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An escalator incident involving United States President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump as they headed into the United Nations General Assembly Hall on the opening day of the 80th high-level session, Sept. 23, has incited claims on social media of sabotage. However, a PassBlue review of the incident suggests it was most likely an … Read more

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Amid various game reveals and announcements, Sony also introduced its new Pulse Elevate wireless speakers during yesterday’s State of Play broadcast. The Pulse Elevate will be released next year and will support PlayStation 5, PC, Mac, and the PlayStation Portal remote play handheld device (which we reviewed here). Each speaker is equipped with studio-inspired planar…

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Once a cover for closeted Hollywood stars and persecuted LGBTQ+ people, lavender marriages got a Gen Z reboot — offering protection, partnership and a new take on marriage in the digital age.Over the past year, a curious trend has been making the rounds on TikTok: Young (and mainly Western) people are proposing marriage to like-minded individuals seeking companionship, stability, as well as shared financial burdens and benefits. Love and/or sex? Not necessary. The term “lavender marriage” resurfaced from obscurity, sparking conversations about the origins of such marriages of convenience, and whether this once covert survival tactic could be repurposed for an era seeing shifting relationship norms. A heteronormative front The phrase “lavender marriage” mainly gained traction in early 20th-century Hollywood, where image was paramount and being openly queer could have ended careers. The unions between a man and a woman — with either one or both partners being homosexual — provided a heteronormative cover so tha

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Key Takeaways: Investors in Disney (DIS) are calling for transparency after the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s shows last week. Legal representatives from the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders have formally requested Disney to release documents related to this decision. The inquiry seeks to uncover any potential mismanagement or breaches of fiduciary…

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In case you thought Jimmy Kimmel would pull punches on Trump in the face of threats from federal officials and still-boycotting affiliates – he’s not. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host did a 15-minute monologue on Wednesday night, nearly all of it focused on roasting the president, calling him, among other things, a bully in the style of Biff from “Back to the Future.” After acknowledging that the show was being taped for “not all of the country,” Kimmel kicked off his rapid-fire roast by noting that among all the people he heard from during his four-day suspension, one “special friend” stood out: “The Mad Red Hatter.” Kimmel pulled up many of Trump’s Truth Social posts, including the one that said “I can’t believe ABC fake news gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back.” “You can’t believe they gave me my job back? I can’t believe we gave you your job back,” Kimmel fired back. “The White House was told by ABC that his show was cancelled. … Something happened between then and now because his audience is gone and his talent

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Image Source: 123rf.com The gas station mini-mart has a well-deserved reputation for being overpriced. Most of the items on its shelves are marked up to a shocking degree. However, not everything in a convenience store is a bad deal. Due to their unique business model, there are a few specific items that are often a…

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HOBOKEN, N.J., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company, today announced that it has closed its previously announced oversubscribed private placement for the purchase and sale of 26,867,276 shares of common stock priced at the market under Nasdaq rules.…

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