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Hyderabad police nab two Uttar Pradesh natives
Hyderabad: Two individuals allegedly involved in the SBI ATM robbery at Koti last month, where a man was shot in the leg and robbed of Rs 6 lakh cash, were arrested on Tuesday, February 24. The accused have been identified as Furkhan Ahmed, 36, and Mohd Taiyyab Tyagi, 30, both natives of Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, Taiyyab Tyagi…
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Jeffrey Epstein; State of the Union; El Mencho : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Millions of pages of Epstein files have been released to the public, but an NPR investigation reveals a gap: The Justice Department has removed or withheld dozens…
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The endangered kakapo parrot could have a record breeding season
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The kakapo is too heavy, too slow and, frankly, too delicious to survive around predators, and takes a shamelessly relaxed approach to reproduction. The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The kakapo is too…
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More At-Risk Californians Find Housing and Get Access to Medical and Other Care thanks to More Than $284 Million in Investments This Decade by Health Net
More At-Risk Californians Find Housing and Get Access to Medical and Other Care thanks to More Than $284 Million in Investments This Decade by Health Net From 2020 to 2025, Health Net’s investments have fueled community-based programs to expand access to medical, behavioral, wellness and social services for Medi-Cal members SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Health Net, one of California’s…
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Few doctors have seen it before
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then…
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All 5 Robert Redford Western Movies, Ranked
For someone who was quintessentially American, as an actor/presence on screen, it’s a little surprising that Robert Redford didn’t star in more Western movies throughout all the decades he spent in front of the camera (and he spent a bit of time behind the camera, too, Clint Eastwood-style, since Redford was also fairly prolific as a director). But for what…
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Rottnest Island: The dark history behind an Australian paradise
From the shorelines of Perth in southwestern Australia, a towering blue hill can be seen jutting out of the horizon. Some days it seems so close you could touch it. Other days it’s hidden by mist or passing ships. “Sometimes it wants to be seen and sometimes it wants to hide in the shadows,” says Glen Stasiuk, lecturer at Murdoch…
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Trump to deliver State of the Union address in deeply polarized country | State of the Union address
The last time Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union address, it produced the memorable optics of Nancy Pelosi ripping up his speech after he finished talking. Pelosi’s theatrical gesture at the end of the February 2020 address (his 2025 speech was technically a joint session of Congress, not a State of the Union) eloquently expressed the Democrats’ contempt…
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Kashmiri students threatened for asking sehri, iftar at Punjab university
Chandigarh: Kashmiri Muslim students at CT University in Punjab were reportedly asked to vacate the campus, harassed and threatened with cancellation of their admissions after requesting basic food arrangements during sehri and iftar during the ongoing Ramzan month. “We are being treated unfairly here because we are receiving nothing for sehri or iftari. Even today, when we went to the…
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‘Funny Story’ Movie Cast and Release Date: What We Know
For years, we’ve been in a rom-com drought. The lovetruck antics of 2000s heroines like Andie Anderson from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Marisa Ventura from Maid in Manhattan, or 13 Going on 30‘s Jenna Rink largely feel a part of Hollywood’s yesteryear—and frankly, we’ve been mourning their absence. Enter: Writer Emily Henry. The author is partially…
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