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• US lifts Trump administration's sanctions on top ICC prosecutor

  02-04-2021 23:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Mike Pompeo had imposed sanctions and refused visas after Fatou Bensouda launched investigation into alleged war crimes The United States have lifted sanctions and a travel ban imposed by Donald Trump’s administration on the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, calling for a more cooperative relationship.The former secretary of state Mike Pompeo last year imposed sanctions and refused visas for the outgoing prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, after she launched an investigation into
  
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• Deserted islands: Pacific resorts struggle to survive a year without tourists

  02-04-2021 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Algae-filled pools and shuttered hotel windows are a reminder that Covid-19 is not just a public health problemOf the handful of countries in the world that managed to stay completely Covid-free, almost all were islands in the South Pacific.Most Pacific countries – protected by their remoteness and their governments’ decisions to close their borders – have kept their case numbers very low, with some notable exceptions, including French Polynesia, which restarted international t
  
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• 'This one hurts': CNN producer remembers fallen Capitol officer

  02-04-2021 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  CNN producer Kristin Wilson describes William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year US Capitol Police veteran who was killed during an attack on the US Capitol.
  
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• U.S. Capitol Police officer dies after attacker rammed car into checkpoint; suspect also dead

  02-04-2021 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The slain officer, William Evans, was an 18-year-veteran of the force and a member of the Capitol Division’s First Responder’s Unit.
  
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• Seeing stones: pandemic reveals Palantir's troubling reach in Europe

  02-04-2021 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Covid has given Peter Thiel’s secretive US tech company new opportunities to operate in Europe in ways some campaigners find worryingThe 24 March, 2020 will be remembered by some for the news that Prince Charles tested positive for Covid and was isolating in Scotland. In Athens it was memorable as the day the traffic went silent. Twenty-four hours into a hard lockdown, Greeks were acclimatising to a new reality in which they had to send an SMS to the government in order to leave the house.
  
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• Officer and suspect dead after attack at US Capitol

  02-04-2021 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol is on lockdown due to an external security threat.
  
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• Demi Lovato's new album is a celebration of starting over

  02-04-2021 23:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Given the subject matter, you might expect an album full of pain and anguish. But she discusses her past lows as if they are in a faraway rearview mirror.
  
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• MLB pulls All-Star Game from Atlanta in protest of restrictive new voting law

  02-04-2021 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The "Midsummer Classic" was going to be played July 13 at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. A new site was not announced.
  
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• Tesla temporarily halts production of its Model S and Model X

  02-04-2021 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla has not built any of its two most expensive cars -- the Model S and Model X -- so far this year.
  
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• CDC says more than 100M in U.S. have gotten one Covid dose

  02-04-2021 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Most of those who have gotten at least one shot are 65 and older.
  
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• See the moment that brought CNN's Don Lemon to tears on air

  02-04-2021 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Don Lemon and Cornell West discuss the Chauvin trial and the death of George Floyd.
  
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• He shot at 'everyone he saw': Atlanta spa workers recount horrors of shooting

  02-04-2021 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  “He didn’t say a word. I think that alone shows how premeditated and bent on a motive he was,” survivor Eunji Lee exclusively told NBC Asian America.
  
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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issues order prohibiting state from issuing 'vaccine passports'

  02-04-2021 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  “It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine,” DeSantis said.
  
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• MLB to move All-Star Game from Georgia over restrictive voting laws

  02-04-2021 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season's All-Star Game and MLB Draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia's recently passed laws that placed new restrictions on voting.
  
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• Ex-lawmaker reacts to Boehner's new bombshells about GOP

  02-04-2021 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Former GOP lawmaker Charlie Dent discusses the revelations in former Republican House Speaker John Boehner's book about the Republican party and Fox News.
  
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• Acting Capitol police chief announces officer has died

  02-04-2021 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  At least one of the two officers injured in an attack near the US Capitol building has died, according to US Capitol Police Acting Chief Yogananda D. Pittman.
  
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• 'Law & Order' Stabler spinoff proves the more things change, the more they stay the same

  02-04-2021 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the premiere ends, Stabler is already breaking the rules (again).
  
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• Attack does not appear to be terrorism-related, police say

  02-04-2021 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol is on lockdown due to an external security threat.
  
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• Why Brown University students say it's time for the school to offer reparations

  02-04-2021 20:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Brown's history with slavery has been known for years, but students now say it's time for the university to do more to address it.
  
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• US Capitol: officer dead after suspect rams car against security barrier – video report

  02-04-2021 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  The US Capitol was put under lockdown after a car reportedly rammed two US Capitol police officers before crashing into a giant concrete barrier outside the complex.The suspect reportedly drove into the barrier and launched an attack with a knife and was shot dead by police. Two officers were taken to two different hospitals and police said one had died from his injuriesUS Capitol: police officer and suspect dead after vehicle rams barrier – liveFull report: one officer and suspect de
  
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• Myanmar junta orders internet blackout as more pro-democracy protesters are detained

  02-04-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  Myanmar's military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice, in what appears to be part of a concerted effort to control communications and messaging in the Southeast Asian country.
  
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• Matt Gaetz's days in politics are likely numbered

  02-04-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  It's been a week for Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz.
  
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• Analysis: Matt Gaetz's days in politics are likely numbered

  02-04-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  It's been a week for Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz.
  
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• Driver exited vehicle brandishing a knife, sources say

  02-04-2021 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol is on lockdown due to an external security threat.
  
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• Regé-Jean Page will not appear in the second season of 'Bridgerton'

  02-04-2021 20:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Regé-Jean Page, who delighted fans in Season 1 of the Netflix show "Bridgerton," will not appear in the show's second season.
  
