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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighs a tax case that attracted scrutiny after Justice Samuel Alito rejected claims that he should not participate in it because of his ties with one of the lawyers involved. The case, Moore v. U.S., concerns a novel constitutional question about whether people can …

Panera Bread’s highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade is now blamed for a second death, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Dennis Brown, of Fleming Island, Florida, drank three Charged Lemonades from a local Panera on Oct. 9 and then suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on his way home, the suit says. …

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., took his trolling of indicted colleague Sen. Bob Menendez to a new level on Monday by enlisting recently ousted Rep. George Santos to tape a sarcastic video targeting the embattled New Jersey Democrat. “Hey Bobby! Look, I don’t think I need to tell you, …

As “Supernatural” star Mark Sheppard prepared to leave his house for an appointment, he crumpled to his kitchen floor. He experienced “six massive heart attacks” because of a completely blocked left anterior descending (LAD) artery, he shared on Instagram. “Six massive heart attacks later, and being brought back from dead …

TOKYO — A search team investigating the deadly crash of a U.S. military aircraft in the sea off Japan last week has found wreckage and the remains of five missing crew members, the Air Force said Monday morning. The Osprey CV-22B “tiltrotor” aircraft was carrying eight crew members when it …

Taylor Swift was in snowy Wisconsin on Sunday to cheer on her beau, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. The “Karma” singer showed up to the “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers, walking into Lambeau Field with a small posse that included Brittany …

A 22-year-old football player at the University of Minnesota Duluth died after going into cardiac arrest last month following a football team workout. Ryan Reed, a senior at UMD, went into cardiac arrest Nov. 21 after a team workout in the weight room, according to his obituary. He died Nov. …

Media pioneer María Martin, creator of the groundbreaking, award-winning public radio program “Latino USA,” died Saturday after complications from a medical procedure. She was 72. Martin dedicated much of her professional life to bringing the voices and stories of U.S. Latinos and Latin Americans to English-language public radio. In doing …

A new three-year labor deal between Hollywood’s actors and its film and TV studios could be made official within days, but not without vocal criticism that has stoked expectations for a close ratification vote. Members of the SAG-AFTRA union, which represents more than 150,000 film and television performers, have been …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ presidential campaign, installed its third chief executive officer in less than two weeks on Friday, according to five people familiar with the latest development in the slow-motion shakeup. Scott Wagner, a longtime DeSantis loyalist, …