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Victor Willis lead singer of Village People dies at age 74

Victor Willis, Village People Frontman Who Wrote “Y.M.C.A.,” Dies at 74

Victor Willis, the Village People frontman who co-wrote "Y.M.C.A.," "Macho Man," and "In the Navy," died Tuesday following a short but aggressive illness, his wife Karen Huff Willis announced on Facebook. He

July 3, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

Researcher working in a laboratory in Dakar Senegal where the Andes hantavirus genome from the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak was sequenced in May 2026

WHO Declares MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Over After 3 Deaths and 33-Country Trace

Three passengers died and more than 650 contacts across 33 countries were traced after the MV Hondius brought Andes hantavirus — the only known human-to-human transmissible strain — from southern Argentina. The

July 3, 2026

Health·News

The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province, Indonesia's only region with full Islamic criminal enforcement

Indonesia Publicly Canes Couple Over TikTok Kiss, Drawing International Condemnation

In a public park in Indonesia's Aceh province, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman received 21 lashes of a rattan cane for a TikTok video of a kiss, drawing immediate international

July 3, 2026

News·Religion

UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Mohamed Al Hussaini at Nasdaq Dubai listing of sovereign retail T-sukuk July 2026

UAE Doubles Retail Sukuk After Orders Reach Nine Times the Offering Size

The UAE Finance Ministry received Dh445 million in orders on its first Dh50 million sovereign retail sukuk, nine times what was offered, and doubled the issuance. Nearly half of subscribers were women

July 3, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Promotional image for Elle, the Legally Blonde prequel series on Prime Video, featuring Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods

James Van Der Beek’s Final Screen Role Arrives in Prime Video’s Elle

James Van Der Beek, the Dawson's Creek star who died from colorectal cancer in February 2026 at 48, appears in his final screen performance in Prime Video's 'Elle.' The Legally Blonde prequel

July 3, 2026

Entertainment·News·Television

Cara Delevingne and Amber Heard, who confirmed their post-divorce romance on Louis Theroux's podcast in June 2026

Cara Delevingne Confirms She Dated Amber Heard — After the Depp Divorce, Not During

On Louis Theroux's podcast, Cara Delevingne confirmed she and Amber Heard had a romantic relationship — but only after Heard's 2016 divorce from Johnny Depp. The sequencing reshapes a question that hovered

July 3, 2026

Entertainment·News

Woman holding GLP-1 injectable weight-loss medication

Eli Lilly’s Unapproved Weight-Loss Drug Is Now Sold at Brooklyn Corner Stores for $95

A CBS News reporter purchased Eli Lilly's experimental weight-loss drug retatrutide at a Brooklyn convenience store for $95 with no prescription as toxicity reports rise and the FDA warns such products are

July 3, 2026

Health·News

Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, Netflix Skywalkers documentary stars, at the Empire State Building July 2026

Netflix Daredevil Couple Get Engaged Atop Empire State Building Spire — Then Arrested

Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, stars of Netflix's Skywalkers documentary, scaled the Empire State Building's spire on July 1, got engaged, and were arrested. Charges remain unconfirmed. The stunt raises questions about

July 3, 2026

Entertainment·News

CDC headquarters building in Atlanta Georgia

Michigan Cyclospora Cases Hit 300 Across 21 Counties, Six Times the State’s Normal Annual Total

Michigan health officials have confirmed more than 300 cases of cyclosporiasis in under two weeks, spreading the parasitic illness across 21 counties and hitting six times the state's typical annual case total.

July 3, 2026

Health·News

Iran Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf amid hardliner coup accusations over Doha MoU 2026

Iran’s Hardliners Called the Doha Deal a Coup. The Speaker Who Helped Sign It Is Trying to Prove Them Wrong.

Ultra-conservative factions in Iran publicly accused Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf and President Pezeshkian of orchestrating a constitutional 'coup' through the June 17 US-Iran memorandum — on the same day Ghalibaf was making hardline

July 3, 2026

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Victor Willis, Village People Frontman Who Wrote “Y.M.C.A.,” Dies at 74

WHO Declares MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Over After 3 Deaths and 33-Country Trace

Indonesia Publicly Canes Couple Over TikTok Kiss, Drawing International Condemnation

UAE Doubles Retail Sukuk After Orders Reach Nine Times the Offering Size

James Van Der Beek’s Final Screen Role Arrives in Prime Video’s Elle

Cara Delevingne Confirms She Dated Amber Heard — After the Depp Divorce, Not During

Eli Lilly’s Unapproved Weight-Loss Drug Is Now Sold at Brooklyn Corner Stores for $95

Netflix Daredevil Couple Get Engaged Atop Empire State Building Spire — Then Arrested

Michigan Cyclospora Cases Hit 300 Across 21 Counties, Six Times the State’s Normal Annual Total

Iran’s Hardliners Called the Doha Deal a Coup. The Speaker Who Helped Sign It Is Trying to Prove Them Wrong.

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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