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Tunde Onakoya, a chess champion, aims to break the global record for the longest chess marathon in New York City’s Times Square.Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa during the marathon.The current record stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved by Norwegian players in 2018.A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square…

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OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge ordered public defenders to represent four members of an anti-government group who appeared in court Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and killing two Kansas women. The judge also entered not-guilty pleas and denied bail for Tifany Adams, 54, and her boyfriend, Tad Cullum, 43, both…

Politics

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to “free academic expression” during…

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GameStop has faced an onslaught of challenges in recent years, given the rapidly evolving gaming industry landscape. Co-founder Gary Kusin, who has watched the company navigate turbulent times, including the infamous 2021 short squeeze orchestrated by Reddit users (it sent the stock soaring temporarily), says the company needs to cut…

Lifestyle

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