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Topline Tens of thousands of people lined up at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and a stadium in Santos, Brazil, to mourn the deaths of Pope Benedict XVI and soccer legend Pelé, respectively, in a rare day of massive public viewings on opposite sides of the world after the international icons died last week. Key

Topline The Mega Millions jackpot—estimated at $785 million entering its next drawing in 2023—is the fourth-largest total in its history, the lottery said, as it continues to grow since its last winning drawing in October. Key Facts The $785 million jackpot trails a $1.050 billion jackpot won in January 2021, a $1.337 billion jackpot won

Updated Dec 31, 2022, 10:06am EST Topline Former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI—the first pope to resign from the role since the 1400s—died Saturday at age 95, according to the Vatican. Key Facts Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Benedict’s body would lie in state Monday in St. Peter’s Basilica, with a funeral to be held on

It’s that time again, where every few months I go on a rant about blue drops in Destiny 2 because literally nothing ever changes. This time around, I thought I’d take a different approach, and show how essentially all other looters in this genre have figure out this problem and Destiny 2, now entering year

Going green has never made more sense. Thanks to new federal incentives, you can save a bundle in 2023. Whether you’re buying an electric vehicle or making green energy improvements to your home, there are lots of tax breaks for lowering your carbon footprint. There are a number of tax plums in the Inflation Reduction

Active Travel England will make several ambitious announcements this year to give people more choices in how they travel, said active travel commissioner Chris Boardman. The first announcement is a $47 million Capability Fund to train experts to deliver on the Department for Transport’s pledge to increase the number of people walking and cycling. The

At the beginning of a book ( Economics In One Lesson ) that way-too-many economists have plainly never read, a non-economist by the name of Henry Hazlitt observed that economics is “stalked by fallacy.” Hazlitt was engaging in understatement, and if he were alive he’d surely acknowledge as much. We’re talking about a profession that

It’s the time of the year when baseball people really start gearing up for spring training. The general manager and winter meetings are over, and so are the holidays. Pitchers and catchers begin reporting to spring training in six weeks in Arizona and Florida. While most of the top free agents have been signed –

Tesla, longtime darling of tech media, is now the enemy. And, by association, Elon Musk. The Verge claims the “ The vibes are off at Tesla, finding angry Tesla owners to bolster that claim. “It’s to the point where I’m about to sell our Tesla stock for a loss just to be done with him,”

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