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Jackie Kennedy's pink suit is locked in a vault and will be hidden from public view until 2103. Here are surprising facts about the famous outfit.

John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy emerge from a Fort Worth, Texas, theater, into a waiting car on the day of Kennedy's assassination.CORBIS/Corbis/Getty ImagesOn the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Jackie Kennedy wore a replica of a pink C...

Did Jeff Bezos put a sculpture of his girlfriend on the bow of his new $500 million megayacht? You be the judge.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, were recently spotted on his new $500 million megayacht, Koru, for the first time. They're pictured in an earlier image.Reuters/Andrew CouldridgeA sculpture on Jeff Bezos' new $500 million...

Greg Abbott Signs Law Making EV Owners Pay for Their Gas-Free Cars

Photo of electric vehicles chargingEV drivers in Texas don’t pay at the pump, but will have to start paying a significant annual fee that critics are calling “punitive.”Driving an electric vehicle in Texas is soon to become more expensive. Governor G...

The ‘receipts’ don’t matter. The bike doesn’t matter. Sarah Jane Comrie’s actions matter

OPINION: Sarah Jane Comrie made an active choice to behave the way she did on May 12, and that is what we should be discussing, not the Citi Bike. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read mo...

Man Gets 50 Years for Luring Teen with Disney Cups To Commit “One of the Worst” Murders

The fate of an Illinois man who confessed to a teenage girl’s strangulation death has been sealed. Arthur Jensen, 53, was sentenced Monday to 50 years minus time served (about three and a half years) for the 2019 homicide of Adara Bunn, 17, per a pre...

Orcas sank a third boat. Scientists think these 'brutal' attacks may be trauma-driven.

A pod of orcas swim near a boat.Getty ImagesOrcas keep attacking sailboats off the coasts of Spain and Morocco.Earlier this month two attacks were reported where one ended up sinking the boat.Scientists can't explain the attacks but one leading theor...

Medal of Honor recipient missing 73 years to be buried Memorial Day

ANDERSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Memorial Day burial is planned for a U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient whose remains were identified nearly 73 years after he went missing during the Korean War.Cpl. Luther H. Story's remains will be buried on...

Student debt: 615,000 borrowers receive public service loan forgiveness

The Biden administration has approved the discharge of student loan debt for more than 615,000 borrowers since October 2021 under temporary changes to the public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) program.The discharged amount totals $42 billion in debt...

Here's Why Whoopi Goldberg Says Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Car Chase Story 'Just Doesn't Work'

Photo: The US SunEarlier this week, it was reported that Prince Harry, his wife Meghan Markle and Markle’s mother Doria Ragland were involved in a near fatal car crash in New York City on Tuesday (May 16). In a statement to CNN from The Duke and Duch...

Price tag on reparations for Black descendants of slaves sparks debate as Democrat proposes $14 trillion

Photo illustration: Mark Harris for Yahoo News; photos: Getty ImagesWhat’s happeningStates, cities and leaders across the U.S. are calling for reparations for Black Americans to compensate for the lasting harms of slavery. Most recently, Rep. Cori Bu...

Utah mom accused of poisoning husband with fentanyl in cocktail took out $2 million in life insurance policies on him

PARK CITY, Utah — A woman who allegedly spiked her husband's drink with fentanyl and then wrote a children's book about grief after he died is now accused of secretly taking out almost $2 million in life insurance policies on him.The allegations agai...

'I was in a trance': A tech executive got scammed out of $450K in a cruel romance grift called 'pig butchering' — here's how it works and what to watch out for

'I was in a trance': A tech executive got scammed out of $450K in a cruel romance grift called 'pig butchering' — here's how it works and what to watch out forShreya Datta had been swiping through dating apps for months before she met “Ancel Mali,” a...

Hawaii's governor, who is also a doctor, stops to help at site of crashed vehicle

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who is also a physician, was one of the people who stopped to help when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava field Thursday while he was on his way to a Big Island event.Before becoming g...

Tesla Asks Model Y Owner To Tow Burned-Out Car To Service Center

Common sense doesn’t seem all that common nowadays. It would be easy to assume that the customer service representative of a car manufacturer would understand that an electric vehicle would be a total loss after it has been consumed by flames like Jo...

Turkey's electoral board confirms 1st round election results; Erdogan meets 3rd party candidate

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's Supreme Election Board on Friday confirmed the results of the first round of Turkey's presidential election in which neither incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdarog...