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Every day, a newsletter from the prediction market Polymarket hits my inbox with a subject line that could easily come from any number of politics-focused newspapers or magazines. Recent entries include “Houthis Reveal New Precision Strike Capabilities,” “BREAKING: Trump Unveils Green Energy Beam,” and “World…
Lifeguard Greg Wilfert was swimming off the coast of Scarborough, Maine, in August when he was yanked underwater by a force tugging on his rescue buoy. Wilfert, a lifeguard of 55 years, told local news outlet WFSB that he first thought he’d gotten caught on…
Police on Tuesday detained dozens of demonstrators who staged a protest outside a courthouse in Istanbul to demand the release of LGBTQ+ activists taken into custody during a sweeping crackdown days earlier. Police surrounded the demonstrators outside the Caglayan courthouse before detaining them. On Sunday,…
Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble. The incident highlights the ongoing danger for tens of thousands of Palestinians who…
TOKYO — The number of people ages 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the latest government figures show, underscoring the country’s rapidly aging and declining population. The Health and Welfare Ministry statistics released Tuesday show Japan now has 107,677 centenarians,…
Tributes began pouring in Wednesday after a deadly news helicopter crash in Los Angeles left three people dead. The crash took place just before 7p.m. local time on Tuesday in the Chatsworth area of San Fernando Valley, as the news chopper was covering a separate…
“Weapons” and “Barbarian” director Zach Cregger is dabbling in studio IP for the first time with Sony’s “Resident Evil,” but it appears joining a franchise has done nothing to weaken the filmmaker’s knack for outrageously wild scares. Members of the film press are calling Cregger’s…
TBS drama “Vivant” outdrew every other streaming title across Asia last month, excluding China and India, becoming the first Japanese show to top ampd Analytics’ regional monthly ranking since the measurement firm began tracking the market. The finding comes from a new ampd Vision report…
BEIJING — China urged the United States to halt its military buildup in outer space after Washington acknowledged it has weapons deployed in orbit, while Chinese state media warned the move could fuel a global arms race. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Beijing…
A helicopter affiliated with NBC Los Angeles crashed while it was covering a fatal bus collision Tuesday evening, killing the photojournalist and pilot on board and one person on the ground, the station and officials said. The aircraft crashed in a parking lot at or…