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2023 (Taylor’s Version): The year in pop culture

This image released by HBO shows Pedro Pascal, left, and Bella Ramsey in a scene from the series "The Last of Us." (HBO via AP)

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A deer broke into a New Jersey elementary school. Its …

In this. image taken from police body camera video released by the Toms River, N.J., Police Department, officers pursue a deer down a hallway at Cedar Grove Elementary School, Nov. 25, 2023, in Toms River, N.J. (Toms River Police Department via AP)

Italian officials secure 12th Century leaning tower in …

The Garisenda, left, and Asinelli towers are pictured in Bologna, Italy, March 20, 2020. Bologna's Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Massimo Paolone, Lapresse Via AP)

Blue over ‘G0BLUE’: University of Michigan grad sues after …

A bus driver ate gummies containing THC, then passed out …

Customer sues Chopt eatery chain over salad that she says …

Nebraska woman bags marriage proposal shortly after killing …

Cole Bures and Samantha Camenzind pose with the deer she shot near Filley, Neb., before he proposed to her on Nov. 12, 2023. Bures asked Camenzind to marry him during a photo shoot to commemorate the moment. (Brenton Lammers/Lammers Media via AP)

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Robbery suspect’s colorful underwear helped police …

The journey of Minnesota’s Rutt the moose is tracked …

In this photo provided by Bernie Stang, a moose, named Rutt, or Bullwinkle by admirers, roams through Meeker County, Minn., Oct. 29, 2023. (Bernie Stang via AP)

Century-overdue library book is finally returned …

In a photo provided by the St. Paul Public Library is a book, "Famous Composers,” that was recently returned to the library in St. Paul, Minn. The tome turned up while someone was sorting through a relative’s belongings. The St. Paul Public Library checkout slip shows it was last borrowed in 1919, Minnesota Public Radio reports. (Claire Huber/St. Paul Public Library via AP)

A horse loose on a flight to Belgium forces a cargo …

FILE - A taxi passes under the entrance to JFK Airport in the New York borough of Queens, Aug. 15, 2003. A cargo plane headed from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Belgium had to return to JFK on Nov. 9, 2023, after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air traffic control audio. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

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Wisconsin snubs bourbon by elevating brandy old fashioned …

A brandy old fashioned is displayed on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin lawmakers were set to approve a resolution declaring the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail on Thursday. In most places other than Wisconsin, the old fashioned is made with whiskey, not brandy. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

‘Extraterrestrials’ return to Mexico’s congress as …

Mexican Journalist Jaime Maussan, center, together with Congressman Sergio Gutierrez Luna and other legislators present what they claim are extraterrestrial life forms on a screen, at the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Mexican legislators held another hearing dedicated to the potential for extraterrestrial life forms and UFOs following a controversial spectacle in September in which Maussan displayed what he said were "non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution." (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)