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On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak (), an 18‑year‑old British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh man, in Southampton, England. Digwa stabbed Nowak five times with a Sikh ceremonial knife, including a fatal wound to the chest. When police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived, Digwa falsely accused Nowak of assault and racism.
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Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( PEE-boh; April 13, 1951 – June 2, 2026) was an American singer and songwriter. After collaborating with singers Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston on his debut album Peabo (1976), he signed to Capitol Records and released the 1978 albums Reaching for the Sky and Crosswinds, which were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker in his theatrical debut. The film follows Bear (played by Michael Johnston), a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy that grants him his wish for his friend Nikki (played by Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him, resulting in horrifying consequences.
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Stephen Glenn Charles Hilton (born 25 August 1969) is a British-born American conservative political commentator, former political adviser, and contributor for the Fox News Channel. He served as director of strategy for British prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012. Hilton hosted The Next Revolution, a weekly current affairs show for Fox News from 2017 to 2023.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by sixteen cities—eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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2026 California gubernatorial election
An election will be held in the U.S. state of California on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of California. The statewide top-two primary election was held on June 2, 2026. Incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom is ineligible to seek re-election to a third term.
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Bari Weiss ( BARR-ee WYSS; born March 25, 1984) is an American political commentator who is the editor-in-chief of CBS News. She was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017 and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times from 2017 to 2020.
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The Backrooms are a fictional location invented in a 2019 thread on the imageboard website 4chan. The Backrooms are usually portrayed as an impossibly large extradimensional complex of empty rooms, accessed by exiting reality. They are one of the best-known examples of the liminal space aesthetic and the creepypasta genre.
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide.
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. xyz is a top-level domain name that was proposed in ICANN's New generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program, and became available to the general public on June 2, 2014. The domain name came about because the three letters are the last in the Latin-script alphabet. XYZ.com and CentralNic are the registries for the domain.
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Masters of the Universe (2026 film)
Masters of the Universe (internationally titled as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) is a 2026 American sword and sorcery film based on the media franchise by Mattel. It is the second live-action film adaptation after the 1987 film. The film was directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, Aaron Nee, Adam Nee, and David Callaham.
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William John Pulte (born May 28, 1988) is an American businessman who has served as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 2025. Pulte is the grandson of William J. Pulte, founder of PulteGroup, a residential home construction company. He studied broadcast journalism at Northwestern University.
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Danielle Fabiola "Inde" Navarrette ( IN-dee NAV-ə-RET-ee; born March 3, 2001) is an American actress. She is known for playing Sarah Cushing in Superman & Lois (2021–2024). In 2026, she received critical acclaim and international recognition for her breakout performance as Nikki Freeman in the horror film Obsession.
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Widow's Bay is an American comedy horror television series created by Katie Dippold for Apple TV, and starring Matthew Rhys, Kate O'Flynn, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey, Kingston Rumi Southwick, and Stephen Root. The series is set on the fictional New England island town of Widow's Bay, which happens to be afflicted with a centuries-old curse that brings various supernatural evils upon the island.
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Michael is a 2026 biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering the period from his involvement in the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s. Jackson is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Valdi, both in their film debuts.
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Kane Parsons (born June 18, 2005), known online as Kane Pixels, is an American YouTuber and film director. In January 2022, Parsons began publishing the viral web series Backrooms, based on the creepypasta of the same name, to his YouTube channel. A film adaptation, which he directed, was released by A24 in May 2026.
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2026 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on June 2, 2026, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election will be held on November 3, 2026. Incumbent mayor Karen Bass announced her re-election bid in July 2024.
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Limonene () is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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2026 French Open – Men's singles
Carlos Alcaraz was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to a wrist injury. This marked Alcaraz's first absence from a major since the 2023 Australian Open.
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Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), commonly known as D. K. Shivakumar, is an Indian politician and businessman who is serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka since June 2026. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress, he formerly served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
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Heidi Blair Pratt (née Montag; born September 15, 1986) is an American reality television personality and singer. In 2006, Montag was cast in the MTV reality television series The Hills, which chronicled the personal and professional lives of Lauren Conrad, Montag, and friends Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament which will be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, from June 11 to July 19, 2026. The 48 national teams involved in the tournament will be required to register a squad of up to 26 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads will be eligible to take part in the tournament.
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The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
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Disclosure Day is a 2026 American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by Spielberg. The film stars Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. In April 2024, it was reported that Spielberg's next project would be a UFO film, with Koepp writing the screenplay.
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Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress. She played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series True Blood (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She portrayed Karen Page in five projects within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Daredevil (2015–2018) and Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present).
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God of War is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe and developed by Sony's Santa Monica Studio. It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console and has become a flagship series for PlayStation, consisting of 10 installments across multiple platforms, with an 11th game in development.
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Éderson (footballer, born 1999)
Éderson José dos Santos Lourenço da Silva (born 7 July 1999), simply known as Éderson (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛ. deʁ. sõ(w̃)]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and the Brazil national team. Éderson began his career in Brazilian football, playing for Desportivo Brasil, Cruzeiro, Corinthians and Fortaleza.
