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10 Movies That Have Aged Poorly For Off-Screen Reasons
Some films are remembered less for what appears on the screen and more for everything that happened around them. In some cases, production disasters or unsafe sets overshadow the story entirely. In other cases, the actions or behavior of the people behind the camera have made it impossible to separate the work from its creator. This list highlights films whose…
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America’s world turned upside down
It has been a dark and stormy year, although not in as benign a sense as the much-mocked melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Litton from which this paraphrase of his opening line derives, nor as funny as the Peanuts cartoons that played on it. The year has blended dangerous geopolitical turmoil and extraordinary political destructiveness with a powerful surge of technological development…
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How Strategy Buys Bitcoin in Downturns
Key takeaways Strategy funds its dip buying primarily through ATM equity sales rather than operating cash flow. Preferred shares and other financing tools add buying power but create ongoing dividend and interest obligations. A $1.44-billion reserve is intended to reduce “forced seller” concerns during prolonged market slumps. The model’s constraint is the cost of capital. Dilution risk, market sentiment and…
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CY 2026 Stark Law Designated Health Services Code List Update and Brief User Guide | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
On December 1, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual update to the Designated Health Services (DHS) code list (“DHS List”). A 30-day comment period for the update is open until December 31, 2025. As in prior years, CMS’s update to the DHS List both removes and adds Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common…
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California is ending coverage for weight loss drugs, despite TrumpRx
SACRAMENTO — Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight-loss drugs will lose their coverage for the medications in the new year. Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice that experts say is unrealistic. “Of course he tried eating well and everything, but now with the medications, it’s better — a…
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India defeats SL by 15 runs, complete 5-0 series whitewash
IND-W vs SL-W 5th T20I match- pti Thiruvananthapuram: India’s players celebrate a wicket during the fifth T20 International cricket match of a series between India Women and Sri Lanka Women, at Greenfield International Stadium, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (PTI Photo)(PTI12_30_2025_000447B) Thiruvananthapuram: India’s players celebrate the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Hasini Perera during the fifth T20 International cricket…
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Democrats are raising worries about Trump interfering in the midterms. The White House calls it ‘fearmongering’
If history is a guide, Republicans stand a good chance of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2026. They have just a slim majority in the chamber, and the incumbent party usually gives up seats in midterm elections. President Donald Trump, whose loss of the House halfway through his first term led to two impeachments, is trying to…
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India-Pak tensions among hotspot issues ‘mediated’ by China: FM Wang Yi
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said “tensions between India and Pakistan” were among the list of hotspot issues “mediated” by China this year. New Delhi has been maintaining that the May 7-10 conflict between India and Pakistan was resolved through direct talks between the DGMOs (Director General of Military Operations) of the armies of the two countries.…
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‘He will not be accepted, dead or alive’: the fate of Palestinians suspected of helping Israel | West Bank
‘Pressure and threats’: How Israel allegedly recruits Palestinians to help its occupation – video On Tuesday 14 October, Hamas handed over four bodies to Israel as part of an exchange of the dead under the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire. Israeli forensic experts soon confirmed the identities of three of the bodies, but they said that one did not belong to them. Hamas…
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New Fantasy Movies And TV Shows Coming to Netflix in 2026 and Beyond
Pictures via Netflix & Imago Fantasy shows are among the main blockbuster attractions on platforms; Netflix’s competitors understood this better than most with, respectively, Game of Thrones and The Lord Of The Rings. But premium shows on a global scale are hard to come by, and Netflix has hedged its bets with Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie and the final season…
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