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newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
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As in, $7B-plus
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
As she worked on the spring cleanup of a Vermont park, a professional gardener cleared away some leaves and happened upon a metal box that turned out to be a tiny treasure chest. Kelly Wakefield opened the box to find old coins, antiques, a bullet from the Civil War era, and more; she has yet to get the bounty appraised, the New York Times reports. The box also contained a note from Michael Cloherty O'Connell, the person who hid the treasure.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Nearly two years after they announced their separation, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness are headed for a complete parting of the ways. Furness filed for divorce last week, according to documents obtained by TMZ. The paperwork indicates the ex-couple, married 27 years, has already worked out all the details, and the divorce is uncontested, USA Today reports. Jackman and Furness share two adult children.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce sickened almost 90 people across 15 states last fall, killing one. But the outbreak was not widely publicized, reports the Washington Post in a long look at the Trump administration's changes to the Food and Drug Administration and how those changes might have affected the lack of information about this outbreak—and could affect how the public is informed about future outbreaks.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Leonardo Garcia Venegas was working at his construction job at a site in Foley, Alabama, last week when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up to carry out a raid. Venegas, 25, says he was using his cellphone to record the arrests when agents knocked the device out of his hand and started wrestling him to the ground, the Guardian reports.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Braving icy waters and relentless waves, endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has become the first swimmer to circle Martha's Vineyard, launching a bold campaign to change the way we see sharks ahead of Jaws' 50th anniversary.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
A woman was left comatose following a break-in at the home of reclusive California billionaire Ty Warner during which she was attacked. Police were alerted to a disturbance at the Montecito home of the Beanie Babies tycoon on Wednesday afternoon, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. They responded to find a woman with "severe injuries" outside the Santa Barbara County mansion and the suspect still barricaded inside, KSBW reports.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Just two inmates remained on the lam 10 days after a massive New Orleans jailbreak in which 10 prisoners escaped. Louisiana State Police said Monday that one fugitive had been arrested in Baton Rouge, while two more were arrested in neighboring Texas. Jermaine Donald and Leo Tate were captured in Walker County, Texas, within moments of Lenton Vanburen Jr.'s capture in Louisiana, WDSU reports. Five others had previously been captured. Still on the lam are Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves.
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Christie Brinkley's ultra-amicable relationship with her ex-husband Billy Joel was on full display following Joel's announcement that he's canceling his upcoming shows after having been diagnosed with a brain disorder. "Dear Billy ,The whole Brinkley gang is sending you lots of love and good wishes for a full and speedy recovery .
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1 week ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
President Trump announced Sunday that he would delay his threatened 50% tariff on the European Union to July 9. "I received a call today from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, requesting an extension on the June 1st deadline on the 50% Tariff with respect to Trade and the European Union," he wrote on Truth Social. "I agreed to the extension—July 9, 2025—It was my privilege to do so." He said von der Leyen promised that "talks would begin rapidly," USA Today reports.
