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Anthony Scaramucci has broken down Donald Trump’s mental state in blunt terms after serving just 11 days as White House communications director. Scaramucci, 61, sat down with the outlet Stories for its Honesty Box series and fielded questions about the…
Austin Sarat has identified Christa Pike as one of only two people known to have survived an execution after the process was fully activated. Sarat, a professor of law and politics at Amherst College in Massachusetts, has spent years researching…
An experimental Eli Lilly weight-loss drug delivered body-weight reductions comparable to bariatric surgery in a major new trial, while also driving down blood sugar, blood pressure and inflammation markers. The 80-week phase 3 study of retatrutide enrolled 2,047 adults with…
Trail closures have taken effect at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park as Kīlauea volcano shows renewed unrest beneath its summit. The National Park Service announced Wednesday that Halemaʻumaʻu Trail and a section of Byron Ledge Trail are off-limits indefinitely, covering a…
Millennials are reeling after learning the true age of the “Stacy’s Mom” actor when the iconic Fountains of Wayne video was filmed. Rachel Hunter, the New Zealand model and actor who played the title role, was 34 years old at…
Meijer has unseated the reigning champion to claim the title of America’s favorite convenience store in a dramatic reshuffling of industry rankings. The Michigan-based superstore scored 82 out of 100 on the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s latest convenience store survey,…
Christa Pike is walking with assistance for the first time since Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital during a lethal injection procedure on September 30, was hospitalized for emergency care, and has since…
Christa Pike has won a legal reprieve after a judge reopened her challenge to Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. Pike, 50, became the first death row inmate in U.S. History to survive a lethal injection attempt when executioners failed to kill…
Abdul El-Sayed refused to rank Iran and Israel by threat level during Thursday’s Michigan Senate debate, dismissing the question as “ridiculous.” The Democratic hopeful, 40, faced Republican Mike Rogers, 61, in a heated exchange that saw both candidates trade accusations…
A Covid-19 variant nicknamed “American Covid” is driving a sharp rise in cases and hospital admissions across the UK, though health officials maintain it does not appear to cause more severe illness than earlier strains. The strain, officially designated XFG…
A Tampa police officer reunited a lost German shepherd with its tearful owner after the dog wandered into a police station seeking help. The incident unfolded on Sept. 30 when security cameras at the Tampa Police Department captured the “unexpected…
A Frontier Airlines flight attendant physically restrained a screaming passenger who appeared to try to open an exit door after travelers were trapped on a hot, darkened plane at Atlanta’s airport for roughly an hour. The incident unfolded Wednesday night…
Two FDNY firefighters are set to trade their turnout gear for boxing gloves this Saturday at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, Long Island. Raymond Cuadrado, 30, and Louis Maietta, 32, have built parallel lives battling blazes by day and opponents…
Donald Trump has renewed his public campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize just days before the committee announces its 2025 winner. The president, 78, told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that he has “settled 8 wars” and saved…
Josh Hartnett’s new Netflix thriller is dredging up real Newfoundland trauma. The six-episode series “Below,” which premiered last week, drops the “Pearl” actor, 46, into a dying coastal town where a sea monster lurks beneath the waves. But the creature…
A corrections officer at the New Jersey prison holding Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an inmate. Jordan Pensak, 27, admitted in court Tuesday that she had sex with a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix…