‘White Christmas’ isn’t really about Christmas at all — the sad story behind America’s favorite festive song
The beloved song was highly requested by troops during WWII

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The beloved song was highly requested by troops during WWII

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While all exercise comes with the risk of injury, there are three things runners can do to reduce this

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James Austin Johnson continued his streak as the president and ridiculed the Trump administration over its claim to be the ‘most transparent in history’

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers raged at the Trump administration over its continued lack of Epstein file releases, while Attorney General Pam Bondi was threatened with being held in contempt of Congress


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NSW Nationals to oppose gun law reforms introduced in wake of Bondi attack as Greens say protest laws are ‘draconian’ and may be unconstitutional
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Gun laws will be significantly tightened and protests restricted for up to three months in New South Wales at the behest of the police commissioner, under an emergency set of laws introduced to the state parliament in the wake of the Bondi shooting.
The bill is being debated in the lower house on Monday and is expected to pass with the support of the NSW Liberal party, and pass the upper house on Tuesday.
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Six absurdist signs resembling official city council information boards have popped up across New Zealand’s second-largest city
Outside an abandoned building in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, a sign reads “slightly haunted but manageable”. In the middle of a busy shopping strip, pedestrians are warned to keep to a 2.83km/h walking speed. In another part of the Christchurch, one piece of signage declares simply “don’t”.
The baffling boards are not an overzealous new council initiative, but a piece of art designed to “play with the way we take authority and signage so seriously”.
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