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Platner’s three-day vetting job comes back to haunt Dems as rape allegation rocks Senate bid
Democratic operatives spent just $6,250 on a three-day background check before launching Graham Platner’s campaign for a US Senate seat in Maine, a decision now under scrutiny as allegations engulf his candidacy. Proper vetting for high-stakes races typically takes several weeks and tens of thousands of dollars, and the perfunctory review is being blamed for…
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Pregnant woman carrying twins survives Final Destination-style nightmare after metal pole comes flying at her windshield on the highway
A pregnant woman carrying twins in California narrowly escaped serious harm when a metal pole flew through her windscreen while she was driving on the I-15 motorway. Lesley Herrera was travelling northbound near Temecula at around 2pm on Saturday when a metal bar, said to have fallen from a lorry ahead of her, pierced the…
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Watch Eddie Vedder soak up the glory as Pearl Jam’s ‘Alive’ is played during hydration break of USA vs Belgium World Cup match
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder was filmed relishing the moment as the band’s 1991 song ‘Alive’ played over the stadium PA during a hydration break at the FIFA World Cup match between the USA and Belgium at Seattle Stadium on 6 July 2026. Cameras cut to the hometown musician in the stands, where he raised…
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Erling Haaland’s girlfriend celebrates Norway’s World Cup run, Biles claps back & Swift-Kelce wedding snubs
This is a light-hearted “Nightcaps” sports column from Fox News/OutKick, rounding up World Cup gossip and celebrity chatter rather than reporting a single hard-news event. Its main hook is that the United States men’s team was knocked out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup by Belgium, prompting the writer to pledge allegiance to Norway for…
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Former Cowboys defender Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide at 24, found to have early stage CTE
Marshawn Kneeland, a former Dallas Cowboys defensive end who died by suicide in November 2025 at the age of 24 following a high-speed police chase, has been posthumously diagnosed with early-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The finding matters because it adds a young NFL player to the growing body of evidence linking repetitive head impacts…
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ICE says officer shot and killed illegal immigrant who tried to ram him with car in Houston
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says one of its officers shot and killed a man during an operation in Houston after he allegedly tried to run the officer over with his vehicle. The agency identified the man as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen living in the country illegally, and the incident adds to…
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Woman beater’s extraordinary outburst as he’s led away to begin jail sentence: ‘Parole board gonna love this video’
Kharee Nazir Davis, 19, was filmed making a defiant outburst as he was led away in handcuffs to begin a prison sentence in Pennsylvania. Having pleaded guilty to assaulting two women at a St Patrick’s Day parade in Conshohocken in 2025, he was recorded telling a journalist that his sentence was “bullshit” and that he…
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Karlovy Vary Unveils KVIFF Promises Winners, Including Ukraine Film Project ‘Reminiscence’
‘Selamlik’ and ‘They Bloom at Dawn’ are among other works-in-progress winning prizes.
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Christopher Nolan Says ‘The Odyssey’s’ Modern English Dialogue ‘Was a No-Brainer’ Even If ‘It Might Bite Me on the Ass’ and ‘I Was Maybe Being Naïve’
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is based on Homer’s ancient Greek epic, which dates back to around the 8th or 7th century BC. As a result, some moviegoers were surprised when the film’s various trailers let it slip that Nolan’s characters speak contemporary English dialogue in mostly American accents. The creative decision sparked intense discourse on social…