Author: Justin M. Larson

In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, the cold caller was U.S. President Donald Trump, and the request for Norway’s Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, was how the American leader could be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.Trump has been publicly explicit about his desire to be awarded the prize, which some say is a driving factor behind his efforts to broker a peace deal for Ukraine and Russia, as…

Diana’s Name in Epstein Scandal? Maxwell’s Prison Interview Sparks Wild Speculation Source link

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis, exempt for decades from military service, are now being drafted. Their rage is dividing Israel and threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. Source link

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States. Source link

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The winning numbers for the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year were drawn Saturday night.The winning numbers for the estimated $700 million jackpot in Saturday’s drawing were: 11, 14, 34, 47, 51 and the red Powerball 18.The lucky winner of Saturday’s drawing could choose between the full jackpot paid in annual installments over 29 years or a one-time cash payment of $316.3 million before taxes, according to Powerball.There was no winner after the last drawing on Wednesday, which marked the 36th consecutive round without a grand prize winner since a $204.5 million ticket was claimed in California on May 31.…

Storch Advisors CEO Gerald Storch says Walmart’s strong earnings show it’s ‘winning this game,’ while Target faces falling sales, messy stores and leadership turmoil on ‘Varney & Co.’ Postal services in Europe and around the world plan to halt shipping merchandise to the U.S. as the Trump administration’s end of the de minimus tariff exemption goes into effect.  The “de minimus” exemption allowed internation carriers to ship goods valued under $800 to the U.S. without paying any duties.The White House announced the end of the exemption weeks ago, linking it to fentanyl and other illicit drugs coming into the U.S.…

ECONOMY BOROUGH, Pa. — A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the hospital, officials said.Twenty-five Aliquippa Junior High students and three adults were headed to a game in nearby Gibsonia. The crash occurred in Economy Borough, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.Economy Borough Police Chief Michael O’Brien said he didn’t have information on the medical status of those taken to hospitals.O’Brien said he understood the bus turned on its side during the crash but came back upright as the students were evacuating…

Dangerous heat is impacting more than 50 million Americans in the West this weekend, with heat alerts in effect from Arizona to Washington.An extreme heat warning is in effect for cities including Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona.A heat advisory is in effect for Riverside, California; Sacramento, California; and Spokane, Washington.A helicopter flies near flames from the Pickett Fire in Napa County, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2025.Carlos Barria/ReutersTemperatures on Saturday afternoon will be soaring into the triple digit across a large swath of the region, as far north as portions of Oregon and…

The mayor of Orlando, Fla., said that the crosswalk mural, which featured the Pride flag’s colors, was removed overnight this week. Community members protested and have, for now, repainted it. Source link

Goldman Sachs chief information officer Marco Argenti discusses his launch of a firmwide A.I. assistant and discusses the future of A.I. on ‘Making Money’. Forty percent of people hunting for a new job are using artificial intelligence to improve their chances of getting hired, according to a recent report by Jobseeker.  As more AI-generated cover letters are being seen by hiring managers, job hunters need to make sure the machine doesn’t torpedo your chances of getting hired. Andreas Voniatis, an “SEO veteran turned data scientist,” according to his X account, as well as the founder and CEO of Artios, shared some…

Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce they will be ending some, or all, of their pediatric gender-affirming care services at the end of the month.Kaiser Permanente, a health care company that manages 40 hospitals across several states — including California, Oregon and Virginia — said it is pausing gender-related surgeries for patients under age 18 on Aug. 29. It noted that other gender-related care will continue.Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. said it will also stop prescribing gender-affirming medications on Aug. 30. It follows a move the hospital made in late January to pause all puberty-blockers and hormone…

Real estate experts Dolly & Jenny Lenz discuss affordability issues and the state of residential real estate. Mother-daughter real estate experts Dolly and Jenny Lenz are warning that if Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race this fall, the Big Apple could see an outward migration of residents. “There’d be no building,” Dolly Lenz told FOX Business on ‘The Claman Countdown’ on Tuesday. “We’re getting so many calls … from people who say, ‘Look, if [Mamdani’s] in, I’m out.’ They’re going to vote with their feet, they’re going to list their apartments, and they’re moving.”DISCOUNT GROCER…

Utah teen with Down syndrome reaches new milestone after buying 7-Eleven slurpeeWhen Jack DowDell had a craving for his favorite treat, he walked into 7-Eleven on his own to buy the beverage, prompting his family to celebrate the milestone.August 23, 2025 Source link

Tiffani Thiessen’s Bold Carrot Cake Moment Breaks The InternetTiffani Thiessen once again grabbed attention with a playful Instagram post that had fans buzzing. The Saved by the Bell star, now 51, shared a cheeky moment while sitting with a carrot cake, locking eyes with the camera and teasingly asking how one should eat it. Her wink and lighthearted caption left followers laughing, while many praised her radiant beauty and confidence, calling her “fine wine.” This isn’t her first bold post, her 50th birthday photo wrapped in just a sheet had already proven she’s unafraid to celebrate life her way. 1.1K…

The ‘overwhelming majority’ of the material provided to a key investigative committee in response to a subpoena had already been released, according to Democratic members. Source link

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President Donald Trump said he is looking to crack down on crime in other cities in the country and is eyeing Chicago, a Democrat-led city that he has long been a target of the president’s criticism.He has said that Washington, D.C., would be a model, a city where he deployed the National Guard, surged federal law enforcement and took control of the local police force.Trump made several off-the-cuff comments about the National Guard’s deployment in the nation’s capital, now in its eighth day, during a news conference in the Oval Office on Friday about World Cup plans.”The National Guard has…

Officials dangled an offer to send Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the lawyers said in a filing, then threatened to send him to Uganda if he did not. Source link

The federal government is trying to force Kilmar Abrego Garcia to accept a guilty plea or face deportation to Uganda, his attorneys claimed in a filing on Saturday.The Salvadoran man, who was wrongly deported in March before being brought back to the United States to face human smuggling charges, was released from criminal custody in Tennessee and sent back to Maryland on Friday.After Abrego Garcia declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to the human smuggling charges, his attorneys say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement informed them that he…

Loni Anderson, cherished for her role on WKRP in Cincinnati and known as Burt Reynolds’ former wife, died on August 3 at 79 years old. Almost three weeks later, it was disclosed that she succumbed to metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer. Throughout her extensive career, Anderson earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and husband Bob Flick, leaving behind a lasting legacy as a TV legend and strong, inspiring woman. Source link

A suspect who allegedly shot and killed his ex-wife at a hospital in Detroit and then fled the scene has been taken into custody, according to police.Mario Green, 53, was arrested without incident shortly before 3 a.m. local time Saturday, according to the Detroit Police Department.The shooting occurred before 10 a.m. Friday in the basement of Henry Ford Hospital, where his ex-wife Latricia Green worked, according to police.In this screen grab from a video, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit is shown on Aug. 22, 2025.WXYZ”Our officers worked tirelessly to get this monster off the street,” Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison…