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American Football Add Buenos Aires, São Paulo to Upcoming Latin America Tour
American Football have expanded their upcoming Latin American tour, adding new shows in Buenos Aires and São Paulo, bringing their run in the region to five dates. The Midwest emo band was already booked for festival appearances in Mexico City, Santiago and Lima, and the tour supports their fourth studio album, LP4, released earlier in…
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US Air Force plane turns back from Antarctica after Russian missile threat
A U.S. Air Force plane heading from New Zealand to Antarctica was forced to turn around Tuesday due to a “potentially hazardous” space activity warning. The American C-17 Globemaster aircraft, using call sign ICE28, initially took off from Christchurch, New Zealand, around 9:00 a.m. local time but returned back to Christchurch less than three hours…
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US Army is enticing reenlistments with a 4-day pass to play GTA 6 when it drops in November
A US Army unit at Fort Stewart in Georgia offered soldiers a four-day pass to play Grand Theft Auto 6 on release as an incentive to reenlist, according to a CBS News report. In exchange, soldiers had to commit to a further two to six years of service, a trade-off that drew criticism given the…
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US marshals survive deck collapse while serving warrant at sex offender’s home
Video captures members of a U.S. Marshals task force plunging to the ground when a deck collapsed as they served a warrant at the Missouri home of a sex offender.
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A fantastical journey unfolds in gorgeous Wildwood trailer
Laika Studios has released the full trailer for Wildwood, director Travis Knight’s forthcoming stop-motion fantasy film, set to a cover of Avicii’s “Wake Me Up.” The film adapts the 2011 novel by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists and his wife, illustrator Carson Ellis, transforming Portland’s Forest Park into a hidden magical realm reachable only by…
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Trump celebrates Florida loss of ‘treasonous creep’
President Trump on Wednesday celebrated the loss of Alexander Vindman in the Senate Democratic primary in Florida. “The most gratifying loss last night was that of a real treasonous creep, Alexander Vindman, to a Radical Left Lunatic, who can’t speak or think properly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon…
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Billboard Style – “Meloxicam”
Billboard Style, the duo of Ben Guterl (Forth Wanderers) and Dan Howard (Victoryland), have released “Meloxicam”, the second single from their upcoming debut album Pull Of The Moon. The song follows their well-received self-titled debut single and offers further insight into the pair’s songwriting, drawing on Guterl’s own experience of a long-distance relationship. The two-minute…
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4 Songs From 1984 Every 80s Kid Heard While Riding the Bus to School Each Morning
American Songwriter has put together a nostalgic list of four songs from 1984 that were staples for children riding the school bus during that era, drawn from some of the biggest albums of the year. Pieces like this tap into 1980s nostalgia by revisiting chart-topping hits that remain well-known decades later, highlighting how deeply these…
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Vertical Video Economy Worth $150B, Even Without China – Owl & Co Report
A new report from Owl & Co, published on 19 August 2026, puts the value of the global “vertical video” economy at $150 billion this year, a figure that excludes China despite the format having originated there. The research firm, founded by former Wondery boss Hernan Lopez, says it is the first study to size…
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Trump says US-Canada trade deal ‘subject to the finalization of documents’
Canada and the United States have reached agreement on the outline of a trade deal, though President Donald Trump cautioned it remains “subject to the finalization of documents”. The announcement followed three consecutive days of negotiations in Washington, during which Trump paused a threatened wave of new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods that had been…