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• Lawyers for only woman on federal death row ask to delay execution after contracting Covid-19

  16-11-2020 23:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed on 8 December 
  
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• American Airlines cancels dozens of flights to London throughout December

  16-11-2020 23:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Flights from New York, Chicago and Charlotte will be affected
  
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• Nancy Reagan tried to cover up White House’s use of clairvoyant, documentary claims

  16-11-2020 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  “Life if you have to, just lie,” she reportedly told her spiritual adviser, after the public learned about their conversations 
  
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• ‘Catastrophic’ hurricane Iota to make landfall in Nicaragua as category 5 storm

  16-11-2020 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iota is the 30th named storm of a record-smashing 2020 hurricane season
  
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• TikTok star Nathan ‘Doggface’ Apodaca buys new home after living out of his RV

  16-11-2020 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Apodaca reportedly paid $320,000 in cash for the five-bedroom, three-bathroom property
  
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• Charles Oakley wins right to jury decision on assault claim

  16-11-2020 21:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  A federal appeals court says a jury can decide whether former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley was ejected from Madison Square Garden with excessive force
  
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• ‘Swaths of country believe Democratic Party a front for a paedophile ring’: Obama rails against tech and right-wing media

  16-11-2020 21:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘At the end of the day, we’re going to have to find a combination of government regulations and corporate practices that address this’ says the former president 
  
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• Police search for student, 15, who disappeared while family sleeping

  16-11-2020 21:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Teenager left behind phone and man seen on video outside house
  
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• Disney World increases park capacity to 35% as coronavirus cases increase across the country

  16-11-2020 21:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Company says growing consumer demand for park access drove move
  
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• Governors ratchet up restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving

  16-11-2020 20:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  More governors and mayors are ratcheting up COVID-19 restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving for fear that holiday travel and family gatherings will only worsen the record-breaking, coast-to-coast resurgence of the virus
  
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• FBI reports 2019 was deadliest year on record for hate crimes

  16-11-2020 20:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hate crimes on the rise as civil rights groups call for further action to be taken
  
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• Coronavirus warning: WHO on alert amid 'extremely concerning surge in cases' in Europe

  16-11-2020 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION has issued a stark warning to Europe and the Americas regarding an "extremely concerning" rise in the number of coronavirus cases being recorded in the regions.
  
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• Arkansas investigator fatally shot dog after going to wrong house

  16-11-2020 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officer was attempting to complete sex offender compliance check
  
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• Barack Obama likens Donald Trump to Richie Rich for his ‘complaining, lying, doesn’t-take-responsibility’ attitude

  16-11-2020 19:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former president said that while the classic American heroes of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood epitomised old fashioned masculinity, he was surprised that so many backed Donald Trump’s ‘disdain for ordinary people’
  
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• Trump congratulates himself for vaccines happening ‘on my watch’

  16-11-2020 19:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Twitter users reminded president he repeatedly downplayed virus before celebrating vaccine discovery
  
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• Widow who kept dead husband in freezer loses lawsuit to reclaim body

  16-11-2020 19:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  She has vowed to keep fighting the case
  
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• Pregnant woman shot in Brooklyn undergoes emergency C-section as city faces weekend of gun violence

  16-11-2020 19:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  21-year-old woman suffered gunshot to right shoulder, report says
  
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• Little-known deadly virus in Bolivia can spread from person to person, scientists discover

  16-11-2020 19:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Research comes after recently-discovered Chapare virus claimed three lives during an outbreak last year
  
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• New York boy, 14, steals his dad’s car to run away with his 11-year-old girlfriend

  16-11-2020 19:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kevin Figueros was pulled over by police for speeding in an Iowa town three days after going missing
  
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• Overflowing morgues and missing medicines: Russia’s regions overrun by Covid second wave

  16-11-2020 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wife of doctor who died from coronavirus believes hospital managers hid positive diagnosis to keep the ward running. By Oliver Carroll in Moscow
  
