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Mississippi Auditor Shad White says a private prison company has returned $5.1 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections for failing to provide enough workers at one of the prisons it was operating. White said on Monday that Utah-based Management & Training Corporation sent the money to the department last week. MTC had operated the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs, Mississippi, since August 2012 until the state took control of it in September 2021. The auditor’s... Читать дальше...

HOPING to test people’s vision, a TikToker shared an image of his dog playing amongst fall leaves.

Foods high in fats, sugar and salt (HFSS) have a significant impact on public health, the climate and the economy, but could taxing these products help in the fight against climate change?

Riders finished Cycle Oregon's 33rd and final "Classic" ride at Timber Linn Memorial Park on Saturday. Here are some of the memories shared.

In the midst of the 2023 London Fashion Week, the much-anticipated news of the newest editor of British Vogue was announced on September 18. UK-born Chioma Nnadi, the current editor of U.S. Vogue.com and the cohost of the magazine’s podcast, The Run-Through, will be British Vogue’s newest boss. She will be the first…

On Saturday, authorities confirmed that two Black female models were found dead inside their apartments in downtown Los Angeles within the last week. Maleesa Mooney, 31, died on September 12. The LAPD shared that they are investigating Mooney’s death as a murder.

Pop the cork and celebrate Haley Bennett in Widow Clicquot, a fast-paced and sexy biopic of the woman known as Madame “Veuve” Clicquot, or by her actual full name, Barbe Nicole Ponsardin-Clicquot, who triumphed over all odds to become the force that created and brought to the world the leading brand of Champagne. The film […]

Dead and Buried is a Wild West arena shootout multiplayer VR game. | Image: Gunfire Games

Hope you didn’t enjoy playing Dead and Buried, Dead and Buried II, or Bogo on your Rift or Quest headsets — because Meta’s shutting them all down with no explanation, just like it already did with Echo VR (aka Echo Arena).

A 2021 bail reform law went into effect Monday after the state Supreme Court shut down a legal challenge in July.

Former McDonald's corporate Chef Mike Haracz (@chefmikeharacz) is making quite the TikTok career sharing details of what it was like working for the Golden Arches. He's talked about purported pesticides on potatoes used on the brand's french fries, the best ways to get fresh fries, and how to order burgers with steamed buns.

Billionaire Ray Dalio is denying a report he could return to Bridgewater, the giant hedge fund he left less than a year ago — a move that the report claims could trigger mass resignations across the firm.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has long been the Left's foremost critic of

Residents of Dublin, Ireland were captivated by a huge crater discovered over the weekend on Portmarnock Beach. At the bottom was a heavy, blackened rock. According to astrophysics enthusiast Dave Kennedy, the "scorch mark" on the side of the rock is one indication that it came in hot from outer space. — Read the rest

The ongoing FTC v. Microsoft court battle over the tech giant’s $68.7 billion Activision merger isn’t going the way the Federal Trade Commission nor antitrust activists would necessarily like it to, but the attempt to block the merger has also allowed some juicy bits of gossip to leak down to us about some moves the…

As crews have made progress battling two massive wildfires spanning over 57,000 acres in the Willamette National Forest, officials say crews have more work ahead as they work to contain the fires.

(Photo credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports) Considering how well the Chicago Cubs have handled the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, a visit from that NL Central foe might help end the North Siders' current slide. Aiming to continue their recent dominance over the Pirates, the Cubs look to avoid a season-high sixth straight loss on Tuesday night. At the end of play on Sept. 6, Chicago (78-72) was 1 1/2 games behind

Liquidity in the banking system in India has reached its lowest level in nearly six months, causing borrowing costs to rise. Outflows from corporate advance taxes and the Reserve Bank of India's efforts to stabilise the rupee have drained lenders of funds. The RBI has injected funds into the banking system to address the tight liquidity conditions. The rupee has been weakening against the US dollar due to higher crude oil prices, and the RBI has intervened in the currency market through dollar sales. Читать дальше...

(Photo credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports) After eking out three wins over the weekend, the Toronto Blue Jays hope to enhance their positioning in the wild-card race Tuesday night when they visit the New York Yankees in the opener of a three-game series. The Blue Jays (83-67) began Monday with a half-game lead over the Texas Rangers for the second wild card in the American League. Toronto had held a 1 1/2-game lead

Republican lawmakers are mocking the Biden administration after a pilot ejected from an F-35 on Sunday and sent the military scrambling to find the fighter jet in South Carolina. "How on earth did the Biden Administration lose track of an $80 million F-35 jet?" Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter....

The popstar, 38, who was married to Brand for 14 months, was spotted behind the wheel of her Porsche in Los Angeles. Perry previously alluded to 'keeping his truth' during a 2013 interview.

Police receive a report of a sexual assault alleged to have taken place in Soho, London, in 2003.

As reports that a Nintendo Switch successor is inbound become more commonplace, we’re learning more about what we can likely expect from the company’s next console. Maybe this was to be expected, but new details suggest that the performance of the Nintendo Switch 2—or whatever it ends up being called—may be roughly on…

Celtic have just realised their annual accounts, and it just show the gulf between them and the rest of the league With a turnover now of almost £120m, they have more than £100m turnover greater than Hibs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66848677

Between her sheer black lace dress and her colorful poolside outfit, the model ditched typical bridal fashion for her Lake Como ceremony.

BankservAfrica, the continent’s largest automated payments clearing house, has appointed Stephen Linnell as its new CEO,