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New Orleans truck attack: investigations continue into suspect’s path to radicalization – latest updates – The Guardian US

New Orleans truck attack: investigations continue into suspect’s path to radicalization – latest updates  The Guardian US Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t  CNN ‘At a loss for words’: loved ones mourn victims of New

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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk – HHS.gov

U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk  HHS.gov Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol  The New York Times Surgeon General Calls For Cancer Warning on Booze Labels  The Daily Beast U.S. Surgeon General Calls for

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How To Use Your Body To Make Yourself Happier

If your goal is to be happier in the year ahead, you might focus on your body rather than your mind. You can start right now by sitting up a little straighter. Then give a brief smile—even a fake one.

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Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

Traditional farmers around the world are walking away from millions of acres of land where they once grew crops or grazed animals. It’s provoking mixed reactions. (Image credit: Dan Charles)

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Trump-wary Brits ‘recoil from paying attention’ as ‘mad fascist’ returns to power: report

London-based writer Imogen West-Knights has penned an essay for Slate detailing how many in the United Kingdom are handling the prospect of a second Trump term and she has found that many people across the pond simply want to pretend

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List of key Golden Globe nominees

Here are the nominees in key categories for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday. Surreal musical “Emilia Perez” leads all contenders with 10 nods, followed by “The Brutalist” at seven and “Conclave” at six.

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Congress begins a new session today. Here are five things to watch – BBC.com

Congress begins a new session today. Here are five things to watch  BBC.com Republicans to choose next speaker of the House, with voting scheduled to commence at noon  Fox News Mike Johnson’s speakership hangs in the balance ahead of House vote –

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Venezuela offers $100,000 reward for exiled opposition candidate

Venezuelan authorities announced Thursday they are offering $100,000 for information leading to the capture of opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who has left exile in Spain and is on his way to Argentina. Gonzalez Urrutia, who insists he beat Venezuelan

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Iran artist’s vision for culture hub enlivens rustic district Iran

In the winding alleys of southern Iran, artist Adel Yazdi has taken it upon himself to turn his rustic old neighborhood into a cultural and tourist hub through vibrant paintings and carved relief faces. Narenjestan, a neighborhood characterized by crumbling,

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10 years after attack, Charlie Hebdo is uncowed and still provoking

by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Anne Pascale REBOUL French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is set to publish a special God-mocking edition next week to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by jihadist gunmen that left eight staff members

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