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They’re Tibet-ing on a speedy recovery. Acolytes of the Dalai Lama congregated during the July Fourth holiday outside Midtown’s ritzy Park Hyatt Hotel, where the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism is recuperating from knee replacement surgery. Throngs of Dalai devotees, some wearing traditional Tibetan garb and prayer beads, posed for photos and prayed outside the … Read more

Kate Middleton hasn’t attended this year’s Wimbledon tournament yet, though organizers are still “hopeful” she will make an appearance before the matches end on July 14. Instead, the royal’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, attended the high profile event on Thursday. Carole, 69, was photographed at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club wearing … Read more

Most Americans have given up all hope of a summer vacation because they just can’t afford it anymore, a new poll shows. Forty-four percent of those surveyed said they’ll be staying put over the next three months as the crippling cost of living crisis rages on, according to the Newsweek and Redfield & Wilton Strategies … Read more

A Publix in South Carolina recently received an unexpected “shopper” in the form of an alligator that was found under a group of carts outside the supermarket. The gator was spotted near the entrance of the grocery store before officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) were called to the scene. Video … Read more

There are 1,667 Quebec households without lodging or on the verge of losing their homes — 185 of them in Montreal, the housing advocacy group says. Sarah Ethier sits in her tent in Parc des Faubourgs at a site protesting the city’s approach to dismantling encampments for the unhoused, in Montreal on Thursday July 4, … Read more