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• White headmaster at New York Catholic school placed on leave after telling a Black student to kneel and apologize 'the African way'

  23-03-2021 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has been placed on leave following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month, calling it "the African way" to apologize.
  
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• White headmaster at Catholic school told Black student to kneel and apologize 'the African way'

  23-03-2021 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has been placed on leave following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month, calling it "the African way" to apologize.
  
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• DOJ refers former Capitol riot prosecutor for investigation after '60 Minutes' interview

  23-03-2021 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department has referred former acting Washington US Attorney Michael Sherwin's unapproved interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday about the Capitol riot cases to its Office of Professional Responsibility, a department lawyer said in court on Tuesday.
  
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• Acting Washington US Attorney: 'Unequivocal that Trump was the magnet'

  23-03-2021 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Elie Honig breaks down what it may mean for sedition charges to be levied in the Capitol riot investigation.
  
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• North Korea conducts first weapons test of Biden's presidency

  23-03-2021 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea carried out a weapons test last weekend, launching two projectiles, according to three US officials. The move was widely expected as Kim Jong Un sends a message to the Biden administration about the country's importance in the region.
  
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• Netanyahu's path to victory unclear in Israel's fourth election in two years

  23-03-2021 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Israelis are voting Tuesday in the country's fourth general election in under two years, with no guarantee that this poll will yield a more conclusive result than the previous three.
  
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• Netanyahu's path to victory far from certain in Israel's fourth election in two years

  23-03-2021 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Israelis are voting Tuesday in the country's fourth general election in under two years, with no guarantee that this poll will yield a more conclusive result than the previous three.
  
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• One woman was in a tattoo shop in the same shopping center when she heard about four gunshots. Within minutes, there was chaos.

  23-03-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Live updates: The investigation | Victim info | Gun policy
  
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• NASA's Mars helicopter prepares for first powered flight on another planet

  23-03-2021 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Humanity's first Wright Brothers moment on another planet will happen in April. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first powered flight on Mars no earlier than April 8, according to NASA.
  
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• Volcanic ash shuts down international airport in Guatemala

  23-03-2021 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  Guatemalan authorities have closed Guatemala's international airport as volcanic ash blanketed planes and runways on Tuesday.
  
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• Exit polls suggest Netanyahu doing well but election too close to call

  23-03-2021 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  Israelis are voting Tuesday in the country's fourth general election in under two years, with no guarantee that this poll will yield a more conclusive result than the previous three.
  
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• 'So stupid': Tapper reacts to GOP senator's gun control remark

  23-03-2021 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) compared mass shootings to drunk driving incidents at a Senate hearing on gun violence following the deadly shooting in Boulder, Colorado. CNN's Jake Tapper reacts.
  
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• 'It's so stupid': Tapper reacts to GOP senator's gun control remark

  23-03-2021 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) compared mass shootings to drunk driving incidents at a Senate hearing on gun violence following the deadly shooting in Boulder, Colorado. CNN's Jake Tapper reacts.
  
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• Author: Here's why I'm hopeful about gun reform

  23-03-2021 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Christiane Amanpour talks to journalist and author Dave Cullen about the recent mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, and the possibility of gun reform.
  
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• Shop worker and a cop among dead in US shooting

  23-03-2021 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A policeman with seven children and a 25-year-old grocery manager are among the 10 victims.
  
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• North Korea fired missiles after US military exercises with South Korea

  23-03-2021 21:35 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  North Korea fired off short-range missiles over the weekend after it denounced the U.S. for moving forward with joint military exercises with South Korea, Fox News has confirmed. 
  
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• Boris Johnson says UK will be dealing with the fallout of the pandemic for decades – video

  23-03-2021 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister Boris Johnson said the coronavirus pandemic ‘is something that we will all remember and be dealing with in different ways – certainly in my case – for as long as I live’, adding that ‘the single biggest false assumption’ made early on was misunderstanding the risk of asymptomatic transmission. Speaking during the same briefing, the chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said it was unlikely that Covid-19 would ever be completely eradica
  
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• Ted Cruz accuses Democrats of 'ridiculous theater' after shootings

  23-03-2021 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Manu Raju reports on the Senate Judiciary Committee holding a hearing on steps to reduce gun violence in America.
  
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• Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free

  23-03-2021 21:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  According to the Health Ministry, Campohermoso county - which consists of the town and surrounding farms and villages - is one of just two counties in the country that are COVID-19-free. Colombia has more than 1,100 counties.
  
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• Supreme Court to discuss case that could expand Second Amendment rights

  23-03-2021 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  When Supreme Court justices meet behind closed doors Friday, a conference that comes three days after the country's latest mass shooting, they are scheduled to discuss whether to add a blockbuster issue to the docket for next term: the scope of the Second Amendment.
  
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• Hear witnesses recount how the Colorado supermarket shooting unfolded

  23-03-2021 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Ten people, including a police officer, are dead after a mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. Listen to witnesses recount the moment the shooting began.
  
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• Analysis: How kids have become mass-shooter 'profilers' -- and why we should listen to them

  23-03-2021 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  We could have used a period of grace between traumas. Humans are not prepared to blend the sweeping damage of a pandemic with the pointed fear of gun violence. We need a breath, a celebration, a note of hope. There is good news to be had, if only about rising vaccination rates.
  
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• Cox's Bazar fire: ‘I wanted to save them even if I died doing so’

  23-03-2021 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A photographer tells how he desperately tried to save the Rohingya refugees caught in a massive fire.
  
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• This digital home might cost more than your actual home

  23-03-2021 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  "Mars House" is the latest sale in the NFT craze, a fully virtual home that has gone for $512,000.
  
