A huge piece of California’s Highway 1 was washed out this week by a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow.
She’s 21 and just became the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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Briton Jasmine Harrison, 21, has become the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometer) journey from Spain to Antigua, according to organizer Atlantic Campai...
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is one piece in a larger civil-rights puzzle
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"Judas and the Black Messiah" recounts a fascinating fact-based story in somewhat disjointed way, as it oscillates between two key characters. Despite that imbalance the movie has plenty to recommend it -- beginning...
Second drug kingpin arrested in Thailand tightening dragnet on huge syndicate
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A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragnet tightens on the Sam Gor group, which police say dominates the $ 70 billion annual Asia P...
How one city missed warning after warning until its health system collapsed
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Manaus It's waiting hours in line to buy an oxygen tank -- only to find there's none left. For some, it's rushing from hospital to hospital with a sick spouse or parent -- only to find there are no beds available. Fo...
Foreign fighters were meant to leave Libya this week. A huge trench being dug by Russian-backed mercenaries indicates they plan to stay
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Construction on an enormous trench across Libya, dug by Russian-backed mercenaries Wagner, is raising fears that foreign fighters will not withdraw from the country by Saturday, as a UN-brokered peace deal insists. ...
Huge sinkhole opens up outside Italian hospital, forcing evacuation of Covid patients
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Rome A huge sinkhole, about 22,000 square feet across and 66 feet deep, swallowed several cars and forced the evacuation of a Covid ward after opening up in the parking lot of a hospital in southern Italy on Friday. ...
Denmark debuts new children’s TV show about a man with a huge and uncontrollable penis
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Denmark's flagship broadcaster has suffered blowback over its newest children's TV program, "John Dillermand" -- an animation starring a man with a penis so massive and flexible it can save children from danger, fet...
Kirk Cameron organizes caroling protests amid California’s Covid-19 surge
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Actor Kirk Cameron is facing criticism for organizing at least two events in Southern California in recent weeks, where dozens of mask-less people stood shoulder-to-shoulder to sing Christmas carols in protest of st...
The College Football Playoff semifinal is moving from California’s Rose Bowl to Texas due to coronavirus restrictions
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The Rose Bowl will no longer host of one of this season's College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year's Day due to Covid-19 restrictions in Southern California, the College Football Playoff and the Tournament of...
California’s Democratic politicians can’t seem to follow their own coronavirus advice
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California is in the midst of a major coronavirus surge. According to the Los Angeles Times, the state has averaged more than 14,000 cases a day for the last week, a 55.6% increase. Hospitalizations are at a record ...
‘It’s working!’: Utah officials thrilled to see animals using highway wildlife overpass
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In an effort to reduce accidents involving wildlife on a busy highway, Utah officials got creative: they built a bridge. New video shows the plan has been a success. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources built the...
How a ‘vast ocean of goodwill’ between China and Australia turned sour
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Hong Kong Earlier this year, amid growing global anger over China's initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Australia was among the first countries to call for an official investigation into the virus' origins....