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• Experts fear virus variants will join travelers over spring break

  14-03-2021 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Spring break travelers are cutting loose after a year of quarantines and lockdown restrictions. CNN's Joe Johns reports experts are concerned over the collision of increased travel and the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Photos from Australia: Capturing 'flash rips' and 'the edge of the world'

  14-03-2021 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dene Bingham photographs dangerous seas and wild places from a remote coast in Western Australia.
  
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• Beekeeper's hive rescue method has the internet buzzing

  14-03-2021 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  Texas beekeeper Erika Thompson is on a mission to save the bees, and the videos of her rescue missions have TikTok users buzzing.
  
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• TikTok user forced to show fake leg to shut down lady over a handicap spot

  14-03-2021 22:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An Australian TikTok user had the perfect response for an older woman who demanded to know why he was using a handicapped-parking space.
  
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• Jessica McClintock, fashion designer, dies aged 90

  14-03-2021 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Fashion designer Jessica McClintock has died at age 90, according to an obituary published Sunday by the San Francisco Chronicle.
  
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• Fauci warns US could follow Italy with new lockdown to contain variants

  14-03-2021 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  • Another nation halts use of AstraZeneca jab
  • 'Too many people' in Florida for spring break
  
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• England boy, 3, dies after falling in canal while feeding ducks with his mother

  14-03-2021 20:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A British toddler, 3, died after slipping into an icy canal while feeding ducks with his mother on Saturday, according to Thames Valley Police.
  
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• Erik Lamela scores stunning rabona goal but is sent off as Arsenal overcomes Tottenham in North London Derby

  14-03-2021 20:03 via cnn.com
  
  Tottenham's Erik Lamela produced an outrageous piece of skill to score a rabona goal but was later sent off in the North London Derby, as Arsenal beat its rivals 2-1 on Sunday in the Premier League.
  
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• New video emerges of abducted college students in Nigeria

  14-03-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Disturbing video clips show students kidnapped from a college in Nigeria's northwest Kaduna state being held at gunpoint and beaten with a whip by their abductors emerged on Saturday.
  
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• Disturbing video clips shared of abducted college students in Nigeria

  14-03-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Disturbing video clips show students kidnapped from a college in Nigeria's northwest Kaduna state being held at gunpoint and beaten with a whip by their abductors emerged on Saturday.
  
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• Disturbing evidence of abducted college students in Nigeria

  14-03-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Disturbing video clips show students kidnapped from a college in Nigeria's northwest Kaduna state being held at gunpoint and beaten with a whip by their abductors emerged on Saturday.
  
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• 'Hope is back': Stimulus checks start hitting bank accounts nationwide

  14-03-2021 19:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  "New Yorkers should start receiving the checks today, and many of them will get them this week," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told MSNBC on Sunday.
  
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• Has the pandemic led to a long-term erosion of the right to dissent?

  14-03-2021 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: the police’s handling of the Sarah Everard vigil raises questions over whether authorities are going too farDefending the Metropolitan police’s handling of Saturday night’s Sarah Everard vigil, assistant commissioner Helen Ball argued the force had to act “because of the overriding need to protect people’s safety” from the threat of coronavirus. Yet last year’s Black Lives Matter protests in some 300 US cities did not cause a spike in cases the
  
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• Police chief faces calls to quit over vigil clash

  14-03-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  • London police forcibly break up vigil for Sarah Everard
  
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• Police chief faces calls to quit over Sarah Everard vigil clash

  14-03-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  • London police forcibly break up vigil for Sarah Everard
  
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• Fury grows over police intervention in vigil

  14-03-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  • London police forcibly break up vigil for Sarah Everard
  
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• Country music has a race problem. And a woman problem. This Grammy nominee proves it.

  14-03-2021 18:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Guyton's story feels all too familiar for the nonwhite women and LGBTQ+ artists who have historically been marginalized by the country industry.
  
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• Sarah Everard vigils: Met commissioner Cressida Dick defends policing and says she will not resign – live

  14-03-2021 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Dick ‘not considering position’; investigations ordered by Priti Patel and Sadiq Khan; government adviser says policing ‘from handbook of abusive men’Khan and Patel rebuke Met chief over policing of Sarah Everard vigilWoman pinned to ground at Clapham vigil says policing was ‘disgraceful’Analysis: Cressida Dick walking a tightrope over policing of vigilTributes to Sarah Everard – in pictures
  Labour to oppose bill giving police more powers to crack down o
  
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• Coronavirus live news: 4,618 new cases and 52 more deaths in UK; Irish regulator hopes to lift AstraZeneca vaccine pause

  14-03-2021 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Prof Karina Butler says Irish health authority recommendation after unproven reports of blood clotting is down to ‘an abundance of caution’Full report: Ireland suspends AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot concernsThird Covid wave sweeps across EU and forces new restrictionsEngland’s vaccine strategy ‘will unravel unless inequalities addressed’WHO scientist who spoke out about Italy’s handling of crisis resigns‘Masking works’: Austin fights back as
  
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• Pelosi says Biden inherited broken system at the border as Fema deployed

  14-03-2021 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Administration to send Fema to help with surge at Mexico border to safely receive, shelter and transfer minor children House speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the Biden administration had inherited a broken immigration system as the administration announced it would send federal help to children on the US-Mexico border seeking asylum.“This is a humanitarian challenge to all of us,” Pelosi told told ABC News’ This Week program. “What the administration has inherited
  
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• Yemeni journalist freed from jail after Biden administration 'urged' UAE to use influence for release

  14-03-2021 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Yemeni journalist Adel al-Hasani was released from jail on Sunday after a nearly 6-month imprisonment, his lawyer Liza Manaa Saeed told CNN.
  
