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As the nation prepares for trillions of red-eyed bugs known as periodical cicadas to emerge, it’s worth noting that they’re not just annoying, noisy pests — if prepared properly, they can also be tasty to eat. Blocks away from such French Quarter fine-dining stalwarts as Antoine’s and Brennan’s, the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans has long served up an array of alternative, insect-based treats at its “Bug Appetit” cafe overlooking the Mississippi River. “Cinnamon Bug Crunch,” chili-fried waxworms, and crispy, cajun-spiced crickets are among the menu items. Periodical cicadas stay buried for years, until they surface and take over a landscape. Depending on…
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The FBI was tipped off in April 2020 to gain-of-function virus research in China, funded by the agency formerly headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, that…
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments — including commercial, state-authorized supplies — as licensed…
John Stamos understands why Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, is making waves in Hollywood. “Is there any man on planet Earth right now whose phone is blowing up more than Charlie Puth right now?” Josh Gad, who listened to the 34-year-old pop star’s record with his two…
Tenth of an 11-part series. Coming tomorrow: specialists. Football always has been a family affair for Tyler Nubin, whose younger brother, Jordan, was a teammate the past two seasons at the University of Minnesota. But playing in the defensive secondary also is in Nubin’s blood as his late uncle, Steve…
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s annual compensation rose nearly 27% to $49.7 million in 2023, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed on Friday. The rise in pay was partly related to the loss-making media conglomerate’s decision to align its executive compensation to focus more on debt reduction and…
President Biden vowed Friday that former President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would lapse next year if he’s re-elected and “stay expired” — meaning higher taxes for middle class and low-income Americans — prompting a hasty walk-back by aides. Biden, 81, lambasted Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which permanently lowered…
Anti-Israel protesters near Columbia University were heard shouting pro-Hamas slogans this week as demonstrations geared up at the private campus. “We are Hamas!” one aggressive protester…
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Shares of Paramount Global rose more than 10% on Friday, on news Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management were discussing a joint bid to acquire the media company. Paramount is currently engaged in exclusive deal talks with Skydance Media, an independent studio led by David Ellison, though some investors have urged Paramount to explore other options. Private equity firm Apollo had earlier made a $26 billion bid for the company, and a separate $11 billion offer for Paramount’s film studio. Its joint bid with Sony, which is still being structured, would offer cash for all outstanding Paramount Global shares and take the company private, a source told Reuters on Thursday. Sony would hold a majority…
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“A dog is a man’s best friend,” the old saying goes. Can the same soon be said of robot dogs?This summer, a group of scientists will travel to Oregon’s snow-capped Mt. Hood to train a dog-shaped robot named Spirit how to walk. The slopes of Mt. Hood are strewn with volcanic rocks and sprinkled with glaciers, a rugged environment that researchers think resembles the moon — which Spirit is being prepared to eventually explore.”What we realized, pretty early on, is that a legged robot has the ability to interact with soil in ways that wheels cannot,” Douglas Jerolmack, a professor…
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The federal government gave nearly $700 million to Planned Parenthood during a one-year span in which the clinic performed a record number of abortions, which coincided with a decline in all other major services, a recent report shows.Meanwhile, the Biden administration has vowed to expand access to Planned Parenthood’s abortion services. Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 report released Tuesday, called “Above and Beyond,” found that several non-abortion categories of services were down, compared to the previous year. Contraceptive services, including counseling, were down by 4%, cancer screenings dropped 1% and pap smears were down by nearly 14%. Adoption referrals dipped by 5%, and preventative visits dropped by 4%. Planned Parenthood conducted 392,715 abortions between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022 — a 5% increase from the 2021-2022 period.MISSOURI LAW BANNING GENDER-CHANGING TREATMENTS FOR MINORS TAKES EFFECT A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York, August 31, 2015. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)The Biden-Harris administration ramped up its support for Planned Parenthood’s abortion access following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Vice President Kamala Harris toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic last month, making her the first sitting VP to visit an abortion facility. At the time, Harris said…
Taylor Swift made it look easy continuing with her Eras Tour performances after her split from Joe Alwyn made headlines in April 2023 — but that doesn’t mean it was. In her song “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” which is track No. 13 on The Tortured Poets Department, Swift, 34, admits that she was only pretending to be happy while reeling from the breakup. “Cause I’m a real tough kid, I can handle my s—t / They said, ‘Baby, gotta fake it till you make it,’ and I did / Lights, camera, bitch, smile, even when you…
