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In September, Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins wrote: "An NFL team needs multiple stars and giant scoreboards to draw 70,000. She just needs her damn self. And she could fit three NFL team salary caps in her personal net worth." The "she" Jenkins was referring to is, of course, Taylor Swift. The newly minted billionaire is on a career-spanning world tour, she just released her fourth rerecorded album, and — most relevant to the NFL references in Jenkins' column — she has been very publicly dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce since sometime this summer. While Swift's career ......

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Saturday approved a measure that would allow firearm retailers or manufacturers to be sued for marketing guns to people under 18 and promoting other improper marketing ploys geared toward the sale of weapons. The bill was signed a day after Pritzker and his Democratic allies in the Illinois General Assembly scored a close victory when the state Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, voted to uphold the state’s ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Pritzker and other elected officials discussed the gun marketing liability l......

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Even after Missouri banned nearly all abortions, the state continues to spend millions on a program designed to dissuade women from the procedure. Under the state budget that took effect this month, Missouri allocated roughly $8.3 million to the Department of Social Services to fund its “Alternatives to Abortion” program. The program directs people to services that help them carry a pregnancy to term instead of getting an abortion. On top of that funding, DSS is spending $266,000 on a contract with a Christian anti-abortion marketing firm to promote the program. The contract w......

It is known as the Searing House, a modern, minimalist home designed by acclaimed Kansas-born architect Bruce Goff and for the first time since its construction in 1967, it is for sale in Prairie Village, Kansas. “We are marketing the home as a piece of art more than anything else,” said Katherine Lee, Global Real Estate Advisor with Element Sotheby’s International Realty. The futuristic-looking home with one bedroom and two bathrooms has a three-sided fireplace centered in an open, communal living area. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow light to filter into the living areas that are designed in ......

PALO ALTO, Calif. — President Joe Biden visited the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto on Monday to promote his environmental policies and kick off a three-day trip to the Golden State that also includes private fundraisers for his re-election campaign. The president’s trip coincides with a California fundraising visit by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the top candidates seeking the GOP nomination for the presidency, who attended a breakfast roundtable fundraiser at a Sacramento country club before heading to the Bay Area for a private fundraiser in Woo......

A social media influencer’s death, which occurred as she was participating in an intensive weight loss boot camp in northwestern China, has sparked calls for regulation in the influencer industry. The 21-year-old, known online as Cuihua, was attempting to inspire her followers by showing them she could lose more than half her body weight, reports CNN. However, her shocking death has resulted in Chinese state media releasing warnings over the danger of weight loss camps, as well as renewed alarm regarding the pressure women feel to meet societal beauty standards. Concerns are also growing over ......