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A deep voice may not be the advantage many men think: In a Durham University study, women did not find deeper-than-average voices more attractive once they could see him
A deep, Darth Vader-style voice may make a man sound more commanding, formidable and difficult to challenge, but it may…
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An elderly Florida homeowner suing his insurer over sewage damage broke his leg when his wheelchair flipped outside the courthouse, and the trial went ahead without him; an appeals court has now ordered a new trial
The appeals court overturned the jury’s verdict, reopening the homeowner’s insurance coverage dispute for a new trial. A trip to…
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After more than 400 trees were cut at Trump’s Washington golf course, a federal judge names a former prosecutor to investigate whether government lawyers misled her about plans to continue redevelopment
Trump’s golf course redevelopment faces scrutiny over environmental safeguards, public land and compliance with judicial orders. A dispute over a…
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‘Cynicism and brutality’: Russia targets Ukrainian rescue workers at site of Zaporizhzhia bombing that killed 55
File photo: A residential building lies in ruins after a Russian airstrike on Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region A Russian…
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‘Threat to heritage’: Buddhist monks protest in Sri Lanka against religious site redevelopment | India News
File photo: Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa, a hemispherical structure containing relics, in Sri Lanka, considered sacred to many Buddhists all…
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Kate Walsh is pushing for 30% of the world’s oceans to be protected by 2030; why the global conservation target is falling behind | World News
Kate Walsh is using her platform as an actor and ocean advocate to push for stronger protection of the world’s…
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Hair and nail tests on eight frozen Inca mummies sacrificed on Andean volcanoes show every one had chewed coca leaves, four had drunk alcohol, and the famous Juanita mummy had taken a plant used in ayahuasca
What were the rituals of the Incan empire? Image credits: WikiMedia Commons High in the Andes, where the air is…
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Researchers surveyed 1,500 km of ancient Arabian desert and checked 125 sites, finding evidence of lakes at 55 but no early human tools; a new study suggests missing toolmaking stone mattered as much as water
Scientists have made new discoveries about the Arabian peninsula. Simple fifth-grade science would have us believe that we need just…
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A New York bank filed to foreclose on a married couple’s home, missed a 2017 court deadline and let its case be dismissed in 2019; after waiting more than six years to revive the case, it lost another appeal
A New York court rejected the bank’s bid to reopen a foreclosure case dismissed in 2019 after a six-year delay.…
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Taiwan People’S Communist Party: Taiwan detains communist party leader over alleged links to China ahead of local polls
File photo: Chairman of Taiwan People’s Communist Party Lin Te-wang (center) Authorities in Taiwan have detained the leader of the…
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