Tag: years
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700,000 years of Egyptian history finds enormous new home
A giant staircase rises to the top of the museum, lined with some of the most pristine statues of the rulers of ancient Egypt. At the top, a spectacular view of the pyramids opens up with a soaring ceiling. The galleries are lined with state-of-the-art cases with historic statues offering glimpses into the daily lives of…
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Walgreens to close 1,200 stores over the next three years
Walgreens said Tuesday it plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years as it seeks to further downsize its footprint amid flagging sales and changing consumer behavior. The pharmacy chain said 500 of the closings would occur over the next 12 months. It estimates a quarter of its 8,700 stores in the U.S.…
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Foot of a famed Mount Everest climber is possibly found after 100 years
A National Geographic documentary crew may have found partial remains of the foot of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the famed mountaineer who disappeared on Mount Everest 100 years ago. The climbers were trekking Everest in late September when they spotted a disembodied foot inside of a boot that appeared perfectly preserved yet undeniably old. “Lo and…
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Grazer beats the behemoth who killed her cub to win this year’s title
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras at explore.org of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Fans cast votes…
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Russian court sentences U.S. citizen Gilman to over 7 years in prison on assault charges
VORONEZH, Russia — A Russian court on Monday sentenced U.S. citizen and ex-Marine Robert Gilman to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting a prison official and a state investigator, the local prosecutor’s office said. Gilman, 30, is already serving a 3-1/2-year sentence for attacking a police officer while drunk, a charge he…
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Russian court jails U.S. citizen, 72, for nearly seven years on Ukraine mercenary charge
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday sentenced 72-year-old American citizen Stephen James Hubbard to six years and 10 months in prison after convicting him in a closed-door trial of serving as a mercenary for Ukraine, a Reuters reporter in the courtroom said. Investigators said Hubbard, a native of Michigan, was paid $1,000 per month…
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Woman gets 40 years for giving husband lethal dose of tranquilizer in attack captured on dash cam
An Ohio woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week for injecting her estranged husband with an animal tranquilizer — and then burying his body — during an attack that was partially captured on a vehicle dash camera. Amanda Hovanec, 37, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, pleaded guilty to multiple charges that included distributing a…
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Christian group Ethnos360 accused of failing to protect girl from abuse, years after ‘significant child safety training’
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of abuse. A Christian organization long plagued by allegations of child sex abuse is now facing a lawsuit that accuses the group of failing to protect a girl from one of her peers at its missionary training center. Ethnos360, a religious nonprofit group based in Sanford, Florida, that was…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ is back to tackle a wild election and mark 50 years on air
America is in the home stretch of an abbreviated presidential race unlike any other. But after the chaos of the last few months, one thing is certain: “Saturday Night Live” will be on hand to skewer it all. NBC’s landmark sketch comedy series returns this weekend just in time to satirize the reshuffled fight for…