A shooting at Charles University in the Czech Republic’s capital of Prague on Thursday has left at least 15 people dead and around two dozen injured, officials say. Police said during a press conference that the suspect in the mass killing, who is dead, was a student at the university …
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A growing number of political commentators and experts are calling for the Biden administration to denounce the Colorado Supreme Court’s removal of former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, arguing it could be a strong political move for him. “If Biden were smart, he’d denounce the CO Supreme Court …
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In 2023, the world witnessed a series of major disasters that caused widespread destruction, tearing up homes and communities, and in many cases, taking lives. Here is a retrospective — but not exhaustive — look at some of 2023’s biggest natural disasters in the United States and around the world. …
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Members of the Kansas City Chiefs got together recently, and yes, Taylor Swift was there, too. The pop star is dating Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce, making them one of the most high-profile celebrity couples in the world. Rookie wide receiver Rashee Rice was lucky enough to get an …
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The royal family tends to keep their private lives exactly that, private, but there were some big confessions made in 2023. Prince William revealed in October that his favorite emoji is NSFW. Princess Eugenie was a guest on the “White Wine Question Time” podcast, hosted by Kate Thornton, in October, …
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Fresh off its historic mission to collect samples from an asteroid in deep space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has its newest assignment: studying another asteroid during its close encounter with Earth. OSIRIS-REx ended its seven-year, 4 billion-mile round-trip journey to collect samples from the space rock Bennu in September. But instead …
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For better or for worse, a wave of couples saying “I do” in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve could set a record for the city’s busiest wedding day ever. That’s because 12/31/23 is known in the massive Las Vegas wedding industry as a “specialty date,” thanks to the repeating …
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a Missouri woman who pleaded guilty to plotting to murder her abusive mother in 2015, was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center Thursday at 3:30 a.m. Blanchard, now 32, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree murder in 2016, when she was 24, but under …
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Aretha Franklin, whose booming vocals and powerful personal presence made her one of the great entertainers in global history, became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on this day in history, Jan. 3, 1987. “Aretha Franklin was an artist of passion, sophistication and command, …
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Over 200 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been released from Russian captivity, according to the Ukrainian president. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced their release via social media on Wednesday, posting a video of the newly freed hostages celebrating their return. “Our people are home. Today, we returned over 200 warriors and …
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