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Flooding took away the love of his life after 35 years without a day spent apartDec 27, 2024 4:06 pm - ERWIN, Tenn. — Jerry and Sibrina Barrett never spent a day apart over 35 years. They worked long hours, never took vacations, and liked to relax with their son at home. T...
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The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024Dec 27, 2024 1:33 pm - It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson 's “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend, bared divisions over ...
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Netflix’s ‘Missing You’ lands in time for New Year binge watchDec 27, 2024 11:21 am - It’s Netflix’s resolution every new year to give viewers a headscratcher in January. 2025’s seasonal suspense series is “Missing You,” based on Coben’s 2014 New York Times bestseller.
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Q&A: Avicii documentary director celebrates the late, ‘timeless’ DJDec 27, 2024 8:44 am - On Tuesday, Dec. 31, two new movies, a short concert film captured at what became his final performance, “Avicii — My Last Show,” and a full-length documentary, “Avicii — I’m Tim," will premiere on Netflix. They work to celebrate the artist born Tim Bergling.
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FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn’t work. So what does?Dec 26, 2024 9:24 pm - U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that it doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion, kicking off a process that's likely to force drugmakers to remove or reformulate products.
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Q&A: Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe reunite for ‘Nosferatu’Dec 26, 2024 4:15 pm - When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he’ll often jump at the chance to do it again. Such was the case with Robert Eggers, who directed him in “Nosferatu.” “If it’s good, you come back,” Dafoe said.
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How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbersDec 26, 2024 2:57 pm - NEW YORK — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Res...
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India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92Dec 26, 2024 12:52 pm - India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92.
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‘Baby Driver’ actor Hudson Meek, 16, dies in a fall from a moving vehicleDec 26, 2024 12:44 pm - Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said.
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Azerbaijan mourns air crash victims as some experts say Russia air defense damaged the planeDec 26, 2024 11:09 am - Azerbaijan on Thursday observed a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the disaster, with some experts saying that the airliner was damaged by Russian air defense fire.