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Village near Rome joins Italy's €1 home sell-off
Italy's ongoing clearance sale of €1 houses has been ideal for people seeking to start a new life in some of the country's far-flung corners.
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Neighbors who helped pull 4-year-old from crash reflect on tragic accident scene
The Missouri Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate a Friday night crash that left a 6-year-old girl dead, injured a 4-year-old boy, and put three adults in the ICU.
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Siegal called for his dad, Matt Siegal, and the two men sprinted after the car which rolled across the street, and between two barns towards …
Published on August 23, 2021
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'Shang-Chi' masters the art of the Marvel origin story
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" conjures a slick addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, one that owes less to the comics than most of its predecessors. The movie not only strikes a welcome blow for inclusion with its predominantly Asian cast, but deftly juggles epic world building with lighter comedy in a way that should appeal to audiences, depending on how many can be lured back to theaters at this moment.
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Conservative radio host's Covid death should prompt others to end vaccine lies
Nationally syndicated and Nashville-based conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine had for months repeatedly shared posts on social media platforms telling his fans that if they weren't at particular risk for Covid-19, they shouldn't get the vaccine. His message changed on July 23, when he was hospitalized for getting the virus in serious condition. On Saturday, Valentine died.
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John Travolta on how he talked to their young son about Kelly Preston's death
John Travolta has been candid concerning how he talked to his young son about his wife Kelly Preston's death.
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John Travolta shares how he talked to their young son about Kelly Preston's death. Preston and Travolta attend the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, …
Published on August 23, 2021
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Woman says losing her mother to Covid-19 was worst thing in the entire world
A local woman is honoring her mother as one of the thousands killed by COVID-19.
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Lizzo tearfully calls out 'fatphobic' and 'racist' hate following 'Rumors' release
Lizzo cried over a wave of hateful comments following the release of her latest single, admitting to fans on Instagram Live "it's hurtful."
Lizzo broke down in tears over racist and fat-phobic comments she received after dropping her new song “Rumors,” featuring Cardi B. “Sometimes I feel like the world just don’t love me back. It’s like, it doesn’t matter how much positive energy you put into the world. You’re still going to have people who have something mean to say about you,” Lizzo, 33, sobbed during an Instagram Live on Sunday. She continued, “I just feel like I’m seeing negativity directed towards me in the most weirdest way, like, people saying s–t about me that just doesn’t even make sense. It’s fat-phobic and it’s racist and it’s hurtful.”
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Former NBA Superstar J.R. Smith Enrolls An HBCU and Plans to Play Golf
Former NBA superstar J.R. Smith enrolled at North Carolina A&T and is set to play golf for the Aggies, Blavity reports.
Smith is a two-time NBA champion, winning one with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020. Now that he has retired from the league, he’s decided to pursue a degree in liberal studies at North Carolina A&T. Smith said he also has plans to join the golf team.
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Remembering Yolanda Pope: Houston Style's Resident Foodie
Writers are usually the ones who are never at a lost for words. However, this writer is finding it hard to use words to adequately describe Yolanda Pope. Her personality was welcoming. She didn't mind sharing her knowledge. The entire staff knew food, especially good food, was her weakness. Yolanda has had her last dish as she passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 16, 2021.
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Human Rights Campaign Announces Launch of First Ever National In-Home HIV Testing Kit Program
Today, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, in partnership with Us Helping Us, launched the United States’ first national in-home HIV testing program centered around reaching communities disproportionately impacted by HIV—Black and Latinx gay, bisexual men and transgender women of color. Also, for the first time in its history, HRC will be providing a direct-to-door service to the LGBTQ+ community by pledging to administer a minimum of 5,000 free in-home testing kits for HIV over one year.
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Human Rights Campaign Announces Launch of First Ever National In-Home HIV Testing Kit Program
Today, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, in partnership with Us Helping Us, launched the United States’ first national in-home HIV testing program centered around reaching communities disproportionately impacted by HIV—Black and Latinx gay, bisexual men and transgender women of color. Also, for the first time in its history, HRC will be providing a direct-to-door service to the LGBTQ+ community by pledging to administer a minimum of 5,000 free in-home testing kits for HIV over one year.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for Covid-19
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Tuesday.
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The buck stops with Biden -- but Trump's role in Afghanistan debacle is a doozy
The collapse of the Afghan government and the blindingly fast recapture of the country by the Taliban is a calamity for the Afghan people. This is what needs to remain at the forefront, above any other consideration of what is occurring.
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What the world is saying about America's withdrawal from Afghanistan
As harrowing pictures of Afghans clinging to US cargo jets in a desperate bid to escape the Taliban circulate, everyone in Washington is asking a version of the same questions: Did President Joe Biden misread intelligence about the imminent collapse of the Afghan government and armed forces?
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Opinion: Afghanistan's collapse was not pre-ordained. It was willful abandonment
As I communicated with the terrified families of former allies trying to flee the country this week, I felt the sickening resignation one has when visiting a loved one in hospice. But Afghanistan's collapse was not pre-ordained. It was willful abandonment.
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Man to serve more than 5 years for fentanyl trafficking case in North Carolina
A Buncombe County judge has sentenced a man convicted of trafficking heroin/opium to more than five years in prison.
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Afghans watch nervously as Taliban regime takes shape, and US and its allies continue frantic exit
Thousands of desperate Afghans remain stranded under Taliban rule in Kabul on Tuesday, as the US and its allies -- still frantically evacuating their personnel from the city's airport -- reckon with the sudden breakdown of their two-decade effort in Afghanistan.
