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• Tapper asks Gupta: What are the chances people can still be rescued alive?

  25-06-2021 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the likelihood that rescuers could still find survivors in the rubble almost 40 hours after a condo partially collapsed in Florida.
  
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• New 'Fast & Furious' sequel is exactly as eyeroll-inducing as you'd expect

  25-06-2021 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Whether you like the ninth installment will depend on whether you liked the seventh and eighth — in other words, hell yeah or yeah right.
  
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• An investigation is underway into the arrest of two US siblings that was caught on video

  25-06-2021 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  After a video was shared on social media showing the arrests Wednesday of two siblings by police in Rock Hill, South Carolina, state law enforcement officials are looking into the circumstances which have sparked two nights of protests.
  
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• Alan Cumming on why he wishes the Pride movement didn't need to exist

  25-06-2021 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Actor, writer and director Alan Cumming and Anderson Cooper discuss the Pride movement. Watch "Full Circle" Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6p E.T.
  
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• Frenchwoman who killed abusive husband walks out free after sentencing

  25-06-2021 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors Friday.
  
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• Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd

  25-06-2021 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison.
  
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• Video shows collapse of Miami-area condo building

  25-06-2021 23:23
  
  A film shows the moment an apartment block in Miami-Dade in Florida suddenly caved in. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after the partial collapse of the beachside building, and four people have already been confirmed dead.Miami-Dade's mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, noted on Friday that rescue officials were still searching for survivors more than 24 hours after the building collapsed early on ThursdayMiami condo collapse: death toll rises to four with more than 150 unaccounted for Contin
  
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• Opinion: Why Chauvin's sentence doesn't resolve things for me

  25-06-2021 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  A chapter in American history closed Friday, with Derek Chauvin receiving a sentence of 270 months, or 22.5 years, for the murder of George Floyd. While Chauvin has a right to appeal both his conviction and his sentence, Friday's proceeding, at least in part, brings the case to a symbolic ending point, and provides perhaps a measure of closure.
  
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• Biden: Chauvin sentence 'seems to be appropriate'

  25-06-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said on Friday that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin's 22-year sentence for the murder of George Floyd "seems to be appropriate" after being informed of the decision by reporters.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani is in big trouble

  25-06-2021 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  In a carefully reasoned and evidence-packed decision, a New York State appellate court suspended Rudy Giuliani's law license this week. The court found that Giuliani engaged in so many clearly unethical actions while seeking to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election on behalf of his client Donald Trump, that immediate action was necessary to protect the public.
  
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• Why the Pentagon UFO report is deeply troubling for US security experts

  25-06-2021 23:04
  
  ‘If something’s out there, let’s seek it out, and it is probably a foreign power,’ says chair of Senate foreign relations committeeIf the idea that we are being visited by aliens seems too much to contemplate, the thesis that the extraordinary-looking craft are the work of terrestrial adversaries seems only slightly less far-fetched – and at the same time, deeply troubling for US security experts.In pressing for the Pentagon’s UFO report to be published, congr
  
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• Condo collapse presents another challenge: Identifying the victims

  25-06-2021 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  DNA swabs were taken from family members of missing loved ones. "DNA testing will become an invaluable tool," one expert said.
  
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• Pancake collapses: What they are and why they're dangerous

  25-06-2021 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  It's still not fully clear what caused an oceanfront condo tower in Surfside, Florida, to partially collapse, sending some units in the 12-story building plummeting to the ground.
  
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• US intelligence community releases long-awaited UFO report

  25-06-2021 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  The US intelligence community on Friday released its long-awaited report on what it knows about a series of mysterious flying objects that have been seen moving through restricted military airspace over the last several decades.
  
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• 'A punch in the gut': Van Jones' immediate reaction to sentencing

  25-06-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Van Jones reacts to former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin being sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Under Minnesota law Chauvin will have to serve two-thirds of his sentence in prison (15 years), ​and he will be eligible for supervised release for the other 7 and a half years.
  
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• Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 and a half years for murder of George Floyd – video

  25-06-2021 22:27
  
  Judge Peter Cahill has sentenced Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck until he died, to 22 and half years in prison.The judge acknowledged 'the deep and tremendous pain' felt by the Floyd family and others, but he said the sentence was not based on public opinionJudge hands down sentence to former Minneapolis police officerFirst Thing: sign up to the Guardian’s daily US newsletter Continue reading...
  
