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The 20 Greatest Monica Bellucci Movies, Ranked
A household name in Italy and the rest of the world, Monica Bellucci is a top-notch model and actor. She had her breakthrough role in the arthouse movie The Apartment in 1996, which earned the star a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress. However, Bellucci’s breakout was in Francis Ford Coppola‘s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, as it was the movie…
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The rare Rice’s whale at risk from Trump plans for more Gulf drilling
One of the world’s rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the giant mammal to extinction. Endangered Rice’s whales live their entire lives in the gulf, where they’re vulnerable to vessel strikes, noise pollution, oil spills and climate change -–…
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HIV, AIDS infections up in Chicago after years of decline as cases rise among Latinos
Ricardo Jiménez feels like he’s going crazy. The leader of public health initiatives at Chicago’s Puerto Rican Cultural Center is desperately trying to find a way to keep his HIV prevention programs afloat. But amid funding cuts and a backlash against diversity and equity efforts, he worries his Humboldt Park-based health programs could be wiped out by this summer unless…
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Telangana woman dies of electrocution while drying clothes
Representational image Hyderabad: A 50-year-old woman died of electrocution while drying clothes at her house in Chennur mandal of Mancherial district on Tuesday, March 31. The victim has been identified as Medanoni Jyothi. Police told Siasat.com that an electrical wire was touching Jyothi’s tin roof and the wire she was about to dry the clothes on was also an iron…
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Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign, according to U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials. After private grumbling at the start of the war that…
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Dropped implants in OR: A hidden contamination threat
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: The “five-second rule” doesn’t hold in the operating room, where even brief contact with the floor contaminates implants and challenges surgeons’ real-time responses. Study: The “five-second” rule for dropped food: does it apply to dropped medical…
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Nagarjuna Akkineni on a Four-Decade Career and His 100th Film
Somewhere between his breakout in Mani Ratnam‘s ‘Gitanjali’ in the late 1980s and his forthcoming 100th film, Akkineni Nagarjuna has made four decades feel like a beginning. The son of the legendary Akkineni Nageswara Rao – one of the all-time giants of Indian cinema – he built his own formidable career from the mid-1980s onward, with landmark films including Mani…
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Eight women killed in stampede at temple in Bihar
Nalanda: Injured persons receive treatment at a hospital after a stampede at the Shitala Mata temple, in Nalanda district, Bihar, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. At least eight women were allegedly killed in the incident following a heavy rush of devotees. (PTI Photo) Bihar: At least eight women were killed in a stampede at a temple in Bihar’s Nalanda district on…
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States pay Deloitte, others millions to comply with Trump law to cut Medicaid rolls
States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify for Medicaid or food aid…
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First Thing: Iran accuses US of plotting ground assault while publicly seeking talks | US news
Good morning. Iran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land attack while publicly seeking talks, as the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies entered its second month. In a message published to mark 30 days since…
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