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Up, up and they pay: Superman #1 comic auctioned for $2.6M

A rare copy of a Superman #1 comic book that sold on newsstands for a dime in 1939 was purchased for $2.6 million in an auction. The comic showing Superman leaping over tall buildings on the cover was sold Thursday night to a buyer who wishes to maintain a secret… Read More

‘Unrelenting’: Biden admits major Christmas defeat

President Joe Biden is finishing his first year in the nation’s highest office, and he’s presided over two huge bills. In February, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, known for its child tax credit. Last month, he signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act… but now he’s giving up… Read More

Rod Stewart and his son resolve Florida hotel assault case

Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year’s Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at an exclusive Florida hotel. Court records released Friday show that the singer and his son Sean Stewart entered guilty pleas to… Read More

Bombshell: Search warrant issued for Alec Baldwin’s phone

The actor Alec Baldwin has been hit with a search warrant for his cell phone, according to a search warrant affidavit signed Thursday. On a movie set in October, Baldwin discharged a live round from a prop gun, wounding the film’s director and killing its cinematographer, Halnya Hutchins. Sponsored: Deadliest… Read More

US regulators lift in-person requirement for abortion pill

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday permanently removed a major obstacle for women seeking abortion pills, eliminating a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medication in person. Millions of American women will now be able to get a prescription via an online consultation and receive the pills through… Read More

Teachers crawl for cash; event organizers apologize

The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the event drew criticism. The “Dash For Cash” Saturday night in Sioux Falls was a competition in which 10 local teachers… Read More

Schools ban teachers giving students Ds or Fs

by Frank Holmes, reporter The government has spent generations dumbing down America. Now, it wants to erase the evidence. Some of America’s largest school districts have so many students getting low grades that they’ve abolished giving out Ds and Fs. Sponsored: Feel Younger With This Superfood School districts in Los… Read More

Melania Trump goes public to commission an artwork

While serving as first lady, Melania Trump earned a reputation for maintaining her own privacy. Now she’s emerging to support charitable causes, for the first time since leaving the White House. On Thursday, Trump unveiled her plans to commission an artwork, sell it, and donate the proceeds toward children aging… Read More

LeVar Burton to host National Spelling Bee

LeVar Burton has been hired as host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, giving the competition a celebrity headliner who’s also a longtime literacy advocate as Scripps takes over production of the bee telecast. Burton, who played Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and was the longtime… Read More

Tornado-hit factory sued for not allowing workers to leave

Survivors of a tornado that leveled a Kentucky candle factory, killing eight workers, have filed a lawsuit claiming their employer demonstrated “flagrant indifference” by refusing to allow employees to go home early as the storm approached the western Kentucky town. The lawsuit filed in state court accuses the company of violating Kentucky… Read More