DEAR ANNIE: Every December, my life starts to feel like one of those “year in review” videos -- only mine looks more like the blooper reel. Back in January, I sat at my kitchen table with a brand-new ...

A report by the California State Auditor found several agencies wasted, misused or failed to report over $5 million in state funds. The Employment Development Department wasted the majority of the ...

SILVESTRI ALLEGEDLY SET UP THE MEETING. THE CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR HAS RELEASED AN ANNUAL REPORT OF GOVERNMENT WASTE AND AMONG ITS FINDINGS, THE STATE’S EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT SPENT MILLIONS OF ...

Since beginning in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown into one of the most successful franchises of all time. Adapting the stories and characters of Marvel Comics onto the big and small ...

The Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has always been a project defined by ever-diminishing expectations. At the outset of DOGE’s journey, its chief operator, Elon Musk, ...

Johannesburg’s mayor has been asked to explain how South Africa’s richest city will recoup 24.4 billion rand ($1.4 billion) of funds squandered in “unauthorized, irregular, fruitless and wasteful ...

The Ecuadorian-Swiss duo Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez have emerged as some of contemporary music’s most popular instrumentalists. They join the ranks of the Middle Eastern-inspired Glass Beams and ...

After completing their tour together last year, Leon Bridges and Hermanos Gutiérrez reunite for a new single, “Elegantly Wasted.” The soulful song — the brothers’ first with entirely English-language ...

Reducing waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal budget has been a goal of multiple presidential administrations, most recently under the Department of Government Efficiency. However, the federal ...

BASEL, Switzerland − Austria won Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on May 17, the country's first victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won in 2014. Operatic singer JJ won ahead of Israel's Yuval ...

Austria won its third Eurovision Song Contest after a glittering grand final in neighboring Switzerland, with singer JJ earning the continent’s votes for the operatic pop anthem “Wasted Love.” The ...