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• San Francisco launches driverless shuttle service

  18-08-2023 23:56
  San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite safety concerns. San Francisco is one of a growing number of cities worldwide testing out driverless buses. (August 18) (AP Video: Terry Chea)      
  
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• Maryland Reports Locally Acquired Malaria Case for First Time in More Than 40 Years

  18-08-2023 23:51
  Maryland has confirmed a case of locally acquired malaria in the state for the first time in more than 40 years
  
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• Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro appears to have been at Capitol on Jan. 6

  18-08-2023 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chesebro was indicted with Trump and 17 others in Georgia this week on charges related to the effort to keep Trump in power despite losing the 2020 election.
  
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• 0819 Today in History

  18-08-2023 23:46
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• Biden, Kishida, Yoon at Historic Camp David Summit

  18-08-2023 23:44
  
  (Reuters) - After meeting at Camp David on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon...
  
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• Dealer Gets 10 Years in Prison in Death of Actor Michael K. Williams

  18-08-2023 23:33
  
  A New York City drug dealer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K
  
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• Appeals Court Strikes Down Utah Oil Railroad Approval, Siding With Environmentalists

  18-08-2023 23:23
  
  A U.S. Appeals Court has struck down a critical approval for a railroad project that would have allowed oil businesses in eastern Utah to significantly expand fossil fuel production and exports
  
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• Gina Carano Haunts Woke 'Snow White' Actress Years After Twitter Battle

  18-08-2023 23:21
  
  It ain’t no fun when the galactic bounty hunter’s got the gun, is it?
  Gina Carano, the actress who became a household name via the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian,” showed that she’s not one to let bygones be bygones — at least not without a harmless little “boop.”
  Carano, who is also a former mixed martial arts fighter, took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to take a not-so-playful jab at fellow actress Rachel
  
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• Suburban Detroit Police Fatally Shoot Motorist Awakened From Sleep Inside Car

  18-08-2023 23:18
  Suburban Detroit police have fatally shot a motorist they awoke from sleep in a running car when he accelerated with an officer beside him and crashed the vehicle into a patrol car
  
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• Cybersecurity Firm Palo Alto Projects Strong Annual Billings, Shares Rally

  18-08-2023 23:17
  (Reuters) - Palo Alto Networks forecast annual billings above market estimates on Friday, in a sign that more businesses were turning to its...
  
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• Planned Parenthood Appeals Ruling That Let Nebraska Abortion Ban Stand

  18-08-2023 23:16
  Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has appealed a judge's ruling that left a new Nebraska law intact that bans abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and imposes restrictions on gender-affirming surgery
  
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• Football Coach Who Was Fired for Praying Set for Triumphant Return to the Field - And He Isn't Done Giving 'God the Glory'

  18-08-2023 23:16
  
  There should be a big crowd Sept. 1 when the Bremerton Knights take to the high school football field for the first game of the season.
  That’s because Coach Kennedy is back.
  The Bremerton School District, on Washington’s Puget Sound west of Seattle, had booted assistant coach Joe Kennedy eight years ago.
  Kennedy’s offense? Taking a knee at the 50-yard line to pray after games.
  That’s right. In an era of increasing gender-bending, propaganda in social justice and identity
  
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• Biden strengthens U.S. ties with Japan and South Korea as leaders meet at Camp David

  18-08-2023 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The trilateral summit comes as tensions between the U.S. and China have risen in recent years over Taiwan, economic issues and a spy balloon.
  
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• Trump Legal Team Fights Back Against Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Trial Plans, Files for 'More Reasonable' Schedule

  18-08-2023 23:10
  
  In response to the Department of Justice’s suggested start date of Jan. 2, 2024 — in the middle of a presidential election that’s sure to make history, no matter how it goes — for former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to prevent a transfer of power from himself to President-elect Joe Biden in the aftermath of the contentious 2020 election, Trump’s legal team has put forth a schedule that it considers “more reasonable.”
  Instead of a trial
  
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• Brazil Govt Pushes Congress to Approve 'Green' Bills Before COP28

  18-08-2023 23:07
  
  By Leticia FucuchimaSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government expects Congress to approve a series of energy transition-related bills in the next...
  
