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• Review: Early winner emerges on ‘Dancing’ spinoff, ‘The Next Pro’

  14-07-2026 20:02 via article.wn.com
  “The star of ‘The Next Pro,’ the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ reality spinoff, isn’t some 20-something dancer but judge Shirley Ballas,” Bruce Miller writes in his review. ......
  
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• Yemen’s Houthis claim new attacks on Saudi airports as conflict deepens

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  In a separate post the Houthis also said they targeted a military supply convoy near the airport in the Yemeni city of Aden, the interim capital for the government ......
  
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• World Bank forecast Saudi economy to rebound with 7.9% growth in 2027

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH — The World Bank expected the Saudi economy to register strong growth of 7.9 percent in 2027, raising its forecast by about 3 percentage points from its April projection of 4.9 percent growth.Conversely, the bank has lowered...
  
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• Why is the US stock market down today? Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 in ...

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Why is the US stock market down today? The Dow Jones crashes...
  
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• What is Soai reaction? How Kenso Soai and Henri B. Kagan helped solve mirror-image mystery ...

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Kenso Soai and Henri B. Kagan won the 2026...
  
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• Webull’s 29% stock plunge follows a deeper question: how much of its U.S. brokerage depends ...

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  What sent Webull stock down? Webull stock fell as much...
  
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• We Want to Know: How Have Your Halloween Candy Habits Changed?

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Share your story and it might be included in an upcoming feature. ......
  
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• Trump as ‘orange plague’: Gold-covered naked statue of US president unveiled at European Parliament

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  A gold statue depicting US president Donald Trump naked has been unveiled at the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, with Danish artist Jens Galschiøt naming the eight-foot installation 'The Orange Plague'.The sculpture, covered in 23-karat gold leaf, shows Trump holding a golf club and a world-shaped ball in one hand and a set of scales in the other,...
  
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• Trump Administration Proposes $70,000 Fee for International Students in OPT Program

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in...
  
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• Trump admin sued over plan to deploy election monitors at US midterm polling stations

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration has been sued over its plan to deploy a large number of election monitors at polling stations across the US during next month’s midterm elections, with the NAACP alleging that the move could intimidate voters and interfere with the electoral process.The Guardian reported that the NAACP has filed a lawsuit against Harmeet Dhillon, head of the justice department’s civil rights division, over the planned deployment. Dhillon has said she hopes to...
  
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• Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Wants Me to Have Sex With Someone Else?’

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ......
  
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• Thief Steals iPhone in Dehradun, Then Asks Owner for Password via Messages

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: A woman in Dehradun says the person who stole her iPhone later contacted her with an unusual request — the phone’s password.Kaushiki Dhyani, who highlighted the incident in a reel on her Instagram account, said her iPhone was among several devices stolen from Clement Town on September 12.According to Kaushiki, the phones of her friend’s brother, Saksham Negi, and several others were also...
  
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• The Only Tech Leader Who Really Matters

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Our fate may be very well be in the hands of Jensen Huang. ......
  
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• The Bra Top Is Everywhere This Fashion Season

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Vanessa Friedman, our chief fashion critic, sees the next big trend at the influential Miu Miu show in Paris: the bra top. ......
  
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• Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz highest in a week since Iran war began: Report

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Attacks on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz last week were reportedly the most frequent of any week since the Iran war began.According to maritime security sources tracking incidents in the area, the surge comes as Gulf producers step up their exports. Reuters reported.In the...
  
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• Russia's Plague Scare: Lab Worker’s Death Sparks Global Concern and Quarantine Measures

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  The death of a plague laboratory...
  
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• Russia plague outbreak fears grow after lab worker’s death: Why pneumonic plague is the most ...

