Cheeky humor enlivens ‘Wild Houses’

Irish writer Colin Barrett has won widespread, fervent acclaim for two short-story collections. He brings that form’s compression and tensile sentences to his debut novel, “Wild Houses,” which chronicles a weekend from hell in the small city of Ballina, County Mayo, as a gang of drug smugglers implodes and a kidnapping goes horribly awry. Here,…

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Retail is up, so is crime, counterfeiting

The National Retail Federation’s latest “State of Retail & the Consumer” report forecasts that retail sales will reach nearly $5.3 trillion this year, a 3% increase over last year. The retail sector is responsible for 55 million full-time jobs and 20.4% of U.S. gross domestic product, the NRF reports. But headlines about crime and store…

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Stefanie Lambert: Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks

Oakland County Sheriff Mugshot of pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert, which was taken after she surrendered to authorities in Michigan on March 21, 2024. CNN  —  Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered Thursday to Michigan authorities in connection with her 2020 election tampering indictment, after a wild week where she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in…

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Video: Tiktoker hispano dice a inmigrantes indocumentados cómo “invadir casas” en Estados Unidos

Un tiktoker hipano está llamando a los inmigrantes indocumentados a “invadir casas” que están desalojadas en Estados Unidos. El tiktoker, llamado Leo Morales, es de origen venezolano y tiene más de 500,000 seguidores en TikTok. En el video, que fue eliminado pero que fue subido a otras redes sociales, Morales dice: “Aquí en United States…

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