ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith challenged former President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to a debate over the Department of Defense's removal of Jackie Robinson’s military history. Smith condemned the administration’s stance on DEI, highlighting Robinson's crucial contributions to civil rights.
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A 20-year-old MBBS student, Ivy Prasad, was found hanging in her room at Kamarhati ESI Hospital quarters. Her mother, a doctor, discovered her after multiple unanswered calls. No suicide note was found, and police have registered a case of unnatural death. Authorities suspect depression; an investigation is underway, and a post-mortem is being conducted.
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