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It seemed at first glance to be a typical online celebration for a major life achievement. "Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone," Cambridge University scholar Ally Louks wrote last week on X to announce she'd finished her thesis to earn her PhD...

Woman's Post on PhD Thesis Sets Off Online Trolls

Someone in Kentucky has $3.1 million worth of confidence in the Philadelphia Eagles. Circa Sports reports it took a bet for that amount Thursday on the Eagles money line at -700 odds. If 10-2 Philadelphia beats the 3-9 Carolina Panthers on Sunday, the wager would net approximately $442,800,...

Historic Bet: $3.1M on the Eagles

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria is expected to bring about a fundamental shift in the balance of power in the Mideast. But exactly how that will play out is still in flux. Coverage: Possible vacuum: The Wall Street Journal reports that the speed with which the government...

Assad Is Out. Now What?

By Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed on Sunday, overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad and ending nearly six decades of his family's

Syrian rebels topple Assad, transforming nation and Middle East

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli shelling hit a hospital in northern Gaza, wounding several people, damaging equipment and disrupting surgeries, Palestinian health officials said on

Doctors say Israeli shells hit Gaza hospital, Israel denies strike

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential

Ghana's former President Mahama wins election

By Andrew Osborn and Maxim Rodionov (Reuters) -Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told

Syria's Assad is in Moscow after deal on safety of military bases, say Russian news agencies

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russia was open to talks on Ukraine after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for "an immediate ceasefire and negotiations". Kremlin spokesman

Kremlin, on Trump call for Ukraine peace talks, says Moscow is open to negotiations on certain terms

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end "the madness", prompting Ukrainian

Trump calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire, Kyiv and Moscow cite conditions

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for U.S. authorities to commute the sentences of death row prisoners, in an unusual request during his weekly Sunday prayer

Pope Francis appeals for US to commute death row sentences

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the U.S. illegally over his four-year term but wants a deal to protect so-called "Dreamer"

Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegally

By Steve Holland and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will work with partners and stakeholders in Syria to help seize an opportunity and manage the risk, U.S. President Joe

US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says

BEIRUT (Reuters) -As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most

Former al Qaeda chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani led overthrow of Syria's Assad

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576841-0-20241208024500.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />In a podcast interview , the commissioner of baseball casually dropped in a reference to a potential rule change called the "Golden At-Bat." The idea had a "little buzz around it at an owners' meeting," said Rob Manfred. What's the Golden At-Bat? Only a rule that could "alter baseball forever," as...

Baseball Ponders a Startling Rule Change

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576623-0-20241208085101.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />What's it like to set a new fastest-known time for an 800-mile Utah-to-Mexico trail that passes through both deserts and the Grand Canyon? In a word, painful. Outside Online reports on the hiker Nick Fowler's feat: On Nov. 9, he reached the southern end point of the Arizona Trail after...

100 Miles In, He Was Puking Like Crazy. So He Started Over

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576834-0-20241207154502.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />On April 27, the pope will utter the Latin word "discernimus," meaning "we recognize it," in regard to the sainthood of Carlo Acutis . And thus, Acutis—who died in 2006 from leukemia at age 15—will become the first millennial saint. At the Guardian , Linda Kinstler plays off this to...

He Will Be the First Saint in Branded Clothes

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577057-0-20241208065246.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />It seemed at first glance to be a typical online celebration for a major life achievement. "Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone," Cambridge University scholar Ally Louks wrote last week on X to announce she'd finished her thesis to earn her PhD...

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577102-0-20241208082716.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />"Democrats may have some work to do with dog owners," concludes the AP , which got very curious about how owners of cats and dogs voted in the November election, after Vice President-elect JD Vance's comments targeting "childless cat ladies" and Taylor Swift subsequently identifying herself as one in her endorsement...

How Pet Owners Voted in 2024

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577251-0-20241207100051.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Phil Robertson, head of the clan featured on A&E's reality-TV show Duck Dynasty , has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. TMZ reports on the development, revealed on Friday's edition of the Unashamed With the Robertson Family podcast , which Robertson himself didn't appear on. Roberton's son Jase informed the listening audience that his...

