Tens of thousands of overjoyed Philadelphia Eagles fans lined the city’s famed Broad Street on Friday to cheer on their beloved Birds as they parade with their guest of honor — the Lombardi Trophy. The Eagles captured their second Super Bowl in eight seasons on Sunday, dominating the two-time-defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, at the Superdome in New Orleans. …
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Iair Horn, 46, is an Argentine Israeli who was also kidnapped from his home in kibbutz Nir Oz along with his brother Eitan Horn, 38, who remains in captivity. Sasha Alexander Troufanov, 29, is a Russian Israeli who was abducted along with his family in kibbutz Nir Oz. His father was murdered in captivity, while his female relatives were released …
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“It really is the heart of Roman London, where the big decisions that were made impacted the rest of London and also the wider Roman world in Britain,” Henderson-Schwartz added. Hannah Platts, a lecturer in ancient history and material culture at the University of London, said that the basilica’s discovery was “hugely significant” because it also revealed how the province …
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Mass firings of probationary federal workers begins, affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of people. Grocery stores are placing limits on how many eggs customers can purchase. And a hairdresser has sued several companies, alleging a link between hair dyes and cancer. Here’s what to know today. Trump administration goes after probationary federal employees Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at …
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Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Friday morning for diagnostic tests and what the Vatican said was continuing treatment for bronchitis. “This morning, at the end of the audiences, Pope Francis was admitted to the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli for some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his treatment for bronchitis,” it said in a statement. The …
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MELBOURNE, Australia — A man from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022, a court official said Friday. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, will have to serve at least 18 years in prison before he can be considered for release, a Fiji High Court registry official in Lautoka said. …
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DENVER — Prosecutors on Friday are set to present evidence that a Colorado dentist charged with killing his wife also tried to get a fellow inmate to kill a detective investigating him. James Craig is accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes nearly two years ago, allegedly ordering a rush shipment of potassium cyanide that he said he needed for a patient …
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must temporarily allow the disbursement of foreign aid, a judge ruled Thursday, dealing the latest blow to the administration’s sweeping efforts to halt international aid. The court order came in response to a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups that work on international aid projects, as well as other organizations. They had asked that the judge block …
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request to extradite a doctor who was charged with prescribing abortion pills online to a Louisiana resident last month. “I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Hochul said at a news conference Thursday after her office received the order for the …
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PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and his yellow kayak …
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