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🕷 ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ defeats ‘Infinity War’ & notches second-biggest box office debut in history with $260M After a harsh one and a half years for movie theaters in the United States and across the globe, Peter Parker came to the rescue this weekend…
🕷 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' continues to break records. This time, the superhero blockbuster became the first film of the pandemic era to break the $ 1 billion mark at the worldwide box office.
On Christmas Eve, it became Sony's highest grossing noscript of all time after ending Friday with $ 405.5 million in domestic ticket sales, unadjusted for inflation
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On Christmas Eve, it became Sony's highest grossing noscript of all time after ending Friday with $ 405.5 million in domestic ticket sales, unadjusted for inflation
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Freudian slip?
Margaret Brennan, the host of CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” asked Kamala Harris about the one national security threat that keeps her up at night worrying.
🗣 “Frankly, one of them is our democracy. There is, I think, no question in the minds of people who are foreign policy experts that the year 2021 is not the year 2000,” Kamala answered
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Margaret Brennan, the host of CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” asked Kamala Harris about the one national security threat that keeps her up at night worrying.
🗣 “Frankly, one of them is our democracy. There is, I think, no question in the minds of people who are foreign policy experts that the year 2021 is not the year 2000,” Kamala answered
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📡🔭The testing of the James Webb Space Telescope’s antenna assembly has been successfully completed, NASA says. The gimbaled antenna assembly (GAA) includes Webb’s high-data-rate dish antenna that will be used to send at least 28.6 Gbytes of data twice a day.
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💸 Santa Drake hands out presents. Rapper Drake was spotted giving money to some people during the Christmas holiday in his home town Toronto, Canada, according to a video
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🇺🇸 The man who told US President Joe Biden “Let’s Go Brandon” during the Christmas Eve Santa tracker phone call says he “mean[s] no disrespect to him.” 🔎“At the end of the day, I have nothing against Mr. Biden, but I am frustrated because I think he can…
💸 The community behind the 'Let's Go Brandon' coin is reportedly donating $ 1.5 million FJB to charity on behalf of Jared Schmeck, an Oregon father who spoke to President Joe Biden on Christmas Eve.
It was during this call that Schmeck told the president, "Let's go, Brandon," to which the president replied, "Let's go, Brandon, I agree."
A million dollar joke
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It was during this call that Schmeck told the president, "Let's go, Brandon," to which the president replied, "Let's go, Brandon, I agree."
A million dollar joke
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California is facing heavy snowfall and this month is close to become the snowiest December in the history of the state, challenging December 1970, UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab says. According to the Poweroutage.us portal, some 50,000 people in California have been left without electricity as a result of the snow storm.
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Beijing confirms receiving visa applications from US officials for 2022 Winter Olympics
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🇺🇸🕵️ A US House panel will probe a phone call Donald Trump made to his aides at the Willard hotel in Washington hours before the January 6 riot, chairman Bennie Thompson tells The Guardian.
In the call, the former president allegedly talked about ways to stop the certification of the Biden election victory.
In the call, the former president allegedly talked about ways to stop the certification of the Biden election victory.
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🇺🇸The United States may lose its role model of democracy if the voting rights legislation is not passed, Vice President Kamala Harris told USA Today.
“Right now, we're about to take ourselves off the map as a role model if we let people destroy one of the most important pillars of a democracy, which is free and fair elections," Harris said.
“Right now, we're about to take ourselves off the map as a role model if we let people destroy one of the most important pillars of a democracy, which is free and fair elections," Harris said.
❗️Biden signs $768 bln defence bill with $7 bln for EU deterrence and $300 mln for Ukraine aid
🎄 Even the pandemic and inflation can't break the spirit of Christmas!
US holiday retail sales saw their biggest annual growth in 17 years - despite the surge in prices due to the Omicron outbreak.
Despite the rise in prices in all three categories, shoppers purchased clothing, jewellery and electronics, which resulted in an 8.5% increase in sales from November 1 to December 24 compared to 2020
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US holiday retail sales saw their biggest annual growth in 17 years - despite the surge in prices due to the Omicron outbreak.
Despite the rise in prices in all three categories, shoppers purchased clothing, jewellery and electronics, which resulted in an 8.5% increase in sales from November 1 to December 24 compared to 2020
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Last week in the Baton Rouge mall of Louisiana, a man who took a picture holding stacks of banknotes and his gun was arrested after posting it on Instagram for violating his parole.
