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Holiday shopping? We have months to take care of that… right? While it’s technically true, let’s think back to years past for a second. Those last-minute rushes to the crowded malls, everything we could think of being sold out online, unexpected gifts from not-so-close friends — holiday gift shopping often ends up being somewhat of a stressful disaster. So, let’s take care of things early this year. We know you want to make sure you’re getting good deals, so we’ve picked out 13 gifts that are all on sale — and all under $75. Shop below! Us Weekly has affiliate…

CNN  —  Far-right talk show host Alex Jones is seeking a new trial after a Connecticut jury decided this month he should pay $965 million in compensatory damages to eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one first responder. After the 2012 massacre in which 26 people were killed, Jones has baselessly and repeatedly claimed the incident was staged and the families and first responders were “crisis actors.” Throughout the trial, which ended this month, plaintiffs described in poignant terms how those lies had prompted unrelenting harassment against them and compounded the emotional agony of losing their…

Lisa Dearnley was poised to celebrate five years of being cancer free in December after being told she had breast cancer in 2017, but she feared something wasn’t right and went to visit her doctorChildren were devastated after their mum’s ‘gut instinct’ turned out to be true. Lisa Dearnley was poised to celebrate the landmark of being cancer free in December after being told she had breast cancer in 2017. But the 41-year-old mum-of-two from the Wirral, Merseyside, feared something wasn’t right when she began wheezing – causing her to make an appointment with her GP. The Liverpool Echo reports…

The worst of the global economic storm that’s been brewing will likely hit next year, according to Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer. Years of economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the continuation of the Russia-Ukraine war, and an energy supply crisis in Europe have caused inflation rates to skyrocket around the world.But the challenges will likely continue to trend in the wrong direction in the coming months, Bremmer warned in an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson.“I think that 2023 is probably going to be the worst of it,” he said, adding that it will be “very easily…

ATHERTON, Calif. — Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted murder and insurance fraud.The convertible Mercedes Benz, filled with bags of unused concrete, was discovered Thursday by landscapers in the affluent town of Atherton in Silicon Valley, Atherton Mayor Rick DeGolia said, reading a statement from police.Although cadaver dogs alerted to possible human remains on Thursday, none had been found more than 24 hours after technicians with the San…

The shortest-serving PM British history is said to have held two parties this weekend, for ministers and aides, as she prepares to give up the grace and favour Chilterns manorDoomed Liz Truss has spent her last weekend as Prime Minister partying at Chequers after her 44-day premiership crashed down. The outgoing Tory leader was due to hold a bash tonight for close aides, after hosting ministers at the 16th Century grace-and-favour mansion in the Chilterns on Saturday. Today it emerged Downing Street staff were in tears as Ms Truss prepared her resignation last week. But she told them “don’t worry,…

The price of ApeCoin has dropped by more than 16% this month to $4.50 following news that Yuga Labs, the $4 billion firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.According to a Bloomberg report citing an anonymous source, the SEC is investigating allegations that the company’s NFTs violated security registration regulations. ApeCoin Under Pressure Following SEC InvestigationThe Bored Ape Yacht Club is a highly successful NFT initiative, with the main collection of 10,000 NFTs selling for $190 worth of Ethereum upon launch. About $1.9 million was the total profit from that sale for Yuga. The subsequent spinoffs…

Michael Kay clearly wasn’t a fan of Aaron Boone’s decision to pull Gerrit Cole in the sixth inning of the Yankees’ Game 3 loss to the Astros on Saturday. While the Yankees offense was listless in the 5-0 defeat that saw them fall behind 3-0 in the ALCS, the game was 2-0 when Cole loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth. He was at 96 pitches at that point, and Boone lifted Cole for Lou Trivino, who allowed all three inherited runners to score. “I don’t get it,” Kay said on the YES Network postgame show. “I heard…

CNN  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said he’s worried about Democratic voter turnout ahead of the upcoming midterms. “I am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting Democratic,” the independent Vermont senator who caucuses with Democrats told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” when asked what Sanders is seeing and hearing about energy among Democratic voters right now. Early in-person voting has already started in many states with competitive elections this midterm cycle including Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina and Nevada. Sanders went on to say Democrats have…

A humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the coast of western Canada was caught on video pulling off a spectacular maneuver to free itself as rescuers worked to help the sea creature.The ocean mammal was caught in the ropes of a buoy used to catch prawn for two days when rescuers caught up with the whale near Texada Island on Oct. 14, Fisheries and Oceans Canada said.The department’s Marine Mammal Rescue team was following the distressed whale when its aerial drone spotted two more humpback whales swimming alongside the creature.Before rescuers attempted to cut the rope that was caught…