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Thursday, January 09, 2025

Musk is finally admitting the Department of Government Efficiency is going to be a total bust. read more


Americans who live in states dealing with fires, high winds and flooding could see insurance rates increase -- or lose coverage entirely -- as disasters intensify. read more


President-elect Trump and future first lady Melania Trump paid their respects to former President Jimmy Carter at his funeral in Woodley Park, Washington, D.C., on Thursday, where Trump and one of his most prominent political foes appeared to put politics aside. read more


The U.S. Supreme Court refused Donald Trump's bid to block a New York judge from sentencing him on Friday in his hush money trial. In the 5-4 decision, the court's three liberal judges were joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett. read more


The Salisbury man who died Monday after he was shot by two Kannapolis police officers over the weekend was the Pizzagate' gunman arrested in Washington, D.C., in 2016 after he terrified people with a loaded AR-15 inside a restaurant. read more


At 3:30 p.m. Thursday the motorcade carrying former President Jimmy Carter's remains arrived at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. The funeral at the church was by invitation only and ended at around 5:20 p.m. with a U.S. Navy missing man formation flyover in honor of the Carter's military service. read more


A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars all lining up in a neat row -- a magnificent sky feast for the eyes known as a great planetary alignment. read more


The Republican-controlled Supreme Court of North Carolina threw the election of one of its members into disarray on Tuesday as it temporarily blocked the certification of the Democrat incumbent's narrow victory. read more


Three UnitedHealth-owned insurance companies must pay more than $165 million for deceptive conduct that misled thousands of consumers into unknowingly buying supplemental health insurance in Massachusetts. read more


President-elect Donald Trump's team was fed questions by a Fox News insider before an Iowa town hall in January 2024, a forthcoming book by Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt has alleged. read more


With less than two weeks before Donald Trump is sworn in as President, his pick to lead Health and Human Services is facing a new legal challenge -- over alleged voter fraud. read more


A former FBI informant who admitted to lying about U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden's interactions with a Ukrainian energy company was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday, court records showed. read more


Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass oversaw a city budget adjustment which slashed over $17 million from the city's fire department months before Tuesday's devastating wildfires, information shared by a city official shows. read more


Mississippi women died of pregnancy complications at nearly twice the national rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. read more


President-elect Donald Trump's recently revived determination to acquire Greenland have many speculating why he wants the self-governing territory. One reason could be how "massive" he believes the island to be. read more


Elon Musk's invective against major European leaders and his support for right-wing, eurosceptic parties peaked this week, sparking warnings about the US tech billionaire's intervention in the continent's democratic institutions. Now EU policy experts are mulling legal measures to rein him in. read more


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