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New Jersey argues congestion pricing suit ‘ripe for decision’ as Hochul revives contentious commuter toll
A lawyer for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has urged a federal judge to issue a ruling in one of the major lawsuits challenging the congestion pricing plan revived by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday. Attorney Randy Mastro sent a letter to the court Wednesday night — in anticipation of Hochul announcing the upcoming...
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Man who met teen through 'furry' subculture convicted in her parents' deaths
Frank Sato Felix and a friend plotted to take a 17-year-old girl from her Fullerton home, and killed her parents and a family friend.
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Family shuns my interracial marriage. Do I tell our kid? Give advice to this Hax question.
Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t answered.
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Shop Macy’s early Black Friday 2024 sale for up to 75% off sitewide
Star these sales (and shop them, too).
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Vandalized Cybertruck becomes bizarre ‘tourist trap’: Residents create makeshift memorial
This memorial was free of charge — quite literally.
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Wife of Europe’s Strongest Man claims he cheated with fellow powerlifter in explosive post
Strongman champ Luke Stoltman's wife Kushi Stoltman accused him of cheating on her with multiple people throughout their marriage in a gut-wrenching note posted to her Instagram on Wednesday.
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Chicago man discovers owner of his favorite bakery is his birth mother
Vamarr Hunter, 50, reconnected with his birth mom two years ago.
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NHL predictions, odds: Rangers vs. Sharks, Islanders vs. Canucks picks, best bets Thursday
The Rangers and Islanders will look to bounce back from respective losses as they take on more manageable competition Thursday night.
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Tourist prompts nationwide backlash after spreading ashes at Machu Picchu: ‘No respect’
The clip was originally posted to TikTok by Peruvian tour operator IncaGo Expeditions but was taken down amid the fierce backlash.
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Considering using your home equity now? Pros and cons of acting before 2025
There are some major pros and cons to accessing your home equity before 2025. Here's what to consider right now.
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Democrat Janelle Bynum flips Oregon district, will be state’s first Black member of Congress
Bynum, a state representative who was backed and funded by national Democrats, ousted Lori Chavez-DeRemer to become Oregon's first Black member of Congress.
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33 Uncommon Goods gifts for outside-the-box Christmas ideas
Nothing beats a unique gift from UncommonGoods.
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I was watching television — and noticed my living room was on the show’s set
Stephanie D'Agostini, 29, was watching "Couples Therapy" from the Showtime network last weekend (Nov 9).
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Holding in your poop has serious health consequences — here’s what can happen
In today’s fast-paced environment, many office workers are falling prey to an increasingly common phenomenon known as ‘voluntary withholding’ where the natural urge to go to the toilet is ignored.
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Demi Moore says close-up shot of her behind ‘bugs the s--- out of me’ in new movie
Actress Demi Moore is opening up about her horror film, "The Substance," and the particularly intimate shot that bothered her to watch.
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In the hardscrabble 'Bird,' hope is scarce — but sometimes it comes from above
Led by commanding, sympathetic turns by Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski and newcomer Nykiya Adams, director Andrea Arnold's drama 'Bird' is touched by notes of fantasy.
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NY fails the Regents exam: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 15, 2024
The Issue: New York getting rid of the Regents exams as a graduation requirement by fall 2027.
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They told insurers a bear damaged their car. But it was actually a person in a costume
Four LA residents allegedly defrauded multiple insurance companies of over $141,000. A wildlife expert who reviewed footage of the incidents said that the culprit was "clearly a human in a bear suit."
