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From the potato marketing group Potatoes USA: Why put all your eggs in one basket? With food prices rising, families are embracing a playful, budget-friendly tradition— Easter potatoes! Potatoes USA is celebrating the growing Easter trend by painting, crafting, and cooking potatoes, proving that creativity and tradition go hand in hand. Durable, versatile, and already a pantry staple, potatoes make …

ABC News reports: White House Director of Science and Technology Michael Kratsios on Monday suggested the United States has technology that can “manipulate time and space.” The comment came during remarks on “the golden age of American innovation” at the Endless Frontiers Retreat in Austin, Texas. Kratsios said during the event that American technological developments have stalled compared to the …

The Christian Post reports: Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, criticized church leaders, stating that an unaddressed spiritual void has contributed to rising obesity rates. Johnson suggested that religious leaders are too focused on issues like Brexit rather than addressing the deeper spiritual needs of their congregants. Speaking as part of a national report on obesity, Johnson …

Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate reports: Gabriel Mills, a 41-year-old pastor, is accused of sending intimate photos of a victim to himself without consent in Kenosha. Mills is facing two charges of capturing an intimate representation without consent. According to the criminal complaint, the Journey Church pastor borrowed the victim’s husband’s phone to download an audiobook app and audiobook for him, but …

The New York Daily News reports: A Florida man tossed numerous pieces of furniture and other debris off the roof of a 20-story Midtown Manhattan building, police said. Video circulating on social media first shows a chair being hurled off the building on Fifth Ave. near E. 46th St. on Friday before it crashes into scaffolding and splinters. Pieces of …

Vermont news site Seven Days reports: Spy camera videos of a Republican lawmaker dumping water into a Democratic rival’s bag at the Statehouse were released on Tuesday, confirming previous reporting by Seven Days about the bizarre incident. Rep. Jim Carroll shared with Seven Days two videos he surreptitiously took in the Statehouse hallway that captured Rep. Mary Morrissey pouring a …

CNN reports: Florida A&M University is putting a purported $237.75 million donation “on pause,” after media reports and college board leaders raised concerns about the actual value of the stock gift—and the details surrounding the donor’s previous donations. It’s a stunning reversal from the fanfare last Saturday at FAMU’s commencement ceremony, when the announcement of the gift made headlines as …

The New Hampshire Bulletin reports: The New Hampshire House passed a bill Thursday raising the legal age of marriage to 18, sending the legislation to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk after years of advocacy. Senate Bill 359, which passed 192-174, states that “no person below the age of 18 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages …

The BBC reports: The winner of a Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, tournament has been stripped of his title after allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Yan Chenglong has also been accused of cheating by using a communication device analogous to anal beads. The 48-year-old has been stripped of his title and banned from playing for a year. However, the Chinese Xiangqi Association …

The Guardian reports: Asked to sum up 2023 in New York City, the mayor, Eric Adams, chose to give New Yorkers a bizarre warning that they could “wake up” to another 9/11 terrorist attack on any given day. Asked by the WPIX-TV host Dan Mannarino to sum up a “very eventful” year in one word, Adams offered two: “New York”. …

The Daily Beast reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence visited the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office in Concord to file for the state’s primary ballot—but before he could sign the paperwork his visit was interrupted by a heckler claiming to be his lover. A man claimed to the gaggle of press and Pence supporters—Karen Pence among them—that he was …

Politico reports: Joni Ernst sees WMDs as the secret to expanding the Republican Party’s appeal. No, she doesn’t mean that kind of weapon: “Women. Millennials. And Dudes with beards and tattoos. WMDs,” the Iowa senator explained in an interview. The acronym is ubiquitous in her office, a reminder of the work that lies ahead for the party to make inroads …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: A New Orleans man arrested on charges that he repeatedly damaged a 100-year-old statue of the Virgin Mary on the campus of St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Metairie is now accused of illegally entering the church’s locked sanctuary and defiling the altar, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Paul Laborde Jr., 56, a …

The Associated Press reports: Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves. The preliminary opinion by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner – delivered in a long-running dispute between a divorced husband and wife – is being …

Law & Crime reports: A 72-year-old man in Florida was arrested last week after authorities say they recovered so many images depicting child sexual abuse that the total weight of the printed photos tipped the scales at more than 2,600 pounds, well over one ton. Paul Stephen Zittel was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with 25 counts obscene …

USA Today reports: Mexico’s president posted a photo on his social media accounts Saturday showing what he said appeared to be a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not seem to be joking when he posted the photo of an “Aluxe,” a mischievous woodland spirit in Mayan folklore. López Obrador wrote the photo …

Mediaite reports: Local government meetings are usually rather dull affairs, but the public comment time at the Fort Lauderdale City Commission on Tuesday took a decidedly colorful turn when a self-proclaimed “Mistress” took the mic to demand a taxpayer-funded dungeon. “Good evening, councilpeoples,” the woman began. “You may call me ‘Mistress.’” The “Mistress” said that she was proposing spending $250,000 …

NPR reports: It’s official: 2023 is the year of magenta. That’s according to the Pantone Color Institute, the authoritative consultancy that’s christened an “it color” every year for more than two decades. Its latest pick is none other than Viva Magenta 18-750, which it describes as “a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: American Airlines says a mechanical issue was responsible for strange sounds coming from a plane’s public announcement system during a flight from LAX to Dallas. A viral video posted on social media showed one passenger’s reaction to the strange sounds, describing it as “somewhere between an orgasm and vomiting.” In the video, passenger Emerson Collins …

The Hill reports: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning young people against engaging in an online trend that challenges people to cook with over-the-counter drugs, saying there are “significant risks” in using these medications incorrectly. At the beginning of this year, the trend took off on social media apps such as TikTok, where users would post videos of …