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(Headline USA) Elon Musk posted video Wednesday showing him strolling into Twitter headquarters ahead of a Friday deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company. “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” he tweeted, alongside the video, which showed him inexplicably carrying a sink through a...

(The Center Square) – Education, abortion, energy and infrastructure were debated by Michigan gubernatorial candidates Tuesday night in the second of two debates with only a fortnight remaining before Election Day. Democrat incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's double-digit lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon has dwindled to the low single digits...

(Headline USA) The latest high-profile business move by team transgender has many wondering how soon Barbie pockets and bulges will start making regular appearances at beauty pageants. A Thai business tycoon and transgender activist has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday. Chakrapong “Anne” Chakrajutathib, who...

(Joe Mueller, The Center Square) The cost of farming will remain volatile next year, and high grocery prices with it, according to a University of Missouri research associate for the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. "This isn't a message I like talking about," Senior Research Associate Ben Brown told...

(Headline USA) After a lunchtime roundtable with Indiana Sen. Todd Young and Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, Republican congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green suggested she appreciated "serving alongside my peers.” “Not my peers,” she quickly corrected. "I misspoke.” Green isn't their congressional colleague yet, but her slip might not be all that premature. Democrats...

(Headline USA) In his less than two years heading the Pentagon during the end of the Obama administration, former Defense Secretary Ash Carter did his best to turn the U.S. military into a laughing stock. He opened combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden moved a possible step closer to freeing a notorious arms dealer nicknamed the "merchant of death" in exchange for the release of Russian-jailed WNBA lesbian baller Brittney Griner. A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner of her nine-year prison...

(The Center Square) Pandemic-era shutdowns caused historic learning loss for grade school students, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education. The Education Department released its “National Report Card,” which showed the “largest score declines” since the federal government began tracking these metrics in 1990. Math took...

(Headline USA) Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday temporarily blocked the grand-jury testimony of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. The courts must now determine whether Graham's discussions about Georgia's outcome in the 2020 election may have constituted a deliberative decision related to his role as a U.S. senator---and thereby making...

(Headline USA) Marijuana Legalization is back on the ballot in November in South Dakota, but whether the politically red state will become the first to pass it twice remains in doubt. It's facing strong opposition from conservative groups and figures determined to pull the state back from legalizing pot. And...

(Headline USA) Joe Biden, who turns 80 on Nov. 20, said it’s “totally legitimate” for voters to question whether someone his age can manage the demanding stresses of the American presidency. Biden made the comment in response to a question about his age during an MSNBC interview that aired...

(Headline USA) A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a homosexual couple because it violated her Christian beliefs. The state Department of Fair Housing and Employment had sued Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield, arguing owner Cathy Miller intentionally discriminated against...