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President Joe Biden plans to deliver two major speeches before leaving office as part of an effort to outline what he sees as key parts of his legacy of more than 50 years in public service, according to two people familiar with the plans. The first speech will focus on foreign policy and is expected…
A missing young man was found alive after spending five days alone in a game park full of wild animals in northern Zimbabwe, according to a member of the country’s parliament. Mutsa Murombedzi shared the news of the “true miracle” on Wednesday on X. According to Murombedzi, 8-year-old Tinotenda Pudu wandered 23 kilometers (14 miles)…
NEW ORLEANS – Kim Alexander sat in the middle of the half-filled sanctuary as music and prayer filled the room. While Bishop Lester Love spoke of healing and hope from the pulpit, Alexander seemed unconvinced that the city will be safer after a car crash killed 14 New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street. “There are…
A US Army veteran from Texas who drove to Louisiana and deliberately crashed into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans recorded videos during the trip to his family, in which he talked about plans to kill them and told them he had joined ISIS. “I wanted to record this message for my family,” Shamsud-Din Jabbar…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden bestowed the nation’s highest civilian honor on more than a dozen politicians, philanthropists and cultural icons during a ceremony at the White House on Saturday. Nineteen people received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire donor George Soros. Four people were honored posthumously….
Independent filmmaker Jeff Baena, best known for directing “Life After Beth” and co-writing “I Heart Huckabees,” died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner. He was 47 years old. Baena had been married to actor Aubrey Plaza since 2021. The couple collaborated on several films, including 2014’s…
Retirees can expect to see big changes in 2025 when it comes to their Social Security and Medicare benefits. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill that will increase Social Security benefits for certain pensioners. Additionally, Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment takes effect for all beneficiaries. And Medicare enrollees who are worried about…
LONDON – The royal family on Saturday paid tribute to the Briton killed in the truck attack in New Orleans, a 31-year-old man who was Prince William’s stepson and Prince Harry’s former nanny. Edward Pettifer was among 14 people killed when an ISIS-inspired U.S. Army veteran plowed his pickup truck into a crowd of revelers…
TOKYO – Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. He was 116 years old. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of senior policy, said Itooka died on December 29 at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, central…