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• Judge Sentences Woman Who Sent Trump Poison - She'll Never Be 100% Free Again

  18-08-2023 23:06
  
  A woman convicted of mailing a dangerous homemade poison to former President Donald Trump has received her prison sentence — and it’s a long one.
  Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia.
  The sentence amounts to nearly 22 years in custody for Ferrier, a 56-year-old dual French and Canadian citizen.
  Ferrier sent threate
  
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• Trump Lawyer Says Major Problem with Fulton County Indictment Was 'By Design'

  18-08-2023 23:01
  
  The establishment will employ any and all legal shenanigans in its effort to destroy former President Donald Trump.
  Alina Habba, general counsel for Trump’s Save America PAC, appeared on Newsmax Wednesday and explained why establishment minion Fani Willis, district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, decided to indict Trump in state court.
  “That’s by design. Everything is by design,” Habba said. “Georgia state is bringing a charge that absolutely should be in federa
  
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• Law enforcement expects Trump to surrender at Atlanta jail at the end of next week

  18-08-2023 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The latest news about when Donald Trump is expected to surrender to be arrested at a Fulton County, Ga. jail.
  
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• Watershed Moment as Rap Community Embraces 'Rich Men North of Richmond'

  18-08-2023 22:55
  
  Very seldom in this day and age does a genuine, heartfelt anthem come along and unite people from all creeds around a singular message.
  Country singer Oliver Anthony is the messenger in this case, and his message is the hit ballad “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which came from seemingly nowhere last week to become the most popular song in the world.
  Anthony’s hit, which challenges government corruption and touches on themes of elitism, suicide, taxation and an overall feeling of
  
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• Illegal Crossings on the US-Mexico Border Rose in July but Were Still Down From Last Year

  18-08-2023 22:49
  
  U.S. border authorities stopped migrants entering the country illegally more than 33% more often in July than in June, suggesting lower numbers that followed the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions may have bottomed out
  
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• The Big Men in Front of Aaron Rodgers Have Become the Center of Attention and Concern for the Jets

  18-08-2023 22:44
  
  Aaron Rodgers has been the primary attraction at New York Jets camp this summer
  
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• Search underway for Nashville couple missing for a week on Alaska vacation

  18-08-2023 22:44
  
  Jonas Bare and Cynthia Hovsepian were on vacation in Fairbanks but didn't make their return flight home and haven't contacted family members.      
  
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• Tornado damages homes, power lines in Rhode Island

  18-08-2023 22:36
  Fire officials says a Rhode Island tornado damaged at least three homes, snapped power lines and took down trees that blocked roads in North Providence on Friday. (Aug. 18)      
  
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• Federal Appellate Court Dismisses Challenge to New Jersey Gun Law

  18-08-2023 22:34
  A federal appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a New Jersey law that allows the state attorney general to bring “public nuisance” claims against gun manufacturers and others who market firearms
  
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• American Airlines Sues a Travel Site to Crack Down on Consumers Who Use This Trick to Save Money

  18-08-2023 22:33
  American Airlines is trying to crack down on a travel hack
  
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• China is creating human-like robots

  18-08-2023 22:31
  Humanoid robots are becoming ever more lifelike thanks to artificial intelligence and other tech developments. (Aug. 18) (AP Video: Wayne Zhang)      
  
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• Canadian residents evacuate as wildfire creeps closer

  18-08-2023 22:31
  
  Thousands of Yellowknife residents joined road convoys and stood with packed bags at the airport to flee a looming wildfire approaching the capital of the Northwest Territories. (Aug. 18)      
  
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• Arm's Full-Year Revenue Fell 1% Ahead of IPO - Source

  18-08-2023 22:31
  
  By Anirban Sen and Manya Saini(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's Arm Ltd is expected to report a revenue decline of about 1% in the year ended March...
  
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• Cyberattack Keeps Hospitals' Computers Offline for Weeks

  18-08-2023 22:26
  
  Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to be turned back on more than two weeks after a cyberattack forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions
  
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• James Buckley, Conservative Senator and Brother of Late Writer William F. Buckley, Dies at 100

  18-08-2023 22:24
  Former federal appeals court judge and New York Senator James Buckley has died at age 100
  
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• James Buckley, Conservative Ex-Senator and Brother of Late Writer William F. Buckley, Dies at 100

  18-08-2023 22:24
  
  Former federal appeals court judge and New York Senator James Buckley has died at age 100
  
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• Gabon's Main Opposition Parties Choose Joint Candidate for Presidential Vote

  18-08-2023 22:22
  LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Major opposition parties in Gabon on Friday backed a single candidate for the Aug. 26 presidential election, joining forces...
  
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• Abuse, conspiracy charges ensnare 9 Northern California cops in massive FBI probe

  18-08-2023 22:22
  
  Current and former officers from Antioch and Pittsburg, California, police departments "acted as though they were above the law' prosecutors said.      
  
