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Woman run over by police officer while sunbathing at New Jersey beach: police

A woman relaxing at a beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, was reportedly run over by a police officer during a freak accident last week. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Star-Ledger. Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphytold thePress of Atlantic City that the incident involved one of the department’s Ford F-150 pickup...

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Beware 'love bombing,' the dangerous relationship-manipulation tactics everyone's talking about

Reality TV relationships often include fairy-tale dates, speedy declarations of love and fantasy futures spun for watchers and social media followers to cringe and obsess about almost endlessly. To that point, recently on “Love Island’s USA Reunion,” Kaylor Martin called out Aaron Evans for “love bombing” her and lamented that she wasted her entire summer...

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Overdue book is returned to Virginia library after a stunning 50 years

A library book that went missing for 50 years has finally been returned. The overdue book, borrowed in the early 1970s, reappeared decades after its due date at the Hopewell Branch of the Appomattox Regional Library in Hopewell, Virginia. “Leaves of Grass” by American poet Walt Whitman was due back to the library on June...

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Archaeologists unearth ancient toy in Iceland, disagree on animal figurine’s classification

A rare toy dating to the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation in Iceland. Even though the time period the toy comes from is known by researchers, the animal the figure represents is still up for debate. Archaeological research has been happening in the town of Fjörður in Seyðisfjordurr since 2020, Ragnheiður Traustadóttir,...

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Wells Fargo employee found dead 4 days after clocking in at work: police

A Wells Fargo employee was found dead last week, four days after clocking in for work in Tempe, Arizona. Officers responded to the area of Priest Drive and Washington Street Aug. 20 after receiving calls from on-site security who believed the employee was dead. The employee was identified as Denise Prudhomme, 60. Police said she...