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hammadniazi6663 Federal authorities investigating the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product, prosecutors announced on Friday. A drug taskforce in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid kratom, an herbal substance that acts as a stimulant at low doses and a … Read more
President Trump has faced criticism after fronting television ads paid for by the US government. There are laws against federal funds being used in the US for political advertising. The White House has said they are public service announcements, rather than publicity or propaganda. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton examined the ads and spoke to legal … Read more
Getty Andrew Rannells is opening up about dating Anderson Cooper in the past. The 48-year-old Tony Award-nominated actor previously revealed he had a brief romance with the 59-year-old journalist when he was 25 years old. During the latest episode of the OMG Obsessed podcast with his Girls co-star Zosia Mamet, Andrew shared new details about … Read more
Inset: Jamie Lee Voelker (Windom Police Department). Background: The two streets where Voelker committed two crimes in Windom, Minn. (Google Maps). A Minnesota man will spend just over a decade behind bars for shooting and killing his mother in a drug-induced stupor. In July, Jamie Lee Voelker, 39, pleaded guilty to one count each of … Read more
A driver whose car careered into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters – leaving children as young as five injured – will be kept in custody as the community rallies to support those hospitalised after the crash. Ten people were left injured after a car allegedly driven by 18-year-old P-plater Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe careered into … Read more
Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff has spoken out about allegations that a female student was gang raped by multiple fraternity members in 2024. “What happened to Jane Doe in 2024 is deeply disturbing and will weigh heavily on our community for years to come,” Kotlikoff, 74, said in a video statement on Saturday, October 3. … Read more
Czar Samuel’s remains returned to Bulgaria following decades of negotiations over their repatriation from Greece. SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday, after decades of negotiations with neighboring Greece. Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his … Read more
Alberta’s capital city is no stranger to homelessness and it’s something the Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition wants to address. “People are going to camp. People are camping, so why criminalize them?” asks Kristine Kowalchuk, chair of the ERVCC. The coalition calls Edmonton’s temporary shelter prohibition inhumane and says the city’s public spaces by-law urgently … Read more
25. Think Heckerling came up with Cher’s signature slam on her own? As if! Something of an amateur linguist, the screenwriter is “always compiling slang words because I am just interested in how people use language,” she explained to The Hollywood Reporter in 2016 of the line’s origins. “At that time, which was like early ’90s, ‘As if!’ was … Read more
Comment: In an election campaign focused almost exclusively on costs – the cost of living for the Government’s critics, the cost of taxes for those keen to keep the Opposition out – even more attention than usual has fallen on political parties’ fiscal plans. After a relatively lengthy wait, the Labour Party has released a … Read more