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Kama muta: the powerful emotion you didn’t know you had
Goosebumps, tears, a sense of solidarity… There’s a name for that feeling, and its manifestations – from Swifties handing out friendship bracelets to strong responses to political messaging – can ...6 hours ago -
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‘I have few close friends’: I’m 69, retired, single and have amassed $3.6 million. What should I do with my fortune?
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‘If I had the power I’d destroy the whole thing’: what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles?
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished – a microcosm of Turkey’s scandal-hit construction sector under Erdoğan. From the rooftop of the castle where I’m ...12 hours ago -
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‘I thought I’d die at Armageddon’: Hollywood action hero Luke Evans on growing up gay as a Jehovah’s Witness
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Dodgers' Freddie Freeman jokes about Kirk Gibson comps after World Series walk-off: 'I played the whole game'
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‘I wish Dad were here’: I received $500,000 after my late father’s wrongful-death lawsuit. My adviser suggests annuities. How do I invest it?
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In 'The Price of Power,' McConnell says Trump's MAGA movement is 'completely wrong'
New book chronicles McConnell's increasing dissatisfaction with Trump leading up to the 2020 election and in the days that followed.Yesterday -
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My mother was told I’d died in a house fire at 10 days old. In fact, I was kidnapped
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I am so incompetent, I lose things I never had in the first place | Adrian Chiles
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Geraldo Rivera: 'I wish I had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner'
Television personality Geraldo Rivera said Tuesday that he wishes he “had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner.” “In retrospect, I wish I had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner before he ...3 days ago -
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‘I don’t have much hope for a Harris presidency’: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israeli apartheid and what the media gets wrong about Palestine
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‘I had to fill the tub with ice water’: Americans on how they climate-proof their homes
US readers are responding to the reality of the climate crisis by adapting their homes, from insulation as a refuge from heat to removing yard debris in case of wildfires. Rose, 62, was living in a ...3 days ago -
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Disney is doubling its fleet of cruise ships. What that says about the company's strategy
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What’s Wrong With Donald Trump?
I think there’s an answer. But it’s not age — or, at least, it’s not just age.4 days ago -
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‘I just thought I’d made a crazy-ass exploitation movie’: Sean Baker on his Palme d’Or-winning lapdance film
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What are things coming to if a multinational can’t humble a government?
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‘Don’t be naïve’: I have a wake-up call for divorcing women — you’ve been giving up too much for too long. Am I wrong?
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BRELAND went to Selma to find himself. His ‘Project 2024' is music based on what he saw and felt
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Charlie Patiño: ‘I’d been at Arsenal a long time. I wanted a new chapter’
After glorious start at Arsenal the midfielder found pathway blocked and has honoured his roots with Deportivo move. Old tweets can come back to bite, but not this time. This time, digging into his ...October 18 -
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Messi talks Barcelona, Inter Miami, 2026 World Cup – ‘Achieved much more than I had dreamed’
Lionel Messi was present at a recent award ceremony hosted by MARCA, where he spoke about his love for Barcelona.Messi also reflected on his successes, both at the club and international levels. He ...October 18 -
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Tony Bennett defied roster makeup, play style conventions while turning Virginia into a national power
Tony Bennett did things his own way, and it led to unprecedented success for Virginia basketballOctober 18 -
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Al Pacino calls his spending a 'crazy montage of loss' early in his career: 'I had $50 million and then I had nothing'
In his new memoir, Oscar winning actor Al Pacino says at one point he was paying his landscaper $400,000 a year to maintain a property he didn't even live in.October 17 -
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'I had to bulldoze my house' - Palestinians face spike in Israeli demolition orders in East Jerusalem
Human rights groups say the number of homes demolished has nearly doubled since 7 October 2023.October 17 -
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Julian Edelman on why he didn't leave Patriots to join Tom Brady in Tampa: 'I had to go down with the ship'
Edelman played all 12 seasons of his NFL career with the Patriots.October 17 -
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Blaze destroys multimillion-euro German fire station that had no alarms
Stadtallendorf fire station was not required to have alarms because it was classified as a building holding equipment. A state-of-the-art fire station in western Germany that was completed last ...October 16 -
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The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?
A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.October 16 -
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Trump: 'If I did' talk to Putin, 'it's a smart thing'
Donald Trump declined to say Tuesday if he's been in touch with Vladimir Putin since he left the White House but said it would have been smart if he had.October 16 -
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A Top University Bet on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?
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When veneers go very wrong: ‘I knew I’d made the biggest mistake of my life’
They have become as routine as Botox and lip filler. But what can people do when their dream of a perfect smile turns into a nightmare?. Catherine thought she was being smart when she chose a ...October 16 -
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Trump won't say if he's spoken to Putin, but "if I did, it's a smart thing"
Asked at the Economic Club of Chicago whether a report that he's spoken to Putin since he left office is true, Trump avoided a direct answer.October 15 -
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Hurricane Helene survivors still without power, homes destroyed by mud
Some Chimney Rock residents are finally getting access to their homes and are finding that mud and floods destroyed entire communities, roads and power equipment in North Carolina following ...October 15 -
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Trump Says It Would Be a ‘Smart Thing’ if He Had Talked to Putin
Donald J. Trump declined to comment on whether he’d talked with the Russian president since leaving office. But he added, “If I have a relationship with people, that’s a good thing.”October 15 -
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Trump on reported Putin calls: 'If I did, it is a smart thing'
Former President Trump on Tuesday defended conversations he's reportedly had with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving the White House, even as he declined to confirm they took place. ...October 15 -
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I had plans to sanction Israeli ministers before election, Cameron tells BBC
The ex-foreign secretary says he wanted to put restrictions on two ministers he called "extremists".October 15 -
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Tommy Robinson’s book went to No 1 on Amazon. This is what I learned from the reviews | Zoe Williams
The far-right activist’s Manifesto briefly topped the website’s chart. It is gone now, but the comments make for worrying reading. It’s always tempting to self-soothe when the far right is on the ...October 15 -
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NFL Power Rankings: Where things stand after a wild Week 6
Detroit's Super Bowl dreams took a hit when it lost Aidan Hutchinson, while NY tried to breathe new life into its own chase by adding Davante Adams.October 15 -
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Roberts had a plan, and he stuck with it as it went up in flames
Mets' third baseman Mark Vientos made Roberts pay for staying with long reliever Landon Knack.October 15 -
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A new start after 60: I went to art school at 66 – and now I’ve sold hundreds of paintings
Carol Douglas wanted to study art as a teenager, but her parents didn’t see the point and she spent decades regretting what might have been. She now has an exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. ...October 14