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• What to know about the risk of blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine

  02-04-2021 20:12 via cnn.com
  
  The UK's medicines regulator has said that at least 30 people in the United Kingdom had experienced rare types of blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but warned it was too early to know whether the shot itself triggered the clots.
  
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• Hunter Biden makes rare comment about seized laptop

  02-04-2021 20:03 via cnn.com
  
  Hunter Biden spoke with CBS News about his addiction struggles and the controversial laptop tied to him during the 2020 campaign season.
  
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• Hear Hunter Biden's rare comment about seized laptop

  02-04-2021 20:03 via cnn.com
  
  Hunter Biden spoke with CBS News about his addiction struggles and the controversial laptop tied to him during the 2020 campaign season.
  
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• Factors this doctor wants you to think about before Easter

  02-04-2021 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Ebony Hilton talks with CNN's Jim Sciutto about the the status of the coronavirus pandemic going into Easter weekend.
  
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• DC Fire spokesman says shooting reported at north barricade of Capitol

  02-04-2021 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol is on lockdown due to an external security threat.
  
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• What people around the world eat for Easter

  02-04-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Honey-glazed ham, garlic mashed potatoes and fluffy dinner rolls might be staples at American Easter meals, but around the world, there are many distinct ways to savor the holiday -- ones that incorporate both local ingredients and unique cultural traditions.
  
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• US Capitol on lockdown due to security threat

  02-04-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  The US Capitol is on lockdown after Capitol police say a suspect rammed two officers with a car.
  
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• Rappers Quavo and Saweetie break silence on elevator dispute

  02-04-2021 19:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  In separate statements, the pair said they have moved past the "unfortunate" incident.
  
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• 'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah pleads not guilty to fraud, bond set at $1 million

  02-04-2021 19:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Shah's $1 million bond is required to be secured by $250,000 cash or property.
  
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• Historian David Olusoga joins academic criticism of No 10's race report

  02-04-2021 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Broadcaster says report seems to want to brush history under the carpet, as others attack ‘distorted’ use of research
  One of Britain’s foremost historians of slavery has accused the authors of a controversial racial disparities report commissioned by Downing Street of giving the impression they would prefer “history to be swept under the carpet”.Broadcaster David Olusoga, professor of public history at Manchester University, made the comments in an article for the G
  
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• 'Astounding testimony': CNN analyst reacts to Minneapolis police officer's statement

  02-04-2021 19:21 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Laura Coates reacts to the testimony given by Minneapolis Lt. Richard Zimmerman in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd.
  
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• 'Totally unnecessary': Senior officer testifies against Chauvin in murder trial

  02-04-2021 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for."
  
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• For a week, all eyes were on the Suez. Here's the story of how it was unblocked.

  02-04-2021 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  While the world marveled at the skyscraper-size vessel, it was local workers and tugboat captains who toiled through sleepless nights to free the ship.
  
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• 'Opportunity is coming': Joe Biden celebrates latest jobs report – video

  02-04-2021 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden has encouraged Americans to ‘buckle down’ as coronavirus cases rise but he was optimistic on the state of the economy and celebrated the latest jobs report.The US economy added 916,000 jobs last month according to the report which Biden credited to the resiliency of the American people and his administration’s new economic visionUS politics – live updates Continue reading...
  
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• CDC: The fully vaccinated can resume travel

  02-04-2021 18:49 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE: Sports events to reopen in UK
  
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• For the first time, scientists find X-rays coming from Uranus

  02-04-2021 18:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Uranus, about four times the diameter of Earth, is the seventh planet from the sun and has two sets of rings around its equator.
  
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• Top homicide detective testifies that Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd was 'totally unnecessary'

  02-04-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Minneapolis Police Department's top homicide detective testified at the murder trial of the former officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck last May that "if your knee is on someone's neck -- that could kill them."
  
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• Top homicide detective gives potentially devastating testimony at Chauvin trial

  02-04-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Minneapolis Police Department's top homicide detective testified at the murder trial of the former officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck last May that "if your knee is on someone's neck -- that could kill them."
  
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• Regé-Jean Page will not appear in 'Bridgerton' Season 2

  02-04-2021 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  That scream you may have heard are the fans of Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings.
  
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• White House tells Democratic investigators it no longer has Trump White House Capitol attack documents

  02-04-2021 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  The White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then President Donald Trump's top aides in the lead up to, and on the day of, the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
  
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• Olympian and his brother found guilty in $152 million cocaine plot

  02-04-2021 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  Australian Olympic kayaker Nathan Baggaley and his brother Dru have been found guilty of trying to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine valued at more than $150 million into the country in 2018, CNN affiliate Nine News reported.
  
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• Tiananmen Square watch withdrawn from controversial sale by auction house

  02-04-2021 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  An English luxury auction house has withdrawn a commemorative watch given to a Chinese soldier following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre after its vendor received threats on social media.
  
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• Boy makes 68 million-year-old discovery on hike

  02-04-2021 18:15 via cnn.com
  
  An eighth grader in Colorado found a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth while out on a hike and turned the tooth over to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
  
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• CNN anchor: I can't repeat on TV what US Rep. Gaetz's colleagues are telling me

  02-04-2021 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dana Bash and Nia-Malika Henderson explain why Republican colleagues of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) are not rallying to his defense as Federal investigators look into his relationships with young women.
  
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• Fully vaccinated people can travel in U.S. without tests or quarantines, CDC says

  02-04-2021 18:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ultimately, the guidance may do little, as people are already traveling extensively nationwide.
  
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