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Praying woman crashes car
A 28-year-old Florida woman drove her car into the side of a house while "praying with her eyes closed". The Okaloosa County Sheriff's department said the woman failed to break at a stop sign, careered through an intersection and crashed into the side of the house. When the woman tried to reverse out of the yard, the vehicle became bogged down in sand and she was forced to call the authorities for help.
Girl uses Kung Fu on prowler
An eight-year-old San Diego girl used a martial arts move to save herself from being kidnapped from her home. Police say an intruder broke into the house and entered the girl's bedroom while she was asleep. As the girl was being carried down the stairs, she struck out at the prowler, using what she called a "cheetah paw" strike. The would-be kidnapper fled the scene, prompting an extensive police search.
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Scott Adams: The cartoonist who mocked corporate lifeFeature His popular comic strip ‘Dilbert’ was dropped following anti-Black remarks
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The 8 best animated family movies of all timethe week recomends The best kids’ movies can make anything from the apocalypse to alien invasions seem like good, wholesome fun
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ICE: Now a lawless agency?Feature Polls show Americans do not approve of ICE tactics
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
