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Michael J. Walker
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Fundraiser launched for legendary house music vocalist Kathy Brown's stage four cancer treatment
A fundraiser has been launched to help pay for legendary house music vocalist Kathy Brown's stage four lung cancer treatment.
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January 12, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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A Good Samaritan.

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Rugby fashion student's lost portfolio found 4,000 miles away
Grace Hart feared losing her university place, until a Pakistan-based photographer got in touch.
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January 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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Save Eugene Weekly, organized by Rob Weiss
Thanks to our loyal readers and advertisers, Eugene Weekly has endured where other newspapers have strug… Rob Weiss needs your support for Save Eugene Weekly
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December 30, 2023 at 7:36 PM
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December 30, 2023 at 10:05 AM
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Tesla drivers had highest accident rate, BMW drivers highest DUI rate, study finds
Tesla drivers had 24 accidents per 1,000 drivers during the period from mid-November 2022 to mid-November 2023, according to a study by Lending Tree.
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December 25, 2023 at 9:35 PM
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I post this story on Twitter every year, because it’s beautiful and it makes me cry.

Merry Christmas xx

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A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
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December 25, 2023 at 8:41 AM
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Suspect arrested in alleged theft of a Banksy stop sign decorated with military drones
London police say they have arrested a man suspected of stealing a Banksy artwork of a stop sign decorated with military drones.
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December 24, 2023 at 9:16 AM
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Oxfordshire self-driving single-decker bus begins operating
The service is carrying passengers between Didcot Parkway train station and Milton Park.
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December 23, 2023 at 11:21 PM
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The death of the London houseboat dream
Why a way of life on the capital's waters is under threat
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December 23, 2023 at 3:13 PM
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Debt-laden Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount consider merger
WBD could have 2nd most streaming subscribers if reported meeting leads to deal.
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December 23, 2023 at 10:17 AM
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December 23, 2023 at 10:09 AM
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Simple Minds: ‘Everybody shouts about our first five albums, but no one bought them’
Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill talk about fame in the 80s, fickle fans and staying loyal to each other
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December 17, 2023 at 2:32 PM
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The IDF says it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza, confusing them for a threat.
Israel-Gaza war live updates: Israel mistakenly killed three hostages, IDF says
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan also said that while Israel had the intention of reducing civilian casualties, “we want to see the results match up to that.”
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December 15, 2023 at 7:14 PM
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China is accelerating its iPhone ban, with more agencies and government-backed firms ordering staff to stop bringing foreign devices to work
China’s iPhone Ban Accelerates Across Government and State Firms
More Chinese agencies and government-backed firms across the country have ordered staff to stop bringing iPhones and other foreign devices to work, setting in motion an unprecedented prohibition that�...
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December 15, 2023 at 9:12 PM
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Cops in Waltham, MA have shut down the city for TWO DAYS for a police funeral - and forced the schools to close at short notice because the cops commandeered the school buses for the event!

We need to stop putting up with this madness.

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amorbidcorvid • 1h I live in Waltham, here are my two cents. The police have botched this from beginning to end. There was another person who died in that incident, someone whose job is statistically more dangerous than the police, but the cops were lightning quick to make the whole entire thing about their guy who died. On Tuesday afternoon, after school was left out, the school district informed parents that school was getting out in the morning on Thursday, and would be cancelled on Friday, in part because the police department wanted the school buses for their own use. There has been little to no acknowledgement from the cops that doing this was going to create hardships for parents who now had to scramble for childcare, and the lost wages this will cause. At a particularly bad time of year for it. The ONLY way any of this has been communicated to the public was through the emergency alert system, which is something you have to sign up for. Obviously not everyone in Waltham is going to be signed up, but if you live outside of town and drive in for work I guess you're fucked? It's not like this was a one day thing either. There were TWO days of memorials, and police advised people to work from home and not go out unless necessary on both days, in part because there were going to be many road closures. Did they tell anyone what roads were going to be closed? Nope, this is all they had to say "This message is to advise that there will be significant traffic delays throughout the city on both days. Major roadways will be shut down at various times during these days which will impact traffic greatly. If you have the option to work from home, we strongly encourage you do so." Really? All because a single cop died? The amount of self-importance they have astronomical.
December 15, 2023 at 8:42 PM
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They...cured lupus??? www.nature.com/articles/d41... I mean. It's a hella intense, sci-fi treatment, and we're talking only a dozen or two patients, but they have actually knocked down four different autoimmune diseases here and it...works??
‘It’s all gone’: CAR-T therapy forces autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered immune cells, most commonly used to treat cancers, show their power against lupus and other immune disorders. Engineered immune cells, most commonly used to treat cancers, show their power ...
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December 14, 2023 at 4:40 PM
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John McBeth, Asia’s Longest Serving Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 79
McBeth was a standard bearer for big stories, honest and fair reportage.
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December 15, 2023 at 12:57 PM
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Anguish over 'ban' on most UK citizens marrying foreign nationals
"The government is willing to sacrifice the rights of British citizens who happen to fall in love across borders," one rights advocate told Euronews.
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December 12, 2023 at 9:10 AM
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Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs
Scientists marvel at the fossilised head of an underwater 'killing machine' from the Jurassic.
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December 10, 2023 at 9:42 AM
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No. But unions could.
Headline asking "Could AI lead to a four-day week?"
December 9, 2023 at 9:54 AM
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December 9, 2023 at 1:02 PM
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A harsh rebuke from Oman’s Foreign Minister in response to the United States veto of the UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire:
“The use of the veto at Security Council is a shameful insult to humanitarian norms. I deeply regret that the United States should sacrifice the lives of innocent civilians for the cause of Zionism. Long after we are gone the world will look back on today with shame.”
December 9, 2023 at 7:49 AM