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My sister Dorothy Porter was a bohemian, gay poet; I was a respectable church handmaiden. But she cracked the door open for me to start seeing the world differentlyI spent most of my adult life as an evangelical Christian, learning to accept a whole-body compliance to a regimented way of living and submission to the Bible as God-breathed and infallible.

I was an evangelical Christian for 35 years – until my transgressive big sister gave me the courage to break free

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil´s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pressing the country’s environmental regulator to approve exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, defending the push by saying new oil revenues could finance a transition to green energies.The offshore site, Bloc 59, is located in the Equatorial Margin, about 160 kilometers (99 miles) off Brazil’s eastern coast.

Brazil’s Lula backs oil exploration in the Amazon ahead of hosting UN climate talks

The 'This Is Us' actress, her husband Taylor Goldsmith and their 3 children evacuated their home last month due to the LA fires‘Hollywood Medium’ Tyler Henry praises ‘resilient’ Ricki Lake after he predicted destruction of her home in LA fires"Hollywood Medium" Tyler Henry praised Ricki Lake for her "resilient, altruistic approach" after he accurately predicted the destruction of her home in the LA fires.

Mandy Moore calls out Amazon after package was delivered to home destroyed in LA fires

WASHINGTON — About 75,000 federal employees have accepted the White House's "deferred resignation" offer to resign but receive pay through September, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management.The offer's deadline closed on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled to end a temporary pause to the program.

White House says about 75K federal workers have accepted 'deferred resignation' offer

Teddi Mellencamp is undergoing emergency surgery after several tumors were found on her brain, the TV personality revealed on social media Wednesday.In a statement shared to Instagram, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alum and daughter of singer John Mellencamp said she received her diagnosis after being hospitalized for a series of "severe and debilitating headaches.""After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months," the

Teddi Mellencamp to undergo surgery after being hospitalized with numerous brain tumors

It was later determined that Emily's boyfriend and sister injected her with 10 to 15 bags of heroin and fentanylInitially, police thought Emily Cruddas had tragically taken her own life through a drug overdosePolice discovered that a 21-year-old's sister and boyfriend pumped her with a lethal amount of heroin and fentanyl after initially thinking the victim had taken her own life. New Jersey police believed that Emily Cruddas had tragically taken her own life through a drug overdose in 2023. However, after

New Jersey woman killed sister by injecting her with 15 bags of heroin and Fentanyl after plotting with sibling's boyfriend, say police

His case is seen as part of a larger campaign of repression against independent media and society groups in BelarusBelarus has released three detainees including a veteran journalist for a US government-funded broadcaster and a US citizen, the White House said on Wednesday.The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed the release on Wednesday of three people including “one American and two individuals from Belarus, one of whom worked for Radio Liberty”.

Belarus frees US citizen and two other detainees

As marketing stunts go, this one has "killed" it.The “death” of a beloved mascot has sparked the kind of online frenzy that advertisers dream of, with everyone from the World Health Organization to Netflix offering their condolences.It started Tuesday when the language-learning app Duolingo posted that Duo the Owl, its internet-famous big green bird, was dead.

Duolingo 'killed' off its mascot — and somehow capitvated the internet

CNN —Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday that she has faith federal court orders will be honored in the United States amid a roiling debate over President Donald Trump’s commitment to following judicial rulings that have put some of his policies on hold.“Court decisions stand,” the high court’s most senior liberal justice said during an event in Miami.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she has faith court orders will be honored

Galaxy clusters are collections of hundreds to thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity. Elucidating the internal dynamics of these exceptional structures is key to understanding how they formed, and thus to gaining insights into the matter and energy content of the wider Universe. In a paper in Nature, Audard et al.1 take a crucial step forwards with the most detailed observations yet of internal motions in the Centaurus cluster of galaxies, which lies approximately 36.8 megaparsecs (120 million light years) from Earth.

X-ray telescope casts a sharper gaze on galaxy clusters

Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Chevron on Wednesday announced it will lay off 15-20% of its global workforce in an effort to reduce costs by up to $3 billion. Chevron expects to complete most of the cuts by the end of 2026.Chevron Vice Chairman Mark Nelson said in a statement, "We do not take these actions lightly and will support our employees through the transition.

Chevron to cut up to 20% of workforce as it slashes costs by as much as $3 billion

Silvia Garcia Sierra says she was charged hundreds of dollars even after she canceled a subscription with a local newspaper It’s not always easy to cancel a subscription. That’s why the Federal Trade Commission recently implemented a rule forcing companies to simplify the process. But what happens when you cancel a subscription but are still charged? It’s what Silvia Garcia Sierra says happened to her when she canceled her newspaper delivery.Silvia says she likes to stay informed, which is why she was

Woman calls NBC6 Responds for help with fees after canceling newspaper subscription

CNN —Twenty-four years since actor Renée Zellweger first appeared in the film adaptation of Helen Fielding’s literary bestseller “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” she’s back for her fourth turn as an endearing, klutzy character looking for love. Although this time, in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” she’s no longer a carefree young woman, but a widower in her 50s, with two kids.

Dressing Bridget Jones in her 50s: The ‘Frazzled Englishwoman’ grows up

Excellence gaps — disparities in advanced academic achievement — between racial groups appear by age 8 or 9 and persist throughout secondary school in the United States. About one-third of the gap is due to socio-economic status and one-tenth to school factors, indicating that policies should address both educational and local environments.

Socio-economic status explains one-third of the racial disparity in top academic achievement

Many college coaches are stumping for major changes to the sport's offseason modelSpring football as we know it might be nearing its end across college football. Several programs plan to eliminate public spring games this offseason, and prominent coaches are campaigning to transform the allotted 15 days of practices into NFL-style organized team activities in June or July.

