There are moments when the world of sports transcends the narrow boundaries of a game to elevate fans and athletes to a place far beyond the mundane. Sunday’s opening kickoff return for a touchdown by Nyheim Hines of the Buffalo Bills -- after a roller-coaster week of emotions that followed Monday...

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With the expectation that a looming recession will take a bite out of its profits, McDonald’s plans to get rid of some corporate-level jobs. Burger chain CEO Chris Kempczinski said he wants to cut costs but does not have a target for how much to save or how many jobs...

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An 18-year-old woman in Albany, Western Australia, lost over $25,000 after falling prey to a phone scam. Aurora Casilli worked three jobs and had been saving money since beginning her first job at the age of 14 to purchase a house, the U.K. Daily Mail reported. However, in early December...

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In November, then-U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy vowed to take Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to task regarding the out-of-control immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border. The Texas Tribune reported at the time that McCarthy promised to open investigations into Mayorkas and the Biden administration over their gross...

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It was always part of the House Republicans' plans to conduct a probe into the weaponization of government law enforcement and national security agencies. But, according to GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, in one of the concessions made to win the votes of House Freedom Caucus members in his...

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The mother of Tristan Thompson, who was part of the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers, has died. TMZ reported that Andrea Thompson suffered a heart attack at her Toronto home on Thursday. The site reported that she was hospitalized but died at the hospital. Andrea Thompson was a school bus...

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A young Canadian reporter took ill live on the air Sunday evening, causing the studio to cut away from her broadcast mid-sentence. Something seemed not quite right with Jessica Robb within a few seconds of the start of her broadcast. Anchorwoman Nahreman Issa cut to Robb, who was barely able...

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The man accused of murdering four college students in a case that has rocked a small Idaho town and stunned the nation has just been assigned a hotshot public attorney, who once famously got a murder charge against her client overturned. Bryan Kohberger, who was arrested late last month in...

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It may be that Jimmy Fallon, host of "The Tonight Show," is in a state of decline. COVID-19's subvariant flavor of the month, XBB.1.5, is making waves as it accounts for a higher and higher percentage of cases identified in the United States, according to The Wall Street Journal. Fallon...

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The country's fascination with the November murders of four college students in Idaho has recently centered around the possibility that suspect Bryan Kohberger actually attended a vigil for the slain students. On Nov. 13, the bodies of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin...

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Those of us who were young'uns during the 1980s and 1990s remember the existential dread that accompanied someone's 40th birthday party. I remember plenty of them involving my father's work colleagues. Someone would usually give them an uplifting coffee mug that cheerfully stated "Life Begins at 40." And then, just...

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Complications from extreme winter weather conditions are at least partly to blame for a feed crisis confronting California-based poultry producer Foster Farms. The shortage of feed -- which it blamed on Union Pacific rail delivery failures -- imperiled both chickens and cattle, the company said in a Dec. 29 petition...

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Former soccer star Modeste M'Bami died Saturday after a heart attack. According to French news and culture website Melty, M'Bami had tested positive for COVID-19 a few days prior to his death. His agent reportedly said that M'Bami was "very tired and kept coughing," according to the report. Whether or...

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The 2022-2023 NFL regular season has officially wrapped up, but that doesn't mean controversies aren't still stemming from it. Case in point, the Pittsburgh Steelers, a franchise that most NFL fans outside of Maryland and Ohio would consider a classy organization, was blasted for a "distasteful" celebration during the team's...

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Dr. Phil McGraw shut down an anti-police activist who blamed society — not criminals — for skyrocketing lawlessness across the United States. In a nutshell, leftist writer and activist Mychal Denzel Smith played the overused race card and infantilized criminals, suggesting the reason they rob, beat and kill people is...

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A New Jersey teacher who collapsed in front of his class is facing criminal charges after police say they found drugs stashed in a closet in his classroom. On Nov. 29, Roosevelt Intermediate School art teacher Frank Thompson was reported unconscious on the floor of his classroom, according to a...

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Despite roots dating back further than 100 years, the NFL still finds ways to have its fans in 2023 gasp, "I've never seen that before." And while some incidents, such as Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's harrowing health scare during the final "Monday Night Football" game of the year, have...

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A hot mic moment busted a CNN anchor during remarks by then-House Speaker nominee Kevin McCarthy on Friday. After failing to nail down a win during the first 13 ballots, McCarthy told reporters, "We'll come back tonight. I believe at that time we'll have the votes to finish this once and...

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Farmers won a victory Sunday when John Deere agreed to let the growers fix their own tractors. A memorandum of understanding between the venerable agricultural implement maker and the American Farm Bureau Federation allows farmers access to John Deere software, specialty tools and repair training. The company previously claimed a...

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To say that Kayleigh McEnany has had to navigate some turbulent political times would be an understatement. The former White House press secretary under former President Donald Trump has pretty much gone through everything the wild, dark and stormy world of politics can offer during her career. Truly she needed...

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Who knows more about etiquette than a jet-setting sex trafficker? That's apparently the thinking at the federal prison in north Florida where Ghislaine Maxwell, the former procuress for the late, lamented "suicide" Jeffrey Epstein, is serving her two-decade sentence a year after she was convicted on charges related to grooming young...

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