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"He's All That" is a new gender-swapped version of the beloved 1999 teen romcom "She's All That," with some familiar faces returning.
PG&E, one of the country’s largest utilities, wants to put 10,000 miles of lines underground
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Senegalese officials say that Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre has died at the age of 79 of COVID-19 in Senegal
Chinese tech stocks rallied on Tuesday as investors got some clarity on the regulatory outlook and bought some of the names that have taken a beating.
Facebook Gaming said it is reopening applications for the Black Gaming Creator Program, an initiative announced in December.
More than 130 evacuees boarded a British military cargo plane leaving Kabul airport for refuge in the UK from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The woman’s SUV hit a retaining wall and rolled over multiple times.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says "limited and proportionate" restrictions could be in reintroduced.
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A member of the U.K. Parliament questioned how President Biden will help Afghan refugees as Europe prepares to grapple with a rush of migrants fleeing the Taliban.
The hugely controversial 2020 Paralympic Games opened one year late in COVID-ridden Tokyo on Tuesday, with a dramatic firework display and a celebration of Japanese culture in a nearly empty...
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New film stars Tom Holland and Zendaya, while Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx will reprise their roles as villains from old Spidey flicks
Bosch, which is the world's largest car-parts supplier, believes semiconductor supply chains in the automotive industry are no longer fit for purpose.
The Taliban has warned the United States and its allies against remaining in Afghanistan into September.
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Employees and students at a German university received medical treatment after showing symptoms of poisoning, and prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspicions of attempted murder.
Ukraine's deputy foreign minister claimed an aircraft was "de facto hijacked" from Kabul airport before heading to Iran.
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U.K. supermarket chain J Sainsbury on Tuesday retreated from a three-year high, as no bid has yet to materalize.
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Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it
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Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that's native to Southeast Asia whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant and painkiller
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Newsom's anti-recall campaign raked in more money in its first five months — $54 million — than the $50.2 million his 2018 campaign raised over four years.
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The F.D.A.’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus shot gives companies more cover to require vaccinations for workers.
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Los Angeles Fire Captain Cristian Granucci recorded a video of himself criticizing the city's new COVID-19 vaccination requirement. It was posted on YouTube.
President AMLO said Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, who is deaf and blind in one eye and now confined to a wheelchair, could be freed if “justified.”
Mexican kingpin "El Mencho" is fighting other cartels to control his home state of Michoacan, fueling mass displacement to Tijuana.
Netflix’s Someone Great is a forgotten film that just works, all tropes aside. I watch no fewer than eight romantic comedies a month. The formula — a slightly outlandish meet-cute, some heady...
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OnlyFans, which has amassed a base of more than 130 million users largely for adult-oriented subscription fan pages, has announced that it will ban sexually explicit content this fall to comply...
Jonah Hill opens up to director Adam McKay about shifting gears from comedy to drama—and how nice it is when your happiness finally catches up with your success.
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The $3.5 trillion budget framework stalled in the House early Tuesday after tense negotiations between Democratic leaders and centrists failed to reach an agreement. Driving the news: Moderate...
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There’s good fat and there’s bad fat. Mission Produce, a rare pure-play avocado seller with diverse suppliers south of the border, could help investors take advantage of America’s avocado craze.
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TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium — during the same pandemic — as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics.Japanese...
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Pregnant woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 23, 2021.
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The fast food chain becomes the latest to admit that it is struggling to keep all of its products on the menu after being hit by severe lorry driver shortages.
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The Vice President warned China that its actions in the South China Sea amount to "coercion" and "intimidation."
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The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, Enrique Tarrio, has been sentenced to five months in jail.
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An outgoing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo granted clemency to the San Francisco District Attorney's father, a left-wing radical convicted in the murders of two police officers.
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Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California said Monday that the Biden administration was "unlikely" to be able to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 deadline. Schiff,...
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Peter Parker tries to change the past in Tom Holland's third go as Marvel's web-slinger.
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The delay is the latest for the unprecedented partisan review. It has so far taken more than double the 60 days it was originally supposed to take.
The woman testified Monday in Kelly’s federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial. This story contains graphic descriptions of alleged abuse.
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A new Smithsonian initiative explores how Americans understand, experience and confront racism
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In 2019, Eliud Kipchoge became the first non-disabled runner to complete a marathon in under two hours. But wheelchair racers have been beating that barrier for decades: The fastest official time...
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