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The Santa Maria di Missione chapel in Villafranca Piemonte, northern Italy, stands at the end of a long cornfield. Behind it, the mountains rise gently, their outlines caressed by the sun. The colours of autumn frame the 15th-century frescoes that embellish the structure’s interior, painted by Italian artist Aimone Duce, of the Lombard school. The chapel is the municipality’s oldest religious building, serving about 4,000 inhabitants, and stands on the site of a pre-existing building dating back to 1037.Inside the small chapel, my footsteps echo softly against the walls, breaking the stillness of the surrounding countryside. The sharp scent of plaster mingles…

ToplineRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said people would be shocked to find out how her Republican colleagues talk about President Donald Trump behind his back, as the congresswoman who is retiring next month appeared CBS’s 60 Minutes where she criticized the president, saying his policies are not “America First.”Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. R-Ga., accused the president of fueling death threats against herself and her son.Anadolu via Getty ImagesKey FactsWhen asked about her decision to retire from Congress next month and her political split with the president, Greene said Trump called her a traitor for standing up for “women who were…

BBC/PAThe judges awarded one couple a perfect score on SaturdaySpoiler warning: This article reveals details from Sunday’s eliminationOnly four couples remain in BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing 2025 after another celebrity and their professional partner were eliminated from the competition. Former Emmerdale star Lewis Cope and his partner Katya Jones were in the bottom two pairs following their performance for musical week, alongside reality TV star Amber Davies and her dance partner Nikita Kuzmin.The judges decided to send Cope, who performed a salsa to Dance At The Gym from West Side Story, home. Davies, who danced a Charleston to Sit…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Brian Cashman says Sonny Gray acknowledged he expressed a desire to play in New York at the behest of his agent so as not to harm his free agency value and didn’t voice his dislike of the Big Apple until after the 2018 trade deadline had passed.After his arrival for Major League Baseball’s winter meetings, the longtime New York Yankees general manager was asked about Gray, who was acquired by the Boston Red Sox in a trade from the St. Louis Cardinals last month. The veteran starter spoke of his 1½ seasons in New York during a…

Phoebe AmorosoBusiness reporter, TokyoAFP via Getty ImagesSome hope that the election of Japan’s first female prime minister will open doors for other womenIn October Japan got its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Her rise has been hailed as a ground-breaking moment for Japanese women, but some fear that her conservative politics won’t change the country’s gender inequality situation.There’s one thing that both her proponents and detractors agree on – Japan needs more women in leadership positions in both business and government.The country has remarkably low gender equality relative to its high level of economic development. This year, it ranked…

There’s an argument to be made that “the real monster is trauma” has become an overused trope in modern horror. Hereditary, The Babadook, and, much less effectively, Smile, are just a few higher-profile examples. But, if you ask me, few films have deployed this trope quite as effectively as the 2020 film His House.The film follows Bol and Rial, refugees from South Sudan, played by Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku. Both deliver the kind of incredible performances that you rarely see in a genre film like this. It’s part of what elevates His House above the standard “haunted by trauma”…

President Donald Trump hosted the annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years,” Trump, the first president to command the stage, said to open the show. The Republican president said the artists, recognized with tribute performances during the show, are “among the greatest artists and actors, performers, musicians, singers, songwriters ever to walk the face of the Earth.” Since returning to office in January, Trump…

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain reacts after becoming a world champion after the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Darko Bandic/AP hide caption toggle caption Darko Bandic/AP ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third behind his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings.…

It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words.Sources for the dictionary will range from Julius Caesar’s account of his conquest of parts of northern…

“In general, we are noticing many of these shoes have more of a road running influence than they do trail,” says Bodin. “So, there will be a mix of foams, midsole geometries, less attention to fit, and a more subtle outsole pattern compared to trail shoes.”What Are the Benefits of Gravel Shoes?In a word: versatility. You can lace up a gravel shoe at home with confidence that they’ll handle whatever lies ahead, provided you’re not hitting a really technical trail or ankle-deep mud.“Many of the shoes in this category can run well on roads, gravel paths, and light trails,” says…