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Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Democrats have made xenophobic comments about DOGE chief Elon Musk and first lady Melania Trump.Some of the party’s leaders have repeatedly complained about Musk’s country of birth being South Africa and told Trump to look into deporting his wife, who was born in the former Yugoslavia.  Speaking at an anti-DOGE protest in Los Angeles March 22, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., suggested Trump should investigate and potentially deport the first lady.”When he [Trump] talks about birthright, and he’s going to undo the fact that the Constitution allows those who are born here, even…

A mortician in Mississippi is facing charges after he allegedly put human bodies inside a storage unit.Albert Creath, 31, the former owner of now-defunct Creath Memorial Services, allegedly used iStorage facilities in Greenville, Mississippi, to continue offering burial and funeral services, according to WLBT. Deputies discovered the remains of three individuals inside a storage unit on March 25 at the facility. Washington County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Billy Barber said Creath was charged with improper desecration of corpse. Creath began using the storage units as a way to continue offering burial and funeral services after he lost his business and license.SIX OHIO SUSPECTS…

Canadians taking a trip across the U.S. border are being advised to cooperate and be “forthcoming” when speaking with authorities at the crossing, adding they could face detention if denied entry. In a travel advisory updated Friday, the federal government says Canadians should “expect scrutiny” when crossing ports of entry and to expect questioning and potential search of their electronic devices.“Comply and be forthcoming in all interactions with border authorities,” the advisory reads. “If you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.”The update comes amid growing tensions between the two countries, with U.S. President Donald Trump having…

Fresh from one landmark weekend, Australia’s very special rugby talent Maddison Levi has smashed another try-scoring record at the Singapore Sevens.The 22-year-old Queensland flyer, who had become the all-time leading try scorer for Australia in Hong Kong the week earlier, this time became the first Aussie to break the 200-try barrier in sevens on Saturday, helping her side power into the semi-finals.Levi swept over for two tries in the 43-5 win over Japan in the final pool match to reach the milestone, and she’s the fastest player ever in sevens history to get to the landmark in just 26 tournaments.After…

If you sit close enough to the front of the theater for “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, you can see Paul Mescal spit and sweat as he stalks the stage as Stanley Kowalski, an artist doing his work in real time and space. It had been a while since I’d seen live theater when I went to see “Streetcar” a few weeks ago, and I found myself in awe of the very liveness of it. I’ve grown so accustomed to experiencing culture through screens that I forgot how exciting it is to be in the…

Dear readers,There’s a movie house here in New York that, on Sundays, shows a series of revivals appropriate for kids, complete with booster seats. My 5-year-old and I go often, and, a few months ago, went to see the 1944 musical “Meet Me in St. Louis.” We were having a lovely time watching the Technicolor evocation of 1903 St. Louis, and Judy Garland asking us to meet her at the fair and pining for the boy next door, when an old man in the row behind us hissed, loudly, “JUMP HIS BONES!” He continued to repeat this exhortation whenever the…

Federal prosecutors have amended the indictment against Sean Combs, who is scheduled to stand trial next month, to include a second major sex-trafficking charge, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday.The new charge relates to a woman described by prosecutors as “Victim-2.” They allege that she is one of three female victims whom Mr. Combs coerced into sex.Before, Mr. Combs had been charged only with sex trafficking “Victim-2” under a less serious charge that makes it illegal to transport a person “with intent that such individual engage in prostitution.” The new indictment adds a second count of a…

The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, June 9, 2023.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSilicon Valley executives and financiers publicly opened their wallets in support of President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run. The early returns in 2025 aren’t great, to say the least.Following Trump’s sweeping tariff plan announced Wednesday, the Nasdaq suffered steep consecutive daily drops to finish 10% lower for the week, the index’s worst performance since the beginning of the Covid pandemic in 2020.The tech industry’s leading CEO’s rushed to contribute to Trump’s inauguration in January and paraded to Washington, D.C., for the event. Since then, it’s been…

Andrew Fox | The Image Bank | Getty Images”Dead” investors often beat the living — at least, when it comes to investment returns.A “dead” investor refers to an inactive trader who adopts a “buy and hold” investment strategy. This often leads to better returns than active trading, which generally incurs higher costs and taxes and stems from impulsive, emotional decision-making, experts said.Doing nothing, it turns out, generally yields better results for the average investor than taking a more active role in one’s portfolio, according to investment experts.The “biggest threat” to investor returns is human behavior, not government policy or company…

Patrick Mahomes’ mother Randi Mahomes opened up on a period during her son’s high school football career, when he almost quit the sport. During an Instagram story Q&A on Friday, Randi Mahomes was asked how she kept her son motivated through “challenging times.” The mother answered by saying she hadn’t had to do much, because the quarterback had been “so determined for himself,” but she also recounted a time when he almost quit football in high school. CHIEFS DYNASTY TIMELINES: HOW LOVABLE LOSERS BECAME AN EVIL EMPIRE”There were times when he would get a little down, even a moment in high school when…