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South African sailor Kirsten Neuschafer, the only woman in the 2022 Golden Globe Race. All but three of her 15 competitors in the grueling months-long competition have been forced to drop out.
Aida Valceanu/GGR/2022To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.
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3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history National News
Cryptologists found and decoded over 50 long-lost letters that Mary, Queen of Scots wrote during her time in captivity. A historian calls them the most important new findings about her in 100 years.
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Philly may grease poles ahead of the Super Bowl. Eagles fans don't care National News
Philadelphia habitually greases the light poles in Center City to keep jubilant fans earthbound after a big win. Fans sometimes treat these safety measures like a dare.
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In France, Macron faces calls to rescind Vladimir Putin's Legion of Honor medal National News
Some French legislators and activists are calling on the French president to rescind the award to the Russian leader because of the Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Bill to ban use of cyanide in Virginia for mining fails despite early support Local News
A bill that would have banned the use of cyanide in mining and processing operations in Virginia was killed at the last minute Monday.
Read more ...Law enforcement agencies across the country are experiencing staffing shortages, and Hampton Roads is no exception.
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The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20,000 people. Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past quarter-century.
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Leo DiCaprio's dating history is part of our obsession with staying young forever National News
Among age-gap discourse and the increasing fixation on preventing wrinkles, we will still find ourselves getting older no matter what we do.
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