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  • Pennsylvania woman disappeared more than 30 years ago. She’s been found in Puerto Rico

    Pennsylvania woman disappeared more than 30 years ago. She’s been found in Puerto Rico

     

    A Pennsylvania woman who disappeared more than 30 years ago and was believed to be dead by her family was recently found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico, her family and police said at a news conference Thursday.

    ​A Pennsylvania woman who disappeared more than 30 years ago and was believed to be dead by her family was recently found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico, her family and police said at a news conference Thursday. 

  • Jimmy Carter practices a brand of evangelicalism that’s unknown to many Americans

    Jimmy Carter practices a brand of evangelicalism that’s unknown to many Americans

     

    Long before he was called a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a humanitarian and the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter was known as something else: a “Goddamn n***er lover.”

    ​Long before he was called a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a humanitarian and the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter was known as something else: a “Goddamn n***er lover.” 

  • More rate hikes are needed, says Fed’s Mary Daly

    More rate hikes are needed, says Fed’s Mary Daly

     

    Federal Reserve policymakers will need to raise interest rates higher and keep them there longer to tackle the higher prices caused by sticky inflation, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said Saturday.

    ​Federal Reserve policymakers will need to raise interest rates higher and keep them there longer to tackle the higher prices caused by sticky inflation, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said Saturday. 

  • E-bike lithium battery investigated as cause of 5-alarm Bronx blaze, fire department says

    E-bike lithium battery investigated as cause of 5-alarm Bronx blaze, fire department says

     

    A raging five-alarm fire at a grocery store in the Bronx is being investigated as having been started by a lithium battery in an e-bike, the New York City Fire Department said Sunday.

    ​A raging five-alarm fire at a grocery store in the Bronx is being investigated as having been started by a lithium battery in an e-bike, the New York City Fire Department said Sunday. 

  • $30 million of Funko Pop! toys will be thrown in the trash

    $30 million of Funko Pop! toys will be thrown in the trash

     

    Thirty million dollars worth of Funko Pop! figures — those big-headed, vinyl pop-culture dolls — will soon make their way into the hands of a new collector: The garbage collector.

    ​Thirty million dollars worth of Funko Pop! figures — those big-headed, vinyl pop-culture dolls — will soon make their way into the hands of a new collector: The garbage collector. 

  • Pete Buttigieg starts to rethink how he does his job in wake of Ohio train disaster

    Pete Buttigieg starts to rethink how he does his job in wake of Ohio train disaster

     

    Pete Buttigieg admits he got it wrong on the Ohio train derailment response.

    ​Pete Buttigieg admits he got it wrong on the Ohio train derailment response. 

  • 5 people shot near a gun buyback event at a Los Angeles beach

    5 people shot near a gun buyback event at a Los Angeles beach

     

    Five people were injured in a shooting at a Los Angeles beach Saturday — a few miles from where city officials had hosted a gun buyback event earlier in the day, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker.

    ​Five people were injured in a shooting at a Los Angeles beach Saturday — a few miles from where city officials had hosted a gun buyback event earlier in the day, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker. 

  • Why the ‘zip-a-dee-doo-dah’ lyric is so controversial — and why Disneyland has removed it

    Why the ‘zip-a-dee-doo-dah’ lyric is so controversial — and why Disneyland has removed it

     

    • KFILE: Homosexuality is ‘evil,’ according to DeSantis appointee to new Disney board
    • Opinion: Uncovering the forgotten history of slavery in the North

    ​• KFILE: Homosexuality is ‘evil,’ according to DeSantis appointee to new Disney board
    • Opinion: Uncovering the forgotten history of slavery in the North 

  • Girl Scouts’ sold-out cookie is available on eBay. The Scouts are not pleased

    Girl Scouts’ sold-out cookie is available on eBay. The Scouts are not pleased

     

    The Raspberry Rally Girl Scouts cookie, a raspberry-flavored version of the beloved Thin Mint, was always supposed to be a limited edition item. Just not this limited.

    ​The Raspberry Rally Girl Scouts cookie, a raspberry-flavored version of the beloved Thin Mint, was always supposed to be a limited edition item. Just not this limited. 

  • Jill Biden says the idea of a competency test for elderly politicians is ‘ridiculous’

    Jill Biden says the idea of a competency test for elderly politicians is ‘ridiculous’

     

    First lady Jill Biden pushed back on concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and dismissed a proposal by Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for politicians over age 75 to take a mental competency test.

    ​First lady Jill Biden pushed back on concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and dismissed a proposal by Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for politicians over age 75 to take a mental competency test.