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How a South African kid with a head full of sci-fi dreams rewired the planet, pissed off half the internet, and cashed in bigger than anyone in human history.

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The Beatles' expanded reissue went back into the U.S. Top 10 for the first time since 1966. In Britain it came close to No. 1.
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America · History
In the late 1800s, Sicilian immigrants joined Cubans and Spaniards in Tampa's cigar district. They rolled tobacco, organized unions and built a mutual aid society whose red-brick clubhouse still stands.

America · Miami
A delivery driver who came back hoping to get a woman's number was shot and pistol-whipped in Kendall early Monday, authorities say. The 33-year-old suspect now faces an attempted murder charge and a stack of drug trafficking counts.


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The actor turned his breakout role into years of disability advocacy and later put down roots in Brownsville, Texas. Police say the circumstances of his death are still under investigation.

Film · Television
At New York Comic Con, the actor all but confirmed he’ll lead the next season of HBO’s crime anthology, playing a New York detective in a Jamaica Bay mystery from “Night Country” showrunner Issa López.

Culture · Opinion
Hammers to the cheekbones, AI face scores and steroid regimens are promising lonely young men a shortcut to love. The research points somewhere far less dramatic: kindness, curiosity and the way you treat people.

Music · Italian American Heritage
Her grandparents left a mountain village in Abruzzo for a Pennsylvania steel town. Their granddaughter turned Catholic imagery and Italian swagger into the biggest career in pop, and picked a fight with the pope along the way.

America · History
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America · Miami
A delivery driver who came back hoping to get a woman's number was shot and pistol-whipped in Kendall early Monday, authorities say. The 33-year-old suspect now faces an attempted murder charge and a stack of drug trafficking counts.
World · Vatican
Doctors at Rome's Gemelli Hospital removed the lower lobe of the pope's right lung on Tuesday and confirmed adenocarcinoma. A day later, the Vatican says he is walking, eating and recovering normally.

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Doctors at Rome's Gemelli Hospital removed the lower lobe of the pope's right lung on Tuesday and confirmed adenocarcinoma. A day later, the Vatican says he is walking, eating and recovering normally.

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Two years after he helped decide the “podcast election,” Rogan still tops every chart. But his criticism of the president barely registers, his rivals have multiplied, and his biggest bookings now look like late-night TV.
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