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  • As former President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign sputtered out of cash last September, a company handling his online donations “set up recurring donations by default for online donors, for every week until the election,” the New York Times reports. Some donors were unwittingly donating each week for what they intended to be one-time contributions.
  • A tragic train derailment in Taiwan on Friday killed 51 people and devastated families who were traveling over a holiday weekend there.
  • Van life is getting renewed interest after Nomadland but the lifestyle doesn’t have to be so gritty, adherents say.
  • The worst TikTok trend? Parent discipline videos, where they shame and bully their children.
  • Uber must pay a blind California woman a $1.1 million judgement after an arbitrator decided that the rideshare company's drivers discriminated against her and her guide dog with denied trips and verbal abuse on 14 occasions.
  • Legendary rapper DMX has been hospitalized in White Plains in critical condition after suffering a heart attack from an overdose, according to reports.
  • It’sa me, making a lot of money! An original edition of the “Super Mario Bros.” Nintendo game from 1985 was auctioned for $660,000 in Dallas Friday, taking the world record for a single video game sale, according to the auctioneers.
  • And finally, every bunny should shoot their shot: