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PATRICK STEWART, CAPTAIN PICARD AND PROFESSOR X, DIES AT 86BULGARIA SET TO ELECT ILIANA IOTOVA AS ITS FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT IN RUSSIA-TINGED RUNOFF20-YEAR-OLD KIMI ANTONELLI BECOMES F1'S YOUNGEST-EVER WORLD CHAMPION, ENDS ITALY'S 73-YEAR WAITONE DEAD, EIGHT WOUNDED IN SHOOTING AFTER MAGIC CITY CLASSIC AS BIRMINGHAM RIVALRY GAME TURNS CHAOTICBULGARIA HEADS TO THE POLLS AGAIN, WITH RECORD-LOW TURNOUT AND A SHOT AT ITS FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENTPATRICK STEWART, CAPTAIN PICARD AND PROFESSOR X, DIES AT 86BULGARIA SET TO ELECT ILIANA IOTOVA AS ITS FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT IN RUSSIA-TINGED RUNOFF20-YEAR-OLD KIMI ANTONELLI BECOMES F1'S YOUNGEST-EVER WORLD CHAMPION, ENDS ITALY'S 73-YEAR WAITONE DEAD, EIGHT WOUNDED IN SHOOTING AFTER MAGIC CITY CLASSIC AS BIRMINGHAM RIVALRY GAME TURNS CHAOTICBULGARIA HEADS TO THE POLLS AGAIN, WITH RECORD-LOW TURNOUT AND A SHOT AT ITS FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT

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Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard and Professor X, Dies at 86

The knighted British actor, beloved across generations for "Star Trek" and the "X-Men" franchise, died at his Los Angeles home after what his family called a "brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia.

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Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard and Professor X, Dies at 86

Bulgaria Set to Elect Iliana Iotova as Its First Woman President in Russia-Tinged Runoff

20-Year-Old Kimi Antonelli Becomes F1's Youngest-Ever World Champion, Ends Italy's 73-Year Wait

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One Dead, Eight Wounded in Shooting After Magic City Classic as Birmingham Rivalry Game Turns Chaotic

America Could Lose Its Measles-Free Status This Month — for the First Time Since 2000

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