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Man With Big Bulge Busted at Border With Endangered Birds in His Pants

Man With Big Bulge Busted at Border With Endangered Birds in His Pants

What The Flock?!? Big-Bulge Border Bust … Man Nabbed Packing Parakeets in Pants!!! Published November 19, 2025 9:52 AM PST I peck your pardon?! A man is staring down 20 years in the slammer after a suspiciously huge bulge in his pants — which he claimed was his mighty man-meat — turned out to be […]

5 5%+ yielding dividend shares to consider for a retirement portfolio

5 5%+ yielding dividend shares to consider for a retirement portfolio

Image source: Getty Images Building the right retirement portfolio partly depends on what your goals are. Some investors want to keep accumulating capital. Others, eyeing the cost of living once they stop working, prioritise income. Here are a handful of UK dividend shares I think income-focussed investors should consider for their portfolio. Financial services giants […]

Gas prices drop to pandemic-era lows for Thanksgiving travel season

Gas prices drop to pandemic-era lows for Thanksgiving travel season

GasBuddy head of petroleum analysis Patrick De Haan joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss the impact of the government shutdown on gas prices and holiday travel. Americans in the midst of packing their cars for Thanksgiving travel will see holiday gas prices hovering around the lowest holiday level since the COVID-19 pandemic tore across the […]

Padres Legend Randy ‘Junkman’ Jones Dead at 75

Padres Legend Randy ‘Junkman’ Jones Dead at 75

Padres Legend Randy Jones Dead at 75 ‘Cornerstone of Our Franchise’ Published November 19, 2025 9:25 AM PST San Diego Padres legend Randy “Junkman” Jones — the first pitcher from the organization to win the Cy Young Award — passed away on Tuesday. He was 75. The Padres announced Jones’ death on Wednesday, mourning the […]

5 dividend-paying FTSE stocks to consider buying for a retirement portfolio

5 dividend-paying FTSE stocks to consider buying for a retirement portfolio

Image source: Getty Images Not relying on the State Pension for income in retirement sounds like a prudent idea to me. And one way of doing this is to put some money to work in dividend-paying FTSE stocks. With this in mind, here are a few suggestions for shares to ponder buying. Passive income powerhouses […]

Ukraine peace plan would surrender Donbas and halve its armed forces

Ukraine peace plan would surrender Donbas and halve its armed forces

There are more details on the 28-point peace plan the US has floated to Russia and Ukraine. It would require Ukraine to abandon the Donbass region that it still controls. The full details aren’t revealed but it would likely include all of the Donetsk region. Ukraine would also be required to cut the size of […]

Explaining COVID-19 dynamics through user activity data from digital platforms with Yandex’s self-isolation index as a case study

Explaining COVID-19 dynamics through user activity data from digital platforms with Yandex’s self-isolation index as a case study

Data Official data on daily reported COVID-19 infections and deaths in the Russian Federation were obtained from44. The data are available at the level of individual administrative units (oblasts) and has a daily resolution, starting from 12 March 2020. The Yandex’s self-isolation index was designed to reflect the average intensity of person-to-person contacts45. This was […]