VA improperly approved almost $11M in bonuses to senior executives, watchdog says
Some have challenged having to pay the money back, an inspector general said.
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Jim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86
Using advanced computers, he went from M.I.T. professor to multibillionaire. His Medallion fund had 66 percent average annual returns for decades.
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Knicks vs. Pacers Game 3 prediction: NBA Playoff odds, picks, bets
The Knicks looked great in the first two games of their second-round series with the Pacers. But injuries are mounting.
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JFK Jr. would be ‘embarrassed’ by nephew Jack Schlossberg’s wacky, topless anti-RFK videos: source
JFK's grandson is posting bizarre videos, some topless, attacking RFK Jr. "I think John Jr. would have talked to him," a Kennedy source told The Post.
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Rare solar storm makes northern lights visible to most of US: Here’s how to see it
Prime time in the New York City area will be between 3 a.m. and sunrise on Saturday morning.
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We found shockingly cheap tickets to see the Knicks-Pacers in Indiana
Catching the Knicks in Indy is a wise way to save a couple hundred bucks.
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Chris Cuomo thinks Candace Owens would have beaten Ben Shapiro in Israel debate
The Daily Wire muzzled its former commentator Candace Owens because the company believes she would prevail in a debate against Ben Shapiro over Israel, Cuomo said.
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Knicks’ Villanova trio using what we ‘teach these guys’ during playoff run: Jay Wright
The former Wildcat head coach praised Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo's never-ending work ethic.
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Virginia school board overturns old vote and renames two schools after Confederate icons
WOODSTOCK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names had been removed.
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Botched graduation ceremony goes viral
A student named Thomas was introduced as Tamome. Molly became Milena. Sarah Virginia became Syer Ovoon Jean June.
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FX Makes Major Move Towards ‘Shōgun’ Season 2
Star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada has reportedly agreed to come back as Toranaga.
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Woman's conviction, life sentence in killing of Tinder date upheld
Bailey Boswell was convicted of murder in the 2017 death of Sydney Loofe. Boswell's boyfriend was also convicted and sentenced to death.
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Tom Selleck Gifted ‘Magnum P.I.’ Crewmembers $1,000 Each After CBS Refused To Pay Their Bonuses
Selleck asked for his own inflated bonus in order to pay out his crew.
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Solar storm heading to Earth could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to California
A geomagnetic storm is heading to Earth, with the possibility to disrupt GPS and communications. It could also bring the northern lights to Northern California, much farther south than is typical.
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The Weird World of AI Voice Replicas
ElevenLabs is ushering in a new era of deepfake audio.
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Strong Solar Storm Could Disrupt Communications and Produce Northern Lights in U.S.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch — the first in nearly 20 years.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Compares His Anti-Vax Stance to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Activism
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesIndependent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., responded to a Daily Beast story on Friday by comparing his decision to offer his kids fake vaccine cards to the civil disobedience practiced by Martin Luther King, Jr.“Federal law clearly prohibits the government or private companies from using coercion to compel the use of experimental medical products,” Kennedy said in a post on X, quoting a post from this Daily Beast reporter that included video of his recent Las Vegas radio appearance where he made the original comments, first reported in the Trail Mix newsletter.“Nevertheless,” Kennedy continued, “coercion to force submission to illegal vaccine mandates became the norm during Covid. As Martin Luther King, Jr. observed, ‘One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.’ I acted accordingly. Both science and courts across the country are currently vindicating those who resisted.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Abigail’ on VOD, a Delightfully Gory Vampire Horror-Comedy
In which a crime-thriller slowly becomes an intensely funny gorefest.
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Rare, exotic plant with 'rotting flesh' aroma set to bloom for first time in years
An unpleasant, yet thrilling event will take place at a conservatory in Minnesota as a rare, exotic flower is about to bloom, but the aroma is known to smell like rotting flesh.
