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Christopher Nolan was just trying to exercise. The “Oppenheimer” director, who won just won best director from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday, told the crowd a story about an encounter with a critic while on his Peloton.
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Whenever Quentin Tomlin heads out to play high school football, his mother, Laura, knows one thing is for sure: The team won't take the field without access to an automated external defibrillator, or AED.
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The Tomlin family at a Cincinnati Bengals game in November 2023. Christopher (top right) was watching from the stands when Damar Hamlin collapsed during the …
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Mayor Whitmire Appoints Experienced Leader as City’s Interim Finance Director
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St. Louis Fed names Alberto Musalem as its new president
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House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the “mayhem” he witnessed at the US-Mexico border, saying in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the Biden administration isn’t doing its job.
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Defendant dives over bench to attack judge, courtroom video shows
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