The Ruby Slippers in 'The Wizard of Oz' Were Originally Silver, and More Weird Facts
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CNNSecret Service says agent on Harris’ detail was removed from assignment after distressing behavior
A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris’ detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found “distressing,” the agency said.
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Police identify man who plunged to his death from balcony
Toronto police have identified a man who plunged to his death from an eighth-floor balcony downtown late Wednesday in the city's latest homicide.Ryan Williams, 38, of Toronto, fell from a balcony just before midnight at a highrise in the area of Church and Shuter streets, police said in a news release on Thursday.Paramedics say they transported a man to a trauma centre. He was pronounced dead in hospital, according to police.Williams is the city's 24th homicide victim of the year.Police have sai
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“Call Her Daddy'”s Alex Cooper Models Her Wedding Night Lingerie in Instagram Reveal: See the Racy Look
Cooper wore a sexy lacy bodysuit from SKIMS' Wedding Shop collection after marrying Matt Kaplan in Mexico
- Cosmo
Sabrina Carpenter looks practically naked in completely see-through lace mini dress
Sabrina Carpenter went braless wearing the Mirror Palais Anemone Dress in butter featuring illusion tulle adorned with lace appliqués along the neckline and hem
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Jamie Raskin Suggests Fitting New Home For 'Partisan' Supreme Court In Blistering Take
The House Democrat named the "most astonishing" thing he heard from one justice after the court heard arguments on Donald Trump's immunity claim.
- Reuters
Trump's three US Supreme Court appointees thrash out immunity claim
When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts. Those three - Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch - posed questions from various angles as the nation's top judicial body heard arguments on Thursday in a case that provides a vital test of the power of the presidency. A key question, Gorsuch said, is "how to segregate private from official conduct that may or may not enjoy some immunity."
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Ex-Trump Lawyer Spots Donald Trump’s ‘Big Mistake’ That Will ‘Make His Campaign Cringe’
“That just brings back all those bad memories about that issue," Jim Schultz told CNN's Jake Tapper.
- The Daily Beast
Judge Upholds Trump’s $83 Million Defamation Verdict
Reuters/Brendan McDermidA federal judge in New York upheld a defamation verdict against Donald Trump, keeping him on the hook for the $83 million he owes E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of sexual assault.Trump had motioned to receive a new trial, but Judge Lewis Kaplan rebuffed that effort, determining nothing was wrong with the first one that ruled against him.The decision affirms that Carroll suffered harm from Trump publicly railing against her in 2019, as she went public with her
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Makeshift slaughterhouse in a residential garage points to growing concerns about illicit meat sales
Inside a garage in an established Edmonton neighbourhood, animals were being slaughtered and the meat was advertised for sale to consumers, a CBC News investigation has learned.Police entered the rented garage in the quiet residential Woodcroft community in February 2023. Images shared with CBC News show piles of goat carcasses, tubs of blood and the remains of a skinned baby goat on a makeshift slaughter table.Neighbour John Bos told CBC News that the sounds of bleating goats first alerted him
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Harvard Law Professor Offers Scathing Summary Of SCOTUS-Trump Arguments
Laurence Tribe pulled no punches over what he described as a "shameful performance by the court."
- InStyle
Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie Feel Disappointed by King Charles Royal Title "Snub"
The "chosen ones" are reportedly sad they didn't get new roles after Prince William and Kate Middleton's latest appointments.
- People
All About Okla. Family Murder-Suicide, Where Dad Killed Wife, 3 Sons Before the Last Surviving Child Called 911
Jonathon Candy, 42, fatally shot his wife, Lindsay Candy, 39, and three of their four children, ages 18, 14, and 12, on April 22, before dying by suicide
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Princess Charlotte's secret hidden talent revealed by mum Princess Kate
Princess Charlotte will be celebrating her 9th birthday next week, and she has a cool hidden talent! Her mum Kate Middleton recently opened up about her hobby...
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Lara Trump Alarms Critics With 'Frightening' Comment About RNC's Election Plans
"Sounds like a perfect authoritarian election plan to me," fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat commented.
- The Daily Beast
Wanda Sykes Rips Trump’s Courtroom Farting
ABC/Randy HolmesLike hundreds of thousands of other rapt viewers, comedian Wanda Sykes is getting a lot of mileage out of the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald Trump, the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records connected to his sexual relationship with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Podcaster Ben Meiselas insisted this week that Trump, present this week in-person for the beginning of the trial, had suffered
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Not everything about the NFL Draft is about football. See Gracie Hunt’s Chiefs dress
Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia, marked the first day of the NFL Draft by posting photos of herself in team colors.
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Princess Kate's secluded pink cottage has a major flaw
The Princess of Wales' candy pink Adelaide Cottage in Windsor where she's recovering from preventative cancer treatment has a major design flaw - details
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Fact Check: Video Supposedly Shows Biden Trying to Shake Hands with a 'Ghost' on Stage. Here's the Truth
The president's physical and mental abilities were under increased scrutiny leading up to the 2024 election.
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Carole Middleton undergoes Hollywood transformation in rarely-pictured second mother-of-the-bride dress
The Princess of Wales' mother Carole Middleton swapped her Catherine Walker coat dress for a glamorous gown for Kate and William's private wedding reception in 2011.
- The Independent
Dramatic video shows Boeing plane bounce off LAX runway
Lufthansa admitted that their Tuesday flight to LAX had a bit of a ‘rough landing’ when it touched down