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Susie Wiles called a Vanity Fair investigation "dishonest" and said on X that important contextual elements were omitted after Vanity Fair published a series of candid interviews this week that have prompted a major...

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USA

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death at their Brentwood home in Los Angeles, and their son Nick Reiner was arrested and later booked on murder charges with bail set at $4,000,000. Detectives...

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Germany

Volodymyr Zelensky met USA envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Berlin after two days of intensive talks in which USA officials unveiled a package of security guarantees intended to protect Ukraine, encourage a...

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USA

Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death recently at their Brentwood home, and their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested on a murder charge with bail set at $4 million...

26h/23h
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USA

Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit in federal court in Florida seeking at least $5 billion after the BBC admitted Panorama had misleadingly spliced excerpts of his January 6 speech, creating the impression he...

25h/22h
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USA

Donald Trump signed an executive order at the White House formally classifying illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, declaring that "no bomb does what the drug does" and calling the step historic in the...

25h/24h
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Switzerland

Tina Weirather said Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn do not get along after Shiffrin produced an authoritative slalom win in Courchevel. Shiffrin dominated both runs, starting with bib seven and posting a near‑flawless...

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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were discovered slain at their Brentwood home after LAFD and LAPD crews responded to a medical-aid call and found severe throat lacerations consistent with stab wounds....

43h/22h
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Netherlands

Anthony Geary died in Amsterdam at age 78, his husband Claudio Gama confirmed, saying complications followed a planned medical operation and that the family has asked for privacy while they mourn. Geary created the role...

29h/23h
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Italy

Rome has opened several newly designed underground stations that officials present as functioning museums, inviting passengers to "get on, be amazed, experience history" after a long, archaeologically complex Line C...

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USA

Audrey Illeene Carroll and three alleged co-conspirators were arrested in the Los Angeles area after federal agents said they disrupted a coordinated plot to place backpacks containing improvised explosive devices at...

29h/27h
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USA

Jayden Daniels, the Washington Commanders' 24-year-old quarterback and last season's Offensive Rookie of the Year, was shut down for the remainder of the regular season after a team re-evaluation found he was not...

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Belgium

An investment platform has been set up with the European Investment Bank to mobilise funds, and EU Commissioner Dan Jørgensen addressed the housing crisis that leaves nearly one million people homeless following the...

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UK

Cameron Menzies was eliminated in the first round of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace after a dramatic 3–2 loss to debutant Charlie Manby, who finished the match by landing the deciding double after...

24h/23h
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USA

Ford announced a major restructuring that ends production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning and shifts investment toward hybrids, extended-range electric vehicles and smaller, lower-cost battery-electric cars while...

25h/23h
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Russia

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said a domestically produced Sub Sea Baby underwater drone struck and critically damaged a Project 636.3 Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine in the port of Novorossiysk, leaving the...

29h/25h
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USA

FIFA introduced a Supporter Entry Tier priced at about 600 kronor (roughly $60) following heavy criticism of 2026 World Cup ticket prices and accessibility measures outlined in an earlier complaint from supporter...

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Argentina

The Presidential Spokesperson said the main line of investigation points to suicide after a soldier was found dead at the Quinta Presidencial de Olivos on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado...

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Colombia

The US State Department has designated Clan del Golfo as a foreign terrorist organization and says the group is responsible for terror attacks against public employees, police, the military and civilians, following US...

5h/23m
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USA

Arch Manning will return to the University of Texas for the 2027 season, forgoing the 2026 NFL draft, after his father Cooper Manning earlier confirmed to ESPN that Arch planned to play at Texas next year. Manning...

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USA

Iraq earned its first-ever placement on the Academy's 15-film shortlist for Best International Feature as The President’s Cake — which debuted at Cannes and won the Audience Award and the Camera d'Or — joined the list...

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USA

HBO Max released the season two trailer for The Pitt, opening on a chaotic Fourth of July shift as the trailer teases fireworks injuries, newborns and a surge of patients after the first season finale ten months...

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Venezuela

Pete Hegseth has come under fire and was questioned by the Senate and House after US forces carried out a second strike following an initial September attack that left two survivors; a 29-second Pentagon video released...

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UK

Manchester United and Bournemouth produced an eight-goal classic at Old Trafford that finished 4–4 after a second half of frantic, end-to-end action that saw the lead change several times. Sky Sports pundit Jamie...