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Fears over a possible Russian plague outbreak have emerged...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV opens status check on Pope Francis\u2019 contentious opening to civilly remarried Catholics

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
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• Pittsburgh 1 of 7 cities to receive international award for festivals

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Picklesburgh. Three Rivers Art Festival. Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival. Panda Fest. These are just a few of the festivals Pittsburgh is known for. And with numerous yearly events showcasing the city's culture and diversity, Pittsburgh has been recognized with an international award for its festival and events. The International Festivals and Events Association, an organization supporting festivals and event professionals around the globe, recognized seven cities with their IFEA World...
  
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• Pike's lawyers demand access to syringes after failed execution

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Lawyers ⁠for Christa Pike will ask a judge to order prison officials to let them inspect the syringes and other equipment used in Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her last week for a 1995 murder. Pike, 50, was taken to a Nashville hospital, unconscious, critically ill and with severe arm injuries after two injections of the caustic barbiturate pentobarbital failed to kill her at the Riverbend Maximum Security...
  
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• Pakistan's staple turns scarce: Peshawar pays Rs 3,300 for 20kg flour as subsidised supply dries up

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Flour prices in Peshawar have sharply increased, leading...
  
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• MEA condemns Black Sea attacks on commercial shipping, says India engaging Russia and Ukraine to bring peace

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  New Delhi: Strongly condemning a series of recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea that put several Indian crew members at risk,...
  
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• Magic Johnson quietly built 105 Starbucks stores in underserved urban neighborhoods; in 2010, he sold ...

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  In 1998, Starbucks teamed up with basketball...
  
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• Israel strikes Gaza on October 7 anniversary, three dead: officials

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Loud bangs across the border in Gaza were audible from the site of the Nova music festival just as family members gathered at dawn to mourn the more than 300 revellers killed three years earlier ......
  
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• Iran has ‘lost complete control’ of Hormuz Strait: Rubio

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  “The Straits of Hormuz are open. There’s almost as much oil flowing out now as there was before this conflict began. So they’ve lost complete control of the Straits,” Mr. Rubio said ......
  
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• Inside Man City HQ since guilty verdict tore their world apart: Staff abused in the ...

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Some City players have been in regular contact with their agents, with often unanswerable questions. Clearly and understandably confused and fearful for their immediate futures. ......
  
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• In North Carolina, engineers built a permeable parking lot with interlocking concrete blocks; during an 88 mm storm, it produced no measured runoff

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  When heavy rain strikes ordinary concrete or asphalt, it typically has nowhere to go. During a major storm, water might overflow the nearby drainage system, rush across the surface, and accumulate in drains. A different strategy was explored by engineers in North Carolina, using permeable interlocking concrete pavers that let rain pass through the surface and into the stone layers beneath. During monitored rainfall events as large as 88 millimetres, the Swansboro pavement produced no measured su
  
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• In F-Factor Diet Case, an Influencer’s Punishment is a Pinned Instagram Post

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  A dispute over online misinformation about the F-Factor diet led to an unusual agreement: an apology video that must be pinned to the top of social feeds for three and a half years. ......
  
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• In 2022, a forgotten filing cabinet inside an old North Carolina home revealed a rare 1787 Constitution copy; it later sold at auction for $9 million

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  A rare 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that had remained inside a filing cabinet in the Hayes house in Edenton, North Carolina, for decades sold for $9 million at Brunk Auctions in Asheville on Oct. 17, 2024. Discovered in 2022, the document is one of about 100 copies produced after the Constitutional Convention and sent to the states for ratification. It is just one of the eight signed copies known to survive, and the only privately held one, while the other seven are publicly owned.Accordin
  
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• In 2014, Massachusetts built State Route 7A’s rail overpass with stacked soil-and-fabric walls, cutting the $1.1 million project cost by 49%

  07-10-2026 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Massachusetts replaced the State Route 7A bridge over the Housatonic Railroad in Sheffield in 2014 by making use of a construction system that replaced conventional bridge abutments. They achieved this with layers of compacted soil and synthetic reinforcement, and called it GRS-IBS, which was the state's first project using the technology.The $1.1 million bridge cost 49% less than the estimated price of the original conventional design, according to the Federal Highway Administration. The projec
  
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