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Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain for the first time
You can now sell Mickey merchandise and Disney can’t stop you – with some caveats.
- by Andrew Dalton
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Homelessness at a record high in US as people struggle to prove they exist
Rafael Ibanez, 54, has been repeating his name, spelling it out, for government bureaucrats for at least two months. He lives under a tree in the nation’s capital.
- by Petula Dvorak
Scientists unravel the big mystery of a beached whale
The beached fin whale seems to be the latest victim of a pod of marauding orcas that has been eating and harassing dolphins and other marine mammals.
- by Dino Grandoni
Paula Abdul accuses Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault during American Idol
Paula Abdul has filed a lawsuit against the former longtime producer of American Idol, accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a judge.
- by Julia Jacobs
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World of photos, December 31, 2023
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Campaign to remove Trump from state ballots kicks into gear
Challenges are under way in several US states, based on an obscure clause of a constitutional amendment enacted after the Civil War that disqualifies officials who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding office.
- by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Michael Cohen sent fake AI-‘hallucinated’ legal cases to his attorney for use in court
Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer, who was disbarred five years ago, said he found the citations by doing research through Google Bard.
- by Larry Neumeister
World population grows past 8 billion
The global population growth rate in the past year was just under 1 per cent – one of the slowest on record.
- by Mike Schneider