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• Authorities break up illegal New York City fight club involving more than 200 people

  16-11-2020 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least 10 people were arrested and charged for the gathering
  
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• Inmates paid $2 to ‘move deceased Covid patients to mobile overflow morgues’ as infections soar

  16-11-2020 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Photos show harrowing scenes of an inundated local morgue as coronavirus infections soar nationwide
  
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• Sweden coronavirus lockdown strategy sees major U-turn as new measures urgently introduced

  16-11-2020 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SWEDEN has slashed the number of people that can gather in public from 50 to just eight people as the European Union member state makes a desperate move to bring a second wave of coronavirus infections under control and release increasing pressure on hospitals.
  
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• Peru interim leader resigns after five days following deaths of protesters

  16-11-2020 18:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘He has resigned because his hands are stained with the blood of our children,’ says Peruvian woman 
  
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• One half of the 'Property Brothers' praises solar in doc

  16-11-2020 17:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  As half of the “Property Brothers,” Jonathan Scott is all about transforming interior spaces
  
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• ‘Cavalry may not be coming’: Former military Covid planner warns of nightmare of distributing vaccine in rural America

  16-11-2020 17:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incoming administration will inherit one of most daunting challenges any president has ever faced
  
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• Donnie Wahlberg again leaves $2,020 tip to inspire giving

  16-11-2020 17:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Actor Donnie Wahlberg recently left a $2,020 tip at a Massachusetts restaurant, continuing his habit of leaving generous gratuities to brighten the days of wait staff
  
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• ‘Hero’ British diplomat praised in China after jumping into river to save drowning student

  16-11-2020 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Stephen Ellison, a keen triathlete, filmed swimming to unconscious woman and pulling her to safety
  
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• Texas nurse describes ‘The Pit’ in one Covid-overrun hospital where patients go to die

  16-11-2020 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I saw a lot of people die that I felt like shouldn’t have died,’ Lawanna Rivers says
  
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• Defeat for another ‘Trumpian’ populist as Kremlin-backed Moldova leader loses presidency

  16-11-2020 16:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ms Sandu will become Moldova’s first female leader, winning election on a liberal, anti-corruption platform, overcoming dirty tricks by her opponent
  
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• Gibraltar Brexit crisis: Border with Spain could be SLAMMED SHUT

  16-11-2020 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GIBRALTAR is preparing for chaos in the event of a no deal Brexit, warning Spain it could be forced to slam its borders shut and restrict food exports.
  
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• Pope Benedict's move to undercut Francis sparked bitter Vatican civil war

  16-11-2020 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POPE BENEDICT stunned the Vatican by creating a major divide with worshippers after he seemingly undercut his successor Pope Francis as a row over celibacy erupted.
  
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• Sacred white ‘spirit moose’ is killed by hunters in Canada to outrage of local indigenous population

  16-11-2020 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Killing the rare white moose has been illegal since 2006
  
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• French broadcaster apologises after publishing obituaries of the Queen and Pele

  16-11-2020 15:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Radio France Internationale blames error on ‘technical problem’ that ‘resulted in the publication of numerous obituaries on our site’
  
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• Coronavirus timeline rewritten: Covid found in Italy MONTHS earlier than first thought

  16-11-2020 14:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CORONAVIRUS first emerged in Italy as far back as September 2019, a study has found, signalling the invisible killer disease may have spread beyond China earlier than previously thought.
  
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• Bust of Greek god found during Athens sewage work

  16-11-2020 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  According to the Greek culture ministry, the bust dates back to around 300 BC 
  
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• Macron sparks furious protests across France as churches banned from Mass 'Let us pray!'

  16-11-2020 14:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FRENCH Catholics have staged protests against President Emmanuel Macron's ban on Mass, calling for an end to the coronavirus rule which prevents churches from holding public gatherings.
  
