What’s in a name? Turns out, quite a lot, if you live in the Austrian village of F**king.
How Ron DeSantis became the hottest name in the 2024 race
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Over the weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual gathering, a 2024 straw poll was conducted. Two actually -- one with former President Donald Trump included and one without the 45th presiden...
Cuomo changes plan and asks New York attorney general and chief judge to select independent lawyer to review sexual harassment claims
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New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has asked the New York attorney general and the chief judge of the court of appeals to jointly select an independent attorney to conduct "a thorough review" of sexual h...
NBA veteran Jeremy Lin will not name person who called him ‘coronavirus’ on the court
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Former NBA star Jeremy Lin will not be naming the person who called him "coronavirus" while he was playing basketball. Lin, who plays for the Santa Cruz Warriors, the G League, or minor league, affiliate of the Gold...
Student protesters urge state to change Dixie State University’s name
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State Senate leaders in Utah say a bill to rename Dixie State University will get a debate this session, after a group of students rallied at the Capitol in favor of removing "Dixie" from the school's name. About 50...
An Indiana university retires its mascot that shares a name with the Ku Klux Klan newspaper
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Students who attend Valparaiso University are Crusaders no more. The Lutheran university, aligning with schools and professional sports teams that have recently nixed racist mascots, has announced it will replace it...
The Kansas City Chiefs are returning to the Super Bowl — and so is the controversy over the team’s name
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The Kansas City Chiefs are back for another Super Bowl. And inevitably, so is the longstanding controversy over the NFL team's name and Native American imagery. The racial justice movement that was reignited last su...
Indonesian village turns red as floods hit batik-manufacturing hub
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Jakarta, Indonesia A surreal, blood-red river inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot after floods hit a nearby batik factory on Saturday, causing a frenzy on social media. Thousands of users on Twitter shared p...
In the name of cricket sex, humans need to stop making noise
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We humans tend to spread and frolic about wherever we please, a development that has been found to harm animals' environments and health, and therefore ultimately our own. That may be the effect on crickets because ...
Name a cockroach after your ex and watch it get eaten for Valentine’s Day
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Ever felt like ripping your ex's head off? Well now you can. Sorta. For just $ 5, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your former significant other and feed it to a bird, reptile or mammal. It's part of...
Austrian man leaves fortune to French village that saved his family from Nazis
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An Austrian man who died in December has left an undisclosed fortune to the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to thank residents for hiding his family from Nazis during World War II. I witnessed the rise o...
UC Berkeley removes the name on a school building over an anthropologist’s controversial past
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The University of California, Berkeley has removed the name on its anthropology building, Kroeber Hall -- named for prominent American anthropologist Alfred Kroeber -- because of his controversial history with Nativ...
Christina Anstead is back to her maiden name on Instagram amid divorce
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New Year, the old you. That's the case for Christina Anstead, who has changed her name amid her divorce from Ant Anstead. She will now go by her maiden name, Christina Haack, according to her Instagram bio. Haack,...