College coaches mull NFL-style OTAs as replacement for spring games amid roster tampering, injury concerns

Everyone needs to cool it on the rhetoric, the Pennsylvania senator said Wednesday.Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) urged everyone to tone down the rhetoric about President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk moving to dismantle federal agencies and the subsequent court rulings halting some of their efforts.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman: 'There Isn't A Constitutional Crisis'

The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has elected President Donald Trump as its chairman.

Trump elected chair of the Kennedy Center by newly constituted board

A team of scientists from Oxford University might have paved the way for humans to use teleportation as a mode of transport in years to comeThere are few facts in life: we all die, grass is green and teleportation is something from science-fiction.Well, apparently that last one is a gray area after a team of scientists from the University of Oxford, UK, used a supercomputer to harness the ability to teleport.

Scientists say they have finally achieved teleportation in major breakthrough

The former MVP's comments are not sitting well with his former teammatesIf you somehow had "the 2010 and 2011 Carolina Panthers being talked during Super Bowl week" on your 2025 bingo card, stop reading this and go buy some lotto tickets right now. Somehow, someway, though here we are, with Cam Newton inserting a decade-old Panthers crew right into the national conversation with his recent comments about the team he joined featuring a "locker room of losers."

More Panthers from 2010 team clap back at Cam Newton's 'locker room of losers' comment: 'A slap in the face'

“My brother is a Green Beret and perfectly capable of taking care of himself,” Stefani Firkins told Dateline. “There’s very suspicious circumstances surrounding his disappearance.”Stephanie’s brother, Clinton Bonnell, has been missing for nearly a month. The 50-year-old was last seen on January 27, 2025, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

January disappearance of North Carolina veteran Clinton Bonnell alarms loved ones

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WASHINGTON ― A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday restored President Donald Trump's "Fork in the Road" buyout program for federal employees, ruling that unions that sued to stop the effort lacked standing to bring their challenge.U.S. District Court Judge George O'Toole lifted his pause on the buyouts that he first issued last week and denied the plaintiffs' request for a temporary injunction.

Judge allows President Trump's buyouts for federal employees to move forward

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, went after New York leaders Wednesday over the state’s immigration policies, announcing a lawsuit in the latest effort by the Republican administration to carry out the president’s hardline immigration campaign pledges.

Attorney General Pam Bondi rails against New York leaders as she announces immigration lawsuit

Since President Trump's return to office last month, federal judges have notably halted several moves geared at drastically reforming parts of the federal government and U.S. immigration policy through a number of preliminary rulings and injunctions.At least one federal judge has said the administration has failed to fully comply with a temporary restraining order in a case challenging the administration's attempts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.

As judges block broad actions, White House says courts causing constitutional crisis

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.

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NORTH JACKSON, Tenn. — JOANN Fabrics and Crafts is closing 500 stores, leaving just 300 remaining open nationwide.The Jackson location on Vann drive is included in the list of store closures.The company said the closures are necessary as it navigates the bankruptcy process.JOANN filed for bankruptcy last month, which is the second time it did so in a year.It first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March of 2024, but was able to stay afloat after becoming a private company.The retailer blames the current

JOANN Fabrics and Crafts closing Jackson location

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - A Nebraska man says he never thought a battle with insurance would be the toughest part of his medical journey.Doctors say Nathan Kirkland is in need of a liver transplant, and it is something that is finally scheduled for this Friday in Pittsburgh.

Insurance company approves liver transplant after first denying $800K surgery, family says

The podcaster warned government bureaucrats that Musk is 'gonna hunt you down'Democrats ripped for trying to ‘throw shade’ at Elon Musk during DOGE subcommittee hearingReps. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., and William Timmons, R-S.C., reflect on Democratic lawmakers’ behavior during a House DOGE subcommittee hearing on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

Joe Rogan says 'nitwits' in government 'f---ed up' by locking horns with Elon Musk

Contrary to popular belief, the point of a concept car isn't to test the waters on a new design, but rather to push the limits of creativity and showcase radical technology. These are exercises in capabilities and possibilities to build excitement for the brand and not necessarily something that is ever intended for production.

GM's Greatest What-Ifs: 10 Concept Cars That Never Made It

(CNN) — A plane carrying 27 passengers, including crew, slid off the taxiway before coming to a stop at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) late Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the airport.The United Regional Jet operated by GoJet Airlines, which departed from Washington Dulles International Airport, went into a section of grass just before 11 a.m. after landing at the airport on Runway 11-29, according to the release.

United Regional Jet slides off taxiway at an icy St. Louis Lambert Airport

We all know that flight attendants take care of our comfort, bringing us beverages and food, helping us find places for our bags, and giving us a safety briefing. They also do things that you may not be aware of, like noticing signs of human trafficking and dealing with unruly passengers.

Are Flight Attendants Legally Allowed To Restrain Passengers?

If your home is beginning to feel a little blah, add a jolt of maximalist flair—and not to mention fun!— to your space with IKEA's latest drop. To celebrate its 80th anniversary, IKEA has been rolling out iconic vintage pieces from the brand’s archives, reimagined in various perky colors that will bat away our winter blues.

IKEA's Latest Throwback Furniture Is Selling Out Everywhere—Here's What You Can Still Buy

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Lawmakers in El Salvador took advantage of a newly streamlined constitutional reform process to eliminate public financing of political campaigns Wednesday, making good on a promise of President Nayib Bukele.The reform passed with 58 of the Congress’ 60 lawmakers voting in favor – carried largely by Bukele’s allies’ supermajority.