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WATCH: Watch this 'popular' video of Ariana Grande taking her grandma to see 'Wicked'

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Thank goodness Ariana Grande captured her Nonna's reaction to her performance as Glinda.
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Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dominique Pelicot, 72, is facing the maximum sentence for rape in a case that has horrified France.
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Eight migrants including children drown off Greek coast

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is believed about 50 people were onboard the vessel which sank in the Aegean Sea.
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Georgescu's early showing stuns Romania and allies

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Use of social media was a key factor in his victory in the first round of Romania's presidential election.
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Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she's transgender

  • News source: Mead Gruver and Amy Beth Hanson | The Associated
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A judge on Monday rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she is transgender.

Monday’s ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews in Denver will allow the player, who has played all season, to continue competing in the Mountain West Conference women’s championship scheduled for later this week in Las Vegas.

The ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed by nine current players who are suing the Mountain West Conference to challenge the league’s policies for...
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White House Christmas tree came from Helene-devastated tree farm

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Hurricane Helene wrought devastation on the Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where the Cartner family has been growing trees for more than six decades.

The storm, which killed more than 100 people when it reached western North Carolina in late September, destroyed thousands of trees — but not all of them. First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled one of the surviving trees, a 20-foot Fraser fir, as this year's White House Christmas tree.

"The Cartner family lost thousands of trees in the storm, but this...
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Donald Trump responds to Jack Smith's move to dismiss felony cases

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Vice President-elect JD Vance said Monday Trump "may have very well spent his life in prison" had he not won the 2024 election.
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Former sheriff pleads not guilty in shooting death of judge

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A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the fatal shooting of a judge in September was arraigned on new charges Monday.
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WATCH: 101-year-old World War II veteran honored at Disneyland

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. "Papa Jake" Larson got the star treatment at Disneyland when he was honored during a special flag retreat ceremony.
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Trump transition aide Boris Epshteyn sparking internal strife over appointments

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is grappling with internal strife over the alleged conduct of a senior and longtime adviser, Boris Epshteyn, who has been accused by at least one Republican politician of trying to profit personally from his ability to influence Trump's Cabinet picks.

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens submitted a sworn declaration to the transition team alleging that "Mr. Epshteyn's overall tone and behavior gave me the impression of an implicit expectation to engage in business dealings with him before he would...
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How Trump and Hegseth could change the US military and the challenges they might face

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to head the Pentagon, wants major changes to the U.S. military. Here's how DOD could be affected.
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Matt Gaetz Joins Cameo, Following the George Santos Playbook

  • News source: Joseph Bernstein
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Matt Gaetz, who was Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general, will wish you a happy birthday. For $500.
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Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss Charges Against Trump in Election and Documents Cases

  • News source: Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage and Devlin Barrett
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The special counsel asked a federal judge in Washington and an appeals court in Atlanta to dismiss cases that had charged Donald J. Trump with plotting to overturn his loss in the 2020 election and with later obstructing efforts to retrieve classified documents he was hoarding.
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Prosecutor drops federal criminal cases against Trump

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Jack Smith asked a judge to dismiss a federal election interference case and a classified documents case.
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One dead and three injured in Lithuania cargo-jet crash

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Boeing 737 crashed near a house as it was making its final approach for landing, local authorities say.
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