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Sylvanian Families in legal battle over TikTok sex, drugs and murder videos
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As White House talks about impounding NASA funding, Congress takes the threat seriously
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The 18 Russian spies who mounted series of attacks on UK unmasked
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US passes first major national crypto legislation
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Juul can continue to sell e-cigarettes, FDA says
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Diane Abbott suspended from Labour Party
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Israel strikes Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to late pope
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"It Is So Strange And Unsettling" – 11 Documenaries That Left People Utterly Shocked
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Stephen Colbert Wondered "Why On Earth" Trump Would Make These Shocking And Untrue Claims About His Uncle
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Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports Sign 'Wide-Ranging' Deal With FOX Sports
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Wife of CEO allegedly caught cheating at Coldplay concert deletes Facebook after video goes viral
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Revenge of the flip phone
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Prosecutor in Diddy and Epstein cases fired by justice department
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Major incident declared after coach crashes on way back from school trip
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Destroy Lonely Blamed for Teen's Hospitalization After Failed Stage Dive
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Why doesn’t Donald Trump want to release the Epstein Files?
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Adam Sandler Says ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Had a ‘Massive Part’ for Carl Weathers Before His Death: ‘We Had to Rewrite a Lot of Stuff’
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Donald Trump Underwent Vascular Tests After Swelling In His Legs, Diagnosed With Chronic Venous Insufficiency
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Android Phones Can Detect Earthquakes Before the Ground Starts Shaking
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Amazon Beats Ad Tier Class Action Over Subscription Trickery
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Superman continues James Gunn’s horrifying war against characters’ eyes
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Naughty Dog Co-Founder Says One Simple Change Made Crash Bandicoot Remakes Worse
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US Senate approves $9bn cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds
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What Big Tech got out of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
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Denise Richards Accuses Ex Aaron of Threatening to Kill Her Before Split
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Elizabeth Warren targets price gouging and Trump in new bill as tariff costs, inflation increase
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Which parties could benefit from lower voting age?
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Why is Israel escalating its strikes against Syria?
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Abbott suspended by Labour Party after comments about racism
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Meta investors settle $8bn lawsuit with Zuckerberg over Facebook privacy
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UK's most powerful supercomputer comes online
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How Zohran Mamdani reached a multilingual, multicultural New York online
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Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS
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Rescission package heads to final vote. And, Trump floats firing the Fed chairman
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