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  • WorldAssociated Press

    The dreams of a 60-year-old beauty contestant come to an abrupt end in Argentina

    A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the competition had been cheered as a triumph over ageism in a youth-obsessed world, fell short of the Miss Argentina crown. During the contest she thanked everyone who celebrated her success in the Miss Buenos Aires competition last month.

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    A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained

    In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. The project in the Bombay suburb of the capital, Freetown, started in the past year when a group of people tried to help a colleague’s younger brother off the drug called kush. “The only time I left the room was when I went to the bathroom,” Christian Johnson, 21, recalled.

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  • USLA Times

    South Lake Tahoe split over proposal to tax property owners who leave homes vacant

    A South Lake Tahoe nonprofit, Locals for Affordable Housing, has collected enough signatures to place a measure on the November ballot that aims to tax property owners between $3,000 and $6,000 for units that sit vacant for more than half a year.

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  • WorldCNN

    How Hadrian’s Wall is revealing a hidden side of Roman history

    Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman Empire – one that puts women front and center.

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  • PoliticsReuters

    Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a marked change from the adulation he receives at rallies from his fervently loyal supporters. Libertarians, who believe in limited government and individual freedom, blame Trump, a Republican, for rushing through the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine when he was president and for not doing more to stop public health restrictions on

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  • CelebrityParade

    Indianapolis TV Anchor Tanya Spencer Dead at 53: Her Final Social Media Post Issued a Stern Warning

    The late anchor, whose real name is Tanya Sumner, shared an important final message.

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    Eric Trump Slammed For ‘Particularly Disgusting’ Memorial Day Weekend Post

    "How dare you tweet this, THIS weekend," former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger fired back at Donald Trump's son.

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