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Slim and trim! Valerie Bertinelli kicked off 2023 by cutting alcohol from her diet – but was surprised when weight loss was an accidental by-product.  “So, here’s a nice little side effect of Dry January. These jeans that I’m wearing were so tight a few months ago that I couldn’t comfortably button them,” Bertinelli, 62, said via a TikTok video earlier this week. “Now, they’re so loose it’s time for me to go down a size. Yeah, I like that side effect.” After the One Day at a Time alum revealed the shocking slim-down, fans quickly took to the comments…

CNN  —  Republicans are living in a reality distortion field. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn from Wednesday’s hearing on Capitol Hill where GOP lawmakers continued to push a factually unsupported narrative about the federal government secretly colluding with Twitter to censor the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020. Despite no real evidence to support this weighty and consequential claim, Republicans were unrelenting in peddling it to the American public. At Wednesday’s hearing they showed no regard for misinforming those who turn to them for accurate information or the fact that they were smearing…

A heartwarming moment caught on police bodycam in Michigan is reminding people they are not alone. Two Macomb County, Michigan deputies shared a warm embrace and a kind word with a community member who shared that he, “could use a hug.” Deputy Jacob Thorne and Deputy Fred Parisek of the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office checked on the driver for a wellness check after receiving a call saying it appeared the driver had passed out on the side of the snowy road. The driver told the deputies that he was driving into work for the day, “and had to pull over because…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas on Monday seized more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition from a traveler heading to Mexico. CBP officers with the Office of Field Operations (OFO) made the discovery at the Hidalgo International Bridge in Southern Texas.  The officers were conducting outbound enforcement operations at the bridge when they encountered a green Ford SUV driving southbound to Mexico. A CBP officer referred the vehicle for further inspection. CHICAGO CBP OFFICERS STOP THOUSANDS IN FAKE BILLS AND COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE AT O’HAREAfter a physical inspection of the vehicle, officers discovered 1,200 .308-caliber rifle rounds and 1,000 .223-caliber rifle…

One man is dead and two are injured after a Ford F-150 barreled into a local Florida business leaving a gaping hole. At approximately 6:09 a.m., the Lakeland Police Department said that a silver F-150 truck was traveling north on South Florida Avenue approaching the intersection of Belmar Street. According to a witness, the Ford truck began to illegally pass another vehicle, entering the solid yellow, no passing lane, at a “high rate of speed,” police shared in a press release.  FLORIDA MAN SEEN ON VIDEO ‘PEEKING INTO’ WOMAN’S WINDOW, FLEEING INTO SWAMP, POLICE SAYThe Ford F-150 collided with a Lakeland…

CNN  —  A 61-year-old man was arrested and charged Tuesday in the theft of 12 squirrel monkeys from a zoo in Broussard, Louisiana, police said. The animals, however, have not yet been found, Broussard Police Chief Vance Olivier told CNN. The 12 squirrel monkeys were taken during a break-in at the zoo that targeted facilities of smaller primates, Zoosiana said on its Facebook page last week. The suspect, Joseph Raymond Randall, was tied to the squirrel monkey thefts after police reviewed video footage from the zoo and received several phone calls from members of the public, the police chief said.…

With advanced technology, viewers are able to see every mistake referees make at practically the snap of a finger.In officials’ defense, their job is tougher than ever, considering players are faster and stronger, leading to many more bang-bang plays. However, that doesn’t prevent every ref from being dissected under a microscope.Despite the criticism and fresh off a few questionable calls in both conference championship games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took a moment to defend his referees. Goodell, whose been commissioner since 2006, says officiating has never been better.”I don’t think it’s ever been better in the league,” Goodell said at…

The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) has been called to investigate a Surrey Police Service member’s death in Langley. IIO officials said RCMP officers attempted to locate a man in reported distress at a business in the 9900 block of 201 Street on Wednesday afternoon.When police officers were inside the business, the man, who has been identified as an off-duty Surrey Police Service member, sustained a “serious injury that appears to have been self-inflicted,” IIO staff said in a release.The man was then subsequently pronounced deceased.Langley RCMP confirmed the incident took place at The Range Langley, a large indoor…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused woke Democrats of driving away minority voters during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday. While responding to President Biden’s State of the Union, Mayor Adams said “There’s a hemorrhaging of our Latino community, our AAPI communities, that’s leaving the traditional Democratic base, because we’ve allowed the loudest and those who consider themselves to be ‘woke.’”He continued, “Some of us never went to sleep, and we hear and speak directly to people, and I think the party is now understanding that we have to speak at those issues that are important: Jobs, public safety, educating our…

Residents of an Ohio town who were ordered to evacuate last week after a train carrying a toxic chemical derailed and caught fire will be allowed to return, officials said Wednesday.The train carrying tankers of vinyl chloride derailed in East Palestine, a village of around 5,000 in eastern Ohio, on Friday night. Evacuation orders for the town were later expanded across the state line to Darlington Township in western Pennsylvania.The safety of residents “has been our number one priority throughout,” East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said. After air and water samples were taken Tuesday, experts say it is safe…