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The Same Tick Behind the First Deadly Bourbon Virus Case in New York Can Also Give You a Lifelong Meat Allergy
A single tick bite in New York has been linked to the state’s first deadly case of Bourbon virus — and the same species carries a second, stranger threat that can follow you for the rest of your life. One tick bite in Suffolk County left Michael Larkin, 67, with a rash, fever, night sweats…
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The Internet Won’t Accept Anything Less Than a Sorority Pose From Female Co-Stars
A new bit of fan commentary is making the rounds online, poking fun at the rigid expectations placed on women who work together on screen. The observation is simple: the internet won’t accept anything less than a sorority pose from female co-stars. As one fan put it, “I’m dead, they still hate each other.” Thank…
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The Day the World Stopped
There are moments so heavy that they seem to freeze everything around them — the kind you can still place yourself inside years later. We never stopped thinking about it. You genuinely have to remember the day the world stopped. Thanks for reading Thought Catalog. Show us some love on Facebook, and discover more on…
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6 Birth Months Who Always Complicate Their Relationships
We all know that relationships can be challenging sometimes – which is why it makes sense that half of the year tends to complicate their love lives. Whether it’s overthinking, jealousy, or running from commitment, these star signs bring a dose of drama into their romances. If you’re dating one of them, you’ll know what…
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The White House Says Trump Warned Europe This Would Happen, and Now It’s Telling Spain to Reverse Course or Face “Demise”
A migration crisis is unfolding at one of Europe’s most sensitive borders, and the White House is now weighing in on how Spain should respond. More than 2,000 migrants have crossed from Morocco into the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in 10 days. The enclave’s president says he needs a national emergency to cope with…
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4 Zodiac Signs Spiraling Into An Envy Frenzy
SCORPIO Scorpio wants the one person they can’t have. A person so loyal, so transparent, so honest, Scorpio feels dirty trying any of the usual methods to tempt them away from their current relationship. Something about this feels different. Feels like Scorpio could spend their whole life waiting and wishing for this ‘home’ to ‘wreck’…
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Cape Fear Had All the Ingredients To Be Incredible Prestige TV, So Why Did Everyone Hate It?
On paper, Cape Fear should have been one of the year’s best television events. Apple TV+’s 10-episode psychological thriller reimagined one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed suspense stories, with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg serving as executive producers and a cast led by Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson. The series also had enormous expectations…
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Trump Says He Never Talked to Fifa’s President About the Plan to Sell Off Pieces of the World Cup
There’s a plan to sell off up to $20 billion in stakes to the World Cup, and the company behind it was founded by Josh Kushner. That’s Jared Kushner’s brother, which makes him related to Trump by marriage. The president says he’s had no part in it. UEFA has unanimously rejected the plan and threatened…
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Becky G Just Single-Handedly Resurrected the Kangol Hat from the Endangered Species List of Cool
The hat in the “Te Olvido (La La)” video isn’t a costume choice, it’s a lineage. Kangol started in 1938 in Cleator, a wool town in northwest England, founded by Polish-Jewish immigrant Jacques Spreiregen, who’d been importing Basque berets into London since 1918. The name is a stitched-together clue to what it was: K for…
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‘RHOC’: Michael Wolfsmith reveals why he hasn’t seen Briana Culberson in nearly a decade
On this week’s episode of Real Housewives of Orange County, Vicki Gunvalson had met up with her son Michael Wolfsmith and the conversation turned to Michael’s sister Briana Culberson. Michael mentioned he hasn’t seen Brianna in 8 years and hasn’t even met her two youngest children. Michael and Briana are only two years apart in…
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A Boyfriend Confused a Blood Clot for Fetal Remains, Called the Cops, and 83,000 License-Plate Cameras Lit Up to Track His Partner Over an Abortion
No warrant. No judge. Just a logged search reason that read “had an abortion, search for female,” pulling from 6,809 police networks in states where abortion is legal. The sheriff who ran the office has since been charged with perjury and workplace sexual harassment in unrelated cases. The search reason a Johnson County deputy typed…
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A Prayer To Remember: God Is With You When You’re Afraid
We are reminded that our anxious moments are invitations to lean harder into the Father’s strength rather than our own, as this prayer from Karin Hadadan illustrates. To deepen this realization, Rebecca Simon’s Finding God Every Day offers practical ways to anchor your daily routine in the truths that lead to a refreshed spirit. We…
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A Prayer To Release July And Receive What August Has For You
Finding peace starts with surrendering our worries to the universe and trusting that God’s guidance will meet us in the middle of our uncertainty. Best-selling author of Finding God Every Day, Rebecca Simon, reminds us to trust God’s timing, embrace patience, and lean on His presence through every season of life. Every month doesn’t have to…
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The F1 Championship Leader Kimi Antonelli Is 19, but His Net Worth Is Almost 20 and He Is Out on the Mediterranean with His Dad and a Mystery Girl
Kimi Antonelli goes into the summer break as the clear championship leader, sitting on 219 points — 50 ahead of Lewis Hamilton — after six wins and nine podiums in 2026. Now the 19-year-old Mercedes driver, who turns 20 on August 25, has traded the paddock for a yacht off the Sardinian coast, where he’s…
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4 Zodiacs About To Take The First Step In A New Direction
SCORPIO You’re about to take the first step toward finding your own community, Scorpio. You’ve been living the lone wolf life for a long time, and for good reason. The people you were coming into contact with most often, classmates or coworkers or neighbors, weren’t the people you held things in common with. And it’s…
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Thanks to Jimothy the Raccoon, Cooper the Fox Hound Finally Got the Attention That Kept Him Unadopted for Years
Animals with short spine syndrome are rare, and until recently they were nearly invisible, the kind of pets that sat overlooked in rescues because prospective adopters had never seen a body shaped quite like theirs. Now that’s changing. Cooper sat up for adoption for years and nobody wanted him, because almost nobody had heard of…
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4 Birth Month Duos Whose Auras Match Perfectly
Have you ever felt inexplicably drawn to someone without knowing why? Perhaps their aura is your birth month’s perfect match. You may have sensed that their energy complements yours and that you were destined to find each other. Here are four zodiac duos whose auras pair together beautifully, and what makes them so attracted to…
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Why Trust In God Defeats Every Fear
This reflection from Karin Hadadan reminds us that fear fades when we choose to trust in God’s faithfulness. Complementing this vision, Rebecca Simon’s Finding God Every Day encourages daily trust that builds courage and replaces fear with faith. Choose trust today and keep reading to stand firm in His strength. When I am afraid, I…