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• Members of Floyd's family gave statements before the former officer was sentenced. Prosecutors had asked for more time in prison.

  25-06-2021 22:19 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Chauvin's motion for new trial is denied hours before sentencing
  
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• Derek Chauvin's sentence does nothing to address the real problem

  25-06-2021 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  It is pure folly to believe that we can rely on the mechanisms of the criminal legal system to eradicate police violence.
  
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• See Derek Chauvin sentenced for murder of George Floyd

  25-06-2021 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, second degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the 2020 death of George Floyd.
  
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• How do we stop the plunder of the Pacific? A panel of experts give their solutions

  25-06-2021 22:00
  
  From education to legal reform, at the close of the Guardian’s Pacific Plunder series, leading Pacific thinkers offer solutionsOver the last month, the Guardian has run a major investigative series examining the extractives industries – mining, logging, fishing and the nascent industry of deep-sea mining – in the Pacific. Among the stories of environmental devastation and social harm are also stories of Pacific communities taking control of their resources and succeeding in res
  
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• German police: Several killed in knife attack in Wuerzburg

  25-06-2021 21:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack on Friday in the Bavarian town of Wuerzburg, 
  
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• Collapsed Florida condo showed 'subsidence' in 1990s, researcher says

  25-06-2021 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  Shimon Wdowinski, a professor with Florida International University's Institute of Environment, said that the Champlain Towers South condo building showed signs of subsidence in the 1990s, according to a study last year. While Wdowinski said this sinking alone would likely not cause the condo's collapse, he said it could be a contributing factor.
  
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• Floyd's daughter gives impact statement at Chauvin's sentencing

  25-06-2021 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd's daughter Gianna gives her impact statement at the sentencing trial of Derek Chauvin.
  
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• Chauvin watches as Floyd's young daughter gives statement

  25-06-2021 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  George Floyd's daughter Gianna gives her impact statement at the sentencing trial of Derek Chauvin.
  
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• Trudeau says Canadians ‘horrified and ashamed’ of forced assimilation

  25-06-2021 21:14
  
  • PM responds to discovery of graves at Indigenousschools• Trudeau stops short of ordering national investigationJustin Trudeau has said that Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government’s longtime policy of forcing Indigenous children to attend boarding schools where nearly 1,000 unmarked graves have now been discovered – but stopped short of launching a national investigation.An estimated 751 unmarked graves were recently discovered on the grounds
  
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• What happened to beating heart cells sent to space can help save patients

  25-06-2021 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  When SpaceX's 20th resupply mission lifted off to the International Space Station in March 2020, beating heart cells were along for the ride.
  
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• These beating heart cells went to space. This is how they could save patients

  25-06-2021 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  When SpaceX's 20th resupply mission lifted off to the International Space Station in March 2020, beating heart cells were along for the ride.
  
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• Trump Organization facing possible criminal charges, sources say

  25-06-2021 20:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  A lawyer for the former president's company called the possible impending charges "completely outrageous."
  
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• Trump Organization could face criminal charges in New York as soon as next week

  25-06-2021 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  The Manhattan district attorney's office has informed lawyers for the Trump Organization that it could face criminal charges in connection with benefits it has provided to company employees, a person familiar with the matter said.
  
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• Palestinians demand end to Abbas presidency after activist dies during 'brutal beating'

  25-06-2021 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  Large demonstrations are being held across the West Bank calling for an end to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Presidency of Mahmoud Abbas, after the funeral of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who died while in the custody of PA security forces on Thursday morning.
  
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• Several people killed and injured after knife attack in German town, police say

  25-06-2021 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  Several people were killed and injured in a knife attack in the German city of Wurzburg, the district police of Lower Franconia tweeted on Friday.
  
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• He ran for president in Uganda and lost. Now he's under house arrest

  25-06-2021 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Zain Asher speaks with Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, who ran for president in January 2021 and lost to President Yoweri Museveni. Museveni claimed he had been re-elected for a sixth term despite widespread allegations of fraud and intimidation.
  