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The real reason Mike Tyson is fighting Jake Paul
On Friday night, two boxers will take to the ring at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. One is among the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, the “baddest man on the planet,” “Iron” Mike Tyson. The other is Jake Paul, a zillennial influencer who built his career on prank videos, making bad music, and terrorizing his neighbors. One might reasonably wonder what chance the internet’s most obnoxious star, a cruiserweight, stands against Tyson; one might also reasonably wonder how a 58-year-old, no matter how practiced, could beat a man 31 years younger. But to overfocus on the mechanics of boxing or of athleticism in general is to miss the point. If all audiences wanted to see was the world’s best boxers fighting each other, well, those matches would probably enjoy much more hype. Instead, the lion’s share of the attention goes to the rash of influencers-turned-boxers who concoct feuds with each other and solve them with their fists.  Paul and Tyson now occupy this much newer realm of the world’s oldest sport: celebrities whose controversial pasts provide ammo for a public who has strong feelings about both. While Friday’s match is a professional one (meaning it is regulated by a sanctioning body, will count on their records, and can be betted on, at least in certain states), it will be more spectacle than sport. Organized by Paul’s promotion company, Most Valuable Promotions, and Netflix, which will stream the match live, it’s also part of the streaming service’s attempt to reach young male viewers and the advertisers who want to woo them.  The match is expected to be a ratings hit, in part thanks to Netflix’s estimated 282 million subscribers, the largest of any platform. Originally scheduled for July, the match was postponed to November after Tyson had an ulcer flare-up on a flight. Paul, due to his age and recent record (10 wins, one loss, and seven knockouts) was already a favorite to win, but now the betting odds are even more in his favor, currently standing at minus-210, per BetMGM Sportsbook.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Netflix US (@netflix) Tyson’s participation has led to controversy: Eddie Hearn, one of the industry’s biggest promoters, told ESPN he won’t support the fight due to the danger it could further cause to Tyson’s health. “That was the moment they [MVP] should have realized that this was actually a bad idea,” he said of the ulcer. “You only need to speak to him and look at him to know this guy should not be in a ring again. … If I was Jake Paul, I’d just feel a little bit embarrassed to be honest with you. … This is dangerous, irresponsible and, in my opinion, disrespectful to the sport of boxing.” Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, however, maintains it will be a fair fight. “Paul’s never been hit by someone like Mike Tyson,” he told ESPN. “So people can say about the danger for Mike Tyson, he’s older. What about the danger for Jake Paul, who’s never fought at this weight? He’s never been in there with a true heavyweight in his career. You could say it to both sides.”  It’s worth asking: What’s in it for everyone involved here? Paul has made his incentives explicit: “I’m here to make $40 million and knock out a legend,” he said at an August news conference (Paul’s net worth is reportedly around $80 million). Tyson, according to reports, will stand to earn around half of that, doubling his reported net worth of $10 million. In addition to the payout, Paul made a video announcing he’d pay Tyson $5 million if Tyson can last more than four rounds. Should he fail, Tyson must get a tattoo that reads, “I love Jake Paul.” (Tyson responded in an interview that he’d only agree to another $20 million.) As for Tyson, it’s yet another attempt at a return to the spotlight in a career full of them. “This fight is not going to change my life financially,” he told LadBible. “I’m seeking my glory.” After his release from prison in 1995, he fought in a series of comeback matches, including one with Evander Holyfield, whom he would later bite on both ears in one of the most controversial moments in sports history. In the mid-2000s, his $300 million earnings squandered and bankrupt, Tyson announced a series of exhibition fights to “get out of this financial quagmire,” he said at the time, though it was canceled after just one fight. Tyson last fought in a 2020 exhibition match against 2003 World Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., and now runs a successful cannabis company.  