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USA

The Combs family honored Kim Porter with Instagram tributes amid renewed public attention after Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced in October to 50 months in prison. The twins D’Lila Combs and Jessie Combs, 18, posted a...

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USA

Mick Foley announced on Instagram that he is cutting ties with WWE following Donald Trump's social-media post blaming the killings of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner on what he called "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,"...

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Palestine

Members of the al-Hosari family searched rubble after a Gaza City house collapse killed at least one person and left several injured, as authorities reported that torrential rains and high winds have now killed at least...

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Russia

Pussy Riot was declared an extremist organization by a Moscow court after a closed hearing requested by the General Prosecutor, a move that bans the collective's activities across the Russian Federation and places it on...

31h/26h
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USA

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump will review his accomplishments and outline plans for the next three years in a prime-time address Wednesday, after he announced on Truth Social that he...

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USA

Meta Platforms faces scrutiny after a Reuters investigation found internal documents showing the company allowed large volumes of fraudulent and banned ads originating in China to run on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp...

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HongKong

Jimmy Lai, 78, was convicted in Hong Kong in a national security trial after a three-judge panel found prosecutors had proven he conspired to collude with foreign forces and published seditious materials, a verdict that...

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USA

Ken Paxton sued five television manufacturers, saying they used ad-targeting spyware that records viewers via Automated Content Recognition and matches short content fingerprints to target ads, following earlier...

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UK

Paul Doyle was jailed for 21 years and six months on 16 December after pleading guilty to 31 counts over driving into crowds at Liverpool’s championship parade in May, following earlier reports of more than 130 injured...

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Mexico

Both PAN and Morena condemned the brawl and traded accusations after a debate over a transparency oversight reform degenerated into a physical fight during a Mexico City legislative session, following widely circulated...

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USA

Netflix will begin streaming video podcast episodes after reaching a licensing deal with iHeartMedia that adds more than 15 shows to its US service and will remove full video episodes from YouTube. The agreement makes...

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Italy

Giancarlo Giorgetti announced a €3.5 billion package to be added to Italy's 2026 budget that aims to support businesses with measures such as Transizione 5.0, Industry 5.0 support, hyper-amortization incentives and tax...

30h/26h
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USA

James Woods paid an emotional tribute on Fox News, condemning insults directed at Rob Reiner after Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found fatally stabbed in their Brentwood home. Their younger son, Nick...

17h/6h
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Austria

EBU published an official list confirming that 35 countries will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May 2026, down from 37 participants in Basel, and said only five broadcasters — Spain, the...

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USA

Instagram is launching a U.S.-only app for Amazon Fire TV to bring Reels to the living room, following a Verge report by Jay Peters that Meta was testing an Instagram TV app. The pilot supports most Fire TV Stick...

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USA

Donald Trump Jr. announced his engagement to Bettina Anderson at a White House event, following earlier confirmations that a weekend proposal had taken place. Video of the moment was shared online by Laura Loomer as...

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USA

Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow reunited in Los Angeles for a Vanity Fair conversation about their decades-long friendship and careers, following an Envelope Oscar Actresses Roundtable that gathered six leading...

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Russia

Germany and Deutsche Welle say the listing aims to stifle independent journalism after Russia added Deutsche Welle to its official list of "undesirable organisations". The justice ministry placed DW on the list after...

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USA

Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports have pushed up prices for toys, electronics and holiday decorations, forcing retailers to delay shipments, raise prices and prod shoppers to cut spending. Independent stores...

28h
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USA

Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge Hannah Dugan is on trial in federal court on charges that she concealed a person from arrest and obstructed federal proceedings after prosecutors say she diverted ICE agents, guided...

28h
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Palestine

A fragile ceasefire now holds in Gaza, but Hamas refuses to be disarmed and Israeli strikes continue, and investigators say suitcases of cash were driven into Gaza that helped keep both Hamas and Prime Minister Benjamin...

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USA

The DOJ sued to block Proposition 50, Californias newly approved congressional map, arguing that mapmaker Paul Mitchell and state leaders used race to create Latino-majority districts and asking a federal panel to bar...

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USA

Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year, defining it as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of AI," and saying the selection reflects a surge in searches that...

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Ukraine

TASS reported that Russian forces claim full control of Kupiansk a few days after Volodymyr Zelensky visited frontline troops near the city, while Kyiv says it recently pushed back Russian units there. Leonid Charov, a...

