Month: August 2022

HBO Max is pulling 36 titles from its streaming platform this week. The move isn’t a kid-friendly one, with the service dumping several animated shows such as Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island.

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JACKSONVILLE, FL—Feeling let down to see a straightforward rendering of the Midwestern state, local reader Kyle Nuebart reported Friday that underwhelming fantasy novel Dayton Rising featured a map of Ohio in its opening pages. “There’s no Mount Blightforge or Tower of Azingoth or anything, just a simple overview of…

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DURHAM, NC—Undeterred by the many setbacks in his field of study, determined Duke University clinical researcher Alexander Tremblay told reporters Friday that he was not giving up on finding something that could be cured by drinking one’s own urine. “Thus far, experiments conducted in my lab have shown that migraines,…

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ITHACA, NY—In a groundbreaking new finding that sheds light on the migration patterns of ancient Homo sapiens, a Cornell University study published Friday revealed that humans first crossed to the New World using a land bridge created from previously drowned humans. “Our research suggests the land bridge used to…

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What they say: “Mr. Pickles is a sweet older dog who loves to take it easy.” What they mean: “Mr. Pickles might just be a human cursed to live as a dog.”

For Camille A. Brown, choreography unlocked a new way to understand her power as a dancer, and to celebrate her creative identity.

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HBO’s prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ drops you into King’s Landing 200 years earlier than ‘Game of Thrones.’ But if you’re leery of revisiting Westeros, here’s what you need to know.

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The books under review were previously challenged and placed back on shelves, but now the Keller Independent School District wants them to undergo another review with new criteria.

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Two documentaries — one involving a pre-WWII home movie, the other dispatches from the Amazon rainforest — have much in common.

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