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You’ll Never Guess Why Government Officials Are Sinking a Four-Story Riverboat Casino Into the Abyss
Government officials in Alabama are giving an old riverboat casino a from Indiana a new life — not floating down the state’s copious waterways, but at the bottom of the sea. Alabama-based news channel WPMI detailed the unusual plan to scuttle the riverboat, called the Argosy VI, off the coast of Orange Beach, a small…
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Pikachu magic: how a tiny Pokémon powered Zach Neto and the Angels in June
If you’ve been watching the Angels’ broadcast or have a keen eye from the stadium seats, you might notice the newest addition to the Halos. He looms on the dugout wall, monitoring each play, sometimes hiding under a blanket or turned away. He’s faithful and quiet, never drawing the ire of umpires. The Pikachu —…
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Come hell or high water: How three friends survived a shipwreck and a shark attack in the Gulf of Mexico
As a maiden voyage, the first trip on Paul Le’s newly purchased fishing boat didn’t go much better than the Titanic’s: The vessel ended up on the bottom of the ocean, with Le and his friends hanging for dear life off the sides of two floating coolers in the tumbling waves of the Gulf of…
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New York Times report roasted after complaining about Fourth of July flyovers in DC: ‘Feels like the apocalypse’
WASHINGTON — DC was a little busy going full America for this New York Times reporter. A famed ex-NPR host-turned-podcaster for the Gray Lady ignited a social media firestorm for railing against the dozens of military flyovers that roared across DC’s skies to mark America’s 250th birthday. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who hosts “The Interview” for The…
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What Trump’s July 4 Speech Revealed
Donald Trump’s favorite movie is “Sunset Boulevard.” That movie tells the story of an aging silent film star, Norma Desmond, who has locked herself away from the real world so that she can endlessly replay past glories until she loses her mind entirely. In his Independence Day speech, Donald Trump indulged in his own protracted…
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Something Weird Is Going on With the 66 Billion Trees China Planted in a Huge Wall
Over the past five decades, China has planted 66 billion trees in a massive wall that spans the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts. This reforestation effort intended to stop the deserts’ spread is working — but, it turns out, with a surprising twist. In a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers found…
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Married Australian PM Anthony Albanese says he’d have sex with Kylie Minogue in wild podcast interview
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed his fondness for our very own Princess of Pop, Kylie Minogue. On this latest episode of Nova’s brand-new podcast Bush Deep, the show’s host Bushie (aka Australian comedian Nikki Osborne) sat down with the PM for a very cheeky chat at The Lodge in Canberra. In the tongue-in-cheek…
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France, the World Cup Favorite, Lives On—With a Little Love From Local Fans
Fans react at the end of the World Cup Round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia on July 4, 2026. —Petr David Josek—AP During France’s Round of 16 World Cup matchup against Paraguay, on July 4, in Philadelphia—250 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed some 3 miles from Philadelphia…
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Prepare for Airplane Purgatory
One evening in May, passengers boarded United Flight 661 from Newark, New Jersey, to Chicago. As the plane readied for takeoff, a thunderstorm swept in, grounding the plane. The storm, which produced winds upwards of 50 miles an hour, was fast moving and cleared a few hours later. And yet, seven hours after Flight 661…
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Why Doug Jones Keeps Running
On Juneteenth, I watched Doug Jones, the Democratic nominee for Alabama governor, deliver a speech at the Scottsboro Boys Museum, in the northeastern corner of the state. I found myself thinking of the 1960s civil-rights rallies that I’d covered as a young reporter, and that many of the older Alabamians in the packed venue had…