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Pootie-poot’s a pinup boy! A new Vladimir Putin propaganda calendar features cringey photos of the war-mongering Russian president looking powerful and masculine each month — including portraits of him body-slamming a judo partner and driving a snowmobile. The 2026 calendar released by the Kremlin features the dictator in a different, supposedly candid shot each month, alongside a quote from one of his speeches or remarks from the previous year. The 2026 calendar released by the Kremlin shows the dynamic dictator in a different supposedly candid image each month, next to a quote from one of his speeches or remarks from…

Even felons and alleged murderers can get a taste of Thanksgiving while behind bars, including accused UnitedHealthcare CEO slayer Luigi Mangione, convicted sex fiend Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein’s madame Ghislaine Maxwell. All three famous inmates and other notable figures behind bars will have the option to dine on turkey and other Thanksgiving staples Thursday at three federal lockups that have holiday themed options on the menu, The Post has learned. Brooklyn’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center — which houses Mangione, accused sex-dungeon torturer Howard Rubin, and accused sex-traffickers Tal and Oren Alexander — is serving up roast turkey, mashed…

An American passenger aboard a cruise touring the Caribbean islands was reported missing when she failed to return to the vessel after an excursion in Sint Maarten last Thursday, local officials said. Ann Evans, 55, embarked on the Holland America Line’s 12-day cruise in the Caribbean on Nov. 16. Just four days in, she mysteriously vanished during an “organized island tour” of Sint Maarten, according to a missing person alert from the Government of Sint Maarten. Ann Evans, 55, disappeared from a Holland America Line cruise on Nov. 20. Government of Sint Maarten Evans left the “Rotterdam” ship around 10…

At 33, I lost my husband to advanced adrenal cancer. Despite my master’s in social work, the resulting immense sadness, anxiety, and fear were overwhelming. His funeral, just before Thanksgiving, made the first holiday season excruciating. For three years, I coped by reading extensively about grief, which brought up my father’s cancer death before my fifth birthday. This personal research evolved into global interviews with widows, from Montana to the Kibera slum, for my book, A Widow’s Guide to Healing. A key finding was the profound isolation felt by the bereaved, especially during seasonal markers like the holidays. Approaching this…

Rian Johnson’s Knives Out series and Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot trilogy have something in common: their darkest entries are my favorite. Wake Up Dead Man is a stimulating whodunit that proves Johnson has plenty of wit left in the tank, this time with a theological curiosity. As if another Benoit Blanc investigation bursting with Daniel Craig’s intellectual charms wasn’t enough, Johnson’s screenplay hosts conversations about faith and futility, devotion and manipulation. Themes of religious radicalism pair elegantly with mystery trappings, served indulgently by another quirky ensemble of suspects. It’s everything we want from another Knives Out spectacle, as good as…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to begin designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The order, invoking the Immigration and Nationality Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, cites the group’s involvement in violence across the Middle East, including rocket attacks on Israel following the Oct. 7, 2023, assault. The move begins a 30-day review led by the State and Treasury Departments to identify Brotherhood chapters in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon for possible designation, which could freeze assets, restrict…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state. Vizcarra was sentenced to immediate imprisonment and a nine-year ban from public office. He is expected to appeal the decision. “This is not justice, it is revenge,” Vizcarra said on social media. “But they will not break me.” A Peruvian court sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state. AFP via Getty Images…

WARNER, Okla. — A basketball player at a junior college in Oklahoma who was injured during a game has died, school officials said. Connors State College sophomore Ethan Dietz died Tuesday after he was injured during the second half of a game against Grayson College in Denison, Texas, the school said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. A spokesperson for the college, Shannon Rigsby, said initial reports indicate Dietz suffered some kind of head injury, but that she didn’t have any more information. Ethan Dietz, Connors State College basketball player, died after suffering injury in game. Ethan Dietz…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women, a day designated by the UN General Assembly. The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor. A woman holds a sign reading “77 femicides since 2025” as demonstrators, including protesters from the “Non Una di Meno” (Not One Less) movement and feminist collectives, take part in…

Susan Monica is currently serving two life sentences in prison. Her crimes are so grotesque and twisted she has become a notorious individual among true crime enthusiasts. Although technically a serial killer is a murderer who kills three or more people, who knows what Monica would have done had she not been caught? Or if there are others she hasn’t admitted to. Susan Monica in Court (NBC) The killer started out as a heroic wartime veteran. After fighting in the Vietnam war, Monica went on to become an engineer. That vocation wouldn’t last and in 1991 she decided to buy…