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Valerie Bertinelli embarrassed son Wolfgang Van Halen on his big night: ‘I’m so not a cool mom’
The former Food Network star revealed she recently "embarrassed" her son, Wolfgang Van Halen, ahead of his Oscars performance.
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People Leaving Rafah Describe Fearful Flight From Israeli Assaults
‘We feel depressed and so exhausted from repeating the same suffering,’ one mother of 11 said.
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A Severe Solar Storm Hitting Earth May Make Northern Lights: What to Know
Officials warned of potential blackouts or interference with navigation and communication systems this weekend, as well as northern lights as far south as Northern California or Alabama.
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Oprah Winfrey apologizes for being a ‘major contributor’ to ‘diet culture’ over the past 25 years
The 70-year-old said one of her "biggest regrets" is when she brought out a wagon filled with 67 pounds of fat on her talk show.
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Oklahoma attorney general fires legal team after judge blocks anti-ESG law: ‘Extremely disappointing’
"Because of this failure, the law is now on hold and at risk of being struck down entirely," Attorney General Gentner Drummond said. "Oklahomans deserve better"
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‘The Conners’ to end with Season 7: ‘Say goodbye’
ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff "The Conners" will end with a seventh and final season.
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Top baby names of 2023 revealed
The top 10 baby names for 2023 have been revealed – and two names reign supreme.
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After shooting, Drake's mansion gets second trespasser in two days, police confirm
A second alleged trespasser paid a visit to Drake's Toronto home two days after a security guard suffered a gunshot wound in a shooting outside the mansion.
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How Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip allows paralyzed people to control devices with their mind
Neuralink wrote a blog item on its web site indicating that the brain implant worn by Noland Arbaugh experienced a problem and began to malfunction.
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Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company’s most significant reorganization in a decade.
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Wily coyote isn’t afraid to poke the bear
Watch the playful moment a coyote sneaked up behind a large black bear and nipped at its hind leg — before darting away in the woods of Parkdale, Oregon. The animal-on-animal “prank” was captured by a wildlife camera set up over 21 months by Patrick and Ken Ruoff. For more cute coyote videos, tap here.
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Danielle Cabral hasn’t spoken to Teresa Giudice since falling out after ‘RHONJ’ Season 14 wrapped
“We talked all the way up to the holidays and then something happened and I decided to back away,” Cabral exclusively tells Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast.
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Brittany Mahomes shares her under-$125 skincare routine after revealing she suffers from perioral dermatitis
The Kansas City Chiefs WAG gave fans a look at four of her go-to products for fighting breakouts in a series of Instagram Stories Thursday.
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John Mayer has scathing response to Andy Cohen dating questions
"I bristle at your selectively flimsy logic meant to coax an answer, when the premise itself is so deeply flawed," the Grammy winner wrote to the Hollywood Reporter journalist Maer Roshan.
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Emma Rosenblum’s new book, ‘Very Bad Company,’ partially inspired by Bustle bigwig
"After two decades in media, I couldn't resist lifting the veil on some of the outrageous shenanigans I've witnessed over the years," the author tells Page Six.
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Oprah Admits She Was a ‘Major Contributor’ to Toxic Diet Culture
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BETOprah Winfrey had some new thoughts to share about weight loss this week, just a few months after she embraced Ozempic and stepped down from the board of Weight Watchers, a weight loss brand she’d worked with for nearly a decade.In a live event streamed on Thursday, the talk show host took a few moments to address her history covering weight loss on television, saying she wants “to acknowledge that I have been a steadfast participant in this diet culture through my platforms, through the magazine, the talk show for 25 years, [and] online—I’ve been a major contributor to it.”“I’ve shared how that famous ‘wagon of fat’ moment on The Oprah Show is one of my biggest regrets,” she added, recalling the famous 1988 episode where she pulled a red wagon with 67 pounds of animal fat in it to show her audience how much weight she’d lost with a liquid diet. The episode, which became the highest rated one in The Oprah Show’s history, drew plenty of criticism in the years that followed, with some calling it one of her worst TV moments.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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'I'm convinced Xi Jinping wants to take Taiwan,' says cybersecurity strategist
Dmitri Alperovitch, who exposed Russian election interference and predicted Putin's invasion of Ukraine, says the US and China are locked in a "Cold War two" for global supremacy.
