By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has announced plans to offer booster shots to front-line workers followed by the elderly as the island nation gears up to further ease COVID-19 restrictions. A government minister says starting Nov. 1, workers in the health, security, airport and tourism sectors will start
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By Ben Morse, CNN Some of the world’s leading chess players have withdrawn from next week’s Grand Swiss tournament in Riga, Latvia, citing health concerns after the country entered into a four-week long lockdown due to a surge in Covid-19 cases. From Thursday, October 21 until November 14, a curfew will be in place from
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Around 575 inmates have been freed after a jailbreak in southwest Nigeria. It was the third jailbreak this year in Africa’s most populous country. A prison official told The Associated Press on Saturday that the jailbreak at the Oyo correctional facility in Oyo state happened late
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Stacker scoured the internet and accepted reader submissions to compile photos of incredible Halloween decoration displays across America.
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Sophisticated software, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and changing trends are threatening the livelihoods of everyone from taxi drivers and restaurant servers to computer programmers and librarians. Stacker looks at jobs that might not exist in 50 years.
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Stacker compiled IMDb data to determine the 100 best drama series of all time as of March 2023.
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Stacker compiled data on all television episodes with over 5,000 votes on IMDb, and ranked them according to IMDb user ratings, to bring you the 100 best TV episodes of all time.
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Stacker compiled a list of the best places to retire on the East Coast using Niche’s 2025 Best Places to Retire in America ranking.
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Which chemicals and food production standards that are acceptable and common in foods in the United States are illegal in other countries? Stacker researched 30 common American foods that are banned internationally.
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Stacker presents the 100 best horror movies of all time, as determined by a formula-driven score. To qualify, each film had to be listed as horror on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 25,000 votes on IMDb.
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Stacker compiled 34 spooky dessert recipes for this Halloween. Whether readers are looking to scare their kids or impress their friends, this list is sure to feed everyone with some fun.
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Using ratings from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), scientific studies, and other authoritative sources, Stacker compiled a gallery of 10 toxic cleaning products and their natural alternatives. All the natural items listed are highly accessible and utilize as little waste as possible.
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Stacker takes a look at things from the year you were born that don’t exist anymore.
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Curated breaks down seven types of skiing along with the type of equipment you’ll need, notable figures, and a basic history of that type of skiing.
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Grocery inventory forecasting software company Shelf Engine compiled a list of significant changes to grocery store employment in the 21st century. Information comes from multiple sources, including Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data from the 2021 Industries at a Glance report and L.E.K.’s 2017 report “Rising Labor Costs—and What Retailers Can Do About Them.”
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Better, a home ownership platform with a free mortgage calculator, researched notable interior design trends from every decade over the past 100 years. This information was gathered from the Museum of Modern Art, Architectural Digest, and Journal of Engineering and Architecture. Photos and stories behind these trends were also compiled to explain how American homes have transformed over the years.
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Better, a home ownership platform with a free mortgage calculator, looked into historical Census and HUD data. The data collected analyzed median home values in America for the first year of every decade since 1950 and the percent growth of the first year of each decade’s home value since 1950.
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Some of our favorite monsters have unique and curious origins. Stacker compiled a gallery of 15 of the most terrifying monsters in literature.
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Stacker takes a close look at how Halloween has changed over the course of the last century, from changing traditions to purchasing trends.
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Nico Ali Walsh used to wear a jacket to cover the tattoo on his forearm to avoid drawing attention to it. It’s not a controversial tattoo. It is just a face of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. But questions arose when people asked about his connection to the great man — he
Continue Reading You’ll hear many boxers say that “fighting is in their blood,” but for Nico Ali Walsh, that is literally the case, as he’s the grandson of the great Muhammad Ali.
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By Angela Barajas, Martin Savidge and Christina Maxouris, CNN Finding jurors to sit in the trial for the three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is proving difficult in the Glynn County, Georgia, courtroom where jury selection began this week. Hundreds of people have been summoned, and from the 60 people who have been questioned
Continue Reading Ahmaud Arbery was jogging near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020 when Gregory McMichael and his son Travis chased him down, shot and killed him. Both men have been sentenced to life in prison without parole. William Bryan Jr., the man who recorded the fatal shooting, was also sentenced to life in prison.
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By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, has announced it aims to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, joining more than 100 countries in a global effort to try and curb man-made climate change. The announcement Saturday was made by
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BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Hee Jeong Lim has taken a four-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s BMW Ladies Championship after a 7-under 65 in the third round. Lim has a 54-hole total of 18-under 198 on the LPGA International Busan course. Fellow South Korean players Jin Young Ko (67) and
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces say they have killed 16 militants in separate shootouts during raids against extremists and separatists, with two soldiers killed in the process. One raid was conducted in the Mastung area of Baluchistan province, the provincial counterterrorism department said in a statement. Earlier in the week, a bomb attack
Continue Reading CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship after a 2-under 68 which included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting for Sunday’s final round. Matsuyama trailed by a stroke after the first round, led by one after the second
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist When you think of Florida, beaches and palm trees come to mind. But what if those palm trees were slowly replaced with other trees? That could happen over time because of climate change, and communities in South Florida are trying to save the world from the climate crisis, one tree
Continue Reading The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on climate change has identified a link between climate change and migration. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam explains which disasters lead to more migration.
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By Aya Elamroussi, Chloe Melas and Claudia Dominguez, CNN An assistant director handed Alec Baldwin a prop firearm and yelled “cold gun” before the actor fired the weapon, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza, according to a court document. The “cold gun” remark was meant to indicate that the weapon did not
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