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Protests at Delhi HC over accused’s jail term suspension
New Delhi: A protest was held outside the Delhi High Court here on Friday against the suspension of the sentence of Kuldeep Sengar, who was convicted in the Unnao rape case. The protesters, holding placards, raised slogans such as “Balatkariyo ko sanrakshan dena band kro” (stop protecting rapists) in support of the Unnao rape survivor. Women activists from the All…
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Christmas brings respite from heaviest rain, flooding risks persist
Misty Cheng described what happened as the “nightmare before Christmas” — when tons of water, mud and rock flowed through her Wrightwood home Wednesday. Her experience was among the worst caused by a winter storm that drenched Southern California and also underscored risks faced across the region, especially for those who, like her, live below the burn scar of a…
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She goes to police calls in a Prius. It’s part of a new approach to mental health emergencies
Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, received a dozen voicemails from the same distressed caller over a single weekend this month. She knew the voice. It was her client, saying that a celebrity has been hacking her phone, that she needed help moving into a different apartment and why was the process taking so…
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What were the best movies, TV shows, books and songs of 2025? – Deseret News
The year 2025 saw some major pop culture moments — so many, in fact, that it can be hard to sift through all the new movies, TV shows, books and music that came out this year to decide what was the best. Luckily, Deseret News writers and editors are here to share our favorites. We covered dozens of new movies,…
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What the $310B Stablecoin Market Reveals About Crypto Adoption
The hockey stick growth of stablecoin adoption The stablecoin market reached a pivotal milestone on Dec. 12, 2025, hitting $310 billion in total value. That represents a 70% increase in just one year. This growth is not just another cryptocurrency bubble metric; it signals a fundamental shift in how digital assets are beginning to be used globally. To understand why…
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Weight-loss drugs are changing. Here’s what to know about GLP-1s
Weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s are transforming health care. Some people who struggled for years to shed pounds experience dramatic weight loss on the medications, and there are indications that the drugs have potential to treat diseases beyond obesity. The drugs also have minted billions of dollars for Eli Lilly & Co. and Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S, the two pharmaceutical…
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How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were paused
Finances already looked tight for Jade Grant and her three children as she entered the year’s final months. “Everyone’s birthday is back-to-back,” the 32-year-old certified nursing assistant said. “You have holidays coming up. You have Thanksgiving. Everything is right there. And then, boom. No (food) stamps.” Grant is among the nearly 42 million lower-income Americans who get help buying groceries…
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8 Entertaining Die Hard-Style B-Movies for Your Watch List
Casey Chong presents a selection of Die Hard riffs… The Die Hard on a [fill in the setting] subgenre first made its mark after director John McTiernan and then-television star Bruce Willis, of Moonlighting fame, ushered in a new era of action movies in 1988 to critical and financial success with the original Die Hard. It spawned four sequels and…
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AAP leaders booked over Santa Claus skit for ‘outraging religious feelings of Christians’
New Delhi: A police case was lodged on Thursday against AAP’s Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bhardwaj, and two other party leaders over a skit related to air pollution that had a man dressed as Santa Claus, an official said on Thursday. The complainant alleged that the skit outrages the religious feelings of the Christian community as Santa Claus was “revered…
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Man attempts suicide at Makkah’s Grand Mosque; security officer injured
Makkah: A man attempted to take his own life at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, December 25, prompting an emergency response from security personnel stationed at the holy site. In a post on X, the Saudi General Directorate of Public Security shared a video related to the incident, stating that security forces acted promptly to control…
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