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• 'Trojan Footprint' training hopes to send powerful message to Russia

  11-05-2021 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Alex Marquardt reports as CNN gets exclusive access to military exercises being conducted by US troops in conjunction with Eastern European forces as tensions with Russia rise.
  
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• See exclusive look at US troops training European forces

  11-05-2021 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Alex Marquardt reports as CNN gets exclusive access to military exercises being conducted by US troops in conjunction with Eastern European forces as tensions with Russia rise.
  
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• Former star college quarterback Colt Brennan dies at 37

  11-05-2021 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Former standout college quarterback Colt Brennan died this week in a California hospital, his family confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Israel ramps up airstrikes amid barrage of rockets from Gaza

  11-05-2021 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on escalating rocket fire as Palestinian militants in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, which in turn ramped up airstrikes on the coastal enclave, as unrest spread to cities and towns beyond Jerusalem.
  
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• Anti-Asian hate incident reports nearly doubled in March, new data says

  11-05-2021 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Among several factors including increased awareness around the issue, the country’s continued opening up as restrictions lifted could have had an impact on the Asian American population, an expert said.
  
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• James Charles accuses former employee of 'blackmail'

  11-05-2021 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Charles went silent on social media last month after a sexting scandal allegedly involving underage boys.
  
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• Liz Cheney plots her long game against Donald Trump

  11-05-2021 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Vote against Cheney is a fateful moment in US history
  
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• The Preakness is marred before a single horse has even taken a stride

  11-05-2021 22:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Every horse, every jockey and every racing fan deserves a sport that is unmarred by the racing industry's dangerous, deadly drug addiction.
  
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• Colombian protest leader dies a week after being shot eight times

  11-05-2021 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Colombian student activist Lucas Villa was declared brain dead Monday night, nearly a week after he was shot eight times at a peaceful protest against President Ivan Duque's government, CNN Espanol reported, citing a statement from San Jorge de Pereira University Hospital where he was being treated.
  
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• NASA spacecraft detects a constant 'hum' deep in the cosmos

  11-05-2021 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has detected a curious and persistent plasma "hum" in interstellar space, beyond the edge of the solar system.
  
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• Israel-Gaza violence: Gaza tower block collapses in Israeli air strike

  11-05-2021 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Militants fired missiles towards the Israeli city of Tel Aviv in retaliation after a tower block in Gaza collapsed in an Israeli air strike.
  
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• Judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy petition

  11-05-2021 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association's petition for bankruptcy, saying it was filed in "bad faith" in order avoid litigation by the New York Attorney General's Office, which has sued to dissolve the NRA for allegedly misusing charitable funds.
  
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• New images of Jupiter reveal some of the planet's mysterious features

  11-05-2021 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Images captured by two different telescopes are showing our solar system's largest planet in a new light.
  
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• Some gas stations run dry as motorists rush to fill their tanks after pipeline shutdown

  11-05-2021 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Americans hoarding gasoline are running the system dry, a system that won’t be able to fully replenish retail stations for perhaps weeks,” one gas analyst said.
  
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• Manchester City wins English Premier League title

  11-05-2021 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester City can finally celebrate becoming the new English Premier League champion after fierce rivals Manchester United lost to Leicester City 2-1 on Tuesday.
  
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• Billie Eilish admits wearing Billie Eilish wig on talk show

  11-05-2021 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Singer Billie Eilish admitted to "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert that she wore a Billie Eilish Halloween wig when she was a guest on his show in February 2021.
  
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• Israel ramps up airstrikes as barrage of rockets from Gaza continues

  11-05-2021 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians escalated further on Tuesday as Palestinian militants in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, which in turn ramped up airstrikes on the coastal enclave, as unrest spread to cities and towns beyond Jerusalem.
  
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• Former model born in Kakuma refugee camp reacts to possible closure

  11-05-2021 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  The Kenyan government wants the United Nations to close the Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps. Somali-American former model and humanitarian Halima Aden, who was born in Kakuma, discusses the potential closure of the camp after three decades.
  
