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University of Virginia names Scott C. Beardsley as the University’s 10th president
In a unanimous vote Friday, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors selected Scott C. Beardsley, dean of the UVA Darden School of Business, as the University’s 10th president. An experienced academic leader and professor, board chair/director and senior executive, Beardsley will bring the skills and experience that helped make the Darden School the top public business school in the…
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The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions | Ukraine
The ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle. The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at…
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Telangana to introduce legislation against hate speech: Revanth
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, December 20, announced that the state government will introduce a new bill in the Assembly aimed at curbing religious hate speech. He said that existing laws would be amended to ensure stringent punishment for the offenders who abuse other religions. Participating in the Christmas celebrations at LB Stadium on Saturday, December 20,…
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Prison health workers are among the best-paid public employees. Why are so many jobs vacant?
Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and state hospitals, California has little to show for it, according to a new report from the state auditor. Job vacancy rates have increased since 2019 at the three facilities examined in the audit, as has the state’s reliance on pricey temporary workers.…
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10 Terrifying Bath Scenes in Horror Movies
Casey Chong presents a selection of terrifying bath scenes from horror movies… Taking a bath is supposed to be a relaxing me-time moment. But in the world of horror films, this might come across as a confined situation for all things morbid. An unfortunate character could end up drowning in a bathtub filled with bubbly water over the malevolent presence…
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Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’ | Conflict and arms
Close to Tottenham Hotspur’s shiny football stadium in London is a squat, nondescript block of flats. It holds a grim secret beyond the unremarkable beige brickwork – a cramped, second-floor apartment in the British capital, linked to murderous atrocities unfolding 3,000 miles south. The one-bedroom flat off north London’s Creighton Road is, according to UK government records, tied to a…
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How surveillance technology and Reddit helped search for a killer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath. One was that increasingly pervasive surveillance technology could help catch the culprits. Another was that amateur online sleuths on Reddit could not. But the intense search this week for a suspect in a Brown University shooting…
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Attempt to murder charges to be framed against two accused
New Delhi: A court here on Saturday ordered framing of attempt to murder charges against the two accused in the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at a public event earlier this year, saying there was a prima facie case against them. Additional Sessions Judge Ekta Gauba Mann was hearing a case against Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai and Tahsin Raza…
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Caviar bumps, cost jumps: US consumers on how they’re dining in Trump’s economy | Food
On a Tuesday in December, a Guardian reporter and photographer set out around Atlanta to ask people how they felt about food, 11 months into Donald Trump’s second administration. We asked people from widely different socioeconomic conditions – from those who were wondering where their next meal might come from to those who spend more in a month on food…
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What It Costs To Live In America’s Iconic Holiday Movie Towns
Picture your favorite holiday movie. Maybe it’s a scene from “Home Alone” in Illinois, or one of the dozens of Hallmark films set in small-town New England (even though many are filmed in Canada). You probably remember them for their snow, romance, humor, and festive miracles — they may have even made you want to visit or live in the…
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