Netflix, meanwhile, has been pushing heavily into live events over the last year. In January, it acquired the rights to WWE’s Raw, and earlier this year, it livestreamed the SAG Awards for the first time, as well as other live events like the Roast of Tom Brady, Joey Chestnut’s Labor Day hot dog eating contest, and John Mulaney’s talk show. On Christmas Day it will stream two NFL games. Rich Greenfield, a partner at LightShed Ventures who analyzes the streaming space, says it could be a “powerful tool” in the company’s bid for advertisers. “If you’re going to be in the ad business, the power of something that has to be watched at that moment and brings together millions of people is really important for advertising,” Greenfield said. Rather than buying up the streaming rights to, say, all of the big sports organizations, or major awards like the Oscars or Grammys, Netflix’s strategy appears to be creating smaller, less costly moments of their own. “Netflix already has the subscribers. It’s now about creating unique events to drive advertising sales,” Greenfield says. Those advertisers are after a core demographic: men, particularly young men who pay attention to influencers like Paul. These young men don’t necessarily follow boxing, but they do find recognizable faces compelling. As Brady Brickner-Wood explained in the New York Times Magazine last year, “Influencer boxers know something boxing purists don’t: that a fight without a narrative, no matter how poetic its execution, is just a hollow technical exercise.” No doubt there’s also another draw for viewers who know of Paul and his ilk but don’t necessarily like them: “When you buy a Jake Paul fight, part of what you are buying is the chance to see him get punched in the face,” Kelefa Sanneh wrote in the New Yorker last year.  In anticipation for the fight, Netflix released a three-episode docuseries following Tyson and Paul as they prepare for battle. It is, of course, mere marketing: The nastier elements of Paul and Tyson’s pasts are glossed over. It does not mention the fact that Tyson was convicted of raping an 18-year-old in 1992 for which he served three years in jail, or that he was recently sued for raping another woman in 1990. It doesn’t include the fact that he is alleged to have physically abused his former wife, actress Robin Givens; one biography reports that Tyson admitted to having hit her and calling it “the best punch I’ve ever thrown in my life.” Rather, the series shows a few clips of Tyson in handcuffs while the voiceover refers to “his life continu[ing] to spiral downward.” (Paul was also fined for promoting a crypto scam and has been accused of sexual assault by fellow influencer Justine Paradise as well as model and actress Railey Lollie.) Instead, viewers will discover that the idea for the match was born from an ayahuasca ceremony Paul attended in Costa Rica, where he had a vision of himself fighting Tyson. It then shows Paul meditating and repeating to himself, “I, Jake Joseph Paul, will knock out and defeat Iron Mike Tyson.” He then reached out to Tyson, who enthusiastically agreed, according to Paul.  In one of its opening scenes, the docuseries asks, “Why fight when you have all the fame and money in the world?” The answer, naturally, is that no amount of fame and money are ever enough for people who stake their lives on such things. To be a celebrity in 2024 is to understand that the world moves on the moment people scroll away from your face, that your singular role is to produce an ever-increasing mountain of content so that your face might find them again. Though Paul and Tyson occupy vastly different places in modern pop culture, they both understand that fame and money are perhaps the only things worth getting punched in the face for. 
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Donald Trump Jr ally Sergio Gor offered top White House personnel job: report
Sergio Gor, an associate of Donald Trump Jr., reportedly is President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Presidential Personnel Office.
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How new producer price data signals potential costs for Americans
New economic data is trickling in and the latest producer price index numbers could signal a potential trend about the state of inflation in the U.S. CBS MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more.
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How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration
If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, the public health agency could look very different than it does today.
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Trump slams door on Jamie Dimon joining administration: ‘Will not be invited’
The JPMorgan CEO had been the subject of speculation as a Treasury secretary candidate in the build up to the Nov. 5 election.
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Country star Zach Bryan's ex calls out his 'deafening' silence after accusing him of emotional abuse
Country star Zach Bryan's ex Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia blasted the musician for staying quiet after she accused him of emotional abuse following their split.
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Congressional UFO hearing details alleged secret government programs, descriptions of ‘alien’ craft
A long-awaited hearing that promised to “pull back the curtain” on UFOs has heard from witnesses about alleged secret crash retrieval programs and communication with non-human intelligence.
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‘This is the new normal’: Fires spread across New York region
New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.
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‘Entitled’ grocery store trend has shoppers raging: ‘The public gets worse every day!’
A photo of a filthy supermarket shelf covered in broken eggs has left shoppers divided over who is to blame.
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Florida man's U.S. charges upgraded to killing his estranged wife in Spain
A Florida businessman already charged with kidnapping his estranged wife in Spain is facing new U.S. charges that he killed her.
