He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over

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Karl Bushby made a barroom bet that he could walk from the southern tip of South America all the way home to England. His friends had little faith.

Lifeguards save dog swept out to sea

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About five surfers tried to help the dog onto the jetty, but she got spooked and jumped back into the water, where she was pulled out by a powerful rip current and ...

Venezuela reveals what Trump covets most

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Of all the ways to understand President Donald Trump’s belligerence toward Venezuela - as a campaign against “narcoterrorists,” a play for its oil reserves, a desire ...

The World Cup draw, always ridiculous, outdid itself with Trump

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The World Cup draw, which ostensibly exists solely to announce the schedule of matches but historically has been a way for the host country to show off at maximum ...

Why the world’s top coffee producer is switching beans

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As climate change makes it harder to grow Arabica coffee beans, some farmers are investing in robusta, which produces a more bitter bean but can tolerate higher ...

Can you dance the tango? It helps slow down brain aging

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Playing music, dancing, creating art - and even playing some types of video games - aren’t just immersive and emotionally rewarding. They may actually slow down ...

Study shows a promising path toward HIV cure

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Researchers gave 10 people with HIV a complex regimen of experimental immunotherapies, then discontinued the daily pills that kept the virus at bay.

After a bitter past, woman donates kidney to her ex-husband’s wife

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Shortly after Amanda McCowan’s divorce, she met her ex-husband’s new girlfriend. She couldn’t stand her. And yet, about 10 years after they first met, McCowen did ...

At this ultramarathon, runners tackle 50km and eat at nine Taco Bells

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Each participant must run to nine Taco Bells scattered across Alexandria, Arlington, and the District. At each location, they must purchase and eat an item off the ...

Watch: A pared-back White House Christmas — with a Trump Lego portrait

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In her first holiday back in charge of White House decor, Melania presented a straightforward, even understated - at least by White House standards - look on a tour ...

Top EU court rules same-sex marriages must be recognized throughout bloc

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The European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday that all member states should honor the civil status of same-sex couples married anywhere else in the bloc, regardless ...

Pope Leo to push unity at Nicaea, site of first Christian council

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On his first international trip as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV arrived Thursday in Turkey - site of the ancient summit - to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the ...

DC will miss Mayor Muriel Bowser when she’s gone

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Her pragmatic style stands in contrast to the current trend in cities of handing power to ideologues. “I used to hate it when people called me pragmatic,” she told ...

Israelis moving abroad in rising numbers due to fear and discontent

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Tens of thousands of Israelis have left the country over the past two years, with numbers spiking during the summer of 2023.

The hot new Dubai restaurant run by an AI chef

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Chef Aiman doesn’t physically cook; it creates. It can analyze ingredients, generate unconventional flavor combinations and write detailed recipes that human chefs ...

Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111

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Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack - one ...

Chopping chives as competitive sport? Chefs are chasing a perfect score

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From the first dish, he knew the meal would be a disappointment “because the chives were badly chopped.” If a chef couldn’t be bothered with the little things, they ...

Taj Mahal’s luster is deliberately tarnished to fit a religious narrative

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In recent years the Taj has also become a contested site, targeted by those determined to recast India’s pluralist history. The symbol of love is now a flash point ...

Frida Kahlo self portrait sells for $55 million

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The Frida Kahlo self-portrait “El sueño (La cama)” shattered the auction record for a work by a female artist, selling for $55 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday.

Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests

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Researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than ten thousand relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older. People who listened to music most ...

City’s dispute with 10-year-old beekeeper sparks public outcry

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The complaint about his activities that arrived in a plain business envelope has spiraled into a months-long saga that is poised to change the law for all hobby ...

Trump HIV prevention plan shuts out South Africa — the nation most affected

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South Africa has about one-fifth of the global population of people living with HIV and historically has received the largest share of U. S. funding for HIV prevention. ...

Serial killer linked to 1988 murder - police

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In a chilling reminder of unresolved grief, Virginia police have finally traced a link between a suspected serial killer and a teen’s brutal murder from 1988, igniting ...

Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation

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One minute he's claiming he's ended seven wars and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize - the next minute he's planning to go to war.

How Tucker Carlson instigated an inevitable war within MAGA

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The inevitable fracturing of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement is in sight, the instigator of its rupture that most narcissistic and destructive of media personalities: ...