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A Stranded Driver on an Ohio Highway Had to Leap Onto a Concrete Barrier to Avoid Getting Hit, in What an Official Called “The Closest Call I’ve Ever Seen”
A near-miss on an Ohio interstate is drawing warnings from state transportation officials after a stranded driver narrowly avoided being struck by oncoming traffic. The shoulder of Interstate 670 in Ohio is a SmartLane, an emergency breakdown lane that only opens to traffic after it’s been swept and cleared of vehicles and debris. Video timestamped…
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Shooting Real Street Nudity in New York for One Night Only Gave Will Gluck Something He Didn’t Expect: “Long Pages of Empirical Data”
Director Will Gluck set out to capture real street nudity in New York for his film One Night Only, and what he learned from test audiences turned into an unexpected lesson about how people watch sex on screen. The film’s premise is a dystopian “Sex Purge” where singles get one legal night a year, and…
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Paris Hilton and AOC Have Both Been Targeted by Sexual Deepfakes. Now They’ve Teamed Up to Push a Stalled Bill That Would Let Victims Take the Perpetrators to Court
The DEFIANCE Act cleared the Senate by unanimous consent in January. Seven months later, it still hasn’t come up for a vote in the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan. Politico reported that House Republicans don’t want to hand Ocasio-Cortez a legislative victory before November, when she’s up for reelection, and worry the bill…
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Harry Potter Star Jessie Cave Got a Breast Enlargement Funded by Her OnlyFans Subscribers
Jessie Cave says the breast enlargement was a “business decision” after a year of posting non-explicit hair fetish content, and she still won’t go naked. She’s already mapped the finale: a recreation of Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus,” posing in a giant shell wrapped in her own hair. “I’ll cut it off live and sell…
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The Jury in Luigi Mangione’s Murder Trial Will Be Anonymous, and the Judge Won’t Say Why
A judge has ordered that the jury in Luigi Mangione’s murder trial be kept anonymous, and while the court hasn’t spelled out its reasoning, the circumstances of the case point to an answer. Anonymous juries are rare in American courtrooms, reserved for cases where judges fear the people deciding a verdict could be harassed or…
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Brad Pitt Says the Hardest Part of His Mom’s Death Is Watching His 84-Year-Old Dad Survive Her: “It’s Better To Be The One Who Goes First.”
Jane Etta Pitt died on August 5, 2025, one week shy of her 85th birthday and just six days before what would have been her 63rd wedding anniversary to William “Bill” Pitt. The two met at Oklahoma Baptist University in the early ’60s, she a cheerleader, he a basketball player, and built a quiet Midwestern…
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4 Zodiac Signs That Crave Attention
Some people simply love attention. To them, the attention doesn’t have to be positive or negative—they follow the creed of “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” To the natural-born introverts who avoid attention, such people may seem like shallow and cringeworthy egomaniacs. But to the attention-seekers, introverts seem boring. Apparently, this is how…
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5 Zodiac Signs That Always See The Bigger Picture
There’s a saying about how some people get so caught up obsessing over minor details that they “can’t see the forest for the trees.” This means they get so hyper-focused on individual elements of a picture (the trees) that they lose sight of the whole picture (the forest). And if you can’t see the whole…
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The Best Character in House of the Dragon Isn’t Who You Think It Is
There are many beloved characters on House of the Dragon. Daemon Targaryen is somehow both cruel and affable. Aegon II is the kind of campy villain it’s hard not to root for. Helaena is a tortured ethereal goddess. Even Rhaenyra is likable at times because she is correct that she is the rightful heir to…
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If the Library Were Invented Today, They’d Call It Socialism
Zohran Mamdani has a thought experiment about which public services we take for granted — and how they’d fare if someone proposed them today. Mamdani made the case on Jon Stewart’s podcast last month: pitch a free lending library from scratch today and it gets torn apart as a government handout. The same goes for…
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Brad Pitt Broke 7 Years of Sobriety and Insists He Only Drinks in Moderation Now. Angelina Jolie Doesn’t Buy It
A source close to Jolie says the news didn’t shock her at all. Her private response to Pitt drinking again, after all the years and all the court battles, comes down to three words: “I told you so.” Pitt said Monday that he’d “got back off the wagon” after seven years sober, insisting he now…
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A Prayer To Trust God’s Promises Without Doubt
Releasing doubt is a decisive act of worship that honors God’s ability to do the impossible, according to Karin Hadadan. To deepen this realization, Rebecca Simon’s Finding God Every Day offers practical ways to anchor your daily routine in the truths that sustain a heart of confidence. Sometimes doubt can quietly take over our thoughts…
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Trump Media Lost $238 Million Last Quarter, Up From $20 Million a Year Ago, Mostly on Its Crypto Bets
Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, just reported a steep widening of its quarterly losses, and its crypto investments appear to be the main culprit. Trump Media lost $238 million last quarter, up from $20 million a year ago, mostly on its crypto bets. That’s a 12x jump in losses in a single year,…
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Mayor Mamdani’s Wife Wants a Taxpayer-Funded NYPD Detail to Guard Her on a Trip to Syria and Lebanon
The wife of Mayor Mamdani is reportedly seeking an NYPD security detail — paid for by taxpayers — to accompany her on an upcoming trip abroad. The destinations are Syria and Lebanon, two countries that sit on the State Department’s “Do Not Travel” list, where Americans are warned off because of active danger. The trip…
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A Prayer For Breakthrough In The Second Week Of August
Finding peace starts with surrendering our worries to the universe and trusting that God’s guidance will meet us in the middle of our uncertainty. Best-selling author of Finding God Every Day, Rebecca Simon, reminds us to trust God’s timing, embrace patience, and lean on His presence through every season of life. A new week means there…
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The Person Who Influences Each Zodiac The Most
Aries Your peers influence you the most because you always feel like you’re in a competition with them and want to succeed faster than they do so you can consider yourself ‘the best’. Taurus Your haters influence you the most because you want to prove them wrong and succeed despite all of the nasty things…
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Taylor Swift’s Wedding Dress Is Still Secret, but Bridal Brands Are Already Preparing for the Trends It Could Set
Taylor Swift still hasn’t publicly revealed the Christian Dior gown she wore at Madison Square Garden, but the bridal industry is already preparing for the demand it could unleash once images emerge. That does not mean designers are already copying the unrevealed dress. Instead, brands are developing speculative concepts based on Swift’s established taste and…
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Tom Brady’s Yacht Trip Pulls Into Portofino, and the Mystery Blonde Is Still With Him and the Kids
Tom Brady’s summer at sea has a new stop — and a lingering question about who’s aboard. Brady is in Portofino with his kids and a blonde woman nobody can name yet. It’s the latest stop on a yacht trip that started in the South of France. On the water, she sat right between him…
