Olivia Davis Responds to Racism Accusations Amid Megan Thee Stallion Drama newsthirst.

Play video content TMZ.com Influencer Olivia Davis is clearing the air amid allegations she’s racist following her controversial comments regarding her ex, Torrey Craig, and his new flame, Megan Thee Stallion. We caught up with the social media star outside Whole Foods in Los Angeles, where she sounded off on the growing claims she’s a…

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HICRC Harkness Fellow Publishes on the Minimum Drinking Age in Alcohol-Involved Suicides, and Police-Civilian Firearm Violence newsthirst.

In his academic year stay at HICRC (2023-20240, UK physician and Harkness Fellow Vageesh Jain wrote 4 papers on firearm issues, two which have already been published.  In the first, Dr. Jain finds that the US minimum legal drinking age reduces suicide, largely by reducing alcohol-involved firearm suicide.   Jain V, Miller M, Hemenway D.  The impact of…

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Bitcoin swings back above $96,000, in stunning reversal, as light inflation data stokes risk appetite newsthirst.

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin bounced on Tuesday, rising with other risk assets as traders digested a light inflation reading. On Tuesday the price of the flagship cryptocurrency rose 4% to $96,781.15, according to Coin Metrics, after sliding below the $90,000 support level to start the week. The broader crypto market, as…

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Budget deficit rose in December and is now 40% higher than it was a year ago newsthirst.

A view from the United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC, United States on December 30, 2024. The US Treasury Department was cyberattacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor in early December.  Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images The federal budget sank further into red ink during December, leaving the first fiscal…

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2025 NCAA Tournament projections: Bracketology and March Madness predictions newsthirst.

This past weekend was filled with non-stop college hoops action, and FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy is back with his latest NCAA Tournament projections. Tennessee (West), Duke (East), Auburn (South) and Iowa State (Midwest) remained No. 1 seeds in DeCourcy’s latest bracket. The Vols were blown out by SEC foe Florida last week, but…

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Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency amid escalating violence | Trinidad and Tobago newsthirst.

Escalating violence in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has caused the country’s government to extend emergency security measures declared in December, after a week of bloody gang warfare that left at least six dead. Late on Monday evening, the T&T parliament unanimously agreed on a three-month extension of a state of emergency announced on 30 December…

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