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• Mexico government admits it flooded plain which left tens of thousands homeless

  16-11-2020 14:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has admitted his government deliberately chose to flood large areas of Tabasco state last week in an attempt to protect the regional capital
  
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• Obama tells Trump to concede defeat – video

  16-11-2020 13:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Barack Obama has said that if Donald Trump wants to be remembered as someone who 'put country first' then he must concede the presidency to Joe Biden. Speaking on CBS, the former US president said Trump's actions are 'one more step in delegitimising democracy generally'. Barack Obama rules out role in Biden cabinet – 'Michelle would leave me' Continue reading...
  
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• Latest vaccine success is good news but high price may restrict access

  16-11-2020 13:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Moderna results show Pfizer success was not flash in the pan, but poorer countries may have to look elsewhereCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe success of Moderna’s vaccine against Covid-19 is reason for the whole world to cheer. The results from an interim analysis of the trial data are remarkably similar to those of Pfizer/BioNTech a week ago. Most people – Moderna says 94.5% in its trial, Pfizer said more than 90% – were protected from illn
  
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• How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years

  16-11-2020 13:20 via theguardian.com
  
  As surveillance and spraying operations cease due to conflict, there are fears the existing food crisis could worsen
  They marched over grassy plateaux and down craggy hillsides, beating the earth with sticks and blasting gunshots into the darkening skies.“Never before have we seen something like this,” says Mulualem Berhe, a 54 year-old farmer shaking a plastic bottle filled with pebbles, thick plumes of smoke enveloping the trees behind him. A few feet away a pickup truck rolls into
  
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• Coronavirus vaccine breakthrough: US develops second jab even MORE successful than first

  16-11-2020 13:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NEW coronavirus vaccine, which data suggests is even more effective than the Pfizer jab, has been announced by US firm Moderna.
  
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• What does the Moderna vaccine mean for the fight against Covid?

  16-11-2020 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  How does it work and how is it different from the Pfizer/BioNTech jab?Moderna Covid vaccine almost 95% effective, trials showCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs promising results are released from a second vaccine trial, we take a look at what this could mean in the battle against Covid-19. Continue reading...
  
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• Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn

  16-11-2020 09:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Congress fails to decide on replacement after interim president steps down after five days
  
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• Egypt breakthrough: Great Pyramid theory shattered with new ancient monument scan

  16-11-2020 09:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EGYPT'S Great Pyramid of Giza was built using very different methods to those outlined in long-held theories, an expert has told Express.co.uk after viewing the results of a new scan.
  
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• America's flawed democracy: the five key areas where it is failing

  16-11-2020 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The US system has survived four years of a norm-busting president by the skin of its teeth – which areas need most urgent attention?On 7 November the United States pulled back from the brink of re-electing a president who has repeatedly shown disdain for democratic norms and institutions. Donald Trump has fused his own business interests with the White House, dubbed the media “enemies of the people”, embraced foreign strongmen, sidelined science and politicized the justice depa
  
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• 'We went through our rough patches': Obama on married life as president – video

  16-11-2020 08:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Former US president Barack Obama discusses how his marriage was affected by the constant pressures that come with being US president. In an interview for Apple TV, Obama told Oprah Winfrey he and wife Michelle 'went through our rough patches in the White House ... but I tell you that the thing that I think we were good about was talking stuff through, never losing fundamental love and respect for each other, and prioritising our kids'
  Barack Obama rules out role in Biden cabinet – 'Mi
  
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• Melania Trump touted as family ‘alpha’ after POTUS loses US election 2020 to Joe Biden

  16-11-2020 04:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MELANIA TRUMP has been suggested to have taken on a more assertive role in her relationship with Donald Trump after his election defeat, coming across as the "alpha" according to a body language expert.
  
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• Biden horror as China signs historic free trade deal with 14 countries in US counter move

  16-11-2020 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHINA has agreed to a historic trade agreement with another 14 nations in the Asia-Pacific area that will encompass 2.2billion people.
  
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