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USA

An 11-foot bronze statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol Visitor Center, following Virginia’s decision to replace a Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee and honoring the teenager...

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France

Louvre staff launched a renewable strike after roughly 400 workers voted unanimously to cease operations, and the museum has remained closed with employees gathered outside the glass pyramid carrying placards and...

37h/31h
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CNN

Is the US on the wrong track?
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France

Doriane Pin plans to return to endurance racing in 2026 with the 24 Hours of Le Mans as her main target, following reports that she has started F1 simulator work with Mercedes and could secure an F1 test if conditions...

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France

Annie Genevard defended the French government’s containment strategy for Lumpy Skin Disease on national television and in meetings with breeders in Toulouse, saying depopulation, vaccination and movement restrictions...

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Australia

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram attacked a crowded Hanukkah celebration on the Bondi Beach promenade at about 18:47 local time, killing 15 people and wounding dozens as bystanders and police moved to stop them. New...

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Iran

Narges Mohammadi has been rearrested this month and has been taken to hospital after being beaten in detention, her family and news reports citing AFP say, prompting calls for her release. The Norwegian Nobel Committee...

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Belgium

Jörgen Warborn, a Member of the European Parliament for Sweden’s Moderate Party (Moderaterna), faces a complaint to the European Parliament’s Committee on Harassment and Conflicts of Interest over his role as chairman...

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USA

JD Vance urged Americans to be patient as food and housing costs remain high in a speech in Allentown, following a White House push to soften economic messaging after Donald Trump's blunt appearance in Mount Pocono....

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Poland

Polish security services detained 19-year-old Mateusz W. on suspicion of contacting the Islamic State and charged him with preparing a Christmas market attack that could have caused mass casualties, following earlier...

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Belgium

EU adopted a twentieth sanctions package while foreign ministers met in Brussels, tightening measures that target 40 additional ships in the so-called "shadow fleet", five businessmen linked to Lukoil and Rosneft and...

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France

A French labor court ordered PSG to pay Kylian Mbappé up to €61 million in unpaid wages and holiday pay, following a long-running dispute over payments that dates to the 2023–24 season. The court said about €55 million...

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USA

iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA and announced a court-supervised plan for Picea Robotics to buy substantially all assets and 100 percent of shares, a transaction that would take the company...

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Australia

A Sydney judge sentenced 51-year-old taekwondo instructor Kwang Kyung Yoo to life without the possibility of parole following his guilty plea for the February 2024 murders of a 7-year-old student and the child’s...

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Venezuela

A vertebral fracture was confirmed after Maria Corina Machado’s clandestine escape from Venezuela, and former fighter Bryan Stern provided a dramatic account of the extraction he called "Golden Dynamite," saying Machado...

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USA

Widespread condemnation followed Donald Trump's remark that Rob Reiner's death was linked to "Trump Derangement Syndrome", after a weekend that included a Providence campus shooting and a mass killing near Bondi Beach....

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Japan

Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, the only giant pandas at Ueno Zoo and offspring of Shin Shin, will be returned to China at the end of January and their last day on display will be January 25, after which China, which retains...

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France

Brigitte Macron issued a partial apology after footage showed her using a derogatory slur about feminist protesters, saying she is "sorry if I hurt women victims" but refusing to regret the words. The remarks came after...

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TheJoeRoganExperience

Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree
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USA

Rian Johnson returns with "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story", a third installment that centers Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, as he investigates a murder during a church service amid religious agitators and a...

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Italy

F.A., a 45-year-old Peruvian man who worked at a restaurant in Rome's historic center, has been arrested and charged with rape and kidnapping after investigators linked him to an attack reported recently. The...

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Italy

Circulation has resumed with heavy delays after a body was found on the tracks near Chiusi, which earlier forced suspension of Rome–Florence high-speed and conventional services for judicial investigations. Trenitalia...

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USA

The FDA posted warning letters after telling Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons they failed to promptly remove recalled ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak, following earlier findings that the product...

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CNN

Jury finds Brian Walshe guilty of murdering his wife
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France

An explosion tore through a four-story residential building in Trévoux in the Ain department of eastern France, heavily damaging the ground floor and killing two children aged three and five. Authorities deployed 50...

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UK

Blaise Metreweli used her first public speech as head of MI6 at the agency's London headquarters to warn that the UK is already on the frontline of an expanding Russian campaign that uses disinformation, sabotage,...

