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A sorority at the University of Alabama has axed its chapter president from her post and booted another member after racist text messages were leaked on social media.

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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Tuesday used a law originally written to take on the Ku Klux Klan to file a civil lawsuit against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Four years after Canadian billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found slain in their Toronto home, police have released footage of a mysterious figure deemed a suspect in their murders.

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About two in 10 people over the age of 65 have mild cognitive impairment—a noticeable change in their memory, problem-solving abilities or attention. This is caused, in part, by the same brain changes that occur in dementia. While mild cognitive impairment often has little effect on a person’s way of living, 5 to 10 percent of people with it will develop dementia.

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If you’re worried that robots will one day replace humans and make people obsolete, you should take solace in the fact that one of the most difficult human parts to mechanically replicate is the hand. The human hand can accomplish a nearly endless amount of tasks—not just because of how versatile our hands and fingers are, but also because we can intuitively determine how much force to apply. It’s incredibly challenging, for instance, to teach a robot how to hold an egg with two fingers firmly without crushing the shell. Читать дальше...

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Former NFL player Phillip Adams had a severe degenerative brain injury when he killed six people in April, including a family doctor and his grandkids, before turning the gun on himself, Boston University researchers found.

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Three children from an Amish community have been orphaned by the tornado that ravaged Mayfield, Kentucky, over the weekend, their mother found dead not far from where her surviving infant was found crying in shock.

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The heavily mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus appears to make two vaccine doses far less likely to protect people from becoming infected with COVID-19, according to a huge new study from South Africa.

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Prince Andrew is making another attempt to throw out the civil case being brought against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims she was forced to have sex with the queen’s son.

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Scouted Report: This uniquely-designed multicooker uses steam and heating technology, and has 13 programmable functions for cooking your favorite foods.

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It turns out Mark Meadows may have good reason to not want to turn over all of the communications on two personal phones and two Gmail accounts.

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Is Donald Trump starting to lose his grip on the Republican Party?

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Kevin: Well, if there’s one thing that could distract a nation from whether or not a Peloton bike killed a beloved TV character, it’s an asteroid hurtling toward Earth that will absolutely destroy the entire planet upon impact.

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In a decision that could pad the wallets of other elected officials in the future, the Federal Election Commission has given Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) the green light to promote his new book by renting his extensive campaign email list to his own publisher.

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Liz Smith-Breslin had just returned from a Christmas party late Friday night when her sister texted her a photo of a handgun posted by an eighth grader at the New York City public school their children attend.

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Hours after the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection revealed that a number of Fox News stars—including Sean Hannity—begged former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to call on then-President Donald Trump to halt the Capitol riot, Meadows showed up on Hannity’s show to rail against the committee’s contempt recommendation.

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Flying Over Sunset is, appropriately for its subject material, a strange trip of a musical—delightful in places, disconnected in others, and mainly a bore and downer. The real draw is that this Lincoln Center musical (to Feb 6, 2022) has Tony Yazbeck as Cary Grant dancing and tap-dancing alongside Atticus Ware as Cary Grant’s younger self. This is dancing, choreographed by Michelle Dorrance, as pure artistry.

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As shocking new developments continue to emerge in the January 6th investigation, Seth Meyers noted Monday night that we know Donald Trump wants to try pulling off his coup attempt again because he “keeps talking about it,” including this past weekend on his “so-called history tour” alongside disgraced Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.

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A bombshell dropped in Monday night’s Jan. 6 committee hearing when it was revealed that Donald Trump Jr.—along with Fox News stars including Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham—begged White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to get the president to make a national address and halt the Capitol riot.

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Western-inspired cowboy (and cowgirl) boots have proven to be a cyclical—but impressively enduring—trend. I first tried out the cowboy boot trend back in the mid-aughts in high school, pairing tall boots with mini skirts and maxi dresses inspired by looks that the “off-duty” models of the time were all wearing on repeat. I eventually retired my cowboy boots in favor of ankle booties in the later 2000s, but I’m happy to report that the cowboy boot trend... Читать дальше...

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Baltimore nurse anesthetist Rajaee Black allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, then ranted on social media about a legal brawl over the custody of his kids with his ex-wife, before killing his ex-wife and then turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

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Some Black students at a Texas high school say they’re too scared to attend classes after a series of racist texts circulated on campus, leading to an investigation by the school district.