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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker, bringing you live coverage from every bracelet event. We’re expecting a packed field today at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, as Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold’em kicks off at 2 p.m. local time with the first of two … Read more

CHICAGO – Illinois residents will be getting surprise checks in their mailboxes this summer as part of the state’s effort to return unclaimed money. What we know: The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office is mailing out $45 million to nearly 600,000 people through its Enhanced Money Match program. The initiative uses existing data to identify people … Read more

Source: Aerial image via Vexcel Imaging Note: Flood-risk area includes regions with a 1 percent chance of flooding each year and the river’s “floodway” The New York Times For decades, girls have flocked to Camp Mystic to spend their summer days canoeing and fishing the Guadalupe River before retreating to bunk beds in rustic cabins … Read more

REAL ESTATE NEW HOMESJuly 04, 2025 by Anthony Teles   633  Hard-Hat Tours and Buyer Incentives Mark Summer Momentum at Westbend Residences Activity is ramping up at Westbend Residences, Mattamy Homes’ 13-storey condominium development now under construction on Bloor near High Park in Toronto’s West End. Earlier this month, the team hosted an event onsite that welcomed prospective … Read more

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday reiterated her desire to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and overhaul the way it operates. “Federal emergency management should be state and locally led, rather than how it has operated for decades,” Noem said to open a meeting of the FEMA Review Council, created by President Donald … Read more

CNN  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented and explain it to Congress and the Ukrainian … Read more

Beverley Mitchell, who you may remember best as Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven, popped by to chat with Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle on their Pod Meets World podcast. It was a celebration of all things retro and ’90s with this crew, especially when Mitchell started talking about her costar and pal Jessica … Read more

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. There are two fun poet clues in today’s Mini Crossword, which I appreciated as an English major. I admit that 8-Across, the … Read more