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Tennessee Moves Toward Renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton

Tennessee Moves Toward Renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton

Tennessee officials are advancing a proposal to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton, following the country music icon's death at age 80 and a wave of public tributes to her cultural and philanthropic legacy.

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Taylor Swift Donation Supports Connecticut Mother Recovering From Serious Roadside Injuries

Taylor Swift Donation Supports Connecticut Mother Recovering From Serious Roadside Injuries

Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to help Ashley Taunton and her family as the Connecticut mother recovers from severe injuries sustained when she was struck by a vehicle after stopping to assist people at a crash scene.

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Lil Nas X Announces Death of His Mother Tameka Hill

Lil Nas X Announces Death of His Mother Tameka Hill

Lil Nas X has announced the death of his mother, Tameka Hill, sharing a tribute and photographs on social media. No cause or further details about her death had been publicly disclosed at the time of publication.

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Taylor Swift Gives $50,000 to Fundraiser for Mother Injured While Helping Crash Victims

Taylor Swift Gives $50,000 to Fundraiser for Mother Injured While Helping Crash Victims

Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to a fundraiser for Ashley Taunton, a Connecticut mother of three who suffered life-threatening injuries after stopping during a Rhode Island rainstorm to help teenagers whose vehicle had hydroplaned.

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PlanEat AI Offers Personalized Weekly Meal Planning Through Lifetime Subscription Deal

PlanEat AI Offers Personalized Weekly Meal Planning Through Lifetime Subscription Deal

PlanEat AI is offering a discounted lifetime Premium subscription for $29.99, providing personalized seven-day meal plans, recipes, nutritional information and organized grocery lists based on users' dietary needs and cooking preferences.

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Los Angeles County Rapper Among Three Charged in $8.1 Million Stolen-Check Case

Los Angeles County Rapper Among Three Charged in $8.1 Million Stolen-Check Case

An aspiring Los Angeles County rapper known as ColdheartedAC is among three defendants federally charged in an alleged scheme involving more than $8.1 million in stolen checks, including dozens of U.S. Treasury payments.

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New Jersey Man Faces Federal Charges After Authorities Seize 109 Homemade Bombs

New Jersey Man Faces Federal Charges After Authorities Seize 109 Homemade Bombs

Federal prosecutors have charged a 37-year-old Denville, New Jersey, man after investigators said they found a home laboratory and 109 homemade explosive devices during a June search that prompted nearby residents to be temporarily evacuated.

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Pittsburgh Speed Painter Surprises Jalen Brunson With 10-Minute Portrait

Pittsburgh Speed Painter Surprises Jalen Brunson With 10-Minute Portrait

Pittsburgh artist Cody Sabol stunned New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson by creating a realistic oil portrait of the basketball player in about 10 minutes using his fingers, before Brunson signed the finished work.

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Pennsylvania Coal-Waste Power Subsidies Rise as Solar Remains a Smaller Source

Pennsylvania Coal-Waste Power Subsidies Rise as Solar Remains a Smaller Source

Pennsylvania continues to direct substantial public support to power plants that burn waste coal, a practice credited with removing polluting mine piles but criticized for high subsidies, greenhouse-gas emissions and a state energy mix in which waste coal still generates more electricity than solar.

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California Dairy Hydrogen Project Sets Carbon-Intensity Record and Renews Biogas Debate

California Dairy Hydrogen Project Sets Carbon-Intensity Record and Renews Biogas Debate

A hydrogen project beside the roughly 13,000-cow Bar 20 dairy in Kerman is using manure-derived biogas to generate electricity for electrolysis, earning the lowest carbon-intensity rating in California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard while intensifying concerns about local dairy pollution.

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