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Their chance of success is uncertain, but a cross-party group of parliamentarians, led by lawmaker Marco Wanderwitz of the center-right is attempting it anyway: On Thursday, October 17, 37 lawmakers announced that they would seek to ban the in parts right-wing extremist . Together, they represent 5% of parliament — a requirement to take their […]

Subversive Irish breakout pic Kneecap and Sasha Nathwani’s gentle yet ambitious debut Last Swim are among the titles that have nabbed mentions on the new talent longlists at this year’s British Independent Film Awards.  Both Kneecap and Last Swim pop up on the Douglas Hickox Best Debut Director Award longlist. Other nominees include Hoard, directed […]

The intergalactic bounty hunter in the sci-fi video game Metroid was outfitted with a sleek helmet, red and orange armor and a deadly arm cannon. But it’s what was underneath that was emblematic of the late 1980s. If a player defeated the game in less than an hour, the character Samus Aran would flash until […]

For over a year, Israel’s security establishment, backed by the United States, dedicated vast resources and gathered mounds of intelligence in its hunt for Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was an architect of the Oct. 7 attacks. But in the end, a unit of trainee squad commanders unexpectedly encountered Mr. Sinwar while on an […]

The 2024 election could be won or lost on the strength of the Black vote, which could in turn be won or lost based on the strength of the American economy. So it is no surprise that candidates are paying a lot of attention — and lip service — to which of the past two […]

With only three weeks until Election Day, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in Michigan this week, where polls show the race within the margin of error. FiveThirtyEight’s poll tracker shows that Harris is marginally ahead of Trump in the key battleground state by 0.6 points, on 47.7 percent to the former president’s 47.1 […]

d The Maine State Police announced that an independent review of its Lewiston mass shooting after-action report has been completed by the New England State Police Administrators Conference. The shooting on Oct. 25, 2023 occurred in a bowling alley and a bar and grill. The gunman’s body was found two days later, and he had […]

shop talk At the Grocery Store, Blinded by the Light of the ‘Health Halo’ The term refers to the perception that a food product is generally good for us based on a single claim, casting subliminal power over our diets and dollars. In the airport terminal, two different grab-and-go snacks may appeal to travelers rushing […]

Celebrity chef Neven Maguire says in his house it’s a case of like father like son, and he has done nothing to encourage it! The dad of twins Connor and Lucia, 12, said that even though he’s only just started secondary school his son has decided he wants to become a chef when he grows […]

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As the Netflix series Outer Banks, which follows a group of teenagers on treasure-hunting adventures, becomes popular, fans are questioning whether JJ is related to Blackbeard. One of the most popular characters in Outer Banks is JJ Maybank, played by Rudy Pankow. Throughout the series, fans speculate a potential connection between the fictional pirates JJ […]