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Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina says she’ll return from exile despite facing death sentence over deadly protest crackdown
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ousted in a mass uprising in 2024, has told The Associated Press that she remains committed to returning to Bangladesh from exile in India next month, despite being sentenced to death over her governmentâs deadly crackdown on protesters. Hasina fled to India after student-led protests forced her from power and has…
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Herbert Blomstedt, who headed San Francisco Symphony, dead at 99
Herbert Blomstedt, who headed the San Francisco Symphony from 1985-95 and led orchestras in Scandinavia and Germany during a career over seven decades, died Wednesday. He was 99. Blomstedt died at his home in Gothenburg, Sweden, according to his management agency, KünstlerSekretariat am Gasteig. His final performance was on May 15 with the San Francisco Symphony at…
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‘Spider-Man’ Jolts Sony Pictures Earnings by 527%
Sony’s theatrical revenue rose by more than 1,100% year-over-year to $1.28 billion thanks to “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” with an assist from “Resident Evil” The $2.5 billion Marvel Studios box office hit offset a 45% year-over-year decrease in TV revenue to $483 million Overall net income rose 44% to $2.8 billion off $21.5 billion in…
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Charlamagne tha God warns Democrats ‘don’t get comfortable’ after winning House and Senate
Radio host Charlamagne tha God warned Democrats not to let their midterm success go to their heads, warning they need to take action to show they are committed to serving their voters. “But here’s why I need Democrats to pay close attention. Don’t get comfortable because, you know, a Democrat victory has not proved that…
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A New UK Porn Ban Sparks Fears of Unprecedented Sex Censorship
A new UK law banning porn featuring choking and “fauxcest,” or simulated incest, may have unintended consequences for content creators and smut fans all over the world, some experts warn. As of November 6, amendments to the Crime and Policing Act will outlaw the “possession or publication of pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation”—a law…
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Georgia son told 911 his missing mom was ‘abducted by aliens’ — before cops found her charred remains
A Georgia man called 911 claiming that his missing mother had been âabducted by aliensâ â only for police to find that he hid her death by burning her body in her backyard. Jason Christopher Campbell, 35, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after being convicted of concealing his mother Marie Campbellâs…
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Lakers win uneven game over Kings behind 40 points from Luka Doncic
SACRAMENTO — The Lakers encountered one of the NBA’s least impressive teams in the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night, making it incumbent on them to take the right approach against a team that has one of the worst records in the league. Slowly, the Lakers and Luka Doncic found their groove against the Kings, pulling away for…
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California man, 97, dies at his own birthday party moments after dancing to Bee Gees’ ‘Stayin’ Alive’
A 97-year-old California man died at his own birthday party moments after dancing to the Bee Geesâ âStayinâ Aliveâ â a âdramatic exitâ that the fun-loving senior would have wanted. Los Angeles baker Eden Malinoff, 24, revealed the remarkable story of Vito, her neighbor, after throwing him a Halloween-themed 97th birthday bash last week. Vito…
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Chris Sullivan Shocks Mandy Moore and Sterling K. Brown With Admission That ‘This Is Us’ Isn’t His ‘Biggest’ Credit
Chris Sullivan shocked former “This Is Us” co-stars Mandy Moore and Sterling K. Brown with a confession about his “biggest” role to date: the GEICO “Hump Day” camel. During Tuesday’s episode of the “That Was Us” podcast, Sullivan told his co-hosts that the insurance company had decided to bring back his commercial, in which he…
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Miranda Devine: Look in the mirror, President Trump, after Republicans’ midterm rout
As we survey the wreckage of Republican political fortunes, it’s clear what comes next. Payback is the first priority of Democrats who want to use their victories to grind Republicans into the mud. You saw it in the gloating, Mamdani-esque victory speech from Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, in which he sarcastically referred to Vice President JD…