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Oracle workers opened their inboxes Monday to a 6 a.m. Email notifying them they had been laid off, the company’s third workforce reduction this year. The pre-dawn termination notices arrived as the company’s second quarter began September 1, hitting employees…

King Charles III personally stepped in to reverse Uganda’s abrupt withdrawal from Prince Harry’s 2027 Invictus Games. Chris Magezi, spokesperson for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, revealed Monday that the 77-year-old monarch’s top adviser had phoned Uganda’s Chief of Defence…

Jen Shah stepped back into the public eye at a Utah Utes football game this past Saturday, marking her first appearance since completing her full prison sentence. The former “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star, 51, attended the matchup…

Carnegie Mellon University has placed a professor on leave after her inflammatory social media posts, including one telling a “white man” to “die first” so she could dance, drew renewed scrutiny online. Dr. Uju Anya, who joined the Pittsburgh institution…

Zac Clark has spoken out after getting caught in flash flooding during a New Jersey half-marathon. The former “Bachelorette” contestant, 40, was among roughly 250 runners who completed Sunday’s Racefaster Half Marathon in Paramus, Bergen County, after organizers delayed the…

McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski has linked a surge in adult Happy Meal purchases to the booming use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications. Kempczinski, who has led the Chicago-based fast-food giant since 2019, told the Harvard Business Review in a recent interview…

Hayden Panettiere died after taking a single pill believed to be oxycodone laced with fentanyl, law enforcement sources said on Monday. The actress, 36, appears to have met with her “long-term drug dealer” in Los Angeles before traveling to South…

Zach Hickerson has spoken out after he was arrested during a bar brawl where he and his brother were allegedly harassed about Hayden Panettiere’s death. The incident unfolded Saturday night at Wild Wing Cafe in Greenville, South Carolina, where Brian…

Loretta Forbes learned the news coming down her stairs and kept repeating the same prayer: “My God. Oh God.” Forbes, a neighbor on Forbes Road in Gastonia, North Carolina, had watched the family at 2661 Forbes Road live quietly among…

Boris Johnson has spoken out on X after a Russian drone strike narrowly missed the train he was travelling on at a Ukrainian border station. The former British Prime Minister, 61, had departed Yahodyn station ahead of schedule last Friday…

Steve Sarkisian is facing heavy criticism for blowing off Holly Rowe during a postgame interview. The Texas Longhorns head coach, 50, celebrated his team’s stunning 24-23 comeback victory over No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday night by cutting off the…

A Yale study has accused the outlet of slanted Gaza war coverage that favored Palestinians over Israel. Edieal Pinker, a professor at the Yale School of Management, published his findings in the Studies in Conflict & Terrorism journal after reviewing…

Craig Berg, 70, was hoisted to safety alive and alert after a week alone on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale. The Royal Oak adventurer was spotted by Good Samaritan backpackers on Saturday in Isle Royale National Park, where he had been…

An 11-year-old boy died in a go-kart accident in upstate New York just days before starting middle school. Parker Mitchell, 11, of Greece, New York, was driving the go-kart with his 8-year-old sister Teagan in Darien, New York, last Sunday…

More than 1,200 University of California professors are demanding the return of SAT admissions requirements after finding themselves teaching middle-school math to students carrying flawless high school transcripts. The faculty outcry comes as UC data shows the number of applicants…

The US Air Force colonel pulled from Iran in April said viewers that his damaged parachute failing to open properly was the most terrifying moment of nearly two days behind enemy lines. Bravo, 44, the weapons systems officer who goes…