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Iran’s president says 14 million have offered to risk their lives just to stand up to Trump
Airstrikes pounded Tehran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, hours before the expiration of U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face punishing strikes on its infrastructure. Trump has extended previous deadlines but suggested the one set for 8 p.m. in Washington was…
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Why Movies Are Getting Longer: Data Shows 10-Minute Runtime Increase – News and Statistics
Apr 7, 2026 Data from a recent analysis by Stephen Follows, featured on The Town podcast, indicates a shift in the duration of theatrical films. The researcher examined the running times of tens of thousands of movies released between 1980 and 2025. While the overall average film length has remained stable for decades, a significant change is evident for wide…
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Top Democrat calls Trump ‘extremely sick person’ after president posts death threats against Iran – live | Trump administration
Schumer calls Trump ‘extremely sick person’ in response to president saying that a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, has called Donald Trump an “extremely sick person” in response to the president’s recent post on Truth Social – in which he said “a whole civilization will tonight” if Iran fails to meet his 8pm ET…
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Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging to any social or special category can be employed. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh set aside a judgement of the Calcutta High Court,…
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Israel launches fresh strikes in Beirut as Hezbollah faces homegrown anger over new war
Israeli strikes rained down on Beirut and across southern Lebanon on Monday, as the Israel Defense Forces announced it had launched a new wave of attacks on Hezbollah infrastructure in the Lebanese capital, while residents reported wide bombardment in the south as well. Meanwhile, anger against the terror group continued to grow among Lebanese civilians on Monday as people searched…
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One held after viral video of drinking, loud music on Ganga river
Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday, April 7, arrested the prime accused in connection with a video that showed a group of men drinking beer and dancing to blaring DJ music aboard a boat on the Ganga in Varanasi. A video of men partying on the holy waters went viral on Monday, April 6, and a probe was launched on…
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Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’ Proposed 2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters: Health Insurers and Brokers
In February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed regulation outlining a series of changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance standards and Marketplace operations. The proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for plan year 2027 follows a series of federal-level policy changes in 2025 affecting the ACA Marketplaces, including the expiration of…
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The people who never cry during movies aren’t emotionally unavailable. They process grief in private because vulnerability was never safe as a performance.
I’m not a psychologist. I’m a space industry journalist — I’ve spent the better part of two decades covering SpaceX launches, venture capital cycles, and the business of getting things into orbit. But I’ve been thinking about something that has nothing to do with rockets, and I want to write about it anyway, because it connects to something I’ve observed…
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As Trump deadline for Iran nears, Iran and the US ramp up rhetoric
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Airstrikes pounded Tehran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, hours before the expiration of U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face punishing strikes on its infrastructure. Trump has extended previous deadlines but suggested the…
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All the President’s Bullshit (on Iran)
Programming note: The president has just started a press conference. We’re watching and we plan to do a livestream if he says something noteworthy. Check the homepage. (Composite by Hannah Yoest / Shutterstock / GettyImages) Last week President Trump said that he didn’t care whether or not the Strait of Hormuz was reopened because it wasn’t America’s problem. On Sunday…
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