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CLOSE Stunning video shows a twister ripping across fields near Forgan, Oklahoma. USA TODAY A wide swath of the nation braced Sunday for severe storms capable of ruinous wind gusts, hail and tornadoes even as scattered communities from Iowa to Texas cleaned up the damage from the last round of angry weather. “Tornado Alley is certainly waking…
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CLOSE Billionaire investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith pledged to pay off the student loan debt of the Morehouse 2019 graduates. Morehouse College Investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith surprised the Morehouse College class of 2019 with a special graduation gift: He’s going to pay all of their student loan debt. “My family is going to…
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Gabrielle Crahan, left, at the Grammy Awards in 2014 with her dad, Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan, center, and mom Chantel. (Photo: Dan MacMedan/USA TODAY) Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan has announced the death of his daughter. “It is with a broken heart, and from a place of the deepest pain, that I have to inform all…
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Josip Ilicic’s goal was cancelled out by Mario Mandzukic, but although Juventus got a point, Atalanta will be in the Champions League if they beat Sassuolo. They also go third thanks to a superior head-to-head record with Inter, who lost 4-1 at Napoli this evening. Click here for the full match report. OR Follow all…
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Photo: Courtesy of RivalWorld If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair, but the hand sanitizer and the electric toothbrush. We asked Nicole Richie, the founder of Honey Minx, about the lip balm, coffee tumbler, and striped sweaters she can’t live…
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back where it began The Belgian will return to the club where his professional career began Vincent Kompany will become player-manager of Anderlecht after calling time on his glittering Manchester City career. The Belgian defender, 33, will leave City this summer following the club’s historic treble-winning season, ending 11 years of service. Getty Vincent Kompany…
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Belgium boss Roberto Martinez has paid tribute to departing Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany. The 33-year-old will leave City to become player-manager of Belgian club Anderlecht this summer. Getty Vincent Kompany lifted three domestic trophies in the 2018/19 season The news comes just a day after Kompany lifted the FA Cup, which saw City bag…
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(WASHINGTON) — A Republican congressman from Michigan on Saturday became the first member of President Donald Trump’s party on Capitol Hill to accuse him of engaging in “impeachable conduct” stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s lengthy investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. But Rep. Justin Amash stopped short of calling on Congress…
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(ATLANTA) — Former President Jimmy Carter carved an unlikely path to the White House in 1976 and endured humbling defeat after one term. Now, six administrations later, the longest-living chief executive in American history is re-emerging from political obscurity at age 94 to win over his fellow Democrats once again. A peanut farmer turned politician…
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Mark Casse completed a lifelong quest two weeks after the scare of a lifetime. And he did so in a race featuring a riderless horse that threw his jockey out of the gate and kept running. Since he was a child, Casse wanted to win a Triple Crown race, and the well-respected…
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