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Za’Darius Smith suddenly retires at 33 in Eagles stunner

Eagles edge rusher Za’Darius Smith has announced his retirement from the NFL in an Instagram post after 11 seasons. It comes as a surprise to some as Smith signed with the Eagles last month on a one-year deal. “I knew this day would come — but now that it’s here, I’m feeling so many emotions […]

USA

Portland naked cyclists protest Trump’s National Guard plan

Naked, or nearly naked, bike riders pedaled through the streets of Portland, Ore., Sunday donned in wacky accessories like an inflatable frog, to protest against the Trump administration’s attempt to deploy the National Guard to the city.  Protesters, who usually gather night and day outside of Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, instead held an “emergency” […]

World

A Guide to Trump’s Twenty-Point Gaza Peace Deal

Carolyn Kissane, academic director and clinical professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, leads the conversation on the geopolitics of oil.   FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the final session of the Winter/Spring 2023 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I’m Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach here at […]

Business

LENDINGTREE ANNOUNCES THE UNEXPECTED PASSING OF COMPANY FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO DOUG LEBDA

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQ: TREE) announced that Doug Lebda, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, passed away unexpectedly yesterday in an all-terrain vehicle accident.  The Board of Directors and the entire LendingTree management team deeply mourns his passing and extends sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family. Scott Peyree, […]

Health

Social media use linked to lower reading, memory scores in preteens : Shots

Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens. The findings are published […]

Magazine

Watch Dua Lipa Duet With Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong

The pair performed “Wake Me Up When September Ends” over the weekend as part of the pop singer’s Radical Optimism tour Dua Lipa welcomed Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to the stage at San Francisco’s Chase Center last night to perform the band’s 2004 hit “Wake Me When September Ends.” “San Francisco, how you feeling?” […]

Sports

Padres’ Mike Shildt Announces Sudden Retirement as Manager

The Padres are in the market for a new manager. Mike Shildt announced his sudden retirement Monday, in a letter first reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. More news: MLB Punishes Padres’ Xander Bogaerts for Actions Toward Umpires in Wild Card Game 3 “It is with a heavy but full heart that […]

USA

Dozens rescued, several still missing after monster storm brings violent wind gusts and record storm surge to western Alaska

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations. Three people are missing in Kwigillingok and at least 18 people have been rescued […]

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