Category: news
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11 best tea kettles of 2024, according to experts
You’ll often hear people say whether or not they’re a tea person, and those that are, will tell you there’s a lot more to a good cup of tea than just warm water and a teabag. Regardless of your familiarity with tea and whether you prefer it as your drink of choice in the morning…
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Chappell Roan pulls out of All Things Go music festival shows
Chappell Roan — who faced a dayslong backlash online for her recent comments about the November presidential election — announced Friday that she is dropping out of the All Things Go music festivals. The pop star, 26, was scheduled to perform at the festival Saturday in New York City, and Sunday in Columbia, Maryland. In a…
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Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff there’s no plan for him to receive a ‘giant equity stake’ in company
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a “giant equity stake” in the company, calling that information “just not true,” according to a person who was in attendance. Altman and finance chief Sarah Friar both said at the meeting, conducted by video, that investors…
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Trademark dispute emerges over Tiger Woods’ new logo
Tiger Woods’ new logo for his Sun Day Red golf apparel line is facing a trademark dispute. Tigeraire, a company that makes cooling products for athletes, has filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, alleging that Sun Day Red and Tiger Woods have “unlawfully hijacked” Tigeraire’s design into their own branding. “The…
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Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. request to appear on New York ballot
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s attempt to appear on New York’s general election ballot. Kennedy, who has dropped his own presidential campaign and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump, is fighting to appear on ballots in certain states over Democratic opposition. The court rejected the request in a…
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New York Film Festival returns with a post-strike lineup of inventive, queer, star-studded films
After last year’s industrywide strikes rendered cinema-going a bit less exciting, film festivals have been returning in full force the past few months, renewing excitement around filmmaking at large. Following a summer of star-studded events in Cannes, Venice and Toronto, the 62nd annual New York Film Festival opens at Lincoln Center on Friday for 17…
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U.S. indicts three Iranians in Trump campaign hack
Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents, and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington on Friday. The three Iranians, identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hired “malicious…
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The politics of tariffs are complicated. A Democrat just introduced a bill to make Trump’s proposals law.
LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — Former President Donald Trump calls himself a “tariff man” and says the taxes on imported goods “are the greatest thing ever invented,” so it’s no surprise Vice President Kamala Harris has attacked the centerpiece of the GOP nominee’s economic agenda as bad policy. What’s more surprising, however, is that one House Democrat…
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JD Vance to hold event with evangelist who said Kamala Harris used ‘witchcraft’
Ohio Sen. JD Vance is set to participate in a town hall in Pennsylvania on Saturday with evangelical religious leader Lance Wallnau, who said after this month’s presidential debate that Vice President Kamala Harris used “witchcraft.” Wallnau, a Texas-based celebrity evangelist, is a self-described prophet. Two decades ago, he coined and popularized the Seven Mountains…
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Hurricane Helene ravages the Southeast, killing at least 22 and leaving millions without power
Hurricane Helene killed at least 22 people and left millions without power across the Southeast before weakening on its way north Friday morning, officials said. Widespread damage was expected in Florida’s Big Bend region, where Helene made landfall as a Category 4 shortly after 11 p.m. ET on Thursday. It was the strongest storm to…