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‘Minions & Monsters’ tops the box office, but with a lower-than-expected haul
The Minions took over theaters this weekend as Universal Pictures and Illumination’s “Minions & Monsters” won the top spot at the box office, though with a lower-than-expected domestic haul. The animated movie, which follows the Minions’ takeover of Hollywood, took in $61.4 million in the U.S. and Canada for the five-day Fourth of July holiday…
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Prince William’s lineage suprisingly linked to American patriots who battled British, book claims
The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William’s family tree. In “American Crown,” Stephanie Green traces the Prince of Wales’ extraordinary American lineage to Revolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale and other colonial ancestors. “The more I…
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Folarin Balogun eligible to play in World Cup round of 16 after red card is suspended
SEATTLE — Folarin Balogun will be able to play for the U.S. in Monday’s World Cup elimination game with Belgium after FIFA rescinded the one-game suspension it handed down when Balogun drew a red card in the second half of the team’s round of 32 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina last week. In a statement released Sunday…
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Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk maintains an extremely close relationship with Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr. Under Carr’s leadership, Musk’s rocket company has effectively been given carte blanche in its efforts to roll out its orbital Starlink broadband service to more Americans, a glaring conflict of interest that could have profound implications for society. That’s…
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Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release
WASHINGTON — A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after President Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, his family and rights advocates said Saturday. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri arrived in Los Angeles and “is finally reunited…
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150 people become Americans at Mount Vernon on the nation’s 250th birthday
MOUNT VERNON, Va. — The people who were about to become United States citizens sat in folding chairs on George Washington’s lawn at Mount Vernon on Saturday, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. The sun beat down and the well-dressed crowd was a flutter of paddle fans stamped with American flags. Their families clung to the…
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Mom investigated for cannibalism after son, 4, found dead with mutilated arm
A mom in Australia is being investigated for alleged cannibalism after her 4-year-old son was found dead with a mutilated arm. The 32-year-old woman showed up at a police station in the town of Wyong, north of Sydney, on Saturday, leading police to conduct a welfare check at her house, reported the Sydney Morning Herald. There,…
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Trump administration won’t seek new bids to repair Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
NEW YORK — The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved. Like President Trump, Burgum said he was 100% sure that vandals caused the damage to the century-old Reflecting Pool…
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California teen, 19, killed in horrifying crash after 18-year-old woman’s deadly mistake
A 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman have died after she ran a stop sign and plowed her Chevy into his Jeep. Bobby Criado died Saturday after suffering major injuries in the smash, which happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday at an intersection in Madera County. California Highway Patrol said Esmeralda Marcela Gutierrez was driving her…
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Swarm of Cyborg Remote Controlled Cockroaches Gains New Power
Scientists turned a bunch of cockroaches into remote-controllable cyborgs — and then built them little scuba suits so they can swim underwater, transforming them into powerful amphibian troopers. Rest assured, they (the scientists, not the roaches) aren’t intent on world domination. Instead, they propose that one day a swarm of these biological drones could be…