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10 Movies Starring Marvel Actors Before They Joined the MCU (#1 Is a Masterpiece)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe established an unprecedented cultural footprint, changing the modern blockbuster by seamlessly integrating a massive roster of heroes into a sprawling narrative. Unsurprisingly, through decades of interconnected storytelling across both theaters and streaming platforms, the franchise’s leading actors became permanently fused with their comic book counterparts. Audiences globally recognize stars like Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and…
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Another standup comic Rafiq arrested for jokes on Pawan Kalyan, Lokesh
Hyderabad: Another stand up comedian, Rafiq, has been arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police for jokes on AP Deputy Chief Minister and Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan and state IT minister Nara Lokesh. His arrest comes just two days after comedian Anudeep Katikala was also arrested from Allahabad by the Kakinada police for jokes he cracked on Kalyan as well. Sources…
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Israel tackles overlapping conflicts : NPR
Sonogram images of a baby lie among the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit a week ago in an Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut, Lebanon April 16, 2026. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Three wars, three negotiations. Israel’s three main conflicts in the past couple of years — in Iran, Lebanon…
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Death rate in immigration detention has reached a 22-year-high, doctors say
Physicians said Thursday that new research on deaths in ICE custody showed that “systemic weakness” in medical care at the agency has become more serious in the past two decades. Meanwhile, the number of people in immigration detention has soared and conditions have worsened during the Trump administration, with the death rate during part of this fiscal year reaching a…
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20 Years After Reform, Massachusetts Health Care Faces a New Test
They got the band back together. Twenty years after Massachusetts passed landmark health care reform legislation that gave the state the highest rate of insurance coverage in the country, the leading players behind the law gathered in the same storied meeting hall where the 2006 bill was signed to celebrate their uncommon achievement. Legislators greeted the activists who pushed them to…
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Delimitation could become ‘permanent wound,’ warns Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, April 16, strongly opposed the Centre’s proposed Bills on delimitation, alleging that they would weaken the Opposition, distort federal balance, and dilute the political voice of minorities. Speaking during a debate in the Lok Sabha on three bills introduced for amendments to the women’s quota law and setting up a…
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Another Orban? Here’s why you should care about Bulgaria’s upcoming elections
Outgoing Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev (C) meets with supporters as he leaves the Bulgarian Presidency parade entrance after attending the handover ceremony with the new president and current vice president, in Sofia on Jan. 23, 2026. (Doychinov / AFP via Getty Images) A new Russian-friendly leader may soon emerge in the EU and NATO — this time, in the Balkans.…
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These ’90s movies are even better than you remember
You can see a wistful longing for the 1990s in how many films from the era are getting remakes and sequels, and you can see it all over social media with things like the TikTok trend where iconic actors from the decade posted ‘90s photos and videos of themselves set to the Goo Goo Dolls song “Iris”. The nostalgia for…
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MIT scientists just found a hidden problem slowing the ozone comeback
The 1987 Montreal Protocol is often described as the most successful environmental treaty ever created. It has led to a steady global phaseout of chemicals that once damaged the ozone layer and increased risks such as skin cancer. Research led by MIT has shown that cutting these ozone-depleting substances is allowing the ozone layer to slowly heal. (It could return…
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Hidden “Trade Winds” Inside Cells Could Explain Cancer Spread
A 3D single-molecule super-resolution microscopy (iPALM) image showing individual actin protein molecules inside a cell, each rendered as a single dot and captured at extraordinary detail — roughly 10,000 times finer than a human hair. Colors indicate depth within the cell, from blue at the bottom to magenta at the top. The blue and magenta dots cluster into curved structures…
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