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• Fox News host is the new Trump, says Brian Stelter

  14-03-2021 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  "Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump," CNN's Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.
  
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• Livestreaming bill introduced after Christchurch could criminalise innocent people | Anjum Rahman

  14-03-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The government’s proposal on criminalising the streaming of offensive content is open to misuse and could lead to unnecessary harassmentTwo years on from the horrific mass murders at Al-Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch, we know the grief is fresh in the hearts of many. As we think about those directly and indirectly impacted, we must also continue to think about what needs to change.In December 2020, the report of the royal commission into these events was made public. The findings
  
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• Myanmar’s ‘darkest moment’: death toll rises sharply as junta's crackdown continues

  14-03-2021 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Ousted MPs urge citizens to defend themselves after one of deadliest days since February coup
  At least 18 people have been killed in one of the deadliest days since Myanmar was thrust back under military rule, as a group of ousted MPs urged citizens to defend themselvesduring the nation’s “darkest moment”.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military forced the civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a coup on 1 February, triggering a mass uprising that has led to hundr
  
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• Australian e-scooters' bumpy ride: 'Like when automobiles appeared on streets filled with horses'

  14-03-2021 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The popularity of personal mobility devices is surging – as is public opposition to their useIt’s peak hour on Brisbane’s busy riverside bikeway. Among the riders are scores of commuters zipping along on e-scooters, wearing business clothes and toting satchels or small backpacks. It looks like fun – a door-to-door commute in the fresh air, free from traffic jams, crowded buses and trains, and without the hassle of a hot and sticky pedal up Brisbane’s hills.Worldwide
  
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• Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump, Brian Stelter says

  14-03-2021 17:27 via cnn.com
  
  "Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump," CNN's Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.
  
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• Stelter: Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump

  14-03-2021 17:26 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter compares Fox News host Tucker Carlson to former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Shepard Fairey makes his Middle East debut with new show and mural in Dubai

  14-03-2021 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  For an artist as renowned for politically-charged works as Shepard Fairey, the conservative United Arab Emirates might seem like an unlikely place for a new gallery show.
  
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• Marvin Hagler obituary

  14-03-2021 17:09 via theguardian.com
  
  One of the greatest world middleweight boxing champions of all timeMarvin Hagler, who has died aged 66, is recognised as one of boxing’s greatest champions, holding the world middleweight title from 1980 to 1987, but his fabled status is assured because of one never-to-be-forgotten night in the old open-air arena at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, in 1985, when he fought and defeated his great rival Thomas Hearns in one of the most thrilling contests the sport has ever produced. Related: Marvin
  
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• We bought an NFT. Here's what we learned

  14-03-2021 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  As headlines about people bidding eye-watering sums on GIFs of Pop Tart cats, the first-ever tweet, a Kings of Leon album and other NFTs piled up over the last several weeks, the CNN Business team decided the best way to understand the craze would be to buy one ourselves.
  
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• Italian ex-prime minister Enrico Letta elected to lead Democratic party

  14-03-2021 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Letta to lead second largest party in Draghi government as Giuseppe Conte in talks to lead Five Star MovementA former Italian prime minister, Enrico Letta, has been elected leader of the centre-left Democratic party (PD), the second largest party in Mario Draghi’s government, as another former prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, was in talks to become leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S), its largest.Letta takes over from Nicola Zingaretti, who abruptly quit the party’s leadership earl
  
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• Hot mic catches high school basketball announcer's racist slurs

  14-03-2021 16:20 via cnn.com
  
  Announcer Matt Rowan called members of an Oklahoma high school girls' basketball team the n-word after they knelt for the national anthem.
  
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• Covid death on Isle of Man deals a blow after tough lockdown

  14-03-2021 15:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Manx government has run strict regime to keep island virus-free but isolation exemption for ferry workers causes angerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn Friday, the chief minister of the Isle of Man announced some bad news. A patient in the island’s Noble’s hospital had died from coronavirus, he said, the first Manx Covid death since 5 November.Howard Quayle said he knew the news would “come as a blow” to the Isle of Man’s 85,000 re
  
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• Fauci warns US could follow Italy in placing new restrictions because of variants

  14-03-2021 15:32 via cnn.com
  
  Federal Covid-19 guidelines "will be much more liberal" by the Fourth of July if US cases drop as more Americans are vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.
  
