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Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial: biggest bombshells

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The first week of the trial involving Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 ski accident in Utah has come to a close. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson is seeking $300,000 in damages from the Goop founder after a collision at the Deer Valley ski resort. According to Sanderson’s lawsuit, Paltrow collided with Sanderson and skied off, leaving …

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War on gangs forges new El Salvador. But the price is steep.

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SOYAPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — With semiautomatic weapons pressed to their chest, a pack of camouflage-clad police officers marches through rows of small brick homes winding up hills on the fringes of El Salvador’s capital. They rap sharply on door after door, pushing into homes with dozing teenagers listening to music or toddlers eating breakfast …

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Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

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BEIJING (AP) — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space. Chinese state media claimed the decision to open up was …

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A US veteran joined Ukraine's International Legion, then made a shock defection to Russia. Ex-comrades say he was incompetent and left behind a trail of chaos.

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An American man is the first known International Legionnaire to defect to RussiaPoca Wander / Getty Images; Arif Qazi / Insider A US veteran went to fight in Ukraine but has defected to Russia. Those who fought with him in Ukraine told Insider he was unstable and erratic on the battlefield. His time in Ukraine …

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Meet Stormy Daniels, the porn star Michael Cohen says Trump told him to pay $130,000 to cover up an alleged sexual affair

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Stormy Daniels.Ethan Miller/Getty Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is a porn star who met President Donald Trump in 2006. She says Trump’s longtime fixer Michael Cohen paid her $130,000 before the 2016 presidential election to keep quiet about an affair, which Trump has denied. Prosecutors signaled they’re near an indictment of Trump …

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‘I grew up in the aftermath of Chernobyl – then became one of the world's most successful athletes’

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Oksana Masters was born with severe disabilities, including missing shinbones and thumbs, which are thought to have been caused by her mother’s exposure to radiation after the Chernobyl disaster three years earlier, She went on to win 17 medals in the Paralympics, seven of them gold – Martin Schoeller When Oksana Masters is having a …

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Inside the Unholy Sex Scandal Rocking Trump’s Ex-Adviser

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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters Frank Pavone, a defrocked priest who was formerly a Catholic adviser to Donald Trump, is engulfed in a sex scandal that is rocking the anti-abortion movement. Pavone, 64, is the director of Priests for Life, a non-profit that funnels millions of dollars a year into the anti-abortion movement. …

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Elon Musk has called Biden a 'damp sock puppet' and feuded with the president for months, but Biden shared some rare praise for the billionaire earlier this month

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Elon Musk originally supported Joe Biden and said he was excited for him to be president. Since, Musk has taken several digs at the president after he excluded Tesla from some EV events. The two men have been feuding for years, but there appeared to be a cease-fire of sorts earlier this month. The second-richest …

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Russian Support for Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Hardening

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(Bloomberg) — As Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine struggles into its second year, his transformation of Russian society is in overdrive. Most Read from Bloomberg Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch Putin Has Decided to Normalize His War US Housing Market Posts $2.3 Trillion Drop, Biggest Since 2008 Putin …

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Revealed: Leaked document shows how Russia plans to take over Belarus

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in an interview last summer with the Russia-1 TV channel. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) A leaked internal strategy document from Vladimir Putin’s executive office and obtained by Yahoo News lays out a detailed plan on how Russia plans to take full control over neighboring Belarus in …

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