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'The Heart in Winter' Review: Romance on the Run
In Kevin Barry’s novel, a love affair in 1890s Montana turns perilous. -
ABC News - Top stories
Biden to award Medal of Honor to Civil War heroes, 162 years later
They commandeered a train in what became known as the "Great Locomotive Chase."Joe Biden -
The Guardian - World
Heroes, superheroes, and someone who lost to a lettuce – take the Thursday quiz
15 questions, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, regardless of whether there is an election or not. How will you fare?. Regular readers will know that during the summer months the Thursday quiz likes to have little themes now and then. With a huge ... -
ESPN - Sports
Penalty hero Martínez: 'I wasn't ready to go home'
Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez declared he "wasn't ready to go home" after saving his country in a penalty shootout against Ecuador in Thursday's Copa América quarterfinal. -
GameSpot - Tech
The Boys Popcorn Bucket Is As Obscene As You'd Expect, But It's Not Real Yet
Prime Video's The Boys has brought some of TV's most out-there moments for the past three and a half seasons to its fans. The current Season 4 has kept on brand, and with a new episode dropping this week, who knows what showrunner Eric Kripke has ... -
The Guardian - World
Nine-year-old boy youngest in UK to undergo rare pancreatic surgery
Newcastle surgeons remove Archie Routledge’s pancreas while transplanting insulin-producing cells into his liver. A nine-year-old boy is settling back into family life after becoming the youngest person in the UK to undergo a marathon, life-saving ...United Kingdom -
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Man and woman charged over boy's dog attack death
Two people are charged with gross negligence manslaughter over the fatal dog attack on Daniel Twigg. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Raffaella' Review: An Enchanted Elegy
At the Morris Performing Arts Center, this fairytale ballet—commissioned by the Stroik family to honor their late daughter, Raffaella—is a tribute to the young dancer’s life and legacy. -
GameSpot - Tech
Zenless Zone Zero Review
Zenless Zone Zero is easily the most stylish entry in HoYoverse's fast-growing catalog of free-to-play RPGs. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Reds' Review: Communism in the U.S.A.
The Soviet Union cast a long shadow over American fellow travelers, who contorted their beliefs to follow the party. -
Wired - Tech
How to Run on the Moon
It’s hard to stay fit in low gravity. Here’s a simple solution, using Einsteinian physics and an old carnival stunt. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Bodies in the Water' Review: Awash in Questions
In this true-crime documentary from ID, a fisherman’s horrifying find off the New Jersey shore sends law enforcement on a tortuous journey to solve the murder of a high-school student. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Frostbite' Review: The Art of Keeping Cool
Refrigeration changed everything, overcoming seasonal and geographic limits on food, making shopping a weekly routine and not a daily one. -
The Guardian - World
‘The teachers would refer to boys, girls – and you’: trans philosopher Paul B Preciado on reinventing Orlando
He was mentored by Jacques Derrida, amd his memoir about taking hormones broke new ground. Now, Preciado’s radical cinematic riff on Virginia Woolf’s novel explores a life spent defying the gender binary. In the opening seconds of Orlando: My ... -
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Chet Hanks condemns white supremacists who adopted his 'white boy summer' meme
Chet Hanks, son of actor Tom Hanks, has inadvertently emboldened white supremacists and other hate groups, according to a recent report. -
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‘The other boys did not want to train against him’: The making of Chandler Cunningham-South
This weekend, as he runs out under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium to take on the All Blacks, Chandler Cunningham-South will complete a poignant loop in his young career. -
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Britain's election could be historic. Here's what to know.
LONDON — Millions of Brits go to the polls Thursday, in an election likely to oust the Conservative Party that has dominated postwar politics and ruled the United Kingdom for the past 14 years. -
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court's historic term
The Supreme Court handles the tough cases, so every term is notable, but this one in particular reshaped vast parts of the American system of government and touched some of the most sensitive cultural issues of our time. New York Times reporter ... -
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Sunak apologises after Tory defeat and says he will step down
In a speech outside Number 10, Mr Sunak said he would step down as party leader once arrangements for a successor are in place. -
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Financial Times - World
Starmer readies for government after historic Labour win
Also in today’s newsletter, US labour market slows, Orbán meets Putin, Scholz’s new budget -
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ABC News - Entertainment
Movie Review: Hollywood, sleazy 80s-style, in ‘MaXXXine’
Mia Goth reprises her role as aspiring Hollywood star Maxine Minx in “MaXXXine,” an A24 release in theaters FridayEntertainment -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Despicable Me 4' Review: Gru Undercover
Steve Carell voices Gru, the supervillain-turned-secret agent, for the sixth time as he parries the revenge efforts of his high-school nemesis, Maxime Le Mal, voiced by Will Ferrell. -
GameSpot - Tech
Zenless Zone Zero Review - Hacker's Delight
Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) is HoYoverse's third game launch in four years. You'd think that HoYo's formula would get stale with yet another free-to-play gacha RPG dropping just 15 months after the release of Honkai: Star Rail, but that couldn't be ... -
The Guardian - World
Kasabian: Happenings review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
(Sony Music)The lad-favourites shift into neon hues on their second Serge Pizzorno-led album, as knockout choruses face off against some disappointing filler. Losing a lead singer is always going to be a tough hurdle for a band to overcome, but it ... -
The New York Times - Business
Book Review: ‘Private Revolutions’ by Yuan Yang
In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Blue Ruin' Review: From London to Lockdown
Hari Kunzru’s latest follows a struggling former art student whose past and present collide after a chance encounter during the pandemic. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'The Garden Against Time' Review: Paradises Lost and Found
Restoring an unkempt plot inspired Olivia Laing to investigate the place of gardens in our culture. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Alexander at the End of the World' Review: Empire in the East
With the conquest of Asia, Alexander added pomp to cruelty. His was a multicultural royal court. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Why War?' Review: Nature, Nurture and Violence
What explains humanity’s peerless talent for self-destruction? Freud, Einstein and many other thinkers have come to different conclusions. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
The Campus Review: Grading an Upstate Art Outpost
A former school outside of Hudson, N.Y., is converted into an exhibition space by galleries with Manhattan locations: Bortolami, James Cohan, kaufmann repetto, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps and kurimanzutto. -
ESPN - Sports
Leverkusen to resume unbeaten run vs. Gladbach
German champions Bayer Leverkusen will kick off their Bundesliga title defence away at local rivals Borussia Monchengladbach on Aug. 23. -
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Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian elected Iran's president
The former heart surgeon has beaten his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili.Iran -
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Polls open in Iran run-off presidential election
Polls opened Friday in Iran for the run-off presidential election as none of the four candidates won more than 50% of the votes in the first round on June 28.Iran -
BBC News - Top stories
Raducanu dismantles Sakkari to reach Wimbledon last 16
Emma Raducanu makes a strong statement of intent by beating Greek ninth seed Maria Sakkari to reach the Wimbledon fourth round. -
CBS News - Top stories
Broadway actor Robert Hartwell talks transforming historic home
Broadway performer Robert Hartwell joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about his new show, "Breaking New Ground," which chronicles his two-year journey to renovate a 200-year-old home in Massachusetts. -
CBS News - Top stories
Polls predicting historic loss for U.K.'s Conservative Party on eve of election
Voters in the United Kingdom will vote Thursday in an election that, if polls are to be believed, could end in disaster for the country's Conservative Party. BBC correspondent Damian Grammaticas joined CBS News with more on the election. -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
Seattle Kraken hire assistant coach Jessica Campbell in historic first for NHL
Jessica Campbell is the first woman to be hired as a full-time assistant coach in the league.NHL