46h/23h
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USA

A federal judge is leaning toward denying the National Trust's emergency request to stop construction of Donald Trump's privately funded White House ballroom, after the Trust sued following the East Wing's demolition...

18h/41m
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TEDTalks

The pattern we're missing in the AI job panic
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China

China's economy slowed again in November as retail sales rose only 1.3 percent year on year, industrial production advanced 4.8 percent and fixed-asset investment contracted 2.6 percent in the January–November period,...

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UK

Cliff Richard, the 85-year-old British singer, said he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer after it was discovered at an early stage during a health check ahead of a planned tour of Australia and New Zealand,...

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USA

Customers queued at Hawthorne stores as the Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.25 billion, following the most recent drawing that produced no jackpot winner and marked the 43rd consecutive rollover. The...

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USA

Kering and Ardian have completed a joint venture for the building at 715–717 Fifth Avenue in New York in a deal valued at $900 million that gives Ardian a 60 percent stake, leaves Kering with a 40 percent stake and...

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CzechRepublic

Andrej Babiš took office last week after forming a majority coalition led by his ANO movement that replaces the pro‑Western government and controls a 16‑member Cabinet. The coalition, which includes the right‑populist...

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Australia

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram appear to have opened fire at a public Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in an attack investigators now treat as motivated by Islamic State ideology, killing 15 people and wounding dozens...

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TEDTalks

The trap of win-lose thinking and how to escape it
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China

Ministry of Commerce announced that it has concluded a year-long anti-dumping probe into pork and pig by-product imports from the EU and will impose reduced duties ranging from 4.9 percent to 19.8 percent on dozens of...

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Curaçao

JetBlue said a passenger jet operating as Flight 1112 nearly collided with a US Air Force KC-135R tanker while climbing out of Curaçao and that the crew stopped their climb, levelled off and then continued to New York...

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CNN

New footage shows start of Bondi Beach shooting
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Australia

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram opened fire during a recent Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and wounding more than 40 as emergency services and police responded to the scene. Ahmed al-Ahmed...

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Mexico

A Cessna Citation III that had taken off from Acapulco crashed while attempting an emergency landing near Toluca Airport in the State of Mexico, killing all ten people on board. Video showed the jet nose-diving onto a...

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USA

Grand Canyon National Park has reopened overnight lodging on the South Rim after crews repaired multiple breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline and restored enough service for guests to return to El Tovar, Bright Angel...

19h/13h
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USA

ICE carried out a special operation in the Twin Cities after President Donald Trump's xenophobic attack and following a New York Times investigation that alleged roughly $1 billion in COVID-19 relief fraud and prompted...

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Australia

Tasmania Police said an independent search party found Celine Cremer’s mobile phone at Philosopher Falls on Saturday, the first new physical lead more than two years after she disappeared in June 2023. Police will...

19h/7h
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USA

Jason Fuchs says the first season of “It: Welcome to Derry” reimagines Pennywise’s origin in 1962 Derry while tying the terror to Cold War anxieties, racism and the civil rights struggle, and he defends the show’s...

43h/29h
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USA

Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell pressed Congress to remove Section 373 from the National Defense Authorization Act because the provision would permit military aircraft to obtain waivers to stop broadcasting locations via...

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USA

Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament in a recent home loss that also eliminated the Kansas City Chiefs from playoff contention for the first time since 2014, ending a decade of...

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Morocco

Safi on Morocco’s Atlantic coast suffered sudden flash floods after an hour of exceptionally heavy rain that authorities and Reuters say killed at least 37 people and injured 32, sweeping away cars and flooding homes...

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USA

The DHS and US Customs and Border Protection have proposed new rules that would expand digital vetting of tourists, students, workers and journalists to include up to ten years of email addresses and five years of...

42h/31h
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USA

Janelle Brown says that after Kody Brown apologized on TLC’s “Sister Wives,” she briefly wondered whether they could repair their relationship, but she is now prioritizing closure over reconciliation. With the family...

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USA

Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee late in the Kansas City Chiefs' home game against the Los Angeles Chargers, an injury that ended the club's long playoff streak and will...

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USA

Democratic leaders and civil rights groups condemned Republican lawmakers after Tommy Tuberville and Randy Fine called for mass deportations and other harsh measures against Muslims following a mass shooting in...

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USA

Russell Simmons has publicly accused his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons of blocking his access to their daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee and allegedly using them as leverage to deter him from suing her over a disputed stock...

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