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UnitedHealthcare has fired a woman who expressed sadness in a TikTok video that President Donald Trump was not killed in the Saturday shooting during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. In the video, she sarcastically asked, "Aww, they missed?" "We're cooked as a country when my first reaction to hearing the news about Trump's attempt was, ‘It was probably fake,’" Alison King, who has reportedly deleted her LinkedIn account but was identified as a social media manager for UnitedHealthcare, said in the video. "Like, immediately I was like, 'Oh, that wasn't real, probably fake,’" King said. "And the second was...

A South Florida woman was arrested after she went on a nearly $90,000 spending spree on her company credit card, including personal purchases from multiple airlines, Uber and a cruise line, authorities said. Lindsay Ann Mariani, 37, of Hollywood, was arrested Thursday on charges including grand theft and fraudulent use of a credit card, Miami-Dade jail records showed. According to an arrest report, Mariani had been working for a company based in Naperville, Illinois, since July of 2023 as an assistant to the chief of staff. Mariani had been issued a credit card for work expenses but an internal audit...

I Exposed the Islamic Takeover of New Jersey It's a lot worse than we think

The Lions opted to part ways with Arnold less than a week after his arrest, mere hours after he was granted the freedom that would have allowed him to continue preparing for the season with the team as he awaited trial.

Today we remember Slim Pickens (born Louis Burton Lindley Jr.), born June 29, 1919. Best known for his memorable performances in Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, 1941, and One-Eyed Jacks, Pickens became one of Hollywood’s most recognizable Western actors and rodeo performers. Before entertaining audiences around the world, Pickens answered the call to serve during World War II, enlisting in the United States Army Air Forces.

47, on June 10 in Chambers County, Alabama, about 125 miles from his home in Macon, Georgia. The autopsy and investigation showed that “the female victim was strangled, and it appears the male was attempting to dispose of the body in a remote location,” Mike Segrest told Al.com. “He died of a heart attack while doing it,” Segrest said. “Their bodies were right there together.” Authorities believe Folds’ murder was the result of a domestic dispute, but it was not known where the strangulation took place. The bodies were found just a few miles from where the murdered mom lived.

Among the latest departures is Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe and Africa, who is stepping down after about 18 months. Donahue previously oversaw the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan under the Biden administration.

Supreme Court refuses to review E. Jean Carroll’s $5M sex abuse, defamation verdict vs. Trump WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up President Trump’s appeal of the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict that followed a lawsuit by former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Now Trump will have no choice but to pony up the $5 million to the 82-year-old, who has repeatedly claimed that the president sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room during the mid-1990s.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — A 31-year-old woman died after she was attacked by an alligator while swimming in a Seminole County river. The woman, whose name has not been released, was swimming with friends in the Little Econ River on June 28 when the gator attacked, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. The woman was taken to an area hospital, where she died, WFTV reported. This was the third gator attack in Central Florida within the past week. A gator bit a child in Marion County on June 27, while an alligator bit a snorkeler in the Rainbow...

The moment came after Biden delivered one of his sharpest public critiques of President Donald Trump since leaving office. During his remarks, Biden defended his own administration's record while accusing the Trump administration of corruption. He also took aim at what he described as Trump's "vanity projects," including renovations to the White House, changes at the Kennedy Center and the ongoing saga with the reflecting pool on the National Mall. "Whoa, what a loser," Biden said. After pausing several times to cough throughout his remarks, Biden concluded with a call for Democrats to "fight back," saying the country could overcome...

@Independent Sir John Major has slammed "ragbag" Reform UK for its scapegoating of Muslims and migrants, claiming the party has nothing positive to offer Britain.

@TiceRichard Burnham’s coup is well underway. Big speech today with no questions from journalists. No debate in Parliament. No scrutiny from MPs until September. Power without accountability. Funny how Burnham demanded a General Election in 2022, but not now. We need a General Election.

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"Major study blames iPhones for collapsing birth rate. It's a cute hypothesis, but in fact conservatives are having as many kids as the 1980's. It’s liberal ideology that's eating the kids."

Love is love, but Chuck isn’t getting any. Viral video shows New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer being mercilessly booed while walking in the NYC Pride March on Sunday. The US Senate Minority Leader was marching at the event while waving a pride flag and talking into a bullhorn. “Happy Pride!” Schumer told the crowd. But the longtime New York political animal’s goodwill was mercilessly drowned out by a chorus of boos. Chuck haters could be seen in the crowd giving the senator two thumbs down and frowning as he walked by, too. The hissing and jeering went on for...

@SenRandPaul Anthony Fauci will answer to the American people. 7/29 at 10 AM

"People don't use it to make serious trades, they don't use it to buy their dinner and pay at the supermarket...What it does is allows crooks to move money around..."

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Furious Napa Valley vineyards facing oblivion as crucifying new fees drop: ‘Can see where this ends’ California’s Napa Valley is fermenting into a full-blown revolt as furious vineyard owners warn a new fee could leave them paying tens of thousands of dollars a year — the latest financial punch threatening to crush the struggling wine industry. Farmers across the iconic Northern California enclave say they are staring down financial disaster as the state moves to crucify them for their use of groundwater. Under a new law coming into effect later this summer, wineries will have to pay just under $99...

NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions. A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it takes off from an atoll in the Pacific’s Marshall Islands aboard an airplane-launched Pegasus rocket. Liftoff could occur as early as Tuesday. Scanning...