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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani writes to Umar Khalid
Mamdani’s letter to Umar Khalid Jailed activist Umar Khalid received a handwritten letter from newly elected New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani with the words, “We are all thinking of you.” The letter was shared by Umar Khalid’s friends on the day Mamdani was sworn in as New York Mayor. Mamdani is the first Muslim to hold the post and one…
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Looking for Mental Health Care Without Private Insurance? Here’s Where to Go
Community mental health services are widely known in Chicago, but access becomes far less clear outside city limits—particularly for people without private, employer-sponsored insurance. While a network of nonprofit providers offers low-cost or free care, availability varies sharply by geography, funding, and transportation. In Chicago, care is readily available: organizations like Thresholds, Trilogy, Center on Halsted and Howard Brown Health…
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Happy New Year 2026 from Chaz Ebert and Everyone at RogerEbert.com | Chaz’s Journal
I was out at dinner with a group of friends who were experts in various fields when one observed that whether you are talking about psychology, photography, astrology or cryptology, 2025 proved to be a very strange year indeed. He continued with more hope, however, opining that 2026 is already giving glimmers of vast improvements to come. From his mouth…
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10 Best Movies About Living Life Your Way
Go to school. Get the job. Buy the house. Climb the ladder. Society’s got a script, and most of us follow it on autopilot — until it hits you one day that your own blockbuster might need a rewrite. Movies like Captain Fantastic or American Honey dare to ask what happens when someone actually listens to that itch, trusts their…
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Israel allowing traders to bring into Gaza ‘dual-use’ items barred from aid organisations | Gaza
Israel is running a parallel system of controls for shipments into Gaza, allowing commercial traders to bring goods into the territory that are barred for humanitarian organisations. Basic life-saving supplies including generators and tent poles are on a long Israeli blacklist of “dual-use” items. The Israeli government says entry of these items must be severely restricted because they could be…
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Nepal probe commission to summon ex-PM Oli over Gen Z protests
Kathmandu: A commission appointed by Nepal’s interim government to probe alleged excessive use of force during the September 8–9 Gen Z movement will summon ousted prime minister K P Sharma Oli for clarification, officials said on Thursday. At least 19 youths, who were demonstrating against the Oli government in Kathmandu, were killed in police firing on Sep 8, with the…
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Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him
President Donald Trump is taking aim at new areas of Colorado: those that overwhelmingly voted in 2024 to send him back to the White House. This week, Trump vetoed a bill that would have provided funding to complete a pipeline to carry clean water to communities in southeastern Colorado. Last week, he denied disaster funding to help northwestern Colorado recover…
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Kyiv says it struck Russia’s oil facilities – DW – 01/01/2026
Skip next section North Korea’s Kim praises troops fighting for Russia 01/01/2026January 1, 2026 North Korea’s Kim praises troops fighting for Russia In a New Year’s message, Kim praised his troops fighting abroad as forging an ‘invincible alliance’ with RussiaImage: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP Photo/picture alliance North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised troops fighting on Russia’s side…
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Springsteen, Marty Supreme, and Sinners take the cake
Heading into the new year, it feels right to look back at the year 2025 in movies, which featured some stellar biopics (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) and original stories (Sinners). Every year, it’s nearly impossible to see every movie and thoroughly rank them. However, here’s ClutchPoints’ ranking of the 10 best movies of the year. 10. Mission: Impossible —…
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Crypto Investment Themes for 2026: Bitcoin, Stablecoins and RWAs
2025 didn’t unfold the way many cryptocurrency investors expected. Although Bitcoin (BTC) peaked almost precisely in line with its historical four-year cycle, the long-anticipated blow-off top never materialized. Notably, Bitcoin’s gains failed to cascade into the broader market, leaving hopes for a full-fledged altcoin season largely unfulfilled. As a result, 2026 opens under a cloud of uncertainty. Investor sentiment is…
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