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7+ min ago (253+ words) The conservative National Review is urging Donald Trump to pump the brakes on a possible invasion of Venezuela. As it stands, Trump has been making the case that an invasion of Venezuela is necessary because of the government's involvement in the drug trade and over accusations of stealing the last election. Those are all valid points, the editors wrote before adding, "The end of Nicol's Maduro's regime, and its replacement by a democratically elected alternative, would be an unambiguous boon to the United States." But they cautioned the saber-rattling president to be cautious before creating a new foreign entanglement. "While the Trump administration's current anti-Maduro policy is highly threatening to the regime, at the same time it is vague and contradictory," they wrote before recommending, "If President Trump intends to use military force to topple Maduro, or coerce him into…...

13+ min ago (377+ words) Inset: Carl Taylor (Houston police). Background: The bus stop where Taylor allegedly took a victim after beating him to death with a TV at his Houston, Texas, apartment (Google Maps). Authorities in Texas arrested a 44-year-old man who allegedly beat another man to death with a TV and then placed the body in a wheelchair and wheeled him to a bus stop. Carl Taylor is charged with murder and tampering with evidence, Houston police said in a press release. Cops responded around 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 25 to a bus stop in the 600 block of East Tidwell Road. They found an unresponsive man sitting in a wheelchair and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Detectives said they found "evidence of the murder" at a nearby apartment. According to court records, cops believe Taylor beat the man with a TV and other objects....

20+ min ago (377+ words) Donald Trump may be "spiraling out of control" after going on a Truth Social tirade, posting countless screenshots from X accounts. The president spent hours posting and reposting to Truth Social, with many of his entries focusing on debunked conspiracy theories, preceding President Joe Biden, and far-right commentators. A post to X from Republicans Against Trump suggested the president is "spiraling" and his attacks on the likes of Barack Obama and Biden make it clear. The account's post reads, "Trump spent hours last night blasting out hundreds of posts filled with 2020 lies, Jan 6 lies, and furious attacks on Biden, Obama, and many others. He is spiraling out of control." Attached was a near five-minute video showing what Trump had been posting to his Truth Social account. One post from Trump saw the president share a video alleging Michelle Obama had…...

24+ min ago (346+ words) We might have just wrapped up the two biggest shopping days of the year (i.e. Black Friday and Cyber Monday), but for Bath & Body Works fans, there's another huge shopping event that's even more highly anticipated. Yes, we're talking Candle Day! With that said, we have all the information you need to successfully shop Bath & Body Works Candle Day 2025, including when the sale starts and what candles you'll want to consider snapping up fast. Let's get to it. Drumroll please " Bath & Body Works' Candle Day 2025 starts online this Thursday, December 4th at 10 p.m. and Friday, December 5th in stores. The sale will run through the weekend and will end on Sunday, December 7th. You're basically looking at a 2- or 3-day event, depending on where you're shopping. So, you don't want to wait! Two words: $10 candles. We're not just talking single wicks, either! Bath & Body Works…...

24+ min ago (222+ words) Grace Chiang Nicolette on crafting an effective strategy for charitable giving. With the year-end giving season underway, you might be wondering how much to donate and where you can make the biggest impact. On this Giving Tuesday, How To!s Courtney Martin brings on Grace Chiang Nicolette of the Center for Effective Philanthropy to explain how to pick the right organizations and ensure your dollar goes as far as possible'regardless of how much youre giving. You can hear more of Grace on her podcast, Giving Done Right. If you liked this episode, check out How To Harness Your Citizen Superpowers and How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson and Sophie Summergrad. Our technical director is Merritt Jacob and our supervising producer is Joel Meyer. We all need advice, but sometimes its hard to know…...

25+ min ago (189+ words) Get ready for a seriously heartwarming story about a kid planning to show her mom just how much she means to her: This fourth grader is having a bake sale to raise money to get her mom an upper bleph. Aww! This is seriously so sweet! The best part is that Sarah has yet to even tell her mom about the surprise. As far as her mom knows, Sarah will be raising money for the local food pantry, so you can imagine how delighted Sarah's mom will be when she hears that her daughter will be paying for the removal of all her ugly redundant eyelid skin. According to Sarah, as soon as her mom recovers from the upper bleph, she's going to start babysitting her younger cousin so she can raise enough money for her mom's lower bleph, too....

25+ min ago (550+ words) A shocking revelation has just come to light that proves once and for all that we never really know the people who are close to" A shocking revelation has just come to light that proves once and for all that we never really know the people who are close to us: Your otherwise normal friend is very active on LinkedIn. Absolutely shocking. It's baffling that someone in your inner circle has been able to live a double life for so long. According to numerous media sources and eyewitness accounts, the person you've known for almost a full decade, the one who seemed like a well-adjusted and productive member of society, is also shadowing as a person who writes long posts on LinkedIn talking about things like maximizing client engagement and how to nail job interviews at marketing firms. It's like…...

27+ min ago (534+ words) With a crown court backlog of around 80,000 cases, David Lammy says "status quo cannot go on" Justice Secretary David Lammy has unveiled a watered-down version of his plans to dispense with jury trials for all but the most serious offences. Under his original plan, offences carrying a sentence of less than five years would have be heard in new judge-only courts. But following "cabinet feedback, this has been scaled back to offences with a penalty of less than three years. The current crown court backlog stands at around 80,000 cases, said the Ministry of Justice, and without urgent action could exceed 100,000 by 2028. "We must be bold, Lammy said today in setting out the government"s plans, to rectify a court system on the "brink of collapse. Trial by jury is one of the "central reasons Britain"s legal system has "garnered…...

27+ min ago (309+ words) As the fallout grows over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's alleged order to "kill" all survivors of a strike on a suspected drug-carrying sea vessel, recent developments suggest that a growing number of Republican lawmakers may be willing to turn on the top Trump official and impeach him, Zeteo reported Tuesday. According to a whistleblower, Hegseth allegedly ordered on Sept. 2 a follow-up strike on a sea vessel off of Trinidad's coast, a strike designed to kill two survivors of an initial attack who were observed clinging to the wreckage. If proven, experts say it would be a blatant violation of international law and a potential war crime. Hegseth outright denied that he issued the order to kill the survivors " a claim that President Donald Trump said he believed. Should it have actually happened, however, Trump said that he "wouldn't have wanted…...

29+ min ago (780+ words) The group classification of the 48 teams at next year's World Cup finals will be determined at the FIFA draw in the US. By Andrew Semple and News Agencies The FIFA World Cup draw is an event that comes around only once every four years " but it can do plenty to determine a football nation's morale heading into the sport's most prestigious global competition. The 2026 tournament " to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico " features a record 48 teams, with this draw adding a few new tweaks to spread out the contenders from the pretenders. Here is all you need to know before the all-important little plastic balls are allocated to their pots: The draw will begin at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Friday, December 5, at 12 noon (17:00 GMT). The draw will begin…...