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Richard Kelly keeps showing up for 'Donnie Darko,' plus more of the week's best films
This week: Richard Kelly on 'Donnie Darko,' Joanna Arnow and Sean Baker on 'The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,' Chantal Akerman and more.
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CNN news article touts terms like 'penis owners,' 'pregnant people' as inclusive language
CNN released an explainer about phrases like “pregnant people" and “penis owners," quoting extensively from experts who said that gender was on a spectrum.
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Animosity growing between Knicks, Pacers as Josh Hart slams ‘disrespectful’ Rick Carlisle
Just before Rick Carlisle was fined by the NBA for “questioning the integrity of the league,” Josh Hart said the Pacers coach was “disrespectful” to the Knicks and their Game 2 victory.
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'Darfur has been abandoned': Human Rights Watch warns of ethnic cleansing in Sudan
Bianna Golodryga speaks to Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Tirana Hassan, after the organization published a new report detailing deadly violence in Sudan's West Darfur.
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Virginia school board members behind restoration of Confederate school names explain controversy
Virginia's Shenandoah County School Board voted Thursday to revert two schools back to their original names honoring Confederate generals that were abandoned in 2020.
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Does Kim Kardashian’s Schlumpy Gray Cardigan From Met Gala Work With Any Outfit?
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersAfter Monday’s Met Gala, red carpet watchers couldn’t stop talking about a pilling gray sweater clutched to Kim Kardashian’s bust. Were people fascinated by the clash of textures between the soft, cashmere sweater and the shiny, hard metallic gown? Or were people connecting to the makeshift shrug, thinking, “Hey, I got an old cardigan like that in my closet!”Kardashian explained the sweater’s presence with this scenario: “It’s the wildest night of my life in a garden. And I just ran out and grabbed my boyfriend’s sweater and threw it on and had to get to work,” she told Vogue. (The real answer is John Galliano showcased the look in his spring/summer Martin Margiela Artisanal collection.)Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Lauren Sánchez’s Son Could Be Fashion’s New It Boy
Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho via GettyLauren Sánchez might have stunned at the Met Gala this week in her dramatic Oscar de la Renta gown, but she’s far from the only fashion maven in her family.Sánchez’s eldest son, Nikko Gonzalez—who graduated from college on Friday, as revealed in a gushing post from his mom—is an up-and-coming model who already has a major runway show under his belt. In January, the 23-year-old made his runway debut in Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall/Winter 2024-2025 menswear show in Milan. At the show, a smoldering Nikko strutted down the catwalk, sporting a buzz cut and dressed in a black double-breasted suit accented with an on-trend gold brooch.Ever the proud mama, Sánchez attended the D&G show arm in arm with her fiancé, Jeff Bezos, and gushed about her son’s performance afterward. “It was such a gift to watch my son @nikkogzz walking the runway for @dolcegabbana in Milan,” she captioned an Instagram video. “Congrats, my love.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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US promises to squash Palestinian membership push at UN following vote
The U.S. has avoided having to decide if it will pull funding from the U.N. and the its specialized agencies, which it would have had to do under public law passed in the 1990s.
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Trump predicts he will be the first GOP candidate to flip this blue state in 34 years
Former President Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, predicts he can flip blue state New Jersey red in the 2024 election.
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Secrets of 'Exceptional' Roman Shipwreck Revealed by Marine Archaeologists
The ancient wreck and its cargo were found in an "excellent" state of preservation in shallow water close to a popular tourist beach.
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Lewis Hamilton's F1 Movie Starring Brad Pitt Surpasses Eye-Watering Budget
Lewis Hamilton's F1 film starring Brad Pitt has incurred over $300 million in production costs amid challenges like labor strikes and high production values.
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