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John Blanche (1948 – 1 June 2026) was a British fantasy and science fiction illustrator and modeller who worked on Games Workshop's White Dwarf magazine, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar games and was the art director for the company and illustrated various game books and Fighting Fantasy publications.
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman ( zen-DAY-ə; born September 1, 1996) is an American actress and singer. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and in 2022 Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her films as a leading actress have grossed over $3. 9 billion worldwide.
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Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan
The murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan occurred on July 31, 2022, at approximately 5:30 a. m, when Mackenzie Shirilla crashed her vehicle into a brick wall in Strongsville, Ohio, United States, killing two passengers: her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan.
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Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final term.
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2026 French Open – Women's singles
Coco Gauff was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Anastasia Potapova. With her third-round victory over Solana Sierra, Sorana Cîrstea became the oldest woman in the Open Era to score a double bagel in a singles major main-draw match, overtaking Victoria Azarenka from the previous year.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
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Mika Sofia Abdalla (born May 13, 2000) is an American actress best known for portraying McKeyla McAlister in Netflix series Project Mc² (2015–2017). She has since starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Off Campus (2026-present). Her films include the Hulu comedy Sex Appeal (2022) and Snack Shack (2024).
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites and assassinating Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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Bricks & Minifigs–Reckless Ben controversy
The Bricks & Minifigs–Reckless Ben controversy is an ongoing dispute involving the retail franchise Bricks & Minifigs (BAM), YouTuber Reckless Ben, and a $200,000 Lego Star Wars collection originally consigned to a franchise location in Keizer, Oregon.
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Adam Hishan Hamawy (born 1969/1970) is an American politician, former plastic surgeon and combat surgeon. He specializes in both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures at his practice in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the Democratic nominee for New Jersey's 12th congressional district after winning the 2026 Democratic Primary.
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Nithya V. Raman (born July 28, 1981) is an American urban planner, activist, and politician serving as the Los Angeles city councilmember for the 4th district since 2020. Raman, a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, defeated incumbent councilmember David Ryu in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024. Raman is running for mayor of Los Angeles in the 2026 election.
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Aaron Charles Donald (born May 23, 1991) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He spent his entire career playing for the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams and is widely considered to be one of the greatest defensive players of all time.
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Nicholas Dimitri Constantine Galitzine ( GAL-it-seen; born 29 September 1994) is an English actor. After his acting debut in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014), he appeared in an episode of the television series Legends, and had leading roles in the 2016 teen drama films High Strung and Handsome Devil.
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Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie the Eagle, or Eddie Edwards is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Despite finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events, he held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001.
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The third and final season of the American psychological drama television series Euphoria, inspired by Ron Leshem's miniseries of the same name, premiered on HBO on April 12, 2026. Series creator Sam Levinson serves as showrunner for the season. The season centers on recovering addict young adult Rue Bennett navigating her faith while also being drawn into the illegal drug trade.
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Scary Movie (colloquially known as Scary Movie 6) is an upcoming American horror-parody film directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez. It is the sixth installment in the Scary Movie film series, following Scary Movie 5 (2013), and the spiritual sequel to the first two films.
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The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. Founded in 2017 as an expansion team, the team is the first major sports franchise to represent Las Vegas.
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Karuppu (transl. Black) is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action film directed by RJ Balaji from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rathna Kumar, Ashwin Ravichandran, Rahul Raj, T. S. Gopi Krishnan and Karan Aravind Kumar. Produced by Dream Warrior Pictures, the film stars Suriya, Trisha Krishnan and Balaji, alongside Indrans, Natty Subramaniam, Swasika, Sshivada and Supreeth Reddy.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average). The index includes about 80 percent of the American market by capitalization.
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In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet ( or Sachmis , from Ancient Egyptian: 𓌂𓐍𓏏𓁐, romanized: Saḫmat; Coptic: Ⲥⲁⲭⲙⲓ, romanized: Sakhmi) is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine. Sekhmet is also a solar deity, sometimes given the epithet "the eye of Ra". She is often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bastet.
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Myles Lorenz Garrett (born December 29, 1995) is an American professional football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). Garrett played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, receiving unanimous All-American honors in 2016, and was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns in the 2017 NFL draft.
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The Odyssey is an upcoming epic fantasy action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope, portrayed by Anne Hathaway.
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Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer ( KEE-kee; born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television host. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Time magazine included her on its list of most influential people in the world in 2019.
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Laufey or Nál is a figure in Norse mythology and the mother of Loki. The latter is frequently mentioned by the matronymic Loki Laufeyjarson ('son of Laufey') in the Poetic Edda, rather than the expected traditional patronymic Loki Fárbautason ('son of Fárbauti'), in a mythology where kinship is usually reckoned through male ancestry.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, Wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers.
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The Four Seasons is an American comedy drama series created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield for Netflix, starring Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, and Will Forte. It is an adaptation of the 1981 film of the same name, which was written and directed by Alan Alda, who has a guest role in the series. The series premiered on Netflix on May 1, 2025.
