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Can Katy Perry return to American Idol after ditching the show? Katy Perry quit American Idol. Though she wasn’t necessarily producers’ first choice, Carrie Underwood stepped up to replace her at the judges table. However, Katy’s new album has been an absolute flop, almost universally panned by critics. With her comeback having blown up in her face, can Katy get back to the steady, extravagant pay of American Idol? Katy Perry attends the media call for the AFL 2024 Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment at Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 26, 2024. (Photo Credit: Sam Tabone/Getty Images) Can Katy Perry return to…

Since 2019, the state of Florida has built more than 77,000 new properties in areas with a high risk of flooding. This is the most among all states, according to an analysis by climate-modeling firm First Street Foundation on behalf of the The Wall Street Journal. The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said. According to Morningstar DBRS, the cost of recovery from hurricanes Helene and Milton — storms that battered the Southeast in recent weeks — is expected to be between $40 billion and…

I’m proud to call the tiny sugarcane farming community of Ingham, Australia, my hometown.It boasts blue skies, sandy beaches and Australia’s longest single-drop waterfall. But its location — at the northern end of the state of Queensland — is a problem for me.Lured by the desire to explore Europe, I left for London 17 years ago, on a two-year working holiday visa. I had no idea that a handsome English stranger I met in a bar one evening would be my future husband. It’s the reason that I am now a permanent resident of the United Kingdom, raising two young…

Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have turned to a United Kingdom court for compensation, almost nine years after tonnes of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities. The class action lawsuit at the High Court of Justice in London on Monday seeks an estimated 36 billion pounds ($47bn) in damages from the global mining giant BHP. That would make it the largest environmental payout ever, according to Pogust Goodhead, the law firm representing the plaintiffs. BHP owns 50 percent of Samarco, the Brazilian company that operates the iron ore mine where…

Clark Hunt and Tavia Hunt. Tim Heitman/Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt’s wife, Tavia Hunt, had a minor fashion mishap at the Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers game on Sunday, October 20. Gracie Hunt, Clark and Tavia’s daughter, posted a photo of her mom in a red pantsuit carrying a pair of red heels as she walked out of the game following the Chiefs win over the 49ers. (Clark, 59, and Tavia, 53, share children Gracie, 25, Ava, 19, and Knobel, 22.) “When the shoes are too painful,” Gracie captioned the picture via Instagram Story. Tavia, for her…

The important thing to watch for with the new listings is when we transition from this era of very few sellers to one with a more historically normal level of sellers. There are 60,000 to 70,000 new listings each week now, when in the pre-pandemic times there would have been 80,000 sellers per week. There is no evidence of seller supply increasing significantly. The trend has been slow incremental growth all year. There’s no sign of that trend changing. New listings per metro But I was curious. Are there any local markets where we can see homeowners, or investors, or…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff criticized Microsoft for it’s AI-powered agents.Benioff said Microsoft Copilot was inaccurate and compared it to “Clippy 2.0.”Salesforce recently announced a pivot to Agentforce, its own product that includes custom AI agents. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Monday accused Microsoft of being in…

A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded a contract to build a road in southern Peru. Toledo, 78, was in office between 2001 and 2006. He was arrested five years ago in California, where he had lived and worked for many years, and extradited to Peru last year. The Brazilian company Odebrecht admitted paying millions of dollars in bribes to officials across Latin America and the US to secure…

Donald Trump is remembering Arnold Palmer for something other than golf or a refreshing beverage … his huge penis. The presidential candidate couldn’t stop talking about Arnold’s manhood over the weekend during a campaign rally in Palmer’s hometown of Latrobe, PA … claiming the golf legend was hung like a horse. Play video content TMZ.com So naturally, we talked about it today on “TMZ on TV” … and Trump’s story about Arnold in the shower came as news to all of us. Of course, not everyone is buying it … but we’re guessing Arnold wouldn’t object to Trump’s penis praise.…

Another regulator has sued Rocket Mortgage for allegedly discriminating against a Black homeowner by undervaluing her home during an appraisal in Colorado three years ago. And the Detroit-based lender believes it’s a “massive overreach.”  On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice—following a move made by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in July—filed a lawsuit against the lender, appraiser Maksym Mykhailyna and his company, Maverick Appraisal Group, and the appraisal management company Solidifi U.S. Inc.. The document states that the plaintiffs undervalued a homeowner’s property based on her race in an appraisal made in 2021 in Denver.…