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• SE Cupp: This is a time of reckoning for the airlines -- and air travelers

  11-05-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Political Commentator SE Cupp says the Covid-19 pandemic is bringing necessary scrutiny to both airlines and passengers.
  
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• Why House Republicans are moving to punish Liz Cheney

  11-05-2021 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  If House Republicans vote to purge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as their third-ranking leader in a secret ballot vote Wednesday, it will cement their commitment to the political legacy of former President Donald Trump.
  
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• 'Dangerous' ex-English National Ballet dancer found guilty of sexual assaults

  11-05-2021 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  A "dangerous and predatory" former English National Ballet principal dancer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his teenage students.
  
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• Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci clash over Wuhan lab theory

  11-05-2021 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci sparred with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate hearing on combating the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Seized at Heathrow airport, this ancient looted statue has been returned

  11-05-2021 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  An ancient statue, believed to be looted from Libya during the civil war, has been returned to the country's authorities.
  
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• Ancient looted statue returned to Libya

  11-05-2021 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  An ancient statue, believed to be looted from Libya during the civil war, has been returned to the country's authorities.
  
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• Biden to meet US governors as he pushes $2.3tn infrastructure plan – live

  11-05-2021 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Republicans and Democrats clash over specifics of proposalMitch McConnell says no rollback of Trump-era tax cuts 6.35pm BST Some of the governors participating in Joe Biden’s virtual meeting outlined the unique steps their states have taken to encourage residents to get their coronavirus vaccines.Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, noted her state is providing incentives like free fishing or hunting licenses to the newly vaccinated. 6.25pm BST Meeting with a bipartisan group of
  
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• Coronavirus live news: Belgium to ease most restrictions in June; Americans offered free taxis to vaccination centres

  11-05-2021 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Belgium to relax most measure in June with all restrictions phased out by September; Joe Biden to announce scheme to boost US vaccination programmeScotland: hugs and indoor visits to be allowed from 17 MayUS authorises Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15NHS Covid lab staff hired via pay scheme with tax scam hallmarksExplainer: the deadly ‘black fungus’ seen in Covid patients in IndiaNepal urges climbers to return used oxygen canisters amid Covid crisis 6.22pm BST Wa
  
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• Treasury says slower population growth to ease prices as homebuilder and first-home buyer aid fires up market

  11-05-2021 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Homebuilder likely to boost market, but Treasury says slowing population growth and construction will help cool it in the long termFederal budget 2021 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and Josh Frydenberg’s speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2021 Australia federal budget coverageExtensions to the homebuilder program and subsidies for first home buyers announced in Tuesday’s budget will tip more money into Australia’s already red hot property marke
  
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• Nearly 40% of AstraZeneca investors reject boss’s bonus rise

  11-05-2021 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Covid vaccine maker passes its remuneration policy but suffers sizeable rebellion Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage AstraZeneca has suffered a substantial shareholder rebellion over proposals to hand its its chief executive Pascal Soriot, bigger bonus awards for the second consecutive year.Nearly 40%voted against the policy, which could hand him pay and perks of nearly £18m for 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• It’s too late to save the union, Gordon Brown | Letters

  11-05-2021 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to the former prime minister’s hope for a middle way for Scotland rather than independenceLike Banquo’s ghost, Gordon Brown returns to haunt the independence debate in Scotland (Many Scots don’t want independence, but a more cooperative union, 9 May). And much like said spirit, he has come to represent not salvation but bad portents, because the last time he appeared was with “the vow” to deliver greater autonomy for Scotland within the union, in the
  
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• Helmut Jahn obituary

  11-05-2021 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Architect known for his flamboyant, postmodernist buildings in Chicago, Berlin and cities around the worldStanding on a corner of downtown Chicago as a dazzling rocket ship of mirrored glass and salmon pink steel, the James R Thompson Center, more than any other building, encapsulates the flamboyant oeuvre of the German-American architect Helmut Jahn, who has died aged 81 in a cycling accident. The glitzy government building, originally known as the State of Illinois Center, is a fitting monumen
  
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• It's a boat? It's a plane? No, it's a 'seaglider.' And it goes fast...really fast

  11-05-2021 19:02 via cnn.com
  
  Boston-based REGENT says it's planning to build the first all-electric "seaglider," a ground-effect vehicle with top speeds of 180 mph. The company hopes it will change the future of transportation over water.
  