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• How to prioritize women in the global recovery from Covid-19

  25-06-2021 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of U.N. Women, talks about the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on women and where to go from here.
  
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• Three aid workers found dead in Tigray, says Médecins Sans Frontières

  25-06-2021 20:09
  
  MSF says it condemns attack on colleagues ‘in strongest possible terms’ after bodies found near carThree aid workers who had been working in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have bee found dead, their organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, announced on Friday.MSF said it had lost contact with the workers while they were traveling on Thursday afternoon. Their bodies were found near their empty car this morning. Continue reading...
  
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• GB News launched two weeks ago. An anchor is already taking a break

  25-06-2021 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  An anchor for GB News, a newly-launched TV channel in Britain that has been compared to Fox News in the US, said he is taking a break after just two weeks on the job.
  
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• Cubans are risking everything to enter the US

  25-06-2021 19:34 via cnn.com
  
  The four Cuban migrants stepped off the US Coast Guard cutter blinking and looking dazed under the blazing Caribbean sun. They risked their lives to cross the Florida Straits to go to the United States, only to be stopped at sea and returned to Cuba.
  
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• Hancock admits kiss broke social distance guidance

  25-06-2021 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson stands by the health secretary after calls for him to be sacked over affair with colleague.
  
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• Abdullah: Taliban takeover 'impossible' in Afghanistan

  25-06-2021 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Despite Taliban gains on the ground, leading Afghan official Abdullah Abdullah tells Bianna Golodryga the ousting of the democratically elected government in Kabul will not happen.
  
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• US Justice Department sues Georgia over election laws

  25-06-2021 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Democrats have likened the new voting restrictions to racist policies of the US 20th century.
  
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• Widow seeks 'thorough' investigation into John McAfee death

  25-06-2021 18:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The widow of John McAfee, the British-American tycoon who died in a Spanish prison this week while awaiting extradition to the United States, on Friday demanded a “thorough investigation” of his death, saying her husband did not appear suicidal when they last spoke.
  
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• Mercedes driver Bottas receives grid penalty for pit lane spin

  25-06-2021 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas is handed a three-place grid penalty at the Styrian Grand Prix for spinning in the pit lane in practice.
  
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• Rare tornado sweeps through villages in Europe

  25-06-2021 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  At least five people have been killed and dozens injured after a tornado hit several villages in southeast Czech Republic, according to local police and emergency services.
  
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• Journalist tells viewers on live TV that he hasn't been paid

  25-06-2021 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  A TV journalist alleged that he and his colleagues had not been paid by their network employers -- live on air.
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader gets first dose of homegrown vaccine as Covid plans falter

  25-06-2021 18:37
  
  Queues for any jab grow with only 2% of Iranians vaccinated and fifth wave breakingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday received the first dose of a domestically produced coronavirus vaccine, as many other elderly Iranians queued at 5am in the hope of receiving any jab.Khamenei, wearing a surgical mask and a black turban and sitting under a picture of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruholl
  
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• Iran's Supreme Leader gets Iranian-developed vaccine

  25-06-2021 18:27 via cnn.com
  
  Iran's Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei received his first dose of the Iranian-developed Covid-19 vaccine​ known as the CovIran Barekat vaccine.
  
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• Iran's Supreme Leader get Iranian-developed vaccine

  25-06-2021 18:27 via cnn.com
  
  Iran's Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei received his first dose of the Iranian-developed Covid-19 vaccine​ known as the CovIran Barekat vaccine.
  
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• Scientists hail stunning 'Dragon Man' discovery

  25-06-2021 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese researchers unveil an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of human.
  
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• Miami condo collapse should be 'a real awakening' for coastal communities, experts say

  25-06-2021 18:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Forty-year-old buildings don’t just collapse, and there’s a whole series of them lining up and down the coast,” said the head of a real estate market analysis company.
  
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• Nine-year-old Flora Rider scoops world marmalade title

  25-06-2021 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flora is crowned Best in Show for her preserve, which she describes as a "little pot of sunshine".
  
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• Katty Kay: How 100 days turned into five years of fun

  25-06-2021 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katty Kay leaves the BBC after nearly three decades of service, including five years on Beyond 100 Days.
  
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