to transform the protagonist of a classic European fairytale into the...

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A group of self-obsessed people in North Carolina were one mama bear away from learning that bear cubs are not there for the amusement of people who want selfies. On Tuesday, a group of people near an apartment complex in Buncombe County hauled two bear cubs out of a tree,...

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It is the 1640s in Dorset, along England’s southern coast. All around, in a war over religion, freedom and power, Cavaliers and Roundheads are clashing in deadly battles that will not cease for almost a decade. The owner of one small cottage, fearful that such wealth as he owned may...

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Former "Big Bang Theory" star and "Jeopardy" host Mayim Bialik might be a big name now, but she's seen the dark side of the business. During a conversation on her podcast "The Breakdown" with two of her former colleagues from her days working on the hit NBC series "Blossom," Bialik...

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In an April 5 update to its terms of service, Apple stunned a number of gamers with a policy change to its App Review Guidelines that would allow retro video game emulation apps. The new policy states: "Apps may offer certain software that is not embedded in the binary, specifically...

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Attorney Michael Avenatti, whose misdeeds landed him in prison after his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels made him a headline name, says he is ready and willing to in former President Donald Trump's New York trial if he is called. Payments to Daniels made in 2016 are at the...

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Fresh organic basil that was sold across more than half of the United States is being recalled after it has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that spans at least seven states. The recall largely affects basil sold at Trader Joe’s stores, according to NPR. So far, one patient among...

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The year of 2018 was an absolute heavyweight for video game releases. It saw the release of "Red Dead Redemption 2," the new "God of War," and "Marvel's Spider-Man" -- three of the best games ever made, period. And yet, an upstart game made by relatively unknown Czech developer Warhorse...

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A military chaplain, who was hailed as his country's first openly transgender military minister, has now been suspended after making grossly unprofessional comments about groping, according to reports. Canada's Department of National Defence has suspended Capt. Beatrice Gale, who was lauded only weeks ago as "the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF)...

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A visit to the ballgame could lead to a choice between going hungry and going broke. A recent video posted to X shows that at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada, where the Blue Jays play, a footlong hot dog combo, with a "souvenir" draft beer goes for $30.78, while...

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A disease not seen in Utah for seven years is being blamed for the recent deaths of nine beavers in three counties across the state. Between March 23 and April 10, the nine beavers were found in four locations across Summit, Wasatch and Utah counties, the Utah Division of Wildlife...

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Riding high after a wave of Clark-mania that accompanied the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Caitlin Clark has signed a megabucks shoe contract with Nike. The eight-year deal will be worth up to $28 million, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources it did not name. The Journal summed it up...

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On Saturday, the House of Representatives approved a $60 billion aid package for Ukraine despite fierce opposition from within the Republican majority. The bill passed 311-112, with more Democrats voting in favor than Republicans. Only 101 Republicans backed the military and economic aid for Ukraine, while 112 voted against it,...

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In a bizarre claim, a prominent Marvel movie star claimed the Marvel Cinematic Universe is creatively limited by the comic book canon established by Stan Lee and other creators. Anthony Mackie, who first played Sam Wilson a.k.a. the Falcon in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" a decade ago, argued that...

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