Columbus, OH

The entertainment industry can often be a grueling landscape, and it looks like it has taken its toll on Ryan Paevey. Known for his beloved role as Nathan West on General Hospital, the 38-year-old actor has decided to take a step back from acting. In a heartfelt message, Paevey opened up about his struggles in the industry and the negative impact it had on him.

Ryan Paevey Reflects on Challenges as He Steps Back from Acting

Huntsville, AL

BlackStars News

Stormi Steele, the founder and CEO of Canvas Beauty, has made history as the first creator to reach $1 million in sales from a single live session on TikTok. This remarkable feat was revealed to

Stormi Steele becomes first creator to reach $1 million in sales during single TikTok live session

MarketRealist

Recognizing the value of convenience and freshness, Lay made use of new packaging innovations to keep his chips crispy and his consumers satisfied.

Laid Off and Unstoppable, Here's How Herman Lay Built the Billion-Dollar Lay’s Empire

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Pennsylvania State

New Hope, PA

New York Post

The wife of a Pennsylvania billionaire heir who abruptly quit Instagram after her private messages to a woman with the same name were exposed has resurfaced on the social media platform.

Katherine Asplundh, who seemingly deleted her prized Instagram account in May, posted several snaps from her brother-in-law, Carl’s, wedding with his long-time partner Savanna Smith on Saturday.

“Special day celebrating @carl48 and @savanna_smith5,” Asplundh posted to her Instagram story along with a picture of the kissing newlyweds.

In two subsequent slides, Asplundh flaunted around in a multi-colored dress posing around a grassy yard.



The wedding took place at the Hotel Du Village in...

Billionaire’s wife breaks social media silence after trying to bully woman with same last name for her Instagram handle

Michigan State

NBC News

Incarcerated Americans and their families have been frustrated by the replacement of in-person visits by video calls, which experts say are costly and deprive loved ones of human contact. Two lawsuits in Michigan seek to reverse the practice and one sheriff explains why he changed his mind on the matter. NBC News’ Lester Holt reports.

Jails across America replace in-person visits with costly video calls, frustrating families

Snapchat is one of the most popular social media platforms among consumers, particularly Generation Z. Users discovered different acronyms to help make interactions easier and more engaging. It becomes difficult when users come across an abbreviation they don’t understand. If someone writes KMS in your text and you’re unsure...

What Does KMS Mean On Snapchat & Texting

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

Amazon Prime Day 2024 will arrive shortly, bringing a deluge of discounts and deals on everything from household essentials to clothing to tech. Even though the shopping event is limited to 48 hours, Amazon typically has early Prime Day deals rolling out for weeks ahead of time. This year is no different: we’re already starting to see early Prime Day deals trickle in that members can take advantage of. Plus, there are also a number of solid tech deals available on Amazon that aren’t explicitly tied to July Prime Day, but are likely to get lumped in with the rest of the discounts anyway. We’ve collected the best early Prime Day deals here so you don’t have to go searching for them. We’ll be updating this post regularly, so check back to see the latest discounts.

Prime Day 2024 early deals you can shop ahead of the Amazon sale on July 16-17

KFOR Weather Woman Emily Sutton got props from a local Mexican restaurant that was so smitten with her responses to an angry viewer that they offered her free food and margaritas for life. If you spend enough time on social media, you quickly learn everybody has an opinion, and most...

Newscaster wins free Mexican food for life after shutting down angry viewer

Prime Day isn't until next month but Amazon is already discounting a lot of great items for Prime members. The latest steal comes courtesy of a 64 percent discount on the Blink Outdoor 4 and Blink Mini 2 bundle. It normally costs $140 for the duo but, right now, you can pick them up for $50.

Get a Blink Outdoor 4 system with a Blink Mini 2 for $50 in an early Prime Day deal

The world is a wild and wonderful place, full of mind-blowing facts and unexpected discoveries. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, something new comes along to challenge your understanding. Recently, we asked our Upworthy Facebook audience, "What's something you learned recently that blew your mind?" The responses we received were nothing short of fascinating. From shocking historical revelations to deeply personal epiphanies, here are 13 of the most interesting, surprising, and funny things our audience discovered recently.

13 mind-blowing facts shared by people who just discovered them

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Chicago Happenings

What is more summery than an icy, sweet frozen drink? If the heat wave is getting to you, try whipping up this simple frozen strawberry lemonade. All you need is your choice of lemonade and some frozen strawberries. You can use store-bought lemonade, make your own from scratch, or a powdered version. As for strawberries, frozen ones are the easiest choice. If you'd rather use fresh, add at least two cups of ice until you reach a nice, frozen consistency.

2-Ingredient Frozen Strawberry Lemonade: Beat the Heat!

Identity deception has become more common as millions of us are using online dating sites. Anna Akbari’s story exposes the tactics of online manipulators who prey upon unsuspecting women. These manipulators or “catfishers” use love bombing, gaslighting, and other forms of emotional abuse. Source: Anna Akbari, used...

A Hidden Threat of Online Dating Sites

Insider

You don't want to be described as "dim," "a mug," or "a few sandwiches short of a picnic" by a British person.

60 British phrases that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK

In every hype cycle, certain patterns of deceit emerge. In the last crypto boom, it was “ponzinomics” and “rug pulls.” In self-driving cars, it was “just five years away!” In AI, it’s seeing just how much unethical shit you can get away with.

Perplexity’s grand theft AI

Say you're watching an edgy new streaming series and find yourself turning up the volume for every scene where two actors are engaged in a dramatic dialogue. It seems like both characters are whispering -- until an explosion happens on screen, and the sound is the opposite, almost deafening. Also:...

Can't hear TV dialogue? I changed these 3 things to dramatically improve audio

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

Is this thing for real?

As artificial intelligence begins replacing people in call service jobs and other clerical roles, a newly popular — and highly believable — robocall service has been caught lying and pretending to be a human, Wired reported.

The state-of-the-art technology, released by San Francisco’s Bland AI, is meant to be used for for customer service and sales. It can be easily programmed into convincing callers it is a real person they are speaking with, the outlet tested.



Pouring salt in an open wound, the company’s recent ads even mock hiring real people while flaunting the believable AI — which...

A popular AI chatbot has been caught lying on robocalls — telling users that it’s human

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The AI prison of the future is just an Outer Limits episode

According to the Prison Policy Institute, the US has a higher incarceration rate per 100,000 people in its population than any other NATO country and it’s...

The AI prison of the future is just an Outer Limits episode

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