Posts by Kevin Harson
Luigi Mangione fundraiser organizers want to upend health care system
The organizers of a GiveSendGo fundraiser generating more than $50,000 for the legal fees of Luigi Mangione call for sweeping changes to the U.S. health care system. Mangione, 26, is behind bars in Pennsylvania on a murder charge in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on December 4. Luigi…
Read MoreAmid the joy after Assad’s ouster, Syrians search for their missing
DAMASCUS — Corpse No. 11 was relatively pristine, with few signs of abuse save for a rictus of pained surprise. No. 26 was in worse condition, the decomposition further along but still not enough to obscure the scarlet bruising on the shriveling skin of his forehead. The face of No. 18 was also bruised but surprisingly…
Read MoreJamie Lee Curtis teases the surprising secret to her 40-year marriage
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek’s network of contributors Jamie Lee Curtis revealed the secret to maintaining her decades-long marriage to Christopher Guest during a Today appearance on Wednesday, December 12. The couple will celebrate their 40th anniversary on December 18, so Curtis, 66, gave the show’s co-host Hoda Kotb some insight into her relationship…
Read MoreAlaska is a climate victim and a perpetrator. The next four years will only make matters worse
“I’m just waiting to start hearing methane explosions like they do in Russia,” says Bethel, Alaska, City Council Member Mark Springer. Until recently he and his wife would pick summer berries on a trail through the tundra outside their river town in southwest Alaska, but now that part of the tundra is too dangerous to…
Read MoreWoman’s convoluted “hair math” calculation before shower goes viral
A woman’s “hair math” dilemma has divided the internet, sparking a debate about how often women should wash their locks. Kathrin Downs (@kathrin_downs) shared a relatable conundrum on TikTok, questioning how to schedule her hair washes throughout the week. The post quickly resonated, garnering 21,100 likes and 1.1 million views. “The struggle is real,” she…
Read MoreCucumber recall update as FDA gives Walmart products highest risk level
The recall of Marketside Fresh Cut Cucumber Slices from 34 Walmart stores in Texas has been given a Class I risk classification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The classification was announced on Wednesday following the initial recall, which took place on November 28 over fears that the products had been contaminated with…
Read MoreEx-FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers filed Thursday. As part of the plea deal with Justice Department special counsel David Weiss, California resident Alexander Smirnov will admit he fabricated the story that…
Read MoreParis Hilton and Nicole Richie bring back the joy of ‘The Simple Life’
✓ Link copied to clipboard! “The Sanasapera!” Episode 103 — Pictured: (l-r) Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. “The Sanasapera!” Episode 103 — Pictured: (l-r) Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. Christine Bartolucci/PEACOCK “The world needs to ‘sanasa’ and we are bringing it to them.” Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are ready to bring a little “sanasa”…
Read MoreWoman orders flowers for sister in hospital—hysterics over what arrives
A woman who ordered flowers to cheer her sister up while she was in hospital has left internet users in hysterics with what actually arrived. Needless to say, it gave her sister plenty of enjoyment—for all the wrong reasons. When Lisa Gulley, 60, went into hospital in November for emergency surgery, her sister, Laura Prill,…
Read MoreMexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?
MEXICO CITY — In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward to the United States. She was speaking to the press, but her most important audience is U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Her campaign is widely seen as a desperate effort to…
Read MoreFortnite Ballistic is Counter-Strike for normies, and that’s a good thing
I have been a Counter-Strike player for a long time. With over 1,400 hours in CSGO/CS2 and countless more in older versions, I’ve seen many imitators take their shot at the game’s formula. Most of them fail to grasp the genius of Counter-Strike’s map design and its meticulous economy system, but some have managed to…
Read MoreHousing crisis, economic woes and Trump: How Canada turned against immigrants
TORONTO — Canada long sold itself as a beacon for immigrants, who were widely viewed as key to economic growth in a vast nation with a small and rapidly aging workforce. “Study, work and stay” was the slogan of a government campaign to lure international students, part of a broader push that included recruiting temporary workers…
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