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Elvis Presley’s granddaughter files lawsuit as Graceland mansion heads for foreclosure auction – CBS News Watch CBS News Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion is at the center of a court fight, but the singer’s family calls it a scam. The popular tourist attraction in Tennessee appears to be headed for a foreclosure auction later this week.
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Howler monkeys are dropping dead from trees in southeast Mexico’s tropical forests, and authorities said Monday they were investigating whether extreme heat was killing the endangered animals. Officials have not given an exact death toll but local media outlets report that as many as 85 primates have died. According to the environment ministry, causes under
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Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical startup Hims & Hers Health said it is selling injectable GLP-1 weight loss drugs for a fraction of the cost of brand-name competitors such as Wegovy and Ozempic. Following the announcement, shares of the telehealth company soared more than 30% Monday. Hims & Hers will provide patients with compounded GLP-1 drugs that start at
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In recent months, the U.S. Department of Defense has accounted for dozens of missing airmen killed in combat — and for each of them, there’s a harrowing story of the their final moments. One servicemember from Michigan died on a World War II bombing mission in Southeast Asia when his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire, causing
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Dallas — The National Rifle Association, which has had its image sullied by former leader Wayne LaPierre’s spending excesses, elected Doug Hamlin as executive vice president and CEO on Monday. “Our association is at a decisive moment in our history, and the future of America and constitutional freedoms depends on the success of the NRA,”
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The White House said Monday that the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will step down, a departure that follows the release of a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture. The White House said Martin Gruenberg will step aside once a successor is appointed, and that President Biden will name a replacement
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International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan said Monday that he was filing applications for arrest warrants at the ICC for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, in addition to three senior Hamas leaders. The Hamas leaders listed by Khan are the group’s overall political leader Ismail Haniyeh,
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A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified reich” among hypothetical news headlines depicting an election win by him in November. The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as “Trump wins!!” and “Economy booms!” Other headlines appear to be references to World
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said it is suspending use of one of its popular AI voices after users noted how similar it sounds to actor Scarlett Johansson’s voice. The company’s so-called voice mode function, launched in 2023, lets users interact with ChatGPT, widely used “generative” artificial intelligence software, by speaking to it. It also acts as a
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Generative artificial intelligence could threaten election security this November, intelligence agencies warned in a new federal bulletin. Generative AI uses images, audio, video and code to create new content, like so-called “deep fake” videos in which a person is made to look like they’re saying something they never said. Both foreign and domestic actors could
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