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PROVO — These days it may be harder to keep the BYU basketball team focused on the next game, the next task, the next opponent in the West Coast Conference. The Cougars (13-5, 2-1 WCC) rose as high as No. 24 in KenPom’s predictive ratings after Saturday night's 96-70 win over Portland — their first.... |
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It’s the in the Philippines , a designated permanent danger zone long declared off-limits to human settlements. Yet to more than 5,000 people the Taal volcano is home. A lush island dotted with dozens of craters in the middle of a shimmering lake, the volcano roared into action Sunday with a mighty.... |
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They claim anti-Brexit members of the House of Commission exaggerated the estimated cost of temporarily reactivating Westminster’s iconic bell in a killjoy attempt to undermine celebrations of the UK’s departure from the EU at the end of the month. A Cabinet minister said: “They just want to stop us marking this historic moment properly. |
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In a rare move, Pope Francis has for the first time chosen a woman to hold a high-level position in the Vatican 's Secretariat of State, one of its most important offices.
Francesca Di Giovanni, a lawyer and 27-year veteran of the Vatican, was named Wednesday as the undersecretary of the powerful office's Section for Relations with States. |
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It is off to the caucuses for the remaining Democratic presidential candidates after running a gauntlet of debates, fundraising and public opinion polls. But how did we get here? For answers, you have to look back 85 years.
Edwin Amenta, University of California, Irvine January 16, 2020 Features. |
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In Ekiti, the fear of rapists has become the beginning of wisdom. Mothers are no longer comfortable leaving their female children in the custody of their male friends or relatives, writes Correspondent RASAQ IBRAHIM. For Ekiti girl-children, things are no longer at ease because they are victims of sexual violence. |
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THE Alzheimer Society of Ireland says it is deeply shocked and saddened following the sudden death of Limerick woman, Rachel McMahon. The 34-year-old was a volunteer with the society and a strong advocate for those who care for sufferers of dementia. She was also a valued and committed member of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network (DCCN). |
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The series found something close to closure when Pope Pius suffered a heart attack that plunged him into an apparently irreversible coma. At the start of this series, renamed The New Pope , Lenny’s immobile body has become the focus of a cult: one radio station broadcast the sound of his unconscious breathing round the clock to the devoted masses. |
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Swafford, 57, who unsuccessfully ran for sheriff in 2016 as a Democrat, has since switched party allegiance and will give it another go, this time running as a Republican. “Prior to 2016, I didn’t really have a lot of political knowledge and in 2016, when I decided to run, I wanted to, for lack of a better word, remove (Sheriff Richard) Fuller. |
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A Brexiteer Tory has predicted the 500,000 needed to get Big Ben to ring for Brexit will be raised within days. Mark Francois, who has promised 1,000, said “I think we will get it within 48 hours” but accused the House of Commons authorities of exaggerating the cost of bringing the currently silent bell back into operation. |
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Yellowknife RCMP are investigating after what appears to be a human-caused fire at the Northern United Place building on 54 Street. According to a press release from the City of Yellowknife, firefighters responded to the fire at about 2:24 p.m. Tuesday. |
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