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CNN  —  Hope Hicks, who served as former President Donald Trump’s communications director, is scheduled to meet with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. The New York Times first reported on the meeting. This story is breaking and will be updated. Source: CNN

London CNN Business  —  A winter vacation package that claimed it could save Brits more than £200 ($229) on their soaring bills for rent, food and fuel sold out within 24 hours this week. EasyJet (ESYJY) holidays, owned by low-cost British airline EasyJet (ESYJY), launched its 28-day “Escape the UK” vacation package to Hurghada, Egypt, on Monday, pitching it to consumers who work remotely. The company said Tuesday it had sold out but did not say how many travelers had booked onto the trip. The all-inclusive vacations, which start in early January, cost £650 ($736) per person, and include round…

Mayor Eric Adams took to the 6 train Monday to show support for everyday commuters amid a recent spate of violent incidents in the city’s subway system. Adams was spotted clutching what appeared to be an iPad and his trademark smoothie as he made his way to City Hall on public transport. And snapping his journey was none other than British popstar Lily Allen. Taking to her Instagram Story, the “Smile” hitmaker, who is married to “Stranger Things” star David Harbour, did some celebrity spotting herself on Monday. “Oh hai Eric Adams @nycmayor on the 6,” she wrote alongside the…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2022 11:32 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec provincial police say two people will appear in court after the body of a man reported missing southeast of Montreal was discovered late Monday in a town 30 kilometres away. A provincial police spokeswoman says Luc Lafontaine, 64, had been reported missing by the local police force in the region on Monday.The Roussillon intermunicipal police said Lafontaine, a resident of La Prairie, was last seen on Saturday and left his home without his bank cards, cellphone, medications or his vehicle.…

“The Bejeweled beauty is all about exaggeration, elegance, and extravagance,” says McGrath, who relied on shadows from the Mothership X: Moonlit Seduction Palette and the Mothership IV: Decadence Palette, as well as her line’s sumptuous onyx eyeliners, to create the assemblage of eye adornments. McGrath notes that she’s already seen fans and followers trying their hand at the aesthetic and sharing on social media. “All of Taylor’s looks are perfect for holiday,” she says. “It really was about a celebration. A celebration in all things Taylor, but also a celebration in beauty, of being daring, having fun, being bejeweled, shimmer, and glitter.…

Gilt yields have returned to levels last seen before September’s controversial “mini”-Budget as investors welcomed Rishi Sunak’s confirmation as the UK’s new prime minister on Tuesday.The 30-year gilt yield fell to 3.61 per cent, extending Monday’s price rise as markets reacted with relief to Sunak’s emergence as the sole candidate for the Conservative party leadership. The move means long-term bonds, which were at the centre of a chaotic sell-off last month that prompted emergency intervention from the Bank of England, have recovered the losses triggered by the package of tax cuts announced by former prime minister Liz Truss. Yields on…

About 1 billion people globally have a vitamin D deficiency. Researchers from the University of South Australia have found a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and increased mortality risk. Scientists also found a person’s risk of all-cause mortality increased by 25% if their vitamin D level was in the deficiency range.Vitamin D plays an important role in a person’s overall health, including building strong bones and protecting your immune system. Although vitamin D is easily obtained through sun exposure and eating the right foods, it is possible to have a vitamin D deficiency. Researchers estimate about 1 billion people…

close Video A 35-year-old man missing since July whose body was found this month in Southern California’s Santa Monica Mountains was shot to death, according to a coroner’s report.Jose Velasquez, of Camarillo, was found dead Oct. 3 near a hiking trail in a mountainous area of Los Angeles County, the Ventura County Star reported. His car was found in neighboring Ventura County, in the city of Thousand Oaks.LOS ANGELES GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 12-YEAR-OLD BOYHe had been last seen July 27 and was reported missing July 30. Velasquez died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds and…

An Ohio man convicted of shooting five of eight family members killed in a 2016 massacre testified Monday he had no choice but to kill the mother of his child.Jake Wagner pleaded guilty last year to shooting the five victims, an attack that investigators said resulted from a custody dispute between two families.As part of his plea deal, Jake Wagner had agreed to testify against his older brother, George Wagner IV, in exchange for being spared the death penalty.George Wagner IV, whose trial has entered its eighth week in Pike County court, faces the death penalty if he’s convicted in the slayings of…

FIRST ON FOX: A U.S. taxpayer-funded program that aims to advance media ethics in Sri Lanka has launched an extensive campaign that teaches journalists to actively state their gender pronouns and to avoid “binary-gendered language.”The Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka (MEND) project, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has published at least four presentations related to gender and other LGBTQ issues in recent weeks.On Thursday, MEND’s Facebook page posted a presentation titled, “Gender Pronouns,” Facebook, which tells Sri Lankan journalists to never “assume another person’s gender identity or their gender pronouns” and…