Duck Dynasty 's Phil Robertson Is 'Struggling': Son

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577318-0-20241207160346.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />When Jamie Foxx came to in an Atlanta hospital after collapsed in April 2023, he thought he'd been passed out for a few moments. Then he realized he had a new beard; Foxx had been in a coma for weeks. The actor and comedian made the revelation to an audience...

Jamie Foxx Had a Surprise When He Woke Up From Coma

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577269-0-20241207111416.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />House Republicans seem determined to keep transgender women out of women's restrooms on Capitol Hill, but transgender activists are equally adamant that they're not going to stand for such a ban. That push-and-pull came to a head on Thursday when trans activists entered a woman's bathroom inside the US Capitol...

15 Arrested at US Capitol, Including Chelsea Manning

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577313-0-20241207150901.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />The president of Tyler Perry Studios was killed Friday night in Florida when the small plane he was piloting crashed. Steve Mensch was 62. The Atlanta-based studio announced his death Saturday, CNN reports. "Steve was a cherished member of our team for more than 8 years, and well beloved in...

Plane Crash Kills Tyler Perry Studios Boss

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577347-0-20241208065321.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />The Assad family's 54-year authoritarian rule has come to an end in Syria. Rebels took control of the capital of Damascus without a fight, and President Bashar al-Assad is nowhere to be seen, reports the BBC . Russia's foreign ministry confirmed Sunday that Assad had resigned and left his country, though...

Stunning Fall: Assad Family's 54-Year Reign Ends in Syria

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1575316-0-20241203051529.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Less than a week after filing a claim accusing New York City of treating Harvey Weinstein like an "animal" imprisoned in a "gulag," the disgraced movie mogul's lawyer says Weinstein has been hospitalized. An "alarming blood test" requiring "immediate medical attention" led to his hospitalization Monday, his attorney says, per...

Weinstein Hospitalized After 'Alarming Blood Test'

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576255-0-20241203052637.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood's first big awards-season bash, A Different Man , a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity, and authenticity in acting, won best feature film at the 34th Gotham Awards on Monday night, the AP reports. Much can be unpredictable at the Gotham Awards, which...

Gotham Awards' Big Winner 'Stuns' Audience, Director

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576366-0-20241207083002.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Well, 2024 is almost behind us, and it turns out humanity didn't take the year off from opening their pieholes and saying things that went viral or just broke people's brains. Yale University compiled a list of the year's most notable quotations, and perhaps unsurprisingly for an election year, they...

2024's Most Notable Quotes

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576478-0-20241204020002.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson, died Monday at age 69 after a battle with advanced lung cancer. Her diagnosis was first reported in September, and at the time, it was revealed that she didn't have much time left, reports TMZ , who confirmed Nelson's death with her rapper son's representative. Nelson and...

Eminem's Mom Dead at 69

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576566-0-20241208070002.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Kate Winslet recently chatted with 60 Minutes , in an interview that aired Sunday to promote her new Lee Miller biopic, and the 49-year-old actor revealed that walking the red carpet after filming 1997's Titanic turned out to be a "horrific" experience, complete with body-shaming, per the Guardian and People . One...

Kate Winslet Reveals 'Horrific' Body-Shaming After Titanic

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576617-0-20241204120502.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />It's time for a barrage of best-of-2024 lists, so get ready to see a lot of Taylor Swift. In this instance, it's Spotify's list of the artists who were most streamed globally this year, and Swift takes the No. 1 spot for a second year in a row, reports Mashable...

Most-Streamed Artists of Spotify in 2024

<img src='http://img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1576756-0-20241205090148.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Kelsey Grammer has written a stream-of-consciousness memoir about his sister, who was murdered in 1975 . Karen: A Brother Remembers will be published May 6, 2025, People reports. Grammer was 20 and a student at the Juilliard School in New York when his sister, 18, was kidnapped from the Red Lobster...

Kelsey Grammer Writes Book About Sister's Life, Murder

<img src='http://img2-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1577041-0-20241206134631.jpeg?width=160&height=100&crop=Y' border='0' />Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection. The Royal Mint, which has struck the coins of monarchs from Alfred the Great in the ninth century to King Charles III, revealed Friday that it is launching a McCartney coin collection for collectors to buy....

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