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Severe turbulence forced a flight that took off from Stockholm and was destined for Miami to make a U-turn over Greenland Thursday, according to the airline.   The Scandinavian Airlines flight was expected to take nine hours, but is now en route back to a Copenhagen airport where staffers can check on possible technical issues, an … Read more

Coleman Hughes told Rikki Schlott that Andrew Tate’s popularity is a reaction to the feminization of culture. Self-described misogynist Andrew Tate’s soaring popularity with young men comes as a reaction to the “feminization” of popular culture, according to 28-year-old political commentator and author Coleman Hughes. “Insofar as Andrew Tate’s kind of masculine, male chauvinist politics … Read more

FEMA’s disaster of its own making keeps getting worse. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is suing current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials, claiming they “conspired to interfere with the civil rights of Trump voters” in the state by withholding aid in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The bombshell lawsuit follows alarming … Read more

Three violent street gangs who terrorized upper Manhattan during a bloody six-year turf war are now out of commission — with 30 reputed gangbangers busted, prosecutors and police brass said Thursday. The crews are responsible for half of all shootings in Inwood and Washington Heights, having turned the streets into a battlefield since the feud … Read more

This undated image shows a mystery mollusk observed by a remotely operated vehicle off the coast of California. (Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute) Over two decades ago, researchers spotted a mysterious sea slug swimming more than 8,000 feet deep in the Monterey Bay. In February 2000, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute … Read more

Alvin Taylor sits on the remaining foundation of a home in Palm Springs’ Section 14, where his home was seized. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) The Black and Latino families whose Palm Springs homes were razed and burned in a brutal urban renewal project in the 1950s and 1960s have tentatively agreed to a $5.9 million … Read more

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained after mixing Ambien and alcohol before a flight earlier this month. Getty Images House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul was “briefly detained” by law enforcement officers who thought he was drunk after he mixed Ambien and alcohol before a flight. The Texas … Read more

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.6%, though it’s still near its all-time high set Monday. Above, people pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Nov. 13, 2024. (Peter Morgan / Associated Press) U.S. stocks slipped Thursday as the market’s big burst after Donald Trump’s election continued to cool. The Standard & Poor’s … Read more

Former President Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally in October in Duluth, Ga. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Since he began taking over the Republican Party nearly a decade ago, President-elect Donald Trump has demanded increasing levels of loyalty from lawmakers who serve in Congress. With few exceptions, they … Read more

Billionaire hedge fund mogul Ken Griffin is continuing his exodus from Chicago with the sale of his luxury penthouse at the No. 9 Walton condo tower, taking a staggering 44% loss on the deal. Griffin offloaded the top two floors — the 38th and 39th levels — of the prestigious building for $19 million, well … Read more