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New York county signs controversial mask ban meant to hide people's identities in public Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the mask ban, the first of its kind in the United States, into law early Wednesday. A controversial ban on wearing face coverings in public spaces was enacted Wednesday in New York's suburban Nassau County

Housing costs continue to drive inflation even as food price hikes slow Mitchell and Kathryn Cox, mid-twenties professionals in Savannah, Georgia, thought that they’d entered the rental market “at the worst time possible,” with skyrocketing prices pushing their monthly cost up more than 50% higher than their friends and relatives who’d gotten into leases just

Video shows traveler hurl computer monitor at Frontier employees in Chicago A 31-year-old woman lost her cool at Chicago O'Hare International Airport last month, arguing and throwing things at Frontier Airlines staff after she missed her flight A traveler recently lost her cool with Frontier Airlines staff in Chicago, throwing a computer monitor after a

Sofía Vergara reveals why she wanted to hide her curvy figure for 'Griselda' role Sofía Vergara knows she’s a bombshell, but she needed to turn down the va-va-voom for a recent role. Vergara opened up about her physical transformation for her performance in Netflix’s “Griselda” in an interview with Variety published Wednesday. The actress portrayed

Trump's North Carolina speech went predictably off the rails. Can he even spell 'economy'? Of course no intellectual presidential campaign speech on the economy is complete without an extended riff on immigrants and rape. Former president and self-described stable genius Donald Trump let a small crowd in a small venue in North Carolina know what

Hamas will skip Gaza truce talks but may meet mediators afterwards CAIRO − Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said mediators expected to consult with the militant Palestinian group afterwards. The U.S.

Trump hits grocery costs, inflation at North Carolina campaign stop as Harris gains ground WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump zeroed in on inflation and the cost of living during a speech in North Carolina on Wednesday, focusing on an issue Republicans are confident in as Vice President Kamala Harris gained ground in new polling

Rob Schneider seeks forgiveness from daughter Elle King after 'fat camp' claims Rob Schneider is fessing up to his shortcomings after oldest daughter Elle King accused him of being absent during her childhood and sending her to "fat camp." In a clip from an upcoming interview with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, which will

Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in 5 battleground states, tied in Georgia, poll finds WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris is ahead or tied with Donald Trump in six of seven battleground states, according to a new survey released Wednesday, erasing the leads the former Republican president enjoyed before Joe Biden dropped out of the race last

Tim Walz agrees to October VP debate against JD Vance hosted by CBS Kamala Harris' vice-presidential pick Tim Walz agreed to debate Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance in a showdown hosted by CBS News in October. The outlet said this week that it invited both vice-presidential candidates to debate in New York on Sept. 17

A museum said Kurt Cobain 'unalived himself.' It sparked an important discourse about suicide. I’ve worked at various mental health organizations, including the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the 988 Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line and Active Minds, as well as on research teams for adolescent suicide prevention. “Suicide” has never been an untouchable word. 

Biden, Obama, Clintons to headline Democratic National Convention speakers WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton are among the headline speakers at next week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, according to a source familiar with the plans. Biden will speak Monday night during an opening evening of the