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World Reuters Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed
Yahoo News
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged on Thursday to collect and...
Bodies and looted homes: Syria’s Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed
WHTC - Michigan
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July 17, 2025
BEIRUT (Reuters) -One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria’s Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged on Thursday to collect and...
TSA May Change 3-Ounce Liquid Limit, Kristi Noem Suggests—Here’s What Else Could Change
Forbes
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Topline Two aviation experts have said they wouldn’t be surprised if more changes are made to Transportation Security Administration policies under Trump after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday she's questioning “everything...
Newsom’s Threat to Match Trump’s Texas Power Grab Is Risky Business
New York Mag
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July 17, 2025
Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images Just as nature abhors a vacuum, a national political opportunity is rarely passed up by California governor Gavin Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate whose heavily Democratic state is both a target for and...
Inside Church’s Texas Chicken’s 75-Year Journey Through the Eyes of Its Founder’s Granddaughter
QSR Magazine - North Carolina
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July 17, 2025
One of the most profound lessons Laura Garrett learned from her grandfather, George W. Church, is opportunity is everywhere if you’re looking for it. Before founding Church’s Texas Chicken in 1952, he owned a hatchery and sold incubators and...
Watch trailer for Yungblud’s ‘Are You Ready, Boy?’ documentary
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 17, 2025
Yungblud has shared the trailer for his upcoming documentary, Are You Ready, Boy? The film follows the “Fleabag” rocker as he travels to Berlin’s Hansa Studios, which was famously used by artists including David Bowie and U2, ahead of releasing...
Trump pushes Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps to help defend GOP's House majority
Fox News
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July 17, 2025
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In the 2026 midterm elections battle for control of the House, when Republicans will be defending their razor-thin...
Penn North’s mass overdose event: A wakeup call | EDITORIAL
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 17, 2025
Last Thursday’s mass overdose in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood — a disaster of the strictly manmade variety that sent 27 people to area hospitals in a 24-hour period, all of whom somewhat miraculously survived — was easily the worst episode...
MP dismisses EU’s snapback mechanism threats against Iran
Iran Front Page
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July 17, 2025
Esmaeil Kowsari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran’s Parliament, downplayed the European threat to activate the so-called "snapback mechanism” under the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, saying its ultimate...
In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: the law-enforcement officer in a mask
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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July 17, 2025
NEW YORK – In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into custody, often as public anger and outcry unfold around them. But in the process, something...
Detainees at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz say they can't speak to lawyers
WFSU Public Media - Florida
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July 17, 2025
A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" are being prevented from having access to lawyers and "effectively have no way to contest their detention." "No protocols...
El Salvador’s top human rights group flees President Bukele’s ongoing crackdown on dissent
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 17, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) — El Salvador’s top human rights organization, Cristosal, announced Thursday it is leaving the country because of… MEXICO CITY (AP) — El Salvador’s top human rights organization, Cristosal, announced Thursday it is leaving the...
GEORGETOWN’S MUSLIM PROBLEM
Catholic League - New York
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July 17, 2025
Bill Donohue July 17, 2025 Georgetown University, which identifies as Catholic, has a Muslim problem. There is nothing new about this, but now that it is front and center, it can no longer be ignored. On July 15, Robert Groves, the interim...
Adults Obsessively Buying Collectable Dolls Is A Symptom Of A Sick Culture
The Federalist
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July 17, 2025
In 2024, a K-Pop star posted a photo of her Louis Vuitton bag adorned with several keychains, one of which was a plush toy monster, known as Labubu. Other celebrities followed suit, and the quirky, collectible characters became a worldwide...
UC San Diego Thought It Found a Loophole To Offer Race-Based Scholarships. Now It’s Being Sued Under the KKK Act.
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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July 17, 2025
(ucsd.edu / Wikimedia Commons) In 1983, the University of California, San Diego, created the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund (BASF). Operated and funded by the university, the scholarship subsidized the tuition of black students—who at that time...
Only 25% of US adults say Trump’s policies helped them — survey
Inquirer
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July 18, 2025
President Donald Trump poses for a photo after signing his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington, surrounded by members of Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson of La.,...
Buhari’s 1993 interview with TheNEWS: Why Babangida overthrew me
The News (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
In 1993, President Muhammadu Buhari, (who died on Sunday 13 July 2025 and was buried in Daura, Katsina State on Tuesday 15 July 2025) spoke on major issues about his regime when he and General Tunde Idiagbon were in charge. That is, his overthrow...
Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz is preventing attorney access, lawsuit says
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 17, 2025
TALLAHASSEE — A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz are being prevented from having access to lawyers and “effectively have no way to contest their detention.”...
Who Is Marcus Armstrong? The Kiwi’s Love For NFL, ‘Talladega Nights’ & Podcasting
BVM Sports
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July 17, 2025
Marcus Armstrong, a 25-year-old Kiwi driver, left New Zealand at age 13 to chase his racing dreams. After three seasons in Formula 2, he transitioned to INDYCAR in 2023 and currently ranks seventh in the standings. He shares insights into his life...
T-Mobile Proud To Be More Racist In Exchange For Trump Merger(s) Approval
Techdirt
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July 17, 2025
from the assholes-everywhere dept T-Mobile has long kissed the ass of the Trump regime. You might recall when the company wanted its competition-eroding merger with Sprint approved, it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at Trump hotel...