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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said on Wednesday that he had apologized for posting a photo of him in unzipped pants and arm around a woman — but also defended the incident as a vacation “costume party” that was “just in good fun.” The now-deleted photo showed Falwell, a leading evangelical supporter of President …
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Weekly unemployment claims fell last week to their lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began, although claims continue to be filed at a rate unprecedented before the U.S. outbreak began. Initial jobless claims totaled 1.186 million for the week ending August 1, below the 1.42 million economists had expected and about 249,000 less than the …
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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits topped 1 million for the twentieth straight week — bringing the total number of initial jobless claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic to more than 55 million. An additional 1.186 million people filed for unemployment last week, according to the US Department of Labor. The unemployment rate …
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Chicago public schools, the third largest district in the country, will begin the fall semester with all-remote learning following strong pushback from the city teachers union against a hybrid plan. The Chicago Teachers Union had threatened strikes if the district moved ahead with a combination of in-person and remote learning, saying the plan would not …
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Three E! entertainment news shows — “E! News,” “Pop of the Morning,” and “In the Room” — have been canceled, Variety has learned. The move comes just a year after E! announced an expansion to its slate of entertainment news programming under veteran former “Today” producer Tammy Filler, who joined in April 2019 to lead creative …
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Daisy Coleman, one of the subjects of the 2016 Netflix documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” died by suicide on Tuesday, according to her mother, Melinda. Coleman was 23. Coleman’s body was found after her mother asked police to conduct a welfare check. “Audrie & Daisy” detailed Coleman and Audrie Pott’s experiences with sexual assault, and how …
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Brian Austin Green trolled his estranged wife Megan Fox and her new boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly. After the “Transformers” actress, 34, lusted over the 30-year-old rapper on Instagram Tuesday, calling him her “Achingly Beautiful Boy…” and writing, “My heart is yours,” Green, 47, took a playful jab at the happy couple. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” actor …
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This has been a long goodbye. A melancholy one, too. But now is the time. In your heart, you know it’s right. Henrik Lundqvist might, also. He has been The King of New York since the autumn of 2005 but, as David Crosby once crooned, “To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, …
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Megan Fox is lusting over new beau Machine Gun Kelly on social media. The actress, 34, posted a mirror selfie wearing a bikini while cuddling up with a shirtless MGK to her Instagram on Monday. “Achingly Beautiful Boy… My heart is yours 🔪♥️🔪,” Fox captioned the post. Fox and the 30-year-old rapper have been linked …
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The Tres Amigas are saying adios to each other. Tamra Judge revealed on “Jeff Lewis Live” that she and former best friend Shannon Beador have not spoken since February. Judge, 52, and Beador, 56, had a rollercoaster friendship with Vicki Gunvalson that played out on “The Real Housewives of Orange County;” however, Gunvalson, 58, and …
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said on Wednesday that he had apologized for posting a photo of him in unzipped pants and arm around a woman — but also defended the incident as a vacation “costume party” that was “just in good fun.” The now-deleted photo showed Falwell, a leading evangelical supporter of President …
