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Abortion ranked as most important issue to voters in Michigan, topping inflation and the cost of living, according to a new poll that revealed Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is dominating the state’s gubernatorial race.A Detroit News/WDIV poll of registered voters in Michigan found that despite the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reporting the year-over-year inflation rate rose to 8.3% in August and national gas prices experience another spike, abortion ranked as the most crucial midterm issue to 36% of respondents. In June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the right to limit abortion to the states. Since this landmark decision,…

When Doja Cat appeared at Balenciaga’s spring 2023 show in Paris this past weekend, the rapper certainly stood out among the star-studded crowd: She hit the front row with a black eye-inspired makeup look. “This is my first fashion week, so I’m having a great time—but it’s definitely kicking my ass,” Doja tells Vogue. “I wanted to do something where I have a black eye, split nose, and split lip. But my lashes are really pretty—we made it glam at the same time.”Shortly before show time, Doja took Vogue inside her hotel room to share her getting-ready process in a…

A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.The Moscow region court said it will hear her appeal.NBA, WNBA CALL BRITTNEY GRINER’S SENTENCING ‘UNJUSTIFIED AND UNFORTUNATE,’ SPORTS WORLD REACTSGriner admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage, but testified that she had inadvertently packed them in…

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is making progress as he recovers from the September 12 surgery on his throwing thumb. Despite Prescott’s Week 1 injury, the Cowboys have fared incredibly well, winning three straight games with backup quarterback Cooper Rush under center.  On Monday, Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy said he wants to see Prescott practice for a full week before returning to the field. RAMS’ BOBBY WAGNER LAYS OUT ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO RAN ONTO FIELD”It’s better and he’s going to go out there every day and make progress toward being able to grip the ball,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday…

It’s all child’s play to drug thugs. Narcotics peddlers in Manhattan stuffed a stash of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills in a box of “Classic Legos” — a childish attempt to smuggle the lethal dope into the city, the Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday. A DEA Manhattan task force found 15,000 fentanyl pills packed in two black bags inside the box in the back of a rented car near Hudson Yards around 7 p.m. Wednesday, the agency said at a press conference. Drug cartels have gotten increasingly creative to try to smuggle the popular but lethal narcotic in recent months. A few…

Commercial Content, 21+ Angry Mets mail. Joe from Brooklyn. “Same old Mutts. If there was a fourth game in Atlanta, they would have lost that one too.” And Don Reed adds: “The Mets, who celebrate like they won the World Series whenever they beat a team under .500, deserved exactly what happened to them this weekend.” “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie? She must not be here.” President Biden asked where Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was during a speech last week, apparently forgetting she had died in August. With Tom Seaver unavailable, Joe, the Mets will go with Taijuan Walker (weather…

CNN  —  Here’s a look at the life of Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom. Birth date: July 26, 1975 Birth place: Oxford, England Birth name: Mary Elizabeth Truss Father: John Kenneth Truss, math professor Mother: Priscilla (Grasby) Truss, nurse and teacher Marriage: Hugh O’Leary (2000-present) Children: Frances, Liberty Education: Merton College, University of Oxford, B.A., 1993-1996 Youngest female cabinet minister in UK history. Appointed the most ethnically diverse Cabinet in UK history. Former president of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats. Met her husband at the 1997 Conservative Party conference. As a child, joined her parents at protests…

Birmingham, England CNN  —  Despite only having been in the job a month, British Prime Minister Liz Truss must make the speech of her life on Wednesday if she’s to get her nascent premiership back on track. Her government was forced to make a screeching U-turn on Monday over a proposal to cut the top rate of UK income tax, a move seen as insensitively helping the rich at the same time as Britons are living through the worst cost-of-living crisis for decades. It was clear on Sunday night, even as Truss addressed a private reception at her Conservative Party’s…