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Powerball jackpot reaches $875 million Saturday after no winner

The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $875 million after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing. No ticket for Wednesday’s $750 million jackpot matched the white balls 23, 35, 45, 66, 67 and red Powerball 20. Sponsored: In 1944, an experiment was done in this Nazi medical… Read More

First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval

U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it cleared Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first… Read More

Hollywood actors to hold strike vote Thursday morning

The union representing film and television actors says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services and its leadership will vote on whether to strike later Thursday. The Screen Actors Guild -American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said early Thursday that its decision on whether to join… Read More

Murdoch’s media empire turns on Ron DeSantis?!

After winning re-election by 19 points, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis became a hero to media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The governor was nicknamed as “DeFUTURE” in the New York Post‘s cover story the day after the election. As recently as May, former President Donald Trump was slamming the NY Post for running… Read More

Prices rose 3% from last year amid long fight to stymie inflation

Squeezed by painfully high prices for two years, Americans have gained some much-needed relief with inflation reaching its lowest point since early 2021 — 3% in June compared with a year earlier — thanks in part to easing prices for gasoline, airline fares, used cars and groceries. The inflation figure… Read More

‘Succession’ gets 27 Emmy nods Wednesday as HBO dominates

HBO dominated Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “ Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may join them in as little… Read More

Fox News stock plunges after ratings fallout

Fox News Channel is losing viewers at an alarming rate… and analysts are warning investors to proceed with caution. “Wells Fargo analysts downgraded shares of Fox Corporation (NASDAQ:FOXA) to ‘Underweight’ from ‘Equal Weight’ on Monday, lowering the price target to $31 from $35 per share,” Investing.com reported Monday. Wells Fargo… Read More

Charles Manson follower released from prison Tuesday after 52 years

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, a former homecoming princess who at 19 helped carry out the shocking killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the direction of the violent and manipulative cult leader, walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a… Read More

Hollywood actors agree to mediation, but strike may be unavoidable

Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators but say they doubt a deal will be reached by a negotiation deadline late Wednesday. “We are committed to the negotiating process and will explore and exhaust every possible opportunity to… Read More