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New York investor Brighton Park Capital opens London office
UK Tech News
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July 31, 2025
Brighton Park Capital, an investment firm based in New York, has opened a London office in the group’s first international expansion. With offices in New York, San Francisco and Connecticut, Brighton Park Capital has now designated its London...
DOJ Seeking Voter And Election Information From At Least 19 States
HuffPost
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August 3, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states....
‘Haunted’ Annabelle doll gets new celebrity owner weeks after handler mysteriously dies
Metro
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August 3, 2025
A comedian has announced he’s the new owner of the infamous Annabelle doll (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) Comedian Matt Rife has revealed his ‘super random’ purchase of the museum that houses the ‘haunted’ Annabelle doll. The Raggedy Ann doll was...
The 50 Greatest High School Point Guards of All Time: A Tribute to Legends
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 3, 2025
Ranking the best high school boys basketball point guards of all-time, in order, would be an impossible task. Unless you were able to secure a time machine and actually see these guys and their teams matching up with one another, assigning them a...
No clowning — this circus skill is great for your brain health
New York Post
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August 3, 2025
Don’t drop the ball on this one. Boosting your brain health can be a real balancing act — one that involves regular exercise, a good diet, healthy amounts of sleep and plenty of mentally stimulating activities. But there’s one little trick that’s...
I Am Legend 2 Release Date Confirmed? Latest Updates
The GWW
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August 3, 2025
It is official, I Am Legend 2 is being made. Since 2007, fans have been waiting for a sequel, and now it’s finally happening. Will Smith is coming back, and Michael B. Jordan is joining him. The movie will not follow the original ending, but the...
ICYMI: A rare fish spotted in Rhode Island waters, an unlikely friendship, and more
WJAR - Rhode Island
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(WJAR) — In case you missed it this week, East Providence leaders debate where money from school zone speed cameras should go, a rare fish was spotted in Rhode Island waters, a Connecticut man strikes up an unlikely friendship, a research...
CT state trooper involved in incident with YouTuber to retire
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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August 1, 2025
A state trooper who was involved with an incident in which he went and got a gun when a popular YouTuber came to his house is retiring as of today, Friday, Aug. 1, Connecticut State Police confirmed. Connecticut State Police Sgt. Bryan Fahey, who...
One is straight. The other is gay. Together, these best friends are reimagining masculinity
The Advocate
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August 3, 2025
They met in a Brooklyn theater nearly two decades ago — an audition, a role, a spark of camaraderie. Jonathan Gregg was a fresh face in New York City, auditioning for a production of Six Degrees of Separation. Tom Felix was the director. The two...
Justice Department seeks election information from 19 states
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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August 3, 2025
NEW YORK -- The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states. Over...
Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s longest-serving chief lawyer, dies
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Some people thought I was going to be a lawyer from the day I was born,” he told Law.com. From 1996 to 1998, Cardozo served as president of the New York City Bar Association, which was established in 1870 to ferret out corruption in the court...
Tesla’s First Showroom in Western Massachusetts is Coming to Springfield
Tesla North
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August 3, 2025
Image: @Joes_kicks on X Tesla is expanding its retail and service network in New England with a brand-new showroom and service center opening soon in Springfield, Massachusetts (via @Joes_kicks). This marks Tesla’s first such location in Western...
Matt Rife buys infamous Annabelle doll’s house and reveals plans for its future
The Independent
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August 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Matt Rife Became The ‘Legal Guardian’ Of The Possessed Annabelle Doll After Buying Her House
HuffPost
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August 2, 2025
Comedian Matt Rife announced Friday he purchased famed demonologist Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Connecticut home, which houses several haunted items, including the supposedly possessed Annabelle doll.“We are the legal guardians and caretakers of all...
Making Waves Against Cancer: Hundreds Swim To Raise Nearly $1M In Swim Event
Daily Voice
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August 2, 2025
This milestone event raised a staggering $950,000, pushing the event’s lifetime total past $15 million for cancer research and care. It’s not just a number — that money directly supports life-saving work at hospitals and research centers across...
The Smarter Choice for Parents: Simple Toys Over Electronic Gadgets
The Good Men Project - California
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August 2, 2025
Because our tech-obsessed world favors two-dimensional screens over three-dimensional manipulative objects, many assume that young children need to play with electronic gadgets. That assumption is flatly false. So wrong, in fact, it distracts...
New Hampshire Bans Puberty Blockers for ‘Trans’ Minors
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 3, 2025
New Hampshire has become the first New England state to ban harmful puberty blockers and “top surgeries” specifically for kids who identify as “transgender.” New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, signed the legislation this week after it...
AP News Summary at 3:19 p.m. EDT
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A far-right Israeli minister has visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, sparking regional...
What to know about the earthquake that shook the New York area Saturday night
SRN News
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August 3, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix A relatively mild, 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. Here’s what to know. The earthquake hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights at about 10:18 p.m. Eastern time at a depth...
Justice Department seeks voter, election information from at least 19 states, AP finds
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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FILE - Voters wait in a long line at a polling place at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) NEW YORK (AP) — The requests have come in letters, emails and phone...