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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Canada following her and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex’s announcement that they are stepping back as “senior” royals, but if the royal family ever needs someone who might be able to tap in for her, the internet has found their woman. After Instagram user Akeisha Land recently…
When the clock strikes 11 p.m. local time on Friday, Britain will officially leave the European Union, after three and a half years largely marked by arguments, negotiations and divisions. The moment will herald the start of a new, uncertain phase in the U.K.’s national life. Britain’s lawmakers will give up their seats in the…
(LUCKNOW, India) — Authorities rescued 23 children and killed the man who allegedly held them hostage for nearly 11 hours after inviting them to his home for his daughter’s birthday party in northern India, police said Friday. Officer Mohit Agarwal said two police officers were injured after the man, identified as Subhash Batham, fired at…
Luis Gomez is in a back room hidden behind columns of tires at his family’s tire shop in Des Moines. He’s got his tablet open and he’s scrolling through his Facebook friends to see who he can call to ask about their caucus plans, but the timing is tricky. It’s 9:00 on a Tuesday morning…
An American environmental journalist was deported from Indonesia Friday, after being detained for more than six weeks on suspicions he violated the conditions of his visa. Philip Jacobson, 31, an editor for the U.S.-based environmental science website Mongabay was traveling in Palangkaraya, the capital of Central Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo, when he…
(WASHINGTON) — John Delaney, the longest-running Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential race, is ending his campaign after pouring millions of his own money into an effort that failed to resonate with voters. The announcement, made Friday morning, further winnowed down a primary field that had once stood at more than two dozen. “At this…
(NEW YORK) — A telescope in Hawaii has produced its first images of the sun, revealing its turbulent gas surface in what scientists called unprecedented detail. They show the surface covered with bright cell-like areas, each about the size of Texas, that result from the transporting of heat from the sun’s interior. The telescope can…
Daniel Ament went to sleep one day and woke up months later with a new set of lungs. Ament, 17 and a high school junior in Grosse Pointe, Mich., (anonymously) made headlines this past fall after becoming the first person to receive a double lung transplant due to what doctors attribute to vaping-related damage. But…
(SCOTTSBORO, Ala.) — Six members of one family were among the eight victims of an early-morning fire that engulfed a marina dock in minutes, forcing residents to flee in boats or jump into cold water to save themselves, authorities said Wednesday. Grace Annette Watson Miles, 40, died in the blaze early Monday, officials said, along…
(NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania) — Authorities in Mauritania have arrested 10 men after a video appeared on social media of a gay couple appearing to take part in a traditional wedding ceremony, human rights groups said. Police later determined the gathering was a birthday party but the men remain in custody with no trial date set yet.…