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Amazingly, Jeffrey Epstein’s disastrous lifestyle may have had a bigger impact on the United Kingdom than it had on the United States. A year ago, Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (Queen Elizabeth’s second son) had to drop the title “prince” from in front of his name and was forced to move out of his Royal Lodge because of his association wit Jeffrey Epstein. He took up residence in a building on the Royal Family’s privately owned estate in Sandringham. While he had claimed he broke off contact with Epstein when Epstein was released from jail in 2010, official government files showed correspondence between the two camps in 2011 and 2017. Records indicate Epstein continued sending women to Andrew. Two of them subsequently sued him. The first case was settled with cash. The second is more recent. On one occasion Epstein sent a Russian woman to him for dinner. On another occasion, Andrew presumably spent a night with a woman and then gave her a tour of Buckingham Palace. There is a question, of course, as to how much the king and queen knew of his activities and whether they covered them up.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for January, 4.9 percent more than in January 2025.

This week, Cinderella Pet Rescue is featuring Alegre and Zorro, a couple of great young dogs who are smart, friendly, affectionate and super-cute, too.