The man, Almonzo Paul, will be extradited to Texas according to the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD). His friend, who was pictured with the weapon, has not yet been identified.
The mall has not permitted guns to be carried inside for several years and the restrictions are clearly signposted.
So what was wrong with the security at the mall?
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Last week in the Baton Rouge mall of Louisiana, a man who took a picture holding stacks of banknotes and his gun was arrested after posting it on Instagram for violating his parole.
The man, Almonzo Paul, will be extradited to Texas according to the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD). His friend, who was pictured with the weapon, has not yet been identified.
The mall has not permitted guns to be carried inside for several years and the restrictions are clearly signposted.
So what was wrong with the security at the mall?
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⚡️ CDC shortens COVID-19 isolation, quarantine to 5 days for general population
⚡️ Two children were killed and three others injured after a vehicle ran into them Monday afternoon in the state of Florida, the Local 10 media outlet reported
The cryptocurrency Santa Floki named after Elon Musk’s dog surged more than 4,000 percent after the billionaire posted a Christmas tweet of his dog wearing a Santa costume with the caption “Floki Santa”.
While Musk seems to have just been referencing that his dog was wearing a costume, Santa Floki’s creators pounced on the opportunity to promote their coin.
Like Dogecoin, Shiba Inu coin, Flokinomics, and others, Santa Floki features a Shiba Inu dog as its mascot and has been propelled by social media hype.
However, most other cryptocurrencies that have gained steam based on short-term social media hype have subsequently crashed and burned.
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While Musk seems to have just been referencing that his dog was wearing a costume, Santa Floki’s creators pounced on the opportunity to promote their coin.
Like Dogecoin, Shiba Inu coin, Flokinomics, and others, Santa Floki features a Shiba Inu dog as its mascot and has been propelled by social media hype.
However, most other cryptocurrencies that have gained steam based on short-term social media hype have subsequently crashed and burned.
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🇺🇸 Richard Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team Six, has died.
The decorated but controversial founder and first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six died December 25 at the age of 81 due to a heart attack. He was a legendarily 'colorful' personality, served in the U.S. Navy from 1958 to 1989, and was the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works on the SEALs, leadership, and counterterrorism.
After serving two tours in Vietnam, he became a celebrated author of bestselling SEAL team fiction and the autobiography Rogue Warrior.
Despite his passing, Marcinko's legacy lives on. The anti-terrorism unit he founded still answers to "SEAL Team Six" informally. And it was this unit that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, long after Marcinko's 1989 retirement
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The decorated but controversial founder and first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six died December 25 at the age of 81 due to a heart attack. He was a legendarily 'colorful' personality, served in the U.S. Navy from 1958 to 1989, and was the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works on the SEALs, leadership, and counterterrorism.
After serving two tours in Vietnam, he became a celebrated author of bestselling SEAL team fiction and the autobiography Rogue Warrior.
Despite his passing, Marcinko's legacy lives on. The anti-terrorism unit he founded still answers to "SEAL Team Six" informally. And it was this unit that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, long after Marcinko's 1989 retirement
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🚨 On Monday, a motorcycle officer was traveling eastbound on Bethany Home Road at 26th Avenue in Phoenix when he was hit by a driver who turned left in front of him.
The officer suffered a serious leg injury that required immediate surgery, according to Phoenix police officials
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The officer suffered a serious leg injury that required immediate surgery, according to Phoenix police officials
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US president Joe Biden will stay at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach for the 31st time since taking office with First Lady Jill Biden and new first puppy Commander, after the surging Omicron variant of COVID-19 dashed his plans for a post-Christmas vacation in Puerto Rico.
The president spent Christmas at the White House with his extended family and had planned to visit Puerto Rico in a twist on a family tradition of celebrating New Year’s on St. Croix or on Water Island off St. Thomas at a property owned by his brother, Jim Biden.
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus, however, plunged the nation back into crisis with record-high new infections in New York City, DC and other parts of the country
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The president spent Christmas at the White House with his extended family and had planned to visit Puerto Rico in a twist on a family tradition of celebrating New Year’s on St. Croix or on Water Island off St. Thomas at a property owned by his brother, Jim Biden.
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus, however, plunged the nation back into crisis with record-high new infections in New York City, DC and other parts of the country
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