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Benedict Cumberbatch is in final talks to star in the Netflix limited series Eric, sources tell Variety. Cumberbatch would star as Vincent Sullivan, a puppeteer who finds his only companion is Eric, a seven-foot tall blue puppet, who leads him on a jou…
Girl with rare disease beats the odds to celebrate fifth birthday
Courtesy Sabiha Aoudia(CHICAGO) — A 5-year-old in Chicago has overcome the odds to celebrate her fifth birthday. Now, her family is raising money for her to receive a life-changing surgery.
When Alice Cloe was born on Nov. 22, 2017, she was unable to…
Boy, 2, killed when redwood tree falls on double-wide trailer
Piccell/Getty Images(OCCIDENTAL, Calif.) — A 2-and-a-half-year-old boy has died after a redwood tree fell on a double-wide mobile home on Wednesday evening in California as a massive storm pummeled the state, authorities say.
The incident occurred in…
Ohio man, jailed for fake Facebook page, asks SCOTUS to let him sue police
ABC News(PARMA, Ohio) — The parking lot arrest in 2016 stunned Anthony Novak as much as the charge: alleged disruption of law enforcement operations for making a parody of his local police department’s page on Facebook.
“They said, ‘put your hands be…
Pope Francis presides over Benedict’s funeral, as faithful flock to Vatican
Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images(ROME) — Pope Francis on Thursday paid homage to his friend and retired predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, by presiding over his funeral mass at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in the mode…
Family of eight, including five children, found dead in Utah home with gunshot wounds
kali9/Getty Images(ENOCH CITY, Utah) — A family of eight people, including five children, were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds in a Utah home on Wednesday after police conducted a welfare check, according to the officials in Enoch City, Utah.
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Domestic extremism targeting migrants at southern border could rise amid possible end of Title 42: DHS
Luke Barr/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Extremist violence targeting migrants along the southwest border could rise amid the possible lifting of the public health restriction known as Title 42, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence assess…
Adele reveals she suffers from sciatica: What to know about the painful condition
Stevica Mrdja / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Adele revealed she is suffering from a type of nerve pain while performing at her Las Vegas residency.
In a video shared online, the 34-year-old singer is seen walking across the stage during a recent da…
Tesla stock plummeted 12% in a single day. Here’s why
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Shares of Tesla plummeted 12% on Tuesday, wiping nearly $50 billion from the company’s value and eliciting scrutiny of CEO Elon Musk as he appears to focus on Twitter.
The losses exacerbated a skid that goes bac…
National Bird Day: These are some of the species most at risk of extinction in the US
Portland Press Herald via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The majority of bird species in the U.S. face a grim future in coming decades if environmental efforts, such as mitigating climate change and decreasing habitat degradation and loss, are not implement…