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Mar 18 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Amazon MGM Turns Game of Life Into Movie

A new film project is set to bring the classic board game to the big screen. Amazon Studios and MGM have teamed up to adapt Hasbro’s Game of Life, a game that has entertained families for decades. The partnership suggests the studios see potential in blending nostalgia with modern storytelling. The

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Mar 18 2026POLITICS

Deputy Attorney General Holds Back Key Epstein File, Senator Says

Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, claiming that Blanche is preventing the DEA from sharing an unredacted document tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s case. The file in question is a 69‑page profile that the Department of Justice once gave to the DEA’s Organized Crime Dr

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Mar 18 2026CRIME

Power Struggles: Why Cutting Off Cartel Leaders Fails

Trump’s call for a “military coalition” against drug cartels in Latin America has sparked debate. The idea of eliminating cartel bosses—an approach likened to cutting off a Hydra’s heads—seems simple, but history shows it often backfires. When one leader dies, others step up, and the power vacuum ca

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Mar 18 2026SPORTS

A Heavyweight Fight Cut Short: What Really Happened?

The showdown between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 finished abruptly after an accidental eye poke from Gane, turning the bout into a no‑contest. Many fans felt that this sudden end robbed them of seeing how the match would truly unfold, especially since Aspinall had never faced a striker

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Mar 18 2026POLITICS

Truth About a Farm Worker Hero

A respected civil‑rights activist, who helped start the United Farm Workers union and worked closely with a famous labor organizer for many years, has said that he sexually assaulted her in the 1960s. She chose to speak out now because a long‑running investigation by a major newspaper revealed simil

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Mar 18 2026CRYPTO

Crypto Prices Dip as Inflation Surges, Market Wavers

The prediction market Myriad has shifted its outlook on a potential “crypto spring. ” Earlier in the day, participants set the chance of a rally at more than 62 %. By evening, that figure fell below 50 % as the market adjusted to recent price moves. Myriad’s rules require at least four of five ta

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Mar 18 2026SCIENCE

Malaria Makes Worms More Productive

In tropical regions, millions of people carry intestinal worms that can linger for years and cause serious health problems. When these worm infections overlap with malaria, the outcome is not simply additive; one disease can change how the other behaves inside the host. Researchers used mice to stu

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Mar 18 2026TECHNOLOGY

Sky‑High Test Flights: Eight States Picked to Pilot Flying Taxis

The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen eight projects from a pool of more than thirty to test electric vertical take‑off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles in real airspace. These projects, spread across 26 states, will experiment with everything from city rides to cargo drops and medical transpor

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Mar 18 2026ENVIRONMENT

Cold‑Weather Degradation of a Common Antibiotic

A study looked at how the drug florfenicol, which can pollute water and harm health, breaks down when mixed with a natural mineral called δ‑manganese dioxide in chilly conditions. The experiments were done at just 5°C, a typical temperature for mid‑to‑high latitude lakes. Researchers measured how fa

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Mar 18 2026SCIENCE

Risk of Chikungunya Returns to French Polynesia

The chikungunya virus has come back in some overseas areas of France and on the mainland, which worries health officials about a possible spread to French Polynesia. Scientists studied how people mix in the islands and found that certain patterns could let the virus travel more easily. For exa

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