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Redefining old age

There’s an old saying among doctors: if you’ve seen one 80-year-old, you’ve seen one 80-year-old. Some will act like they’re 60 or 70, while others seem a lot older. So, instead of asking How old is too old?, shouldn’t the question be, How old is too old for what function? “Absolutely. I could not agree more,” said Dr. Louise Aronson, …

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Cillian Murphy said yes to "Oppenheimer" before reading one of Christopher Nolans red scripts

Cillian Murphy jumped to act in “Oppenheimer,” even before reading writer and director Christopher Nolan’s script. The decision paid off. Murphy won a Golden Globe for the role and he’s nominated for an Oscarfor the first time in his decades-long career. There have been six Nolan films for Murphy. “It’s always paid off for me, you know, in every film …

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Ukrainians fight for survival entering its third year

“I cannot get over the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to this city,” said Mystislav Chernov, in his documentary, “20 Days in Mariupol.” Something terrible did happen to the Ukrainian city, and Chernov, of the Associated Press, was there to witness it. “What I did not expect is that the bombardment will be so intensive,” he told …

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How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer

Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a man who lived for his job. And as it turns out, may have died for it. In September 2022, he was stabbed to death by an assailant outside his home. German was a local legend–renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers. “How big a list of people …

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Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at Sneaker Con, a day after a $355 million ruling against him

PHILADELPHIA — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.” Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what …

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Inside the arrest of Nevada public official Robert Telles

After Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home, police quickly zeroed in on Robert Telles – the subject of a series of articles German had written. Take a look at the events leading to Telles’ arrest. Jeff German’s murder On Sept. 3, 2022, Jeff German’s body was found outside his home by …

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Alexey Navalnys team confirms the death of Putin critic, says his mother is searching for his body

Alexey Navalny’s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was “murdered,” but it is unclear where his body is. Navalny’s death at age 47 has deprived the Russian opposition of its most well-known and inspiring politician less than a month before an election that will give President Vladimir …

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Tributes to Alexey Navalny removed from Russian cities after his reported death

Floral tributes to Alexey Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe who reportedlydied Friday in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unidentified people while police watched, videos on Russian social media show. More than 401 people were detained in cities across Russia after they came to lay flowers in memory of Navalny, according to OVD-Info, a group …

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What happened to Floridalma Roque? She went to Guatemala for plastic surgery and never returned.

Floridalma Roque arrived at the Perfektima clinic in Guatemala City on the morning of June 13 for a scheduled plastic surgery. A day later, Roque, a U.S. citizen, had disappeared without a trace. Roque’s family has been searching for her since then, and the experience has left them feeling lonely and desperate as they try to navigate two criminal justice …

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Ukraine withdraws from key stronghold Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for 4 months

Russia said its forces took complete control Saturday of a city in eastern Ukraine that was the focus of intense combat for months, a development that Moscow could use to boost morale as the second anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches with the war largely at a stalemate. The Russian Defense Ministry’s announcement came the same day Ukraine’s …

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