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A $10 million cash withdrawal in Cairo made just days before former President Donald Trump took office in January 2017 triggered a secretive Justice Department investigation that sought to uncover whether he received financial support from Egypt’s government. The investigation, revealed in an exclusive report by The Washington Post...

Mysterious $10 Million Cash Withdrawal Triggered DOJ Investigation into Whether Trump Took Egyptian Funds

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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes and commentary from Donna Douglas are from an interview with her conducted by the author.]. Donna Douglas, who died of pancreative cancer at 82 in 2015, was an honest-to-goodness Southern Belle who displayed a natural beauty and talent in her portrayal of the hollering, rope-wearing, whistle-happy, and critter-cuddling Elly May Clampett on the 1960s classic TV hit, The Beverly Hillbillies.

TV's Beloved 'Beverly Hillbillies' Actress Donna Douglas: Nine Years After Her Death

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said in a joint Senate hearing that the bureau is working to verify a social media account that appeared to reflect “antisemitic” and “anti-immigration” themes that is believed to be linked to the shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Trump.

FBI official: Investigators found social media account believed to belong to Trump shooter

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

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TheDailyBeast

The FBI told Donald Trump last week that Thomas Matthew Crooks may have been much smarter than many initially thought. The FBI reached that conclusion in part because Crooks scored higher than 1500 on his SAT pre-college exam—a score that would put him in the running for universities like Harvard, where an admitted student’s average score is 1520.Federal agents sat down with Trump on Aug. 1 to inform him of new information they’d uncovered about his would-be assassin, sources told ABC News. The FBI said in the meeting that they believe Crooks was “strikingly intelligent” but likely suffered from an...

FBI: Thomas Matthew Crooks Had SAT Score High Enough for Harvard

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Latin Times

As the Arizona senatorial elections continue to near, the latest figures show that Republican candidateKari Lake is now trailing her opponent, Democrat Ruben Gallego, by a larger margin than before. Concretely, a study by HighGround shows Gallego with a double-digit lead over Lake, getting 49.6% of the support compared to...

Trump ally Kari Lake's chances of winning a Senate seat in Arizona are dwindling, new polls suggest

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Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Gibson Band, a pocket-sized pup with a huge heart full of love. This 4-year-old Chihuahua grew up as an owned pup in a loving home. Unfortunately, Gibson's owners recently went through some unexpected life changes, and as such were no longer able to provide him with the care and love he needed. Now, Gibson is living safely with a foster family found through Great Dog Rescue New England. Despite loving his foster family, Gibson hopes he will not have to wait very long before he can make his final move to a furever home!

Tiny 8-Pound Chihuahua Searching For Love After Owner Forced To Surrender

The federal government is processing citizenship requests at the fastest rate in a decade, addressing a backlog that accumulated during the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the close to 3.3 million immigrants who have become citizens during the Biden administration, processing speed sits at under five months, on par with 2013 and 2014.

Immigrants are becoming U.S. citizens at the fastest average rate in a decade

About half of Puerto Rico's power customers were without power on Wednesday as Ernesto turned into a Category 1 hurricane and pummeled the island. Concretely, over 723,000 clients had no power in the afternoon, the Puerto Rico Emergency Portal System said. Officials had anticipated widespread outages as the island's precarious grid has not been fully restored since Hurricane María gravely impacted it in 2017.

Close to half of Puerto Ricans are without power as Ernesto becomes a hurricane

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MIAMI — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted in South Florida on federal charges of committing more than $1 million worth of fraud. Kingston, 34, and his mother, 61-year-old Janice Turner, made their first appearances Friday in federal court, according to court records. A Miami grand jury returned an indictment earlier this month accusing Kingston and his mother of participating in a scheme to defraud victims of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry and other goods through the use of fraudulent documents.

Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother indicted on federal charges in alleged $1M fraud scheme

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Wisconsin businessman Eric Hovde won on Tuesday the GOP's senatorial primary, setting up a contest against incumbent Tammy Baldwin. Backed by former President Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans, Hovde easily beat two lesser-known opponents, while Baldwin ran unopposed. Considering the matchup was widely expected, pollsters already started measuring the...

Trump-backed millionaire Eric Hovde's chances of stealing a Wisconsin Senate seat from Democrats

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Florida boaters have found more cocaine in the Gulf of Mexico after recent storms, this time worth more than a half-million dollars. On Monday, boaters came across a microwave-sized package covered in barnacles off Panther Key near Port of the Islands. The boaters turned the package over to authorities, who...

Florida Boaters Keep Finding Cocaine in the Water. The Total is Now Over $1.5 Million.

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Texas State

Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to continue busing immigrants north from his state of Texas during the Republican National Convention. But while his declarations were met with roaring applause, are there enough immigrants to do so? It seems that is starting to not be the case anymore. "We have continued busing...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is running out of migrants to send to Democratic-led cities up north

Dallas, TX

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has given a hard deadline to the organizers of the State Fair of Texas to go back on its ban on firearms in the event's premises, warning that he will file a lawsuit if they don't comply. "Dallas has fifteen days to fix the issue,"...

Texas AG gives Dallas hard deadline to allow guns into State Fair

New data has revealed the Biden-Harris administration's Family Expedited Removal Program is actually allowing nearly 90% of the migrants to stay instead of deporting them. The program, introduced in May 2023, was promoted to enforce "consequences for unlawful entry into the U.S." Since May 2023, out of 24,000 migrants placed in the program, over 22,000 were allowed to remain in the U.S., with only about 2,600 being deported, the New York Post reported.

90% Of Migrants In Biden's Family Expedited Removal Program Remained in US, Data Reveals

Arizonians will vote in November whether to allow local law enforcement to conduct arrests on potential unlawful immigrants near the border with Mexico, as the state Supreme Court allowed such a proposal to move forward. The court paved the way for Proposition 314 after rejecting a challenge from Latino groups,...

Proposal to allow Arizona police to arrest unlawful migrants in the state will be on the ballot

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces a new round of subpoenas in his long-running corruption inquiry

The long-running corruption inquiry on New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 2021 campaign continues, with federal prosecutors serving another round of grand jury subpoenas to Adams...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces a new round of subpoenas in his long-running corruption inquiry

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