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Sports Illustrated inks 56-year-old model

Kathy Jacobs says it’s important not to discount people because of their age or height. She should know — the petite 56-year-old is a brand new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model. [Sposnored] Healthier Blood Pressure Starting in Just 8 Hours Jacobs, from Calabasas, California and who stands 5-foot-3-inches, hopes her… Read More

Mayflower II sets sail

Cue the cameras: The Mayflower II is ready for its closeup and its journey home. The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 is preparing to embark from Connecticut after three years’ and $11.2 million worth of renovations — and several months… Read More

Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson both under attack

Fox News Channel stars Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson — as well as weekend star Howard Kurtz — were accused of sexual harassment by a frequent on-air guest in a lawsuit filed Monday that the network called frivolous and untrue. In the same case, a former Fox employee said she was… Read More

CBS News star dies suddenly

CBS News star Nina Kapur, 26, died suddenly over the weekend following a moped crash in New York City. Police reported that Kapur, a local New York-based reporter, was riding as a passenger on a Revel, an electric scooter operated by a ride-share start-up, when the accident occurred. According to… Read More

Constitutional crisis? The “unmarked” federal agents battle

Federal officers’ actions at protests in Oregon’s largest city, hailed by President Donald Trump but done without local consent, are raising the prospect of a constitutional legal battle — one that could escalate as weeks of protests and violence find renewed focus in clashes with camouflaged, unidentified agents outside Portland’s… Read More

One last SpaceX spacewalk

Astronauts squeezed in one last spacewalk Tuesday before turning their attention to the all-important end to SpaceX’s first crew flight. NASA’s Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy floated out of the International Space Station on their fourth and final spacewalk in under a month. Instead of swapping batteries, they had to… Read More

Flexible schools adapt to new coronavirus reality

Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a flexible reopening plan, with options that include full-time classroom learning, full-time online instruction and a hybrid system. It’s a good thing because the dangers of the coronavirus are so uncertain that district officials are… Read More

Liberal NYC mayor blasted in boneheaded school reopen plan

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be the most incompetent mayor in America.  His response to the coronavirus pandemic was so blundering that he was actually sidelined by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.  And de Blasio has even pushed major, ill-advised cuts to the New York City Police… Read More

Infamous Iowa drug kingpin set for execution

A ruthless Iowa meth kingpin who killed five people, including two young girls, in 1993 to thwart his prosecution for drug trafficking is set to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week. Dustin Honken, 52, would become the first defendant in an Iowa case to be put… Read More

Officer charged in urinal licking incident

A U.S. judge sentenced a former Honolulu police officer Wednesday to four years in prison for forcing a homeless man to lick a public urinal, telling him to imagine someone doing that to his two young daughters. The homeless man was just as defenseless and powerless as the children of… Read More