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A Kentucky mother was left stunned to find mountains of lollipops mysteriously piled on her doorstep - 22 massive red boxes stacked tall, containing a staggering 70,000 Dum-Dums in total.

The beloved child star Jonathan Lipnicki gave a dispiriting update on the status of his career in a new interview.

The Chicago-born prefect of the Vatican's powerful dicastery for bishops.

A B2B, API move this ain't, in our view

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is leaving to become CEO of Applications at OpenAI, reporting directly to Sam Altman, the AI heavyweight announced on Thursday.…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US Senate today voted along party lines to kill a Federal Communications Commission program to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, with Democrats saying the Republican-led vote will make it harder for kids without reliable Internet access to complete their homework. The Senate approved a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to nullify the hotspot rule, which was issued by the Federal Communications Commission in July 2024 under then-Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The program would be eliminated if the House version passes and President Trump signs the joint resolution of disapproval. The Rosenworcel FCC's rule expanded E-Rate, a Universal Service Fund program, allowing schools and libraries to use E-Rate funding to lend out Wi-Fi hotspots and services that could be used off-premises. The FCC rule was titled, "Addressing the Homework Gap through the E-Rate Program," and the hotspot lending program was scheduled to begin in funding year 2025, which starts in July 2025. Today's Senate vote on the resolution of disapproval was 50-38. There was a 53-47 vote on Tuesday that allowed the Senate measure to proceed to the final step. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said on Tuesday that "this resolution would prevent millions of students, educators, and families from getting online." Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) called the Republican move "a cruel and shortsighted decision that will widen the digital divide and rob kids of the tools they need to succeed."

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Holly Ramsay showed off her jaw-dropping figure in a black bikini as she hit the beach in Miami and posed for sizzling Instagram snaps on Thursday. 

The new Pope's first words when he stepped out onto the loggia were a sign of the time. Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old longtime Cardinal, became the first American to ever be chosen to lead the church.

An anonymous reader shares a report: When Microsoft announced new Surface devices earlier this week, we noted that there wasn't a lot of daylight between the starting prices of the new but lower-end devices ($799 for the 12-inch Surface Pro, $899 for the 13-inch Surface Laptop) and the starting prices of the older-but-higher-end Surfaces from last spring ($999 for both). It appears Microsoft has quietly solved this problem by discontinuing the 256GB versions of the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 and the 13-inch Surface Pro 11. Microsoft's retail pages for both devices list only 512GB and 1TB configurations, with regular prices starting at $1,199. Though not technically a price hike -- the 512GB versions of both devices also cost $1,199 before -- it does amount to an effective price increase for last year's Surface hardware, especially given that both devices have user-replaceable storage that can easily be upgraded for less than the $200 that Microsoft charged for the 256GB-to-512GB upgrade. The upshot is that the new Surface PCs make more sense now than they did on Tuesday in relative terms, but it's only because you'll pay more to buy a Surface Pro 11 or Surface Laptop 7 than you would before. The 15-inch version of the Surface Laptop 7 still lists a 256GB configuration and a $1,299 starting price, but the 256GB models are currently out of stock.

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Last big release until trixie shows up

Debian bookworm is getting what could be its last hurrah as the basis for Raspberry Pi's operating system, with what's likely to be its final appearance on a release for the diminutive computers.…

Director Sam Mendes is putting together an ambitious series of four interconnected biopics on each member of The Beatles, which confirmed the cast at CinemaCon in April .

Former President Joe Biden revealed on Thursday he still believed he could have beaten President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

No direct impact on royalty, licensing biz but device end demand in firing line

World War Fee  Arm shares took a tumble after it declined to issue guidance for the year ahead in light of the current economic uncertainty, despite the chip designer claiming record revenue for the quarter just ended.…

It was once used by every King and Queen in England

Now individual school districts extorted by fiends

An education tech provider that paid a ransom to prevent the leak of stolen student and teacher data is now watching its school district customers get individually extorted by either the same ransomware crew that hit it – or someone connected to the crooks.…

Robert Markel, 89, was found dead alongside his dog in a suspected bear attack that has shaken their small Florida community.

Tensions between India and Pakistan reached their highest level in almost a decade on Wednesday after 31 people were killed in missile strikes against Islamabad controlled Kashmir.

Harri Pullen, 27, had been in a relationship with jail nurse Elyse Hibbs, 27, and engaged in phone sex with prison officer Ruth Shmylo, 26, over a four-year period in HMP Parc, Wales.

Donald Trump said the agreement would be 'really good' for both sides - as British businesses hope for relief from his brutal tariffs.

Celebrity medium Tyler Henry is officially off the market. On Wednesday the 29-year-old psychic took to Instagram to announce his marriage to longtime beau Clint Godwin.

She has shared how she wanted to look 'like a Bratz doll'