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• Concern raised about AstraZeneca vaccine data in unusual statement by review board

  23-03-2021 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  In an unusual statement released early Tuesday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the independent board that reviews data from multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates has raised concerns about AstraZeneca's announcement of efficacy data from its vaccine trial.
  
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• Prince Harry has a new job

  23-03-2021 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  Prince Harry has officially arrived in California.
  
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• Putin gets Covid vaccine behind closed doors

  23-03-2021 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  • Trial review board raises concerns about AstraZeneca vaccine data• Live updates: AstraZeneca stands by US trial results after expert group's concern
  • Germany to go into hard lockdown
  
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• Hundreds of people missing after Rohingya refugee camp fire

  23-03-2021 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 15 people killed as blaze spread across Bangladesh camp of about 124,000 refugees from MyanmarHundreds of people are missing with at least 15 confirmed dead, including three children, after a fire tore through a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.The toll was exacerbated by barbed wire fencing that caged refuges into areas of the sprawling Balukhali camp that were going up in flames, aid workers said. Continue reading...
  
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• Priyanka Chopra says she dismissed Nick Jonas early on

  23-03-2021 19:16 via cnn.com
  
  Oprah Winfrey interviewed actress and producer Priyanka Chopra about her relationship and fairytale wedding with musician Nick Jonas.
  
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• World's first digital NFT house sells for $500,000

  23-03-2021 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  Having spent so much time at home over the last year, many people are craving a change in their surroundings.
  
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• Israel voting in elections as Netanyahu's fate is in the air

  23-03-2021 19:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country's fourth parliamentary election in two years — a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 
  
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• British artist's giant painting raises £45m for children's charities

  23-03-2021 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British artist Sacha Jafri spent eight months creating the work in isolation in a hotel ballroom.
  
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• What it will take to free two Canadians detained in China for more than two years

  23-03-2021 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  From her home in Toronto, Vina Nadjibulla fields hundreds of emails, texts, and phone calls, all about the only person she really wants to hear from.
  
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• What it will take to free two Canadians detained in China

  23-03-2021 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  From her home in Toronto, Vina Nadjibulla fields hundreds of emails, texts, and phone calls, all about the only person she really wants to hear from.
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer: Reasonable people wouldn't believe my election fraud claims

  23-03-2021 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer argues that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims

  23-03-2021 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.
  
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• Hundreds of people missing after fire in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh – video

  23-03-2021 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 15 people have been killed and another 400 are missing after a fire tore through Balukhali camp near Cox’s Bazar late on Monday. More than 17,000 shelters were destroyed, leaving 45,000 people displaced. Emergency services, volunteers and Red Cross staff worked for several hours to control the blaze. The camp houses about 124,000 people, although the surrounding area shelters approximately 1 million Rohingya refugeesHundreds of people missing after Rohingya refugee camp fire Conti
  
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• Haiti elections minister teases new gender rule for parliament

  23-03-2021 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  Everyone seems to agree that Haiti needs change. The question of how to get there is tearing the country apart.
  
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• A young grocery store manager. A father of seven. They were among the victims in Boulder

  23-03-2021 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Rikki Olds was a vivacious, strong, and independent young woman who worked as a front-end manager at a King Soopers grocery store.
  
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• UN investigator says top Saudi official issued death threat against her for role in Khashoggi probe

  23-03-2021 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  A top Saudi official issued a death threat against Agnès Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur behind the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Callamard's office.
  
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• UN investigator says Saudi official threatened her life for role in Khashoggi probe

  23-03-2021 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  A top Saudi official issued a death threat against Agnès Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur behind the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Callamard's office.
  
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• Dr. Fauci: 'Unforced error' on AstraZeneca vaccine data may create doubt

  23-03-2021 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci said an AstraZeneca news release may have contained misleading information about its Covid-19 vaccine efficacy — "an unforced error" that may create doubt about what is likely a good vaccine.
  
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• Biden pushes House-passed gun reforms

  23-03-2021 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said Tuesday he would do everything in his power to keep Americans safe following the latest mass shooting in Colorado and pushed a pair of House-passed gun reforms, including a universal background checks measure and an assault weapons ban.
  
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• Australia floods: Stranded bride airlifted to wedding

  23-03-2021 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian bride had to be airlifted to her wedding after discovering her family home had been cut off by floods overnight.
  
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• Dolphins take a swim up Venice's Grand Canal

  23-03-2021 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  Two dolphins have been spotted swimming up Venice's Grand Canal, and around Giudecca island. They were escorted out of the Venetian lagoon and back to the Adriatic.
  
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• A charismatic grocery store manager. A heroic officer. They were among the victims in Boulder

  23-03-2021 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  Rikki Olds was a vivacious, strong, and independent young woman who worked as a front-end manager at a King Soopers grocery store.
  
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• See how the UK marked a year since its first lockdown

  23-03-2021 17:44 via cnn.com
  
  On March 23, the UK marked one year since its first lockdown. Britons marked the occasion with a moment of silence: A small step in coming to grips with the unimaginable loss, and change to all of our lives. CNN's Phil Black reports.
  
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• Banksy painting celebrating nurses as superheroes sells for record sum

  23-03-2021 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  A painting by the artist Banksy honoring UK healthcare workers has set a new record for the artist, selling for £16.7 million ($23.1 million) at Christie's in London.
  
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• Pumped up Jimmy Fallon welcomes back live audience

  23-03-2021 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  A live studio audience returned to the set of the "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" for the first time in over a year.
  
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• What we know about the mass shooting suspect

  23-03-2021 17:16 via cnn.com
  
  Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was identified by authorities Tuesday as the gunman who opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado, killing 10 people, including a Boulder police officer.
  
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