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29 Hidden Gems On Amazon That You've Probably Never Heard Of

But now that you've learned of their existence, they'll be the only things you want to talk about.

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RJ Ochoa

Madelene Sagstrom records first hole-in-one of 2025 LPGA season

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The first ace of the LPGA season belongs to Madelene Sagstrom.

Major Championship season officially began last week as The Masters unfolded and in epic fashion.

The next major taking place across the world of golf will be the the Chevron Championship in Houston. LPGA players have a chance to get into proper form the week ahead of it though as this week they are in Los Angeles for the JM Eagle LA Championship.

Hannah Green is the event’s...

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Mark Schofield

‘Nothing’s a guarantee’ admits Lando Norris ahead of F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

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Lando Norris sounded philosophical when speaking to the media Thursday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

It was a case of the glass being half-full, or half-empty, for Lando Norris at the Bahrain Grand Prix a week ago.

On the one hand, Norris managed to recover from a difficult qualifying session to finish on the podium, making it four-for-for in podium finishes in Grands Prix this season. That is the kind of recovery drive that keeps you in contention for...

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Makena Kelly

The CFPB Has Been Gutted

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

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Robert Jimison

Chris Van Hollen Turned Away From El Salvador Prison by Military

Armed officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.

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Alan Feuer

Dual Orders From Judges Edge Courts Closer to Confrontation With White House

The threat of investigations into whether the administration violated the judges’ orders comes as President Trump and his advisers are increasingly butting heads with the courts.

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Ricky O'Donnell

College basketball’s leading returning scorer enters transfer portal to massive demand

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The latest shocking addition to the transfer portal is men’s college basketball’s leading returning scorer.

PJ Haggerty was the third leading scorer in men’s college basketball this past season in a breakout sophomore year for the Memphis Tigers. Haggerty averaged 21.7 points per game by splashing shots from all three levels and consistently getting to the free throw line. Only Villanova’s Eric Dixon and Northern Arizona’s Trenton McLaughlin...

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57 Unnecessarily Extra Products That Actually Solve Life’s Little Annoyances

A satin-lined beanie, portable car vacuum, toilet target light, and 54 other products you don't *need* (except you do).

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Eve Upton-Clark

Instagram launches ‘Blend’ to share personalized Reels with friends

The new feature creates invite-only shared Reels feeds in DMs, giving users a way to swap content and discover each other’s tastes.

When it comes to sharing Instagram Reels with friends, the process of three taps to get a Reel from A to B can feel surprisingly tedious. Now, Instagram has addressed that issue with its latest feature: Instagram Blend.

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Pavithra Mohan

Target backtracked on DEI—and was hit by boycotts. Now the CEO is meeting with Al Sharpton

As Target grapples with an ongoing consumer boycott, CEO Brian Cornell is meeting with Al Sharpton in a move that could put further pressure on the retailer.

In the three months since Target overhauled its policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the retailer has faced an onslaught of public criticism and a boycott that has carried on for weeks. There has been a clear impact on its business: Foot traffic has reportedly dropped for the last 10 weeks, and Target disclosed that sales had...

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Jessica Bursztynsky

New Jersey is suing Discord for allegedly violating child safety laws

The lawsuit accuses Discord of failing to protect children from predators despite knowing its safety features were ineffective.

New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Discord on Thursday, alleging that the social platform recklessly exposed children to “harassment, abuse, and sexual exploitation by predators who lurk on the platform.”

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Andrew Duehren

Trump Official Asked I.R.S. About Audit of President’s Friend Mike Lindell, the Pillow Entrepreneur

A Treasury Department official wrote to the I.R.S. that Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur, was “concerned he may have been inappropriately targeted.”

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26 Mother's Day Gifts From Target That Only Look Expensive

Because no one appreciates a thoughtful bargain more than mom-shaped humans.

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Chelsea Leite

Everything you need to know about the most interesting player in the WNBA Draft

Dominique Malonga was drafted No. 2 overall to the Seattle Storm, and the dunking machine is one of the best prospects to be drafted in years.

When the Seattle Storm traded Jewell Loyd away for the No. 2 Overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, they knew it was because they could get an excellent player. Not just excellent, but a generational franchise player to lead them into their next chapter. While Paige Bueckers was the unanimous No. 1 overall pick this year, it became clear in the...

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Mark Schofield

George Russell feeling ‘no stress’ about his contract status with Mercedes F1

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Mercedes F1 driver George Russell is not worried about his contract status with the team

George Russell entered the 2025 Formula 1 season in a fascinating position. With Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari, Russell had inherited the veteran role at Mercedes, with young phenom Kimi Antonelli securing the second seat with the Silver Arrows.

Like Antonelli, however, Russell also entered the year on an expiring contract.

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Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash preview in the Gemini app. Whats new?

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, its hybrid reasoning model, is now available in preview for the standalone Gemini app.

On Thursday, the company rolled out an "early version" of the model with updated reasoning capabilities. It can also better determine how much processing power or "thinking" to apply to each request. The Gemini 2.5 Flash model is also available on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI with controls for developers to manually turn off its reasoning compute and budget the amount of compute...

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Max Olson

Source: Notre Dame QB Angeli set to enter portal

Quarterback Steve Angeli, who served as Riley Leonard's backup during Notre Dame's run to the College Football Playoff national championship game, plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, a source confirmed to ESPN.

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Ryan Hockensmith

'I found your dad': The mystery of a missing climber

Bill Stampfl vanished climbing Peru's highest mountain 22 years ago. This is the story of the hiker who found him and brought closure to Stampfl's family.

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Tony Romm

White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor

The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

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Michael Gold and Maya C. Miller

Republican Lawmakers Face Fresh Backlash to Trump at Home

Despite some attempts to create controlled environments aimed at thwarting disruptions by protesters, congressional Republicans who are holding town halls are catching continued heat from their constituents.

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