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A FRENCH port boss has dismissed Project Fear claims about border chaos as scaremongering.

Back-to-school shopping has gotten grim. In the wake of the most recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, sales of bullet-proof backpacks have skyrocketed, according to a CNN report. Bullet Blocker, which was founded by dad-of-two Joe Curran in the wake of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre that killed 33, has seen...

Local vendors and shoppers braved the heat Monday to participate in the Monday Farmers Market at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.

Firefighters are warning people to 'think when having a laugh'

A huge explosion has taken place at a weapon depot inside a Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) base near Dora in Baghdad, Al-Sumaria reported, citing a statement by a representative of the Iraqi Ministry of Health.

A Sharpie-scrawled note sent to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from President Trump had the Canadian ambassador so confused, he thought it was a prank, according to a report from Axios. In May of 2017, Trump reportedly tore out a picture of Trudeau from an issue of Bloomberg Businessweek which characterized the Canadian leader as […]

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A friend of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio last week allegedly told the FBI he helped the killer stockpile his arsenal—and even watched him assemble the murder weapon.

Good Afternoon Pittsburgh Penguin Die Hard Fans out here in the Pittsburgh area and those folks who have moved out of western PA for numerous and varied reasons but still never miss a penguin or steeler game.

The rapper will also perform on the Aug. 26 broadcast.

Insta Story of ⭐ MARAJI ⭐ was the least the Muslims expected after 12th August had been declared a holiday. The sentiments portray the difference in opinions that have hitherto existed among the religious factions.

“We are doing the mapping of vulnerable areas before to the publication of the final NRC,” a senior official of the state government told.

Questlove happily hits the stage at Cinespia‘s special screening of Boyz N The Hood, over the weekend at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The DJ and Roots frontman was joined at the Amazon Studios and Amazon Prime Video hosted evening by Stevie Wonder, Flea, Riele Downs and her sister, and DJ Pooh at the tribute to [...]

A mother says American Airlines “kidnapped” her "terrified" 8-year-old son by neglecting to inform her about an overnight delay and failing to provide him with proper meals.

EXCLUSIVE: ABC Studios has acquired the television rights to the bestselling book series Jessica Darling by Megan McCafferty, as well as a pilot adaptation written by author /screenwriter, Rebecca Serle. Ready Player One producer Dan Farah and Serle initially secured the book rights and then developed the pilot script on spec before shopping it to […]

Western fashion brands are coming under fire in China for designs perceived to run afoul of local political sensitivities, sparking calls for boycotts in a market that accounts for a third of global luxury demand

On paper Equatorial Guinea could be seen as a booming country but in terms of its development indices it is not much better than Cameroon

The Story Behind Julian Wilson’s Code Red Teahupo’o Bomb.

A clip where Austrian ex-vice-chancellor supposedly fell into a trap with fake “Russian money” succeeded in breaking up the right-wing coalition. But Heinz-Christian Strache says he’ll return to politics once his name is cleared.
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The result of the 2016 US presidential election was, for many, a surprise lesson in social perception bias -- peoples' tendency to assume that others think as we do, and to underestimate the size and influence of a minority party. Many psychologists attribute the source of these biases to faulty cognitive processes like 'wishful thinking' or 'social projection,' but according to a new study, the structure of our social networks might offer a simpler explanation.

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) – A large Syrian Arab Army (SAA) convoy was filmed heading to the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate this week as they prepare to join the Tiger Forces in their ongoing offensive. According to a report from northern Hama, the 11th Division sent a large number of reinforcements to the […]

BREAKING: Ahead of the CBS-Viacom merger, Viacom has re-upped Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos to a new, multi-year contract. In addition, Paramount’s current production president Elizabeth Raposo has extended her contract. Gianopulos has been running the studio since 2017, following the tenure of the late Brad Grey. During Gianopulos’ run Paramount released the hit […]

The remake of the live-action movie grossed over $1 billion worldwide. Producer Dan Lin told INSIDER they're looking at "the right story to tell."