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Utah GOP lawmakers ignore study they commissioned on trans care
Few Utahns have witnessed the effects of withdrawing transgender kids’ access to care as Collin Kuhn, a clinical child and adolescent psychologist who specializes in helping their clients navigate challenges and questions related to gender. The difference between receiving care and not receiving care, they said, is “night and day.” “All of a sudden, socially, their world opens up,” Kuhn…
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Workers from Bangladesh sought jobs in Russia but got sent to combat in Ukraine
LAKSHMIPUR, Bangladesh — A labor recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, he found himself on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine. An Associated Press investigation found that Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under…
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Sameer Rahat at HLF 2026
“Hyderabad sheher ek mehfil hain. Poora sheher hi mehfil hain (The entire city of Hyderabad is a gathering). So, when I come to Hyderabad, and even when I am not performing, I feel like mehfil hi chal rahi hain yahan,” Sameer Rahat said, reflecting on his eight years of visiting the city as a performer and sometimes audience. Mumbai-based Bollywood…
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Nirmala Sitharaman to make history with 9th consecutive budget
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a record ninth consecutive budget on February 1, which is expected to contain reform measures aimed at shoring up economic growth amid a volatile geopolitical situation. This will take Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets that were presented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai over different time periods. Desai presented…
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Who is US border chief Gregory Bovino, the ‘little Napoleon’ with a viral coat?
In the 1982 action movie The Border, Jack Nicholson and Harvey Keitel play border guards posted along the Texas frontier. The film sets up their federal force as a bunch of gunslingers operating with little to no moral code. But the way an 11-year-old Gregory Bovino saw it, watching at the cinema in his hometown of North Carolina, Keitel and…
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2026 Sci-Fi Movies You Need To Keep On Your Radar
Warner Bros. Pictures It looks like 2026 is shaping up to be a solid year for sci-fi movie fans. With all the fun we had with the best sci-fi flicks of 2025, it seemed right to take a look at what audiences can expect in 2026, and so far, things are looking rather…
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Russia offers incentives for fighting in Ukraine, but some recruits complain of coercion
For average wage earners in Russia, it’s a big payday. For criminals seeking to escape the harsh conditions and abuse in prison, it’s a chance at freedom. For immigrants hoping for a better life, it’s a simplified path to citizenship. All they have to do is sign a contract to fight in Ukraine. As Russia seeks to replenish its forces…
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Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment
A federal judge heard arguments on Jan. 26, 2026, as the state of Minnesota sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the state. The administration has sent some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota, and attorneys for the state have argued, in part, that it amounts to an unconstitutional occupation, on 10th Amendment grounds.…
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10 Movies From 1988 That Are Now Considered Classics
In 1988, cinema was quietly expanding in many directions simultaneously. Studio comedies reached absurdist perfection, action movies locked in new formulas, animation crossed cultural and formal boundaries, and international filmmakers produced emotionally rich gems. Some of these movies were dismissed on release as genre exercises, some as populist entertainment, and some as niche or foreign curiosities. Yet decades later, their…
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Ensnared by the global cyberscam vortex, swindler and victims join forces to take down ringleaders
Seoul — Dex didn’t see himself as a scammer. For the first two months at his new job in Cambodia, he followed orders. Each day, he sat before his screen, firing off scripted messages, moving from one far-away stranger to the next. Seated around him, row after row, were fellow South Koreans doing the same. With his phone and passport…
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