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Pickleball is the star of the sports comedy ‘The Dink’Jul 21, 2026 12:28 pm - It’s the tennis establishment versus pickleball enthusiasts at an uptight club in “The Dink,” a kind of spiritual descendent of “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” The story itself is very by the books, but it’s still a fun watch.
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UK leader Burnham gathers his Cabinet after sweeping away Starmer supportersJul 21, 2026 12:18 pm - LONDON — New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham gathered his Cabinet for its first meeting on Tuesday and vowed to take a “one-team approach” despite purging allies of pred...
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Attacks between US and Iran across Mideast overshadow efforts to keep diplomacy aliveJul 21, 2026 12:15 pm - ISLAMABAD — A 10th straight day of attacks between the United States and Iran across the Middle East on Tuesday overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an ...
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Trump promises US help for Lebanon during a White House meeting with its presidentJul 21, 2026 12:13 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon “a lot” during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country's leader, Joseph Aoun, who came to push for l...
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Rescuers in Afghanistan search for scores missing after floods kill at least 23Jul 21, 2026 8:36 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — Rescue crews in Afghanistan searched Tuesday for survivors and bodies in the rubble of houses destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities ...
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Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviewsJul 21, 2026 8:34 am - WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwri...
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Luke Skywalker’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ lightsaber with severed hand attached auctioned for $3.75MJul 21, 2026 7:04 am - A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” has sold for $3.75 million at auction.
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Benintendi's 3-run double chases deGrom, helps White Sox to 10-3 win over RangersJul 20, 2026 10:48 pm - ARLINGTON, Texas — Andrew Benintendi hit a go-ahead three-run double that chased Texas starter Jacob deGrom in the fifth inning and the White Sox beat the Rangers 10-3 on...
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FDA still focused on lettuce supplier as source of parasite, despite faulty test resultJul 20, 2026 7:42 pm - Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly publicized over the weekend.
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Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists and their relatives in an effort to unmask sourcesJul 20, 2026 7:41 pm - President Donald Trump's administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and even those of some of their relatives, according to a motion unsealed Monday — an unusually aggressive attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.