It’s finally here: Super Bowl LIX. The Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to become the first team ever to win three straight Super Bowls when they face the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The Eagles will ride MVP finalist Saquon Barkley and a top-ranked …
Read More »Nonalcoholic booze scores big ahead of the Super Bowl
Beer has long been king on Super Bowl Sunday, but this year more Americans may be reaching for alcohol-free brews. U.S. sales of nonalcoholic beer, wine and spirits surged 26% over the past year to top $800 million, according to the market research firm NIQ. Traditional alcohol sales, on the …
Read More »Trump’s USAID freeze puts millions of women and girls at risk, experts warn
In Malawi, clinics could soon be running out of critical HIV medication, unable to replenish their supply since the Trump administration ordered a freeze to U.S. foreign aid. The pause has halted HIV programs spearheaded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, said one worker, potentially impacting some 142,000 girls …
Read More »Woman’s family files lawsuit seeking to halt sales of Galaxy Gas after her death
Nitrous oxide sold in colorful tanks with candy-like flavors that consumers are inhaling to get high must be removed from shelves because it is creating a “veritable national health crisis,” a new lawsuit alleges. Filed Thursday in state court in Orange County, Florida, by the family of a woman who …
Read More »Odds, spread, player props, predictions and best bets for Chiefs vs. Eagles
The Super Bowl is the biggest sports betting event of the year, with more than $1.3 billion expected to be legally wagered in the 38 states that offer it and Washington, D.C. While betting on the spread between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles is enticing enough, there …
Read More »3 hostages set to be freed as part of Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Share Four weeks of exchanges: 18 hostages freed, 583 prisoners released The four hostage and prisoner exchanges so far have seen 18 hostages freed by Hamas, with 583 Palestinian detainees released from Israeli custody, as agreed by phase one of ceasefire deal. Israel is expected to released a further 183 prisoners today …
Read More »Army considering changing name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg
Army officials are considering changing the name of Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg, according to two people familiar with the conversations. In 2021, Congress established a commission tasked with renaming Department of Defense properties that were named after Confederate leaders. Then-President Donald Trump vetoed the bill, arguing …
Read More »Imprisoned ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ couple to seek pardons from Trump
The imprisoned reality television couple known for the TV show “Chrisley Knows Best” will seek pardons from President Donald Trump following their convictions in a scheme to defraud banks out of millions, their attorney said Friday. Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted in November 2022 following a federal trial in …
Read More »New York leads multistate lawsuit to block DOGE from accessing Americans’ personal data
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other state attorneys general sued President Donald Trump’s administration Friday in an effort to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal data housed in the Treasury Department. In the lawsuit, James pointed to DOGE’s access to the Treasury Department’s …
Read More »Trump dismisses head of the National Archives
President Donald Trump dismissed the head of the National Archives, a White House official said Friday night, following through on a vow last month to change the leadership atop the agency, which was involved in the criminal case that had accused Trump of mishandling classified documents. White House director of …
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