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    Porsha Williams debuts new love, fans say she’s glowing

    Porsha Williams just hard-launched her relationship with Patrice "Sway" McKinney by dropping birthday pics that had everyone losing it in the comments. The reality star confirmed what people had been whispering about after she told fans earlier this year she was seeing both a guy and a girl...
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    Sellers yank listings fast, stubborn prices stall the market

    Record numbers of sellers yanked their properties after months of zero interest, with nearly eighty-five thousand homes getting delisted, which marks a twenty-eight percent jump from last year and the worst numbers in almost a decade. Most of these places sat empty for over two months, and...
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    US parks slap $100 surcharge, tourists pay the price

    Foreign tourists hitting up American national parks next year are about to get slapped with an extra hundred bucks per person on top of whatever the gate fee already is. The Interior Department says the cash grab is supposed to fund upgrades and maintenance, while U.S. citizens keep paying their...
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    Miss Universe boss wants out, backstage drama hits a peak

    The guy who owns half of Miss Universe just said he wants out after dealing with nonstop drama and accusations that the whole pageant is rigged. Raúl Rocha bought his stake less than two years back, but the business turned into a total nightmare with judges bailing out left and right. Three...
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    T-Pain gets real on loyalty, no brothers in the biz

    T-Pain went on Shannon Sharpe's show and basically said the whole brotherhood thing in music is fake as hell. The dude straight up called out how people act like family when they need something, but that energy never comes back around when you're the one asking. He brought up DJ Khaled...
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    Celine Dion glows with gratitude, her spirit shines on

    Celine Dion dropped a Thanksgiving video on Instagram where she looked pretty healthy and told everyone to chill out and appreciate the people around them. The 56-year-old went on about slowing down, taking breaths, and being grateful for family time, whether that's in person or over the phone...
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    Trump hints at ACA shift, health care showdown brews

    Trump told reporters he wants to kill the Affordable Care Act subsidies when they expire, but he might cave if it helps him cut a bigger healthcare deal with Democrats. The guy basically said he'd rather hand cash straight to regular people instead of funneling it through insurance companies...
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    Bluesky fizzles as users drift, liberal refuge loses steam

    Bluesky lost nearly 40% of its daily mobile users compared to last year, which is way worse than what happened to X or most other platforms. The drop started right after the presidential election, and people are saying the site never really figured out what it wanted to be. Truth Social...
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    Harare hikes taxi fines, city clamps down on illegal rides

    Harare just hit unregistered cabs with a brutal $154 penalty as part of some big cleanup operation targeting sketchy transport operators across the city. Regular drivers only get dinged $34 for traffic violations, but illegal taxi and kombi guys are catching an extra $120 fee on top of that base...
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    ZiG switch to be gradual, Ncube sets tough rules for mono-currency

    Zimbabwe's finance chief says the country will eventually ditch the US dollar for local currency only, but he made it clear this isn't happening anytime soon. Mthuli Ncube laid out a massive checklist of economic targets that need hitting first, and the government promises nobody's losing their...
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    Soldier and sidekick jailed, two-day robbery spree ends in cuffs

    A soldier based in Plumtree and his buddy from Bulawayo each got slapped with a decade behind bars after they went on a wild armed robbery rampage through rural Zimbabwe. Edward Moyo and Prince Phuthi hit three spots over two days, waving around a blank airgun and cleaning out small shops and a...
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    Zimbabwe Grade 7 results out, girls lead as special needs shine

    Zimbabwe dropped exam scores for nearly 400,000 seventh graders, and the national pass rate slipped to 48.49 percent from last year's 49.01 percent. About 189,000 kids cleared all six subjects out of the 390,000 who sat for tests. Girls absolutely crushed it with a 53.64 percent pass rate...
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    Kolisi and Etzebeth light up Boks, birthday serenade bonds squad

    Springboks captains Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth rolled up to Franco Mostert's hotel room at the crack of dawn to serenade him for his 33rd birthday. The duo busted in while the lock was still half asleep, with Kolisi belting out tunes and Etzebeth clapping along like they were putting on a...
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    Betting sector hit hard, tax hikes shake punters and operators

    Zimbabwe's finance minister just cranked up taxes on the betting scene, with bookmakers getting slammed from 3 percent to 20 percent of their revenue, while punters are getting hit with a 25 percent cut on winnings instead of the previous 10 percent. Mthuli Ncube said operators have been dodging...
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    Zimsec pass rate dips, integrity of exams wins praise

    Zimbabwe's exam council dropped Grade Seven results, showing the pass rate dipped slightly to 48.49 percent after hitting 49.01 percent the previous cycle. About 189,000 kids out of 390,000 who sat for tests managed to clear all six subjects, which works out to a half-percent slide, according to...
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    Fraud case fizzles out, small grains duo walks free

    Two guys from the Small Grains and Legumes Association Trust just walked free after a Harare magistrate tossed fraud charges over some busted farming deal. Oral Ntsona and Lousthaan Tapiwa Ngoshi got accused by lawyer Standa Sani, who claimed he dropped $13,000 on tilling work for a chia crop...
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    ZERA shuts down solar tax rumors, government backs clean energy

    Zimbabwe's energy watchdog just went off on social media posts claiming the government wants to slap taxes on people running solar panels at home. ZERA dropped a statement calling the whole thing completely fake and said there are zero plans to charge anyone for residential solar setups. They...
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    Manufacturing takes top spot, Zimbabwe eyes greener factories

    Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector just became the biggest slice of the country's economy after some government number crunching showed it hitting 15.3 percent of GDP, and factory capacity jumped from 52 percent to over 57 percent. Industry minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu told a business...
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    Bulawayo eyes new water utility, city seeks to end decades of thirst

    Bulawayo's trying out a corporate-style water authority after city officials checked out how Zambia runs its utilities and came back impressed. Ward 25 councillor Aleck Ndlovu said the plan is to set up a standalone entity that stays fully city-owned but operates more like a business to attract...
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    Go Beer drops Shikisha, one-litre brew shakes up the Midlands

    Gweru's Go Beer Breweries dropped a one-liter bottle called Shikisha into stores as part of their push to grab more market share after reopening last December following a decade-long shutdown. Marketing manager Sam Ganjani said the name comes from Swahili, and the brew is aimed at younger...
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