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Retrial Given to Longest-Serving Death Row Prisoner in the World
On Monday, a court in Japan granted a retrial to a man believed to be the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner. In 1968, 87-year-old Iwao Hakamada was convicted of murdering a family of four and condemned to death by hanging. Hakamada was on death row for 45 years before he was freed in 2014 because…
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According to Reports, Chinese President Xi Jinping will Visit Russia as Early as Next Week
According to a source, Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to fly to Russia as early as next week to meet with Vladimir Putin. Reuters, citing anonymous sources, reported on Monday that Xi could arrive in Moscow earlier than previously announced. China has proposed a plan to negotiate an end to the violence in Ukraine, but…
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Flight Becomes Nightmare When Passenger Finds Bomb Threat Letter in Bathroom
On Sunday, a United Airlines flight was thrown into chaos when a passenger discovered a message claiming a bomb was on board. According to officials, the pilot of the flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Burlington, Vermont, was informed of the threat just 20 minutes before landing. The flight landed around 1:45 p.m., but passengers…
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Terrorist on NYC Bike Path Spared Death Penalty, Receives Life in Prison
On Monday, a jury absolved the Uber driver guilty of killing eight people in a 2017 Halloween attack in New York City by plowing across a bike path of the death penalty. Sayfullo Saipov was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole because the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. The jury…
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Team Pence Ignores White House Outrage Over Homophobic Jokes About Buttigieg
An ex-chief of staff to Mike Pence reacted angrily at the White House on Monday when the Biden administration requested the former vice president apologize for “homophobic” statements regarding Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s parental leave made over the weekend. Pence joked at the black-tie Gridiron dinner on Saturday, “When Pete’s two children were born, he…
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An Anti-Drag Politician Who Liked Man’s Thirst Traps Is ‘Pausing’ From Using Social Media
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R) of Tennessee, whom this year led the state senate in its efforts to severely restrict drag performances and ban gender-affirming care for minors, announced on Monday that he would take a break from social media after he was caught interacting obsessively with a thirst-trap Instagram account run by a 20-year-old…
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Big Dance Is Set Following 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament Brackets
After the 2023 March Madness bracket was unveiled, the stage was set for college basketball’s most crucial event. Alabama, which plays in the Southern region, got the top overall seed for the first time in its history on Selection Sunday, which CBS and the NCAA held this week. Moreover, Purdue, Kansas, and Houston were selected…
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Astonishing Discovery of Roman Aristocrat’s Remains from Lead Coffin
In England, the remains of a Roman nobleman estimated to be older than one thousand years have been discovered. Last year, archaeologists unearthed the aristocrat in a lead coffin, together with the bones of 62 others from the Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods, from a hitherto unknown site in a secluded cemetery in Northern England.…
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Newsmax Gave Tucker’s Whitewashing on January 6 Seven Times as Much Coverage As Fox
Fox News has given Tucker Carlson’s revisionist account of the January 6 Capitol riots relatively little publicity, despite the network’s biggest star having exclusive access to almost 40,000 hours of security footage from the riots. Conversely, would-be competitor Newsmax has adopted the primetime host’s explanation that the MAGA rioters were simply on a pleasant sightseeing…
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Ruth E. Carter is the First Woman of Color to Win Multiple Academy Awards
Sunday night, costume designer Ruth E. Carter made history again by receiving her second Oscar for Best Costume Design. As she won her award, the Academy disclosed that she is now the first African-American woman to win multiple Oscars in any category. Carter earned her first Oscar in the same category in 2019 for her…