Commercial content, 21+. The betting public is all-in on the Indiana Pacers. Tyrese Haliburton and Co. are currently garnering a whopping 90 percent of bets and 88 percent of the handle to beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, making them the most bet-on team at BetMGM Sportsbook to advance. The Pacers opened as a massive +260 underdog against the Bucks, but Giannis Antetokounmpo’s calf injury has shifted the odds in their favor. Indiana is now just +100 to win the series versus Milwaukee’s -120 figure. Antetokounmpo is expected to miss at least the start…
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A college student with hopes of joining the military was killed in horrific fashion after a date with a suspect who drew comparisons to the “Milwaukee Monster.”Sade Robinson, 19, was allegedly dismembered by Maxwell Anderson on April 2, and law enforcement is still finding her body parts, which washed up along Lake Michigan’s shores as recently as Thursday, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said.The remains haven’t been “formally confirmed” as Robinson’s, according to the sheriff’s office, although they’re confident the remains are hers. Her other remains were found on April 5, 6, and 7.Robinson’s mother, Sheena Scrabrough, compared the suspect…
Taylor Swift was expected to call out her exes on her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department — but it was Kim Kardashian who received the harshest blow. In the second batch of songs for the album, released in the early hours of Friday, April 19, one song, “thanK you aIMee,” appeared to have random letters capitalized in its title. Upon closer look, however, eagle-eyed fans quickly realized the capital letters spelled out a name: Kim. Swifties will know that Swift, 34, has long placed hidden messages in her lyrics via capitalization, a tradition she upheld for every album…
The Mets officially unveiled their City Connect jerseys Friday, featuring New York City-inspired elements. The jerseys will be worn every for each Saturday home game beginning April 27 against the Cardinals, save for a June 1 game against the Diamondbacks. “Our new City Connect uniforms are an homage to everything that makes NYC the greatest city in the world. We wanted to honor different parts of the city that connect to our home in Queens.” Mets Chief Marketing Officer Andy Goldberg said in the team’s release. “From the bridges to the trains to the streets, Mets fans across New York…
Dozens of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s former colleagues at an environmental advocacy group have demanded he drop out of the 2024 race to “honor our planet” — fearing that his campaign will sweep Donald Trump back into office. The activists’ grievances with the 70-year-old Kennedy will be aired in an ad sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund that will run in Sunday newspapers in the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Kennedy, the son of the late attorney general and senator from New York Robert F. Kennedy, worked as…
Donald Trump’s request to pause lawsuits alleging his involvement in inciting the U.S. Capitol attack was denied by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington.The civil cases, seeking to hold Trump accountable for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, will continue alongside his criminal case related to election interference.Trump faced another legal setback as his trial for hush money payments during the 2016 campaign began in New York.Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.U.S. District…
The Environmental Protection Agency has designated PFOA and PFOS, two forever chemicals used in various products, as hazardous substances.The measure aims to facilitate quicker cleanup of these toxic compounds and hold industries responsible for contamination financially accountable.The designation mandates reporting of their release into soil or water and allows the EPA to require cleanups to protect public health.The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker cleanup of the toxic compounds and require industries and others responsible for contamination to…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! It’s finally here. Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, arrived on April 19, and with it a brand new era for everyone’s favorite singer-songwriter. But dropping one album wasn’t enough. Swifties were in for a huge surprise when Taylor dropped a second complete set of songs just hours after the first batch, revealing that the release was actually a double album. Okay, so, wow. That’s been a lot. A LOT for Swifties to handle. And true to the…
Olivia Dunne and the Lady Tigers aren’t done yet. LSU’s gymnastics team has advanced to Saturday’s NCAA Championship Final following a dominant performance Thursday in the semifinal at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, posting a score of 198.1125 — the program’s second-highest at NCAA Championships. Dunne did not take part in the competition, though video shows her warming up with teammates. LSU’s Haleigh Bryant led the way with a 39.7125 all-around score. “Final 4 bound,” Dunne, 21, exclaimed Thursday in an Instagram Story, where she added a purple heart and ring emoji. LSU will now square off against California,…
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to “free academic expression” during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday and the following day her daughter, Isra Hirsi, was arrested.”The day after @IlhanMN questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to free academic expression, the school suspended her daughter?” Bowman posted on X. “It’s clear what is happening here. Our educational institutions should not be in the business of…
Tunde Onakoya, a chess champion, aims to break the global record for the longest chess marathon in New York City’s Times Square.Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa during the marathon.The current record stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved by Norwegian players in 2018.A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon.Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa. He is playing…
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