ISTOCK When it comes to wedding planning, there's the fun stuff, and then there's the necessary stuff—aka those items on your checklist you might be putting off or simply dreading, dentist-style. These will differ for everyone, of course, but here are a few you might be stressing over—and why there's really no reason to. 1. Making Your Budget [...]
Rescued villagers are seen Tuesday aboard a rescue helicopter near Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, days after the region was hammered by Cyclone Idai. Photo by Aaron Ufumeli/EPA-EFE March 19 (UPI) -- Officials ramped up rescue efforts Tuesday to help the tens of thousands affected by Cyclone Idai, which spun in to the southeast African coast this week. The [...]
By Nicholas Sakelaris (0) Transgender people can continue serving in the military after a judge upheld her earlier injunction that blocks the Trump administration's policy. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo March 20 (UPI) -- Less than a month before the Pentagon planned to ban most transgender people from the military, a federal judge this week [...]
Kenzie O’Connell is pretty daring on the golf course. She recently posted a video of herself smoking a golf ball down range. Naturally, that’s nothing new, but this one is a shade different. (SLIDESHOW: These Women On Instagram Hate Wearing Clothes) She didn’t exactly tee it up the normal way. No, she smoked this one off of [...]
By Ben Hooper (0) March 19 (UPI) -- A Hawaii resident visiting Las Vegas won a jackpot worth more than $1 million in less than 5 minutes of gambling. The Plaza Hotel & Casino said the tourist had been inside the casino for less than 5 minutes when they struck the $1,029,529.13 jackpot on the Monopoly Millionaire [...]
By Danielle Haynes (0) New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has until March 28 to decide whether to take the deal. File Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/UPI | License Photo March 19 (UPI) -- Florida prosecutors said Tuesday they offered to drop charges against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft if he admits he would have been proven guilty at trial. Palm [...]
By Danielle Haynes (1) The Supreme Court's decision overturned a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a statute about when immigrants who committed crimes making them eligible for deportation must be arrested. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo March 19 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that federal authorities can arrest [...]
By Nicholas Sakelaris (1) Gov. Pete Ricketts and Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, the adjutant general for the Nebraska National Guard, conduct an aerial observation of the historic flooding conditions in portions of northeast Nebraska on Friday. Photo by Staff Sgt. Herschel Talley/Nebraska National Guard/UPI | License Photo March 18 (UPI) -- The Midwest is bracing for more [...]
March 15 (UPI) -- The Amazing Race alum Dr. Jim Raman has died at age 42. People reported Thursday the orthodontist was found dead Tuesday at his home in South Carolina. An obituary on Dignity Memorial said Raman died Monday. The Lexington County Sheriff's Department told WIS News 10 police were called to Raman's home around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officials have [...]
Freshman Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Braun of Indiana are the cosponsors of the Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act. Scott and Braun want to put an end to lawmakers stepping into the so-called “revolving door of K Street” — using their connections to become well-heeled lobbyists once they are out of [...]
