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Bala Bangles Review: I’ve Used Them for 4 years
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, I didn’t own any exercise equipment beyond a yoga mat. So when I, like many others, was forced to give up my in-person fitness classes and adopt a home workout routine in 2020, I had to make do with what I had. I used jars of tomato sauce as dumbbells…
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Explosion at California courthouse where Michael Jackson was once tried
An explosion on Wednesday rocked the California courthouse where Michael Jackson was tried and acquitted nearly 20 years ago, authorities said. Residents near the court in Santa Maria, about 150 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, were told to “avoid the area” as the scene “has not been deemed safe,” a Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s…
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Lupita Nyong’o brings her outsider experience to ‘The Wild Robot’
In fiction, machines are often pitted against nature. But Lupita Nyong’o says DreamWorks’ new animated movie, “The Wild Robot,” will show viewers that you don’t have to pick one over the other to survive. “I think what makes ‘The Wild Robot’ a compelling story is that we’re witnessing this robot adapt to the natural world,”…
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Kentucky sheriff charged in the fatal shooting of judge pleads not guilty
A Kentucky sheriff arrested and charged last week with shooting a judge in his chambers following an argument pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines was arraigned before a special judge for first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Judge Kevin Mullins. Stines appeared virtually from the Leslie County…
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Pentagon has recommended giving white phosphorus shells to Ukraine, but White House keeps saying no
Senior Pentagon officials have recommended that the U.S. provide Ukraine with white phosphorus munitions for use on the battlefield, but the White House has rejected the idea several times, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the planning. White phosphorus is a waxy substance that ignites instantly when exposed to oxygen. It burns at a…
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In ‘Will & Harper,’ comedian Will Ferrell meets an old friend for the first time
About halfway through director Josh Greenbaum’s new road trip documentary, “Will & Harper,” comedian Will Ferrell looks across the car at his longtime friend and collaborator Harper Steele and says, already laughing, “Here’s a question: Do you think you’re a worse driver as a female driver?” At that point, the pair is over a week…
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With A’s last game, Oakland says goodbye to major professional sports
The Raiders left for Los Angeles in 1982, came back to Oakland in 1995 and then uprooted for Las Vegas 2020. The Golden State Warriors moved across the bay to San Francisco’s Chase Center starting in the 2019-20 season after having played in Oakland since 1971. Oakland even briefly had an NHL team: the California…
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House to vote to condemn Biden, Kamala Harris and others over 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal
The House is set to vote Wednesday to formally condemn President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials over their handling of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, criticized the administration’s “chaotic, precipitous” Afghanistan withdrawal, saying its “willful refusal to properly…
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Israel sends unidentified bodies to Gaza as Palestinian officials demand answers
CAIRO — Israel returned the bodies on Wednesday of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory’s health ministry refused to bury before Israel discloses details about who they are and where it killed them. The bodies were brought into Gaza in a container loaded on a truck through…