[ad_1] Lisbon — Portugal was reeling Thursday morning in the wake of an unprecedented disaster in the heart of its capital city. Seventeen people were killed late Wednesday afternoon when one of Lisbon’s trademark electric streetcars — the Elevador da Gloria funicular — careened off its tracks and slammed into a building. The funicular, a…
[ad_1] Heidi Klum donned green scales and squirming snakes to transform herself into Medusa for Halloween on Friday. Klum said she loves the Greek myth of Medusa, in which a goddess turns a beautiful woman into a monster with serpents for hair. “So I wanted to be really, really like a really ugly, ugly Medusa….
[ad_1] Turkeys aren’t known for flying but their prices are soaring ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. A September outlook report from the United States Agriculture Department estimates that wholesale prices for frozen turkeys will be $1.32 per pound this year, a 40% increase from 2024’s average of $0.94 per pound. The wholesale price is what retailers…
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[ad_1] Washington — The contours of a potential deal to reopen the government began to emerge on Tuesday as the shutdown was poised to become the longest in history, with senators discussing an agreement that would fund the government alongside long-term appropriations bills in exchange for a vote on extending health insurance tax credits that…
[ad_1] Demolition on the White House’s East Wing has begun to make way for President Trump’s ballroom. Sophia Cai, White House reporter for Politico, and Riley Rogerson, reporter for NOTUS, join “The Takeout” with analysis. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] When the “Greatest Generation” returned home from World War II, many veterans had suffered psychic wounds that were not diagnosed or understood at the time to be PTSD. For his new book, “The Wounded Generation,” historian David Nasaw researched the experiences of WWII veterans – from suffering survivor’s guilt, to receiving electro-shock therapy treatments…
[ad_1] President Trump weighed in on the closely watched race for New York City mayor in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, again suggesting he may withhold federal funding to New York if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected. The 34-year-old Queens assemblyman has proposed policies he says address affordability in the city, like free…
[ad_1] Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure their insulated shades are always drawn. “It’s really just minimizing the exposure,” Lambert said. “Its about doing your best to manage your cooling touch points.” Lambert…
[ad_1] Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center — China was set to launch its Shenzhou-21 spacecraft on Friday, carrying a new three-person crew to man the country’s own Tiangong space station on a mission focused on scientific research. The replacement crew includes China’s youngest-ever taikonaut — as China’s space program calls its astronauts — and, for the first…
