Body shaming and IQ insults: House committee meeting turns into chaos
New research suggests how massive stones in Egypt's pyramids likely got to desert
India's butter chicken battle heats up with new court evidence
Sophia the robot gave a commencement speech. Some grads weren't happy.
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The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the '90s, is closing
The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in 2027 as the Hard Rock Las Vegas, featuring a hotel tower in the shape of a guitar soaring nearly 700 feet (about 210 meters) above the heart of the Strip. “We
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British Dancer, 26, Was Killed by BF in ‘Reckless Sex Game Gone Wrong’
ReutersA British coroner said this week that Georgia Brooke, a 26-year-old dance teacher said to have been fatally strangled by her boyfriend, had died from a “reckless sex game gone wrong.” British authorities said Brooke’s boyfriend, 31-year-old Luke Cannon, took his own life by hanging just after he learned his lover had died in a local hospital—unable to recover from cardiac arrest.The coroner, Martin Fleming, added Wednesday that drugs may have played a factor in the tragedy, with traces of
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China navy secretly built what could be world's first drone aircraft carrier: report
Satellite imagery suggests that China has built an aircraft carrier specifically for drones. Its small size is a clue to its purpose.
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Gunman's family told deputy before Maine's deadliest shooting that they hadn't removed his weapons
Police have said repeatedly in the aftermath of Maine’s deadliest shooting that officers thought the gunman's family had been taking his weapons away. Testifying before an investigative committee on Thursday, the gunman’s sister-in-law suggested that law enforcement officers should have known this wasn’t true, because she and her husband, Ryan Card, told a deputy on the phone a month before Robert Card killed 18 people that he still had access to weapons, despite his deteriorating mental health
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The US is worried about an invasion, but China could take control of Taiwan without firing a shot, war experts warn
A Chinese coercion campaign, likelier than an invasion and in some ways already happening, isn't something the US is prepared for, experts warn.
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Three suspects in “Scream” masks carjack a woman in OKC at night
Police are searching for suspects who were said to be wearing "Scream" masks a week ago when they carjacked a woman while armed in Midtown Oklahoma City.
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Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory
Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces’ powers to quell unrest in the archipelago that has long sought independence. French authorities in New Caledonia and the interior ministry in Paris said five people, including two police officers, were killed after protests earlier this week over voting reforms pushed by President Emmanuel Macron's government turne
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