President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to create the nation’s first sovereign wealth fund, which could be used to purchase TikTok. Joining Trump in the Oval Office, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said the fund will be operational within the next year. Though Trump did not explicitly indicate what the fund will be used for, he […]
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New York City has a new mayor and no, he is not replacing Eric Adams. Simon, rescue basset hound/cattle dog mix, was sworn in as the second dog mayor of New York City on Jan. 26 outside the City Hall in downtown Manhattan. Some of the city’s most prominent elected officials were at the indoguration, including Council Member […]
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Is there a benefit for healthy people to track their blood sugar? Measuring blood sugar has joined sleep and exercise tracking as wellness trends, with some longevity experts claiming that reducing fluctuations throughout the day can help protect against heart disease, even for people who don’t have diabetes. Continuous glucose monitors, or CGMs, are small devices […]
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The White House is the latest to take aim at Selena Gomez for a video she posted of herself crying during recent immigration crackdowns. A video shared by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt featured the mothers of two women and a 12-year-old girl who were allegedly killed by convicted undocumented migrants. Tammy Nobles, the mother of Kathy Hamilton, […]
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Beyoncé announced a new tour early Sunday in a social media post with the caption “COWBOY CARTER TOUR 2025” and a video displaying a lit-up sign with a similar message. The tour will kick off in April in Los Angeles and make its way to Chicago, the New York area, Houston, Atlanta and Washington — as well as London […]
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An aircraft engine and the fuselage belonging to American Airlines Flight 5432 were lifted out of the Potomac River on Monday, beginning the complex job of removing the last of the wreckage after a military helicopter collided with it and crashed last Wednesday. Officials say that what remains of the jet needs to be removed from the crash […]
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The numbers are in: Gen Zers are drinking less alcohol than our elders. And that’s not just because many of us are still below the legal drinking age of 21. Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that lifetime, past year and past month drinking among high school students has been declining since about 2000. This is […]
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Looking to boost your nutrition this year? The Mediterranean diet topped the U.S. News & World Report’s annual diet list for the 8th year in a row. Released Friday, the outlet’s “Best Diets Overall” in 2025 list was rated by a panel of medical and nutrition experts who evaluated 38 different eating plans. “Our panelists evaluated each diet plan […]
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have long been grouped together and referred to more broadly as LGBTQ or a similar abbreviation, like LGBTQI, which includes intersex people. Now, however — just two weeks after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders targeting trans people — the websites of several government agencies are lopping off […]
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President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the first foreign leader to meet with him since he started his second term. Speaking with reporters Sunday, Trump previewed the discussion at the White House as a “very big meeting.” In his letter inviting Netanyahu to Washington last week, he wrote, “I look forward to […]
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