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Cult slippers ‘one last score’ for reformed mobster
The aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" gave into the temptation of "one last score" after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes must be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value.
Perilous virus is spreading; If it passes to humans, we're in for a "zombie" scenario
As the British "Telegraph" writes, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or "chronic wasting disease" (CWD) affects the brain of the infected animal and causes symptoms such as lethargy, nervousness, increased drooling and grinding of teeth with a "blank look" like a zombie.
Antetokounmpo passes Abdul-Jabbar for Bucks’ career rebounding record in victory over Rockets
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 26 points and 17 rebounds, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the Bucks' career rebounding leader, and Damian Lillard scored 39 points in Milwaukee's 128-119 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.
Biden calls for 'pause' in Hamas-Israel fighting
President Joe Biden, when responding to a heckler at a Minnesota campaign event Wednesday night, said he thinks there should be a humanitarian "pause" in the Israeli-Hamas war to get "prisoners" out of Gaza.
The 80-year-old Democrat was delivering remarks to some 200 supporters in the northern US state when a member of the audience shouted out to him.
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra to return with heavy metal tour
Trans-Siberian Orchestra — the heavy metal, classical music, theater production, pyrotechnics and laser lightshow hybrid — will return this winter.
EXPO 2027: "Serbia under the global spotlight – three million visitors expected"
Bulgaria’s ‘Time Shelter’ wins International Booker Prize
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named on May 23 winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel "Time Shelter," a first for a book in Bulgarian.
Denver confirmed – Jokic is injured!
As speculated, fans of the Colorado team have reason to worry, as the club confirmed that the wrist injury is such that it is uncertain whether Jokic will play in the upcoming meeting between Thursday and Friday night.
He's officially "marked" as questionable, which doesn't necessarily mean he won't play.
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'Ramadan Camp' reaches Muslim children across the globe
Amin Aaser remembers as a child growing up in Minnesota that his Muslim faith often made him feel like an outsider, and being required to follow its practices and tenets "sometimes felt like going to the dentist."
Turkish professor granted $41 mln for Alzheimer research
A Turkish neurology professor studying in the United States has received a $41 million government grant for her groundbreaking research on Alzheimer's disease and how it affects people of different ethnic groups.