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The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique’s freedom fighters
The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique's freedom fighters Getty Images Internationally acclaimed author and poet Mia Couto describes himself as an African, but his roots are in Europe. His Portuguese parents settled in Mozambique in 1953 after fleeing the dictatorial rule of Antonio Salazar. Couto was born two years later in the port
Microsoft Weekend Sale At Best Buy Includes Huge Discounts On Laptops For All Budgets
Best Buy is running a Microsoft 3-Day Sale from now until Sunday, with steep price cuts on laptops, desktops, handheld PCs, and dozens of other electronics. Some products are discounted up to $500--making this a great time to upgrade your laptop or desktop PC. You'll also find a few accessories for cheap, as well as
Florida girl, 12, critically injured after mom accidentally runs her over on first day of school: reports
The new school year got off to a catastrophic start for a young Florida girl who was accidentally run over by her mother’s SUV during morning drop-off, officials said. The 12-year-old girl was struck at around 7:45 a.m. after she dropped her backpack, and some of her belongings rolled under her mom’s Lincoln Navigator outside
Rep. Ritchie Torres presses DEA after animal tranquilizers found in NYC street drugs
WASHINGTON — Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration for information after local health officials detected elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and veterinary anesthetic medetomidine in New York City street drugs. Carfentanil, a more powerful cousin of fentanyl, was found in small quantities in eight samples of local opioids between March and June, including
Elon Musk to interview Trump on X in chance to seize limelight in 2024 race
WASHINGTON — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is due to interview Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media network on Monday in an event that could inject more surprises into the turbulent US presidential election. The interview, scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, could provide the former president an opportunity to seize the limelight at a time
6-year-old boy stapled to wall and shot with BB gun dies from ‘horrific’ abuse: authorities
A 6-year-old Michigan boy died after being stapled to a wall and shot with a BB gun — part of “horrific” abuse by his mother and her boyfriend often in front of their other kids, according to authorities. Mom Elaina Rose Jennings, 25, and her boyfriend Daniel John Giacchina, 32, were charged with murder after
PlayStation Plus Free Games For August 2024 Are Live Now
PlayStation has released this month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. All PS Plus members can claim a trio of freebies-- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, and Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. PS Plus games for August 2024 Lego Star Wars: the Skywalker Saga is
EXCLUSIVERevealed: Crime boss who helped plunder billions from cashpoint machine users has paid back just £1 of the £1.3 million in ill-gotten gains he made from the scam
Prosecutors have admitted that a crime boss who helped plunder billions from cashpoint machine users has paid back just £1 of his ill-gotten gains. It comes after the Crown Prosecution Service initially told the Mail it couldn't say how much Romanian Ionel Baluta had been ordered to pay back – because it would be 'unfair'
If you find one of these in your Airbnb, call the cops
What would you do if you found a hidden camera recording your family's most intimate vacation moments? Many victims mistakenly only tell the vacation rental company, but you should call the cops. The risks of not doing so are laid bare by a damaging new CNN investigation revealing Airbnb does not routinely inform law enforcement of hidden-camera incidents - even
You Can Soon Add A Full-Scale Replica Of Batman 1989’s Iconic Cowl To Your Collection
While you might lack the billions in cash, martial arts training, and wonderful gadgets needed to be Batman, at least you can display the Caped Crusader's iconic cowl in your home with this new collectible. Pre-orders are now live for the upcoming Batman replica cowl from McFarlane Toys, a 1:1-scale version of the mask worn