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• UK diplomat: few signs Taliban willing to engage in peace talks

  11-05-2021 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alison Blake, UK ambassador to Afghanistan, says power-sharing talks are ‘nowhere near where we hoped’There are few signs that the Taliban are willing to engage in peace talks, Alison Blake, the British ambassador to Kabul, has admitted.With the UK joining the US in a military exit from Afghanistan by September, she told a Chatham House conference that the Taliban were engaged in psychological warfare and were ignoring western voices calling for power sharing and a commitment to prot
  
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• Russian-speaking cyber gang threatens release of Washington police data

  11-05-2021 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Babuk group says it will release data unless police raise priceExtortion threat comes amid separate US ransomware attackA Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate that stole data from the Washington DC police department says negotiations over payment have broken down and it will release sensitive information that could put lives at risk if more money is not offered. Related: GCHQ chief: west faces ‘moment of reckoning’ over cybersecurityContinue reading...
  
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• ‘Our children are getting killed’: the human cost of Israel-Gaza violence

  11-05-2021 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  As attacks leave 28 Palestinians and two Israelis dead, residents caught in the fighting share their storiesLying in Gaza’s main hospital and unconscious for most of the night, the patient was unsure who from his family was still alive.Muhammad al-Masri, 22, was in front of his house on Monday night, just before breaking his fast for Ramadan. “I heard the sound of a bombardment coming towards us from the frontier,” he said. Continue reading...
  
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• Ten people shot dead in Ballymurphy were innocent, inquest finds

  11-05-2021 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Report says killings during British army operations in Belfast in 1971 were unjustified Ten people killed in Belfast during a British army operation in 1971 were unarmed, innocent civilians and posed no threat to soldiers, an inquest in Northern Ireland has found.The damning findings in a long-awaited coroner’s report implicated the army in an atrocity to rival Bloody Sunday, potentially galvanising a fresh push to prosecute army veterans. Continue reading...
  
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• Teens share how the pandemic has made their lives harder

  11-05-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Away from her friends and regular routine, London teenager Eesha Parashara developed an eating disorder during the UK's first national lockdown, which began last March.
  
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• Instagram for kids – the social media site no one asked for

  11-05-2021 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Facebook has been busy developing a child-friendly social media platform. But why are US lawmakers so unhappy?
  Name: Instagram for kids.Age: That is very much the question. How old are you? Old enough to be reading this pass notes, I hope. Continue reading...
  
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• Nine dead in school shooting in Kazan, say Russian officials

  11-05-2021 18:16 via theguardian.com
  
  President of Tatarstan republic describes incident as ‘great tragedy for the whole country’Seven students and two staff members were killed on Tuesday in Russia deadliest school shooting in years when a gunman opened fire in the city of Kazan.Rustam Minnikhanov, the president of the Tatarstan republic where Kazan is the capital, said four male and three female eighth-grade students died in “a great tragedy for the whole country”. Minnikhanov’s press service later sa
  
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• Subnautica: Below Zero review — life begins at minus 30

  11-05-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Survive under the waves on a frozen planet in this freeform adventure where following the instinct to explore is the real goal
  I’m planning a trip. I’m going to load my sea truck with provisions, pick a direction and travel as far as I dare before pitching camp on an iceberg. First up, I need to craft a compass; while I’m doing that, I might as well make a bunch of beacons to mark points of interest for later.
  
