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This photo made Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, shows a trophy truck driving through a speed zone in the main pit area during the Score Primm 300 off-road race in Primm, Nev. Ever since an off-road racing accident in the Mohave desert last month, racing officials have stepped up measures to keep both drivers and fans safe.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Nevada’s Primm casino town to become gambling ghost town on July 4

The last casino hotel in Primm, Nevada, a roadside gambling stop that once drew millions of California travelers heading to Las Vegas, will permanently close July 4, leaving 344 workers jobless and raising the prospect that the small border community could become what one historian called America's first gambling ghost town.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron wait to welcome Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his wife Ana Maslac Plenkovic, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Brigitte Macron’s viral slap of French president linked to texts with Iranian actress, book alleges

A new book is offering a dramatically different explanation for one of last year's most widely shared political moments, though the account is already being disputed. French journalist Florian Tardif alleges, based on unnamed sources close to the couple, that Brigitte Macron confronted her husband during a flight to Vietnam in May 2025 after discovering messages on his phone from Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani.

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Then-President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers' pockets because lawmakers haven't extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Illinois woman convicted of $11 million COVID unemployment fraud scheme

A federal jury in the Northern District of Illinois has convicted an Illinois woman of unemployment insurance fraud for participating in a scheme that submitted nearly 700 fraudulent claims and caused more than $11 million in fraudulent COVID-19 relief benefits to be dispersed.

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Christopher Nolan arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Nolan defends ‘The Odyssey’ casting choices after backlash over Travis Scott, Lupita Nyong’o

Director Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" has drawn scrutiny in recent days after a new trailer renewed debate over two picks in particular: rapper Travis Scott, who plays a bard, and actress Lupita Nyong'o, who is Black, cast as Helen of Troy. "I cast him because I wanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap," Nolan said.

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