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Chasing ‘Twisters’ and collaborating with ‘tornado fanatic’ Steven Spielberg
Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.” He saw the movie in the theater with his family when he was a teenager. “I remember thinking, ‘I didn’t know you could chase after these things,’” Chung said. “That, to me, was very mind-blowing.” These were forces of nature he and his schoolmates in rural Arkansas, near the Oklahoma border, were being taught how to safely hide from. And
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Factbox-Key issues discussed by Blinken in talks with Chinese leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday in the latest high-level contacts between the superpowers aimed at keeping tense relations under control. The visit brought little progress on contentious issues, including China's support for Russia in Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea and U.S. complaints about cheap Chinese exports.
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California college cancels graduation ceremony as protests over Israel's war in Gaza continue
Protests against the Gaza war grip dozens of campuses across America, with hundreds of arrests.
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Major Gaza protests at US universities
Protests have erupted across more than two dozen campuses, including New York, Texas and California.
5 min read - US PoliticsThe Canadian Press
President Joe Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Donald Trump during interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue. The comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM radio host Howard Stern, who asked Biden whether he would participate in debates against Trump. “I am, somewhere. I don’t know when,” Biden said. “But I’m happy to debate him.” So far, Biden’s reelection campaign had declined to commit to participating
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Emma Stone wants people to use her real first name
Emma chose the name change because Emily Stone - her real name - was taken by another actor.
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Man hid secret camera in loo to film colleagues
Adam Devaney, 35, is jailed for two years after admitting 20 counts of voyeurism.
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