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• Thirty people dead as Netanyahu vows to intensify Gaza attacks

  11-05-2021 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Medics on both sides put death toll at 28 Palestinians and two Israelis after day of fierce confrontation
  Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to increase the intensity of attacks on Gaza, after a day of ferocious confrontations that left 30 people dead as Israeli jets and Palestinian militants traded airstrikes and rockets.As medics on both sides put the death toll at 28 Palestinians, including 10 children, and two Israelis, the Israeli prime minister said there would be no pause. “It was decided
  
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• McDonald’s and Uber to help encourage vaccine-hesitant Americans

  11-05-2021 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  McDonald’s to promote vaccine information on coffee cups while Uber and Lyft to give free rides to vaccine sitesIncentivising the vaccine-hesitant in America has reached the fast food and ride-share industries.Burger chain McDonald’s has announced it is partnering with the White House to promote vaccination information on its coffee cups. Continue reading...
  
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• What happens when WhatsApp’s new terms start on 15 May?

  11-05-2021 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Messaging app will begin to turn off features until users agree to Facebook’s updated terms of serviceIf you have not agreed to WhatsApp’s controversial new terms of service by 15 May, the app will begin to turn off features until you do, Facebook announced in an update to its FAQ page.At that point, the screen asking users to accept the terms of service set by Facebook, WhatsApp’s parent company, will become permanent, with users needing to click through to directly use WhatsA
  
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• Senior cybersecurity official warns attacks on US are growing more 'sophisticated frequent and aggressive'

  11-05-2021 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  A top Biden administration cybersecurity official warned that cyberattacks on the nation's infrastructure are "growing more sophisticated, frequent and aggressive," at a Tuesday hearing focused on a spate of recent incidents impacting the US.
  
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• Family of Andrew Brown Jr. to view body camera footage of his fatal shooting

  11-05-2021 17:32 via cnn.com
  
  The immediate family of Andrew Brown Jr. will have the chance Tuesday to view police body camera video of Brown's death, following a judge's order that authorized the viewing.
  
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• It’s not just racism and sexism. The Golden Globes have been sunk by sheer stupidity

  11-05-2021 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The preposterous Hollywood Foreign Press Association gravy train might have chugged on for ever if its members had just swallowed their pride and done more for diversityAn investigative report by the Los Angeles Times into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, that notoriously rackety organisation which administers the Golden Globes, has shown an eminently corruptible body drenched in antediluvian attitudes; this has resulted in NBC cancelling its TV coverage of next year’s ceremony and
  
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• Forest the size of France regrown worldwide over 20 years, study finds

  11-05-2021 17:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Nearly 59m hectares of forests have regrown since 2000, showing that regeneration in some places is paying offAn area of forest the size of France has regrown around the world over the past 20 years, showing that regeneration in some places is paying off, a new analysis has found.Nearly 59m hectares of forests have regrown since 2000, the research found, providing the potential to soak up and store 5.9 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide – more than the annual emissions of the entire US. Continue
  
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• Why Rand Paul is still picking fights with Dr. Fauci

  11-05-2021 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) coronavirus rhetoric and his never-ending feud with medical expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.
  
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• Tesla's weak sales in China worry investors

  11-05-2021 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla's recent run of bad publicity in China is apparently hurting its sales there, raising investor concerns.
  
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• Sally Buzbee will be first woman to lead Washington Post as new executive editor

  11-05-2021 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  The Washington Post has selected Sally Buzbee, executive editor and senior vice president at the Associated Press, as its new top editor.
  
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• A slice of pure American folklore goes racing

  11-05-2021 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Take a ramshackle group of racing misfits and some wildly inappropriate machinery, add a couple of finely honed professional athletes, throw in a rivalry that dates back more than a century, top it off with a beer and a cheeseburger, and what do you get?The answer is the King of the Baggers, the wackiest and perhaps most entertaining racing series on any serious racetrack right now.
  
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