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    'Avatar 2' tops box office for 7th weekend

    “Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It was a quiet weekend overall, notable mostly for the Hindi language blockbuster “Pathaan” that broke into the top five and the post-Oscar nominations rereleases of films like “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “The Fabelmans.” “Avatar 2’s” first-place North American run has only been matched by the

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    Girl who inspired Charlotte's Web marijuana oil dies

    A girl with a rare form of epilepsy whose recovery inspired the name of a medical marijuana oil that drew families of children with similar health problems to Colorado for treatment has died after being hospitalized and treated as a likely coronavirus patient, her mother said Wednesday. Charlotte, who lived in Colorado Springs, died Tuesday after suffering a seizure that resulted in cardiac arrest and respiratory failure, her mother, Paige Figi, said in a statement. Charlotte tested negative f

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    Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

    A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia, and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill, are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn't yet showing symptoms, the zoo said. “We tested the cat out of an abundance of caution" and aim to "contribute to the world’s

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    Couple Determined to Have Beach Wedding in Spite of Hurricane Matthew

    Hurricane Matthew has forced evacuations, the cancellation of vacations, and left hundreds of thousands in the dark. But the storm won’t stop one Florida couple’s dream beach wedding.

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    School Apologizes for Girls-Only Assembly on Dress Code Violations

    School administrators in Woodstock have apologized for holding a girls-only assembly in which female teachers addressed dress code violations.

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    Parents Rage Over Sex-Ed Class that 'Rapes Children of Their Innocence'

    As school board members in Omaha contemplate the first update in three decades of the school district's sex education curriculum, parents claim that children are being force-fed course material "straight from the pits of hell."