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Jean Harlow was a gorgeous babe who captured America's imagination by being sexy and was OK as a comic actress later in her career. By many accounts she was a kind and intelligent human being. Her platinum blonde hair was falling out by career's end because of the chemicals which had given her that unique look. She loved her domineering mother who pushed her to be a star. She had two abortions. Is show business to blame? She died of kidney failure. But did a broken heart because of the abortions contribute to her I'll health? Was this Hollywood's original...

Tesla has officially announced “Gigafactory Mexico” to build its next-gen vehicle platform to support new models. We knew it was coming for months, and it was confirmed by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador yesterday, but now Tesla has made it official. At Tesla’s Investor Day today, the automaker announced that the project, now called Gigafactory Mexico, will be built just outside Monterrey in Nuevo León. Tesla has released the render of the factory above, but it hasn’t released any detail about the factory other than it will be used to produce vehicles based on the automaker’s new vehicle platform....

On a stifling July day, Elon Musk sat across from the governor of Oklahoma under a small white pop-up tent, a red Tesla flag waving from a short pole in an otherwise unadorned field. That the billionaire was even in Oklahoma, seriously considering putting a gigantic new Tesla factory outside of Tulsa, was a major turning point for the frequently overlooked state. Suddenly, Oklahoma could boast of being on par with its much larger neighbor and rival, Texas. The only other city still in the running for the plant, by that point in 2020, was Austin. The wide shadow of...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is being accused of violating the U.S. Constitution and Florida law by former Judge and Fox News Contributor Andrew Napolitano. Judge Napolitano made the accusation against Gov. DeSantis on Twitter and Tik Tok after a video was posted by conservative activist and journalist Laura Loomer showing herself and a group of Trump supporters from TheVillages being told to leave the parking lot of the bookstore where DeSantis was having his book signing event. “That’s absolutely prohibited by the Constitution of the United States. Moreover, Florida has a public accommodation law,” said Napolitano. After posting the video...

More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report. The World Obesity Federation's 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world, or more than 4 billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years. Rates of obesity are rising particularly quickly among children and in lower income countries, the report found.

German defence minister says his country cannot protect itself in warThe Germany Defence Minister said the army of his country is understaffed and does not have adequate equipment as it has been neglected from the federal government for decades Berlin: German army is not capable of protecting the country against any offensive, said Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. He further alleged that the Bundeswehr is understaffed and under-equipped after being left neglected from the federal government for decades. “We have no armed forces that are capable of defending [Germany] that is, capable of defending [it] against an offensive, brutally waged aggressive...

@HHS_ASH This #NationalNutritionMonth, learn how you can do your part to support healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy nation for all. Clip...

Auto, Aviation & Transportation Flight path of TWA 800: The colored rectangles are areas from which wreckage was recovered. TWA Flight 800 was a Boeing 747 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on board. The cause of the crash was initially unclear. However, after a lengthy investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the most likely cause was an explosion in the center fuel tank of the aircraft, probably caused by a short circuit. The aircraft took off from John F. Kennedy...

Some families in Springfield are concerned about sending their children to school after police said they are investigating “identified assaults” at Kenwood Elementary School. “These are young children, elementary school children who are involved,” Springfield Police Chief Allison Elliot said during a press conference Monday.

Federal agents arrested a Pennsylvania man this week after he allegedly tried to bring explosives in his suitcase on a flight from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Florida. Marc Muffley, 40, faces two charges, according to a federal complaint, including possession of an explosive in an airport and possessing or attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft. A federal judge Thursday ruled that Muffley remain in custody pending trial, finding that he posed a danger to the community and was a flight risk. Muffley did not enter a plea during Thursday’s hearing.

Verdict is in on the double murder charges facing Alex Murdaugh. Pundits are opine he is guilty

People are being told they need to provide their Social Security numbers to online platforms and cash transfer app companies for the sales of things like clothes and concert tickets over $600, even though the IRS says they don’t need to. The prompts from companies like eBay and Ticketmaster are the result of a change in the tax law that was reneged last-minute by the IRS ahead of the 2023 tax filing season. The switch is causing a lot of confusion among taxpayers and tax professionals — and even within the IRS itself. The threshold for reporting business income or...

Farewell to Paul Ryan Abandoning the party and conservatism. by JEFFREY LORD Where have we seen this before? Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has made it known he will not attend the 2024 Republican Convention if the nominee is former President Donald Trump. The convention is set to take place in Milwaukee in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin. So. Here we go again. All but declaring his devotion to RINOism — Republican in Name Only — Ryan has slid a long way down the pole from the rising star conservative he was once thought to be. The man who...

DANBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A New York man accused of brutally killing and mutilating two dogs in Ridgefield, Connecticut, went before a judge Wednesday in Danbury Superior Court. David and Erin Caviola were devastated when they discovered their German Shepherds escaped the yard after a black bear tore down their fence in November. Lieben, a 10-year-old female, and Cimo, a 10-year-old male, were not only family to the Caviolas but were loved by their entire neighborhood. Friends, neighbors, and Ridgefield Animal Control officials spent weeks searching for the missing dogs when they disappeared. The Caviolas received a tip that their...

The gay-activist Democrat mayor of College Park, Maryland, who has branded himself as something of a role model for LGBTQ youth, was arrested Thursday morning on dozens of counts of possessing and distributing child pornography, totaling 56 child sex offenses. 47-year-old Patrick Lewis Wojahn, a regular White House guest and the first openly gay man to take mayoral office in his city, is charged with 40 counts of possession of child sexual exploitative material and 16 felony counts of distribution of child porn. Wojahn, who ran for mayor in 2015 following eight years of service on the city council "to...

Colon cancer continues to rise among younger U.S. adults, with the American Cancer Society reporting a doubling of cases in people younger than 55 in about 25 years. Also, significantly more Americans are being diagnosed with advanced stages of the disease.. As of 2019, 20% of colon cancer cases occurred in adults under age 55 -- up from just 11% in 1995... .... "We don't know what is driving the increase in colorectal cancer among young people," said senior researcher Dr. Ahmedin Jemal.. ... This year more than 153,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer and 52,550 will die...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is planning his first visit to Iowa next week, according to The Associated Press. This visit comes before an expected 2024 presidential campaign announcement later this year.

"And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with...

WORLD — A shocking Gallup poll has revealed that a rapidly increasing number of kids in Generation Z are now identifying as members of the world's most celebrated, popular group."We're absolutely stunned by this," said sociologist Dr. Veg Dirgmann. "We can't begin to explain why young, impressionable kids who are desperate for popularity and affirmation are suddenly choosing to become members of the most popular and affirmed group in human history.""Every single movie, TV show, corporation, TikTok influencer, YouTuber, public school teacher, pop star, and Hollywood star in the country openly promotes and celebrates this group. Why on earth would...

A 130-year-old cheese shop closed its doors in Manhattan on Wednesday, but the business will live on in New Jersey, the store owner said. Alleva Dairy, a cheese shop billed as America’s oldest, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September of 2022; the Grand Street store had been hit hard by the pandemic. -snip Alleva Dairy is now set to open a 3,700-square-foot store on Lyndhurst’s Polito Avenue, King said. She worked with businessman and developer Jack Morris to make the deal happen. “One thing is certain, Alleva Dairy will continue and will be bigger and better than before,” she...