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  • WorldAssociated Press

    The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history

    The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Most of the other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel, including in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed in 1981. A core social doctrine for Druze is defending their brothers, meaning defending one another, said Makram Rabah, assistant professor of history at the American Universi

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  • USFortune

    Buried in Trump’s beautiful bill is a new $250 fee on travelers to the U.S. Estimates project it could cut the federal deficit by nearly $30 billion

    Tourists, business travelers, and international students will be required to fork over the new fee.

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  • USKREX articles

    Several structures, campground have been destroyed or heavily damaged, NPS says

    MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – Black Canyon of the Gunnison has seen several structures, overlooks and a campground have been destroyed or heavily damaged from the South Rim Fire, according to the National Parks Service. NPS said the facility management building, the Western National Parks warehouse, the welding shop, several pieces of heavy equipment, the […]

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  • USAssociated Press

    Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate's heart-regulating implanted device at execution

    Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate 's implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a judge ruled Friday. The order by Nashville Chancellor Russell Perkins comes ahead of the Aug. 5 execution of Byron Black. Black's attorneys have said that the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator could shock him in an attempt to restore his heart's normal rhythm after the single dose of pentobarbital, with the potential fo

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  • USAkron Beacon Journal

    Hollie Strano, former WKYC meteorologist, to do forecast work for southern radio stations

    Holly Strano, the former Emmy-winning meteorologist for Channel 3, has found new employment forecasting for Southern radio stations, she announced.

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  • BusinessFortune

    Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z this job is a slow ‘drift into hell’ that’ll make you unemployable for life

    Multimillionaire serial investor Kevin O’Leary says just 24 months in consulting is enough to kill future prospects: ‘You are tainted meat for the rest of your life.’

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  • WorldReuters

    Australia delivers Abrams tanks to Ukraine for war with Russia

    SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's government said on Saturday it had delivered M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as part of a A$245 million ($160 million) package to help the country defend itself against Russia in their ongoing war. Australia, one of the largest non-NATO contributors to Ukraine, has been supplying aid, ammunition and defence equipment since Moscow invaded its neighbour in February 2022. Ukraine has taken possession of most of the 49 tanks given by Australia, and the rest will be deliv

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