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Today is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 326th day of 2024. There are 40 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Nov. 21, 1980, 85 people died, most because of smoke inhalation, after a fire broke out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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In 1920, on “Bloody Sunday,” the Irish Republican Army killed 14 suspected British intelligence officers in the Dublin area; British forces responded by raiding a soccer match, killing 14 civilians.
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Dhaka looks reborn after a fresh lick of paint. Though this is not your typical municipal spruce-up. The sprawling Bangladeshi capital has been festooned with garish political murals celebrating August’s student-led ouster of reviled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed. Mile upon mile of concrete balustrades are daubed with caricatures of the deposed autocrat with fangs and devil horns, slogans extolling “Gen-Z, the real heroes,” and vows to “flush sh-ts from our society.”
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General Daily Insight for November 21, 2024
Anchoring our curiosity to something substantial should let us get the most out of it today. The upbeat Sun moves into adventurous Sagittarius at 2:56 pm EST, encouraging us to roam far and wide. If we settle on a specific subject to explore in depth, we can make serious progress as the Sun sextiles insightful Pluto.
Marcellus Marshall grew up five minutes from the West Virginia campus and Milan Puskar Stadium.
His family used to park cars during the Mountaineers football games, which allowed him to catch a game or two occasionally. It’s where he developed his passion for football, which took him to Kent State and now UCF.
But for the 6-foot-5, 310-pound offensive lineman, a return home is nothing more than a game to him.
“I look at it as just another football game,” said Marshall, a fifth-year senior.