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• Florida Proud Boy member scheduled for sentencing in Jan 6. case is now missing

  18-08-2023 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Christopher Worrell, a Florida Proud Boy convicted on seven counts stemming from his actions during the Jan. 6 riot, is now missing.
  
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• Britain's Sunak Scales Back Plans for Major Cabinet Reshuffle Telegraph

  18-08-2023 22:10
  
  (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is scaling back plans for a major cabinet reshuffle due in September, The Telegraph reported on...
  
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• Canada Wildfire Evacuees Can't Get News Media on Facebook and Instagram. Some Find Workarounds

  18-08-2023 22:09
  
  Canadian news outlets have been blocked on Facebook and Instagram because of a dispute with the Canadian government
  
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• Hurricane Hilary Expected to Strengthen, Have Heavy Impacts on California

  18-08-2023 22:04
  
  Hurricane Hilary “underwent rapid intensification,” according to the latest weather reports, and it was only expected to get worse Friday.
  According to a Fox Weather report that is tracking the (currently) Category 4 hurricane, Hilary went from a tropical storm to its current classification within a matter of 48 hours.
  The report also noted that later Friday, Hilary was expected to be classified as a Category 5 hurricane.
  According to the National Hurricane Center, a Category 5 hurri
  
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• Underground Mines Are Unlikely to Blame for a Deadly House Explosion in Pennsylvania, State Says

  18-08-2023 22:01
  
  Pennsylvania officials say it's unlikely that natural gas seeped from an abandoned underground mine and caused a house explosion last weekend that killed six people
  
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• Company That Leaked Radioactive Material Will Build Barrier to Keep It Away From Mississippi River

  18-08-2023 22:01
  The energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minnesota, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to keep affected groundwater away from the nearby Mississippi River
  
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• Biden Goes West for His Second Vacation of the Month

  18-08-2023 22:00
  
  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are heading west on Friday for more rest and relaxation
  
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• Another Person Dies in Atlanta Jail That's Under Federal Investigation

  18-08-2023 21:59
  The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says a 66-year-old man has died in the medical unit of a jail in Atlanta that’s under federal investigation
  
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• Mississippi Grand Jury Cites Shoddy Investigations by Police Department at Center of Mistrial

  18-08-2023 21:56
  
  A Mississippi grand jury has issued a report sharply criticizing a police department whose errors prompted a mistrial in the case of two white men charged in an attack on a Black FedEx driver
  
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• Major Takeaways From US, Japan, South Korea Summit

  18-08-2023 21:56
  
  By Trevor Hunnicutt and Hyonhee ShinCAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South...
  
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• Trump Backs Out of Debate, Blockbuster Press Conference

  18-08-2023 21:55
  
  Skipping the first GOP presidential debate and a press conference he himself called mark perhaps a glimmer of caution from the otherwise reckless former president and criminal defendant.
  
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• Judge Won't Delay Trump's Defamation Claims Trial, Calling the Ex-President's Appeal Frivolous

  18-08-2023 21:52
  
  A New York federal judge has expressed growing impatience with what he calls ex-President Donald Trump's “repeated efforts to delay” a defamation lawsuit, saying he won't stop a January trial for the “frivolous appeal” of one of his rulings
  
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• Senegal Village Mourns Scores Lost on Drifting Migrant Boat

  18-08-2023 21:50
  By Ngouda Dione and Joel KouamFASS BOYE, Senegal (Reuters) - The brightly painted boats in the Senegalese fishing village of Fass Boye lay idle on...
  
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• Former Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Alabama Police Officer

  18-08-2023 21:44
  A former soldier has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing an Auburn police officer responding to a reported domestic disturbance
  
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• Matt Gaetz Introduces Bill to Shut Down USPS's Covert Spy Program

  18-08-2023 21:41
  
  Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has introduced a bill to shut down the Internet Covert Operations Program, a domestic surveillance operation run by the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service.
  Now formally called the Analytics Team, the operation’s agents “proactively gather intelligence using cryptocurrency analysis, open-source intelligence, and social media analysis,” according to a 2022 audit report from the USPS’s Office of the Inspector General.
  
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• DOJ finds police officer's suicide after Jan. 6 attack was a death in the line of duty

  18-08-2023 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The widow of a police officer who died by suicide after he was assaulted during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been found eligible for a federal benefits program for the families of fallen officers.
  
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• US State Dept OKs Potential Sale to Australia of HIMARS for $975 Million - Pentagon

  18-08-2023 21:38
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to Australia of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)...
  
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