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• Pelosi says women should be believed but stops short of calling for Cuomo's resignation

  14-03-2021 15:26 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview Sunday morning that women should be believed but stopped short of calling for New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation amid sexual harassment allegations against him.
  
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• Fauci: US guidelines will loosen by July 4th if cases go down

  14-03-2021 15:25 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN's Jake Tapper that federal Covid-19 guidelines "will be much more liberal" by the Fourth of July if US cases drop as more Americans are vaccinated.
  
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• Dr. Fauci says US guidelines will loosen by July 4th if cases go down

  14-03-2021 15:25 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN's Jake Tapper that federal Covid-19 guidelines "will be much more liberal" by the Fourth of July if US cases drop as more Americans are vaccinated.
  
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• Asma al-Assad risks loss of British citizenship as she faces possible terror charges

  14-03-2021 15:20 via theguardian.com
  
  It is alleged Bashar al-Assad’s wife’s support of Syrian army implicates her in its crimes
  The British wife of Syria’s ruler, Bashar al-Assad, is facing possible terrorism charges and the loss of her British citizenship after the Metropolitan police opened a preliminary investigation into claims she has incited, aided and encouraged war crimes by Syrian government forces.Asma al-Assad, 45, who was born and educated in London before becoming Syria’s first lady in 2000, is
  
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• We must defend against the cyber threats facing our global financial systems

  14-03-2021 15:13 via cnn.com
  
  Today, the assessment that a major cyber attack poses a threat to financial stability is axiomatic— not a question of if, but when. Yet the world's governments and companies continue to struggle to contain the threat because it remains unclear who is responsible for protecting the system.
  
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• Breonna Taylor rally demands justice on first anniversary of her death

  14-03-2021 15:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds gather in Louisville chanting ‘no justice, no peace’ for Black woman shot by police in her apartmentBreonna Taylor family has continued its call for justice as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Louisville to mark the one year anniversary of her death.“Eyes are on Louisville, Kentucky, today so let’s show America what community looks like,” said Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin, who wore her niece’s emergency medical technician jacket. C
  
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• Readers reply: is the world getting smellier?

  14-03-2021 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhen you spray perfume, there’s a smell, but then it dissipates. But surely if everyone is spraying perfume, and making other smells, the world must be accumulating smells. Does the world in general have an odour? And is it getting more potent?
  Jade Bulteel, ShropshireSend new questions to [email protected]. Conti
  
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• Going through the motions: the rise and rise of stool-gazing

  14-03-2021 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Locked down and worrying about our wellbeing, more and more of us have been looking for clues in what we leave in the toilet. Are we wasting our time?
  I was minding my own business on a lockdown walk when I saw the advert on the side of a bus shelter. It featured seven shiny pink shapes. Were those sex toys, I wondered, interspersed with puddles of Angel Delight? Only when I read the captions (“The smooth criminal, the smashed avo, the poonami; London, how do you poo?”) did I realise
  
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• Dr. Fauci: If we can do this, we'll blunt Covid-19's evolution

  14-03-2021 14:57 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN's Jake Tapper the US is going in the right direction for Covid-19 cases, but if the country pulls back on public health measures at this vulnerable time, we risk a surge similar to that of Italy.
  
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• Ireland suspends AstraZeneca Covid vaccine over blood clot concerns

  14-03-2021 14:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Deployment of Oxford vaccine temporarily deferred after latest reports from NorwayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIreland is suspending use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as a precautionary measure following further reports of blood clots in people who have received it, this time from Norway.The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, said Ireland’s advisory body on vaccines had recommended that deployment of the AstraZeneca jab should
  
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• London police chief faces calls to resign after officers' heavy-handed approach at Sarah Everard vigil

  14-03-2021 14:35 via cnn.com
  
  • London police forcibly break up vigil for Sarah Everard
  
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• London officers were criticized for their heavy-handed approach at Sarah Everard vigil

  14-03-2021 14:35 via cnn.com
  
  • London police forcibly break up vigil for Sarah Everard
  
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• Ireland halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine following blood clot reports in Norway

  14-03-2021 14:15 via cnn.com
  
  Ireland temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday following a report from Norway of patients developing blood clots post inoculation.
  
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• The place where George Floyd died is a now sacred space and a battleground

  14-03-2021 14:14 via cnn.com
  
  First you see the barricades -- traffic cones, graffitied concrete Jersey barriers and a metal frame that resembles a bike rack.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Meghan Markle and Queen sparks outrage

  14-03-2021 13:53 via cnn.com
  
  French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has prompted outrage after releasing a cartoon depicting the UK's Queen Elizabeth kneeling on the neck of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, invoking the death of George Floyd.
  
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• Caris LeVert admits 'gratefulness' following NBA return 46 days after surgery to remove cancerous mass

  14-03-2021 13:32 via cnn.com
  
  Caris LeVert made his return to NBA action on Saturday night after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous mass on his kidney almost two months ago.
  
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