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The Small-Town Colossus Faces the End of the Road

8 novembre 2026 à 00:01
Giant roadside attractions have helped put hundreds of communities on the map. What happens when their novelty fades and costs pile up?

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At 86 feet tall, Tyra the Tyrannosaurus of Drumheller, Alberta, is about four times the size of a real T. rex.

Canadian Officials Search for Bears After Mother and Daughter Are Killed on Hike

5 novembre 2026 à 10:02
Wildlife officers were working to trap grizzly bears along a trail after the remains of the two hikers were found near a remote community in British Columbia this week.

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Officials are looking for links between the deaths this week and another grizzly bear attack in the same part of western Canada last year that injured four people.

U.K. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Ban on Palestine Action: What to Know

4 novembre 2026 à 05:38
The government designated the protest group as a terrorist organization last year, prompting criticism. The country’s Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the ban on Wednesday.

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Hundreds of people were detained over the weekend outside the U.S. Embassy in London after staging a protest supporting Palestine Action.

Australian Murderer Has No Right to Vegemite, Court Says

27 octobre 2026 à 11:10
A judge said that denying him the staple in prison restricted his cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important.

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Andre McKechnie filed suit last year, arguing that the Vegemite ban in prisons in Victoria denied him his “culture as an Australian.”

Meghan Says She Is ‘Distressed’ by Claim Her Father Kept Child Abuse Images

23 octobre 2026 à 15:18
The Duchess of Sussex said a 2018 letter to royal protection officers informed her decision to keep her children away from Thomas Markle.

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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on a trip to Australia in April.

What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?

22 octobre 2026 à 17:31
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

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A programmer in Guernica, Spain, on Thursday, working on PHP code, software used throughout the internet.

Priest in Ecuador Dies After Crucifix Falls on Him During Livestreamed Mass

19 octobre 2026 à 18:54
The Rev. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was addressing his congregation in Guayaquil, Ecuador, when a wooden cross detached from a wall and struck him.
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