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Rangers’ Mike Sullivan right to not push Thanksgiving panic button

To Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan, the Thanksgiving benchmark is not all it’s cracked up to be.
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Colorado tourist found dead in Tobago with ‘metal object protruding from back’ after going to buy marijuana

Investigators believe Christopher Brown was stabbed and discovered several wounds on his body, and a metal object was found protruding from his back
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Imagining a world without absurd player salaries and where fans rule supreme

Black Friday now signals the beginning of the Hot Stove Season, when sports media begins to demand that the Mets and Yankees “open their wallets.”
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NFL Reacts to Postgame Handshake Between Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott

NFL reacts to the postgame handshake between Patrick Mahomes and Dak Prescott after Chiefs-Cowboys matchup.
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Trump admin vows ‘rigorous reexamination’ of every green card holder from countries ‘of concern’

The Trump administration announced it will pursue a “full-scale, rigorous reexamination” of every green card holder from countries “of concern” in response to the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, DC.
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Bull shark that killed Swiss tourist on NSW beach unlikely to lash out again, experts say

Police reviewing GoPro footage from scene of attack for clues as to how it happened

A shark that attacked two people on a remote New South Wales beach – killing a woman and wounding her partner – is not likely to pose an ongoing threat, experts say.

Police are now reviewing GoPro footage from the scene which may shed more light on how it happened.

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Millions in China cram for civil service exam and the hope of a job for life

Amid troubled economic times, many in China are shifting back towards the certainty of a career in the public sector

A record number of people are set to take China’s notoriously gruelling national civil service exam this weekend, reflecting the increasing desire of Chinese workers to find employment in the public rather than private sector.

Around 3.7 million people have registered for the tests on Saturday and Sunday, which will be the first since the government increased the age limit for certain positions. The age limit for general candidates has increased from 35 to 38, while the age limit for those with postgraduate degrees has been raised from 40 to 43.

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Patrick Mahomes Sends Clear Message After Chiefs Lose to Cowboys

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes spoke about his team’s Thanksgiving loss to the Cowboys and trying to get into the playoffs.
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Palestinian Australian assaulted and abused on Sydney train ‘shocked’ police charged assailant with assault but not hate speech

Exclusive: Assault on Shamikh Badra captured on video and incident labelled ‘unacceptable’ by attorney general, but sole charge highlights issues with hate speech laws

Palestinian Australian film-maker Shamikh Badra, who alleged to police that he was assaulted and racially abused on a Sydney train following an anti-immigration march, is “shocked” that police charged his assailant with common assault but not hate speech.

The August assault, which was filmed by Shamikh’s brother, Majed Badra, on his phone and also captured on CCTV, has raised questions about the NSW government’s controversial attempt to criminalise racial vilification – and the lack of prosecutions.

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LI teen who killed ex in botched murder-suicide was heartbroken about ‘puppy love’ ending: family friend

“People are in the comments like, ‘she must’ve done something to him,’ No, she didn’t.”