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Many back-to-school essentials are already cheaper online than they are in stores. Get a head start on shopping with the best deals from Amazon, Staples and Best Buy on everything from JanSport backpacks and graphing calculators to notebooks, pencils and more.Original price: $110.85Graphing calculators can be one of the biggest back-to-school expenses. Right now, Amazon has the Texas Instruments TI-84 — a model commonly required for math classes — for less than $100. If you're looking to spend less, Staples also has the Casio FX graphing calculator, which offers many similar features and comes in pink.Original price: $40JanSport backpacks are a staple,

This week, Democrats are fighting to keep Maine after shedding their morals.The controversy in Maine over Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner was a modern remake of the scene from "A Man for All Seasons." That’s the scene in which Sir Thomas More confronts Richard Rich, a former protege who lied in court to secure his conviction in exchange for being named attorney general for Wales. As Rich passes by, More asks: "For Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world … but for Wales!"For Democrats, they might not even have Wales to

The Justice Department recently charged 455 people in its annual National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The cases involve more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims. More state Medicaid units took part than in any prior year. Ninety of the accused are doctors or other licensed medical professionals. The DOJ says prosecutors still must prove the charges in court.Many schemes used other people's medical identities. Prosecutors also added aggravated identity theft charges in cases across dozens of states. In one case, the co-owner of a Virginia mental health company allegedly paid homeless people with hotel stays. Prosecutors say the company

Christian Pulisic is not getting the benefit of the doubt from anyone.In perhaps the most important World Cup in the history of soccer in the United States, Pulisic ultimately did not make an impact.Pulisic got hurt in the U.S. Men's National Team's opener, causing him to miss its next game before playing limited minutes in the group stage finale.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut Pulisic, the face of U.S. Soccer, disappointed in both knockout-stage games and left the Round of 16 match against Belgium after an ankle injury. After the loss, Pulisic said he can "rest."Landon Donovan saw

New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor made it sound like the "#MeToo" phenomenon she spurred on was dead. It began with Hollywood power broker Harvey Weinstein and collapsed when it came to Democrat candidates like Graham Platner, in the crucial Maine Senate race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Those allegations led to Platner suspending his campaign July 8.Kantor's stories on Weinstein became a feminist movie titled "She Said," and she was played as a heroine by actress Zoe Kazan. But she wasn’t a feminist when it came to Platner. On CNN’s afternoon show "The Arena" on June 10, Kantor dismissed

PROVO, Utah — Video testimony from Lance Twiggs, the former lover of suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, will be played in court Thursday morning as a week-long preliminary hearing nears its end. Prosecutors intended to play it Wednesday, but after a series of objections from the defense, Judge Tony Graf Jr. called for redactions, and prosecutors said they’d rather wait until the morning to ensure they could comply with the court order before playing it. Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, shared several emotional embraces with her mother-in-law, Kathy Kirk, and was also wiping tears when the family attorney, Jeff Neiman, asked the

All eyes were on Caitlin Clark on Wednesday night as she made her anticipated return from injury in a road matchup in Los Angeles.But instead of a triumphant comeback, the Fever spent the entire night chasing the Sparks as Clark's rough return fueled a 106-92 rout.The superstar never found a groove, looking completely out of sync in her return from a back injury.STEPHANIE WHITE GIVES CAITLIN CLARK STATUS UPDATE AHEAD OF FEVER-SPARKS, BUT HER NEXT MOVE RAISES QUESTIONSMuch of that disjointed performance falls squarely on head coach Stephanie White, who kept Clark on a ridiculously tight leash by limiting her

Justin Baldoni is breaking his silence two years after the Blake Lively legal drama began.On Wednesday night, Baldoni and his wife, Emily, sat down and filmed a lengthy video for Instagram. The couple detailed the last two years being filled with "injustice" and "trauma.""We have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years, and it’s not because we haven’t had anything to say," Justin began the video.He added, "Because lord knows we have, but it just felt like every time we went to make a video like this, we wanted to speak, something was telling us