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Kelly Clarkson says a Brooklyn store snubbed her. The shop says the item she wanted wasn’t for sale.

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Kelly Clarkson accused a New York City store of treating her as though she couldn’t afford its merchandise. But the business at the center of her viral complaint offered a different explanation.

Clarkson, a three-time Grammy winner, publicly called out Art of Play in Brooklyn, writing Saturday on X that she visited the curiosity shop with “a few things in mind to buy” and was offered something similar after being treated as though she couldn’t afford what she wanted.

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Pope Leo to undergo surgery after nodular lesion found in lung, Vatican says

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery this week after a nodular lesion was found in his lung, the Vatican said. Recovery is expected to take a week. Leo, 71, said Sunday that doctors recently discovered the nodular lesion during medical checks. He said it was found in an early stage and was "circumscribed." "The doctors believe it's best to take action, so, following their advice, I've decided to have surgery to remove it," Leo said in remarks during his Sunday noon blessing. "Thank you for your spiritual support, and I entrust myself to your prayers."

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Pennsylvania shooter who killed eight was a grandfather, says slain child’s dad

Father of toddler killed in Erie mass shooting says reported gunman never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary The man who killed eight people, before turning the gun on himself, in a mass shooting in a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday was a grandfather who had not shown signs that he was capable of such violence, according to people who knew the shooter. A man whose toddler was among those killed said on Sunday that the man never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary, the Associated Press reports .