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Devon Walker had his best-ever bit during tonight’s Update. The guy’s been putting in the work without quite breaking through, so taking the bull by the horns is a time-honored SNL tradition going ...

Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the country’s authority on Islamic rulings, has announced that Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Monday, 31 March.