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It’s the end of Social Security as we know it: And Ben Cline feels fine
A report released by the Social Security Administration on Tuesday tells us the Social Security program is on track to be insolvent by the end of 2032, which would trigger cuts in monthly checks of 22 percent.
Buckingham County measles outbreak now at 83 confirmed cases
The hard work of vaccine skeptics to convince the gullible among us are helping fuel the measles outbreak in Buckingham County, which is now at 83 confirmed cases, according to a Tuesday update from the Virginia Department of Health.
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UVA researchers trying to wean rural young’uns off the Mountain Dew
My mother, rest her soul, inserted a mental image of mountain mommas in West Virginia putting Mountain Dew in their babies’ bottles years ago.
New Bridgewater College program will help students become AI literate
AI is destined to put us all out of work, but that might be a while. In the meantime, Bridgewater College is offering coursework to help its students be conversant in AI literacy, on their way to irrelevance.
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Trump vows revenge, backtracks, then orders bombing of Iran, all in a space of four hours
At 12:38 p.m. today, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the U.S. “must, of necessity, respond” to an attack in which he alleged that Iranian forces had shot down two U.S. helicopters patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.
Gregory Bovino wants to run for president, to deport the ‘106 million illegals’
The guy that Donald Trump sacked from running his mass deportation program thinks the problem wasn’t how extreme the policy was, but rather, that it wasn’t extreme enough.
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UVA Swimming: Did a staff member have to leave over a transfer recruit?
Back in April, UVA Swimming landed a star recruit from the transfer portal, Teagan O’Dell, the second highest scoring freshman at the 2026 NCAA Championships while swimming for Cal.
SEC Baseball, again, dominant in June; ACC Baseball, again, dominated
The SEC, again, is dominant in college baseball – this year, historically so, getting a record five schools into the eight-team College World Series.
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