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Lights! Camera! Cage match! The White House lawn’s Octagon is ready for Trump’s 80th birthday bash
For non-UFC fans, all of this might be disorienting under any circumstances. But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House’s South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring.
Insider tour of the Sagrada Familia reveals 5 divine enigmas and hidden treasures
The Sagrada Familia basilica features sandcastle-like spires, stone carved to look like lush flora, a kaleidoscopic interior and a trove of treasures, some hiding in plain sight. Even regular worshippers at Barcelona’s world-famous landmark find themselves dumbstruck with wonder.
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Spearfisher killed in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in 4 weeks
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Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust
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Copilot of United jet that struck a light pole realized flight was low, but not in time: report
The copilot of a United Airlines passenger jet that struck a light pole as it landed at a New Jersey airport last month recognized the plane was coming in low, but told investigators he didn't realize it in time to call for an aborted landing, according to a new report Thursday.
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Trump says Reflecting Pool work is done and it’s set to be filled with water
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