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Ask people why American culture is going down the tubes, and the culprits might be partisanship, declining trust in institutions, empty calorie entertainment. Or maybe the answer is an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show” from October 1997. That’s when “Springer,” a daytime talk show that reached around eight million daily viewers at its peak,…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the stimulus spending signed into law by President Joe Biden to aid the U.S. recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic may have contributed “a little bit” to the country’s subsequent inflation woes. But the widespread rise in prices that marred the Democrat’s administration was mostly “a supply-side phenomenon” caused…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke against the incoming president’s idea US President-elect Donald Trump’s idea of taking Greenland is not good and will never actually happen, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Trump has argued that US control over the Arctic island is a matter of national security and has refused to…
The Yukon’s affordable heat pump program is already sold out for 2025, the territorial government says. Funding has been approved for 84 households, which will use up all of the money available for this year. The program filled up less than three weeks after it was announced. “We had a huge flood of applications over Christmas,”…
While the war in Gaza grinds on with dozens of civilians already reportedly killed and injured so far this year – and as the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon largely holds – hopes are still high for a successful transition of power in Damascus following the overthrow of the Assad regime exactly a month ago. Syria’s…
A growing cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Cannabis Museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file A bill that would have imposed regulations on new…
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The 31-year-old did not appear before Bolton Magistrates’ Court for the sentencing Manchester United player Harry Maguire has been banned from driving after admitting speeding. Bolton Magistrates Court’ heard he was captured on camera driving his Range Rover at 85mph (136kph) as he came out of a tunnel on Wilmslow Road, under the runway…
BRASILIA : Brazilian prosecutors on Wednesday ordered that social media platform Meta clarify whether recently announced changes to its fact-checking program in the United States will also be applied to the South American country. Meta, which on Tuesday scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics such as immigration and…
The School of Rock cast just had the sweetest reunion at their co-stars’ wedding (Picture: Social media) The cast of the 2003 coming-of-age movie School of Rock have reunited for the best reason as two of their co-stars tied the knot. The hit comedy follows fake substitute teacher Dewey (Jack Black) who forms an unconventional…
ISLAMABAD — Taliban leaders in Afghanistan on Wednesday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s assertions that they have received billions of dollars in U.S. financial aid since regaining control of the country. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy Taliban spokesperson, responded to Trump’s claims by asserting that the Kabul administration neither anticipates nor seeks any assistance from the United…
