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Jelly Roll receives pardon from Tennessee governor for drug, robbery convictions – National
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Jelly Roll receives pardon from Tennessee governor for drug, robbery convictions – National

Tennessee’s governor pardoned country singer Jelly Roll for his criminal past in the state on Thursday. Gov. Bill Lee pardoned the Need a Favor singer for two robbery and drug felonies issued before 2010 in Davidson County.Jelly Roll said a pardon would make it easier for him to travel internationally for concert tours and to perform Christian missionary work without filling out paperwork. He previously said that every time he travelled, it took “a team of lawyers and a mountain of paperwork to secure my entry” into countries like Canada and the United Kingdom.He was one of 33 people to receive pardons Thursday from Lee, who has issued clemency decisions around the Christmas season for years.Lee said Jelly Roll’s application underwent the same months-long thorough review as other applicant...
Young Sherlock OTT release: When and where to watch Hero Fiennes Tiffin-starrer
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Young Sherlock OTT release: When and where to watch Hero Fiennes Tiffin-starrer

Prime Video has released the teaser art, teaser trailer and premiere date for the upcoming web series Young Sherlock, starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After series) as Sherlock Holmes. This reimagining of the beloved detective, brought to life by visionary director and executive producer Guy Ritchie, charts the origin story of Sherlock Holmes in an irreverent, action-laden mystery that follows the iconic detective’s early adventures. All eight episodes of the thrilling series will premiere on March 4, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Plot of Young Sherlock With all the wit and charm of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes feature films, Young Sherlock follows the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in an explosive re-imag...
Pune doctors save life of 550-gram baby battling through 100 days in the NICU
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Pune doctors save life of 550-gram baby battling through 100 days in the NICU

In a remarkable achievement, doctors in Pune have successfully saved the life of a 23-week premature baby boy weighing only 550 grams at birth, and complications like breathing difficulties.   The baby, delivered after premature rupture of membranes at a private hospital in Kondhwa, required immediate life support. The NICU transport team, also known as “NICU on wheels”, retrieved the extremely premature newborn in a specialised neonatal ambulance. After 100 days of care, the baby was discharged at 37 weeks, weighing 2.2 kgs, breastfeeding well, and showing a healthy developmental progress. The couple, who were expecting their first child, and eagerly looking forward to parenthood had to face a challenge. They never imagined that their joyful journey would suddenly turn into fear and un...
Canada will start formal CUSMA discussions with U.S. in January – National
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Canada will start formal CUSMA discussions with U.S. in January – National

The federal government will formally start trade discussions with the U.S. on the renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) free trade deal in January, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said in a statement. The trade deal is up for review next year and Canada is “accelerating efforts to deepen trade relationships,” the statement said late Thursday evening after Carney briefed the premiers of Canada’s provinces on preparations for the trade talks.Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will meet with his counterparts in the U.S. mid-January to advance the talks, Carney said.In October, U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled trade talks with Canada after Ontario aired an anti-tariff ad featuring former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Get daily National news ...
Indian researchers have decoded how H5N1 can jump to humans
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Indian researchers have decoded how H5N1 can jump to humans

Even as the bird flu virus H5N1 is evolving rapidly, with the potential to become a significant threat to human health, a team of Indian researchers using an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based model has decoded how the deadly virus can actually spillover to humans.  In the study, published in the BMC Public Health journal, the team used BharatSim -- an ultra-large-scale agent-based simulation framework for infectious diseases that was originally built for Covid-19 modelling -- to describe the sequential stages of a zoonotic spillover. “We modelled the possibility of initial spillover events of H5N1 from birds to humans, followed by sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Philip Cherian and Gautam I. Menon from the Department of Physics at the Haryana-based Ashoka University, in the ...
A Look Inside ChatGPT’s New ‘App Store’
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A Look Inside ChatGPT’s New ‘App Store’

Earlier this year, OpenAI announced ChatGPT apps. Not the ChatGPT app, mind you: That's been out for more than a couple years now. ChatGPT apps, on the other hand, are programs that work within ChatGPT. You can access them in any given conversation with ChatGPT—in fact, they may appear based on the context of the conversation. These aren't necessarily apps that OpenAI builds itself, either; rather, you'll find options here based on apps you may use yourself. The initial batch of apps included with the feature's rollout included Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow—big apps you've likely used before. While in a conversation with ChatGPT, you could ask the bot to help you book a flight to Paris via Expedia, find a particular listing through Zillow, or create a sl...
Corey Feldman claims Corey Haim molested him on set of ‘Lost Boys’ – National
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Corey Feldman claims Corey Haim molested him on set of ‘Lost Boys’ – National

Corey Feldman has alleged that late Canadian heartthrob and actor Corey Haim molested him while making hit 1987 film The Lost Boys. Feldman, the former child actor who starred in classic films like The Goonies and Stand By Me, made the allegations against his License to Drive co-star in Marcie Hume’s new documentary, Corey Feldman vs. The World.“When we did Lost Boys, Corey said to me, ‘Hey man, let’s mess around,'” Feldman, 54, alleged in the doc. “I said, ‘What do you mean?'”Feldman recalled Haim allegedly saying that it was “what guys in the business do.”He went on to claim that Haim said men in the entertainment industry perform oral sex on each other and “do this stuff.”“And I said, ‘What are you talking about?’ And he said, ‘Well, Charlie [Sheen] told me it was OK,'” Feldman alleged ...
Divya Dutta, Naseeruddin Shah, celebrate Bandish Bandits 2 IFFI win
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Divya Dutta, Naseeruddin Shah, celebrate Bandish Bandits 2 IFFI win

Actress Divya Dutta recently shared glimpses from a memorable evening spent with legendary actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak. The occasion marked a celebration of their acclaimed show Bandish Bandits 2, which won the Best Series award at IFFI Goa, along with recognition for its music album and multiple nominations for the cast. Taking to her Instagram handle, the Bhaag Milkha Bhaag actress posted a selfie featuring her posing alongside Naseeruddin, Ratna and Anand Tiwari.           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Divya Dutta (@divyadutta25) For the caption, Divya wrote, “Capture these moments in my heart...cherish them forever..our show bandishbandits2 received the best series award ...
Most Canadians support oil and gas expansion, differ on priorities: Ipsos – National
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Most Canadians support oil and gas expansion, differ on priorities: Ipsos – National

New data suggests the majority of Canadians support efforts to expand oil and gas development, including expanding and building pipelines — but within that data, their support shifts when it comes to the specifics of how to do that, according to Ipsos polling. That finding comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney has been working to speed up the development of major projects, including new oil and gas projects in Canada amid the trade war, and after Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reached a memorandum of understanding towards building an oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast.A newly released Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News asked 1,500 adult Canadians in December how they were feeling about Carney’s oil and gas pipeline plans amid the trade war.Eighty-three ...
Is high-fat cheese healthy for your brain? New study sheds light on risk factors
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Is high-fat cheese healthy for your brain? New study sheds light on risk factors

While cheese -- high in saturated fat and sodium -- is known to raise the risk of high cholesterol or blood pressure, a new study has linked it to a lower risk of developing dementia.  The study, published in the journal Neurology, showed that some high-fat dairy products, such as cheddar, Brie, and Gouda, as well as whipping cream, double cream, and clotted cream, may actually lower the risk of dementia. The findings challenge some long-held assumptions about fat and brain health. However, researchers from Lund University, Sweden, clarified that “the study does not prove that eating high-fat cheese and high-fat cream lowers the risk of dementia, it only shows an association”. Researchers analysed data from 27,670 people in Sweden with an average age of 58 at the start of the study. The...