Meghan Markle is the talk of the town, ladies and gentleman. She’s newly engaged to ginger hunk Prince Harry and now the former Suits actress is getting recognized for her style, too. According to fashion search engine Lyst, Markle beat out her soon-to-be family member Kate Middleton when it comes to the celebrities people wanted to …
At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a panel moderator asked Michael Dell, America’s 17th-richest man, what he thought about the idea of raising the top marginal tax rate to 70 percent. This idea has been in the headlines since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez floated it in a 60 Minutes interview on January 6 …
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Nothing says “I love you” quite like a bedazzled Starbucks cup. Jennifer Lopez has recently been spotted out and about with a blinged-out coffee tumbler—and now Alex Rodriguez is equipped with his own matching cup. The singer revealed on her Instagram story on Tuesday that she had a black and silver version created for her boyfriend …
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1968 was a crazy year, its events moving at a horrific pace. The Tet Offensive. The My Lai Massacre. Bobby Kennedy announcing the news that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. Bobby Kennedy’s assassination. Riots across urban America and outside the Democratic National Convention. The human drama seemed out of control in …
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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber may be in the midst of a whirlwind “Jelena” reunion, but that doesn’t mean they’re spending every waking moment together. In fact, according to E! News, they’re making it a priority to spend some time apart. A source told the outlet that Gomez and Bieber chose to spend the Thanksgiving …
If U.S. troops pull out of the Persian Gulf and stops meddling in the region’s affairs, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, then there is a chance for peace in the Middle East. “The security of our region shall be provided when American troops pull out,” said Rouhani. “Security shall not be supplied with American weapons …
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Angelina Jolie’s whirlwind European tour continues. After a day spent shopping and visiting with France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron in Paris, Wednesday morning found the busy multi-hyphenate in Brussels for a visit to NATO headquarters. In her role as co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, Jolie met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg …
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In a decision hailed as a “landmark” victory for the First Amendment, a federal judge on Thursday struck down a Texas law requiring government contractors to sign a pledge vowing not to participate in the pro-Palestinian boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. “The right to boycott is alive and well in the United States and …
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As many as 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to the scientists and researchers behind a new UN report. The assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive …
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Doesn’t idiocy ever take a vacation? As August wound down, the populist troika of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Jair Bolsonaro proved once again that the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil would be better off with no leaders rather than the dubious characters that currently pretend to govern these countries. In all three …