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CNN posts lowest-rated Tuesday in critical demo in 24 years
CNN averaged only 61,000 viewers from the critical demographic of adults age 25-54 on November 11, its smallest audience on a Tuesday since June 27, 2000.
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Dave Sims nearing deal to replace John Sterling on Yankees radio
The Yankees are closing in on their man to replace the legendary John Sterling.
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Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand's parliament during fraught race relations debate
Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests.
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Demi Moore developed an eating disorder after producer hounded her to lose weight: It was ‘humiliating’
"The producer pulled me aside. It was very embarrassing and humiliating," she recalled.
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NYC office buildings brimming with workers at nearly pre-pandemic levels: ‘Work from home is dying’
It isn’t only a craving for comradery, but employer muscle that’s driven many back.
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Commanders vs. Eagles odds, predictions: ‘TNF’ Same-Game Parlay, picks
Who would have thought that one of the NFC East’s most crucial matchups would take place between the Washington Commanders and the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 11?
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Cross’ On Prime Video, Where Alex Cross Investigates A Serial Killer While Trying To Find Out Who Killed His Wife
Aldis Hodge stars as Alex Cross in a new series featuring James Patterson's signature detective in a brand new story.
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‘The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin Accuses Matt Gaetz Of Feeding Donald Trump A Conspiracy Claiming ‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough Was A Murderer
Griffin, who previously worked for the Trump administration, tried to stop Gaetz.
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Jax Taylor admits to throwing furniture after catching Brittany Cartwright sending explicit photos to Julian Sensley: ‘Just saw red’
Page Six previously broke the news that Cartwright and Sensley had a "casual" physical relationship after she and Taylor separated in February.
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Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell speaks on state of US economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to speak on interest rates, economic concerns and the state of the US economy at the Dallas Regional Chamber at 3pm EST.
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Kraft Heinz ordered to face Mac & Cheese lawsuit over ‘no preservatives’ label
A federal judge said Kraft Heinz must face a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit over claims that its Kraft macaroni and cheese contains no artificial preservatives.
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‘Survivor 47’ star Sol Yi calls Genevieve Mushaluk ‘one of the best players I’ve ever seen’
"She is a freak of nature when it comes to strategy in this game." — Sol Yi.
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'The View' debates Biden's friendly meeting with Trump after heated campaign rhetoric
"The View" co-hosts debated on Thursday about whether President Biden should have been cordial with President-elect Trump at their White House meeting.
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Packers legend Clay Matthews admits Aaron Rodgers' struggles with Jets have been 'hard to watch' this season
Clay Matthews, the Packers Hall of Famer who spent many years terrorizing teams with Aaron Rodgers, admits it's been frustrating to watch his old teammate with the New York Jets.
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Michigan makes stunning $10.5 million NIL offer to flip No. 1 QB recruit Bryce Underwood from LSU
Some professional athletes wish they could have a piece of this NIL money.
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'Say Nothing' draws strength from telling a focused story about the Troubles
FX's historical drama, based on Patrick Radden Keefe's award-winning nonfiction book, doesn't try to tell the whole history of the Troubles, focusing instead on a few key figures.
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What's next for Biden after Trump transition meeting?
President Biden headed to Peru Thursday for the APEC summit where he is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This comes after his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
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Anne Hathaway and son nearly crashed into by Knicks player OG Anunoby in courtside mishap
The "Devil Wears Prada" star shares sons Jonathan, 8, and Jack, who turns 5 this month, with her husband, Adam Shulman. The couple married in 2012.
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Deep dives and horsing around: Here’s what a wedding looks like when you’re passionate about sports
Here’s a look at couples scoring the perfect sports-themed wedding ceremony, giddy-up getaways and advice on how to make your “I do” a hole-in-one.
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Big Oil breaks with Trump on potential second withdrawal from Paris climate agreement
The CEO of ExxonMobil said President-elect Trump should keep the U.S. in the Paris climate agreement during his second term in the White House.
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