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Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Nicola Adams will become the first celebrity to dance with a same-sex partner on the UK’s wildly popular talent series “Strictly Come Dancing,” 16 years after the show first aired. Read More
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Fourteen people have gone on trial in Paris over their alleged involvement in a series of deadly terrorist attacks in the city, which began in the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and ended at a kosher supermarket two days later. Read More
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Numerous nights of unrest followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. on Aug. 23. Read More
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Unilever is spending €1 billion ($1.2 billion) to end the use of fossil fuels in the production of its cleaning and laundry brands. Read More
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The New York Yankees were able to close the door on the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night finishing a 5-3 victory with Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning. Read More
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The Joe Biden campaign is pushing ahead with a major swing-state ad blitz addressing the rioting that’s gripped many U.S. cities head-on and blaming President Trump for the violence, casting the Democratic nominee as a calming force who will “lower the temperature” of the national discourse. Read More
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Chicago police on Tuesday released surveillance video asking for the public’s help in identifying a group of people who broke in and ransacked a store on the city’s West Side in May. Read More
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In June, 11-year-old ballet dancer Anthony Mmesoma Madu was filmed barefoot, spinning and leaping gracefully in the air and landing in concrete, rain soaked puddles. Read More
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Hip-hop star Big Sean has revealed his regret over making “I Don’t F*** With You,” the breakup anthem many interpreted as being about his former fiancée, the late Naya Rivera. Read More
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Authorities in Belarus have instigated a harsh crackdown on student protesters after thousands demonstrated against the government Tuesday, according to a local human rights group. Read More
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