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• Terrifying video shows rocks toppling down mountain in India

  25-07-2021 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  At least nine people are dead and another three are injured after a landslide in northern India sent rocks careening down a mountain near the Sangla Valley.
  
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• Meteor lights up the night in Norway

  25-07-2021 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  An "unusually large" meteor illuminated the night sky over southern Scandinavia early Sunday morning before at least some of it came rumbling down near Oslo, the capital of Norway.
  
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• Tucker Carlson confronted at Montana fishing shop, called the 'worst human being'

  25-07-2021 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Montana man accused the Fox News host of killing people with vaccine misinformation and supporting "extreme racism."
  
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• The threat November 2022 poses to Biden

  25-07-2021 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  The first midterms for US presidents usually don't go well. Other than a handful of exceptions, the party of the person in the White House does poorly. In years such as 1994, Republicans took control of Congress during the Bill Clinton administration. In other cases, such as in 2002 or 2018, losing one chamber has been sufficient to change the political dynamic in Washington. As former President Barack Obama commented in 2010, when Republicans took control of the House following the fallout from
  
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• Robert Moses, civil rights activist and education advocate, has died at 86

  25-07-2021 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  "What a brilliant, conscious, compassionately active human being," tweeted the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in response to Moses' death.
  
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• A Georgia university clears account balances to help students during pandemic

  25-07-2021 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  An Atlanta university says it is clearing student account balances for spring 2020 through summer 2021 to help students continue their education through the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Liz Cheney's role on Jan. 6 committee grows after GOP pulls participation

  25-07-2021 21:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democrats working with the Wyoming representative have high praise for her work as the committee’s lone Republican.
  
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• North Koreans and their families in the US have waited 70 years for a reunion

  25-07-2021 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  Michael Roh remembers the tears that rolled down his grandmother's face as she watched former President Donald Trump meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on TV.
  
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• Rebecca Hendin on the continuing spread of Covid variants – cartoon

  25-07-2021 21:00
  
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• Pelosi appoints Kinzinger to 1/6 House select committee

  25-07-2021 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she has appointed GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to the House select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, bolstering the Republican presence on the panel after GOP leadership pulled its appointees last week.
  
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• US men's basketball's first Olympic loss since 2004

  25-07-2021 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  France beat the US men's basketball team 83-76 at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, ending Team USA's 25-game Olympic winning streak that dates back to 2004.
  
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• Carl Bernstein: Trump is our own American war criminal

  25-07-2021 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein says we have to look at former President Donald Trump in a different context and calls Trump America's "own war criminal" that we've never seen before.
  
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• Pelosi appoints Republican Rep. Kinzinger to committee to investigate Capitol attack

  25-07-2021 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she has appointed GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to the House select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
  
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• Ohio House primary reveals Democratic divides that could play out across the 2022 midterm map

  25-07-2021 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  A congressional primary in Ohio is revealing the generational and ideological fissures in the Democratic Party that have been largely hidden in the early months of Joe Biden's presidency -- but could burst into full view as the midterm elections approach.
  
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• Ohio House primary reveals Democratic divides that could play out across '22 midterm map

  25-07-2021 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  A congressional primary in Ohio is revealing the generational and ideological fissures in the Democratic Party that have been largely hidden in the early months of Joe Biden's presidency -- but could burst into full view as the midterm elections approach.
  
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• Fauci weighs in on if US should collaborate with Wuhan labs in future

  25-07-2021 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke about the possibility of future NIH collaboration with labs in China - like the Wuhan labs - after officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe the lab leak theory is at least a credible explanation for Covid-19's origins.
  
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• Dr. Fauci weighs in on if US should collaborate with Wuhan labs in future

  25-07-2021 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke about the possibility of future NIH collaboration with labs in China - like the Wuhan labs - after officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe the lab leak theory is at least a credible explanation for Covid-19's origins.
  
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• How Fox News viewers are less likely to get vaccinated

  25-07-2021 16:30 via cnn.com
  
  Most in the media have been urging Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. That hasn't always been the case at Fox News, however. Many of the hosts have peddled anti-vaccine rhetoric.
  
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• Iranian defector defeats two-time taekwondo champion

  25-07-2021 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  An Iranian taekwondo athlete competing for the Refugee Olympic Team made her mark at Tokyo 2020 after she defeated two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Jones.
  
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• Homes destroyed in California as wildfires continue to rage

  25-07-2021 16:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Dixie Fire is one of many wildfires burning across the West Coast, where recent heat waves tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight.
  
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• Pelosi plans to appoint Republican Trump critic to Capitol Riot committee

  25-07-2021 15:49 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it's her "plan" to appoint GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to the House select committee to investigate January 6, just days after the GOP walked out on the panel.
  
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• UK Health Secretary tweets people shouldn't 'cower' from Covid, before deleting it and apologizing

  25-07-2021 15:32 via cnn.com
  
  UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who recently tested positive for and recovered from Covid-19, has apologized after suggesting people shouldn't "cower" from Covid-19.
  
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• UK Health Secretary deletes Covid tweet and apologizes

  25-07-2021 15:32 via cnn.com
  
  UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who recently tested positive for and recovered from Covid-19, has apologized after suggesting people shouldn't "cower" from Covid-19.
  
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• Biles less than perfect for USA in qualifying

  25-07-2021 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simone Biles is less than perfect as the USA finish second behind the Russian Olympic Committee in gymnastics qualifying
  
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• A team of high schoolers built a device that allows people in wheelchairs to walk their babies

  25-07-2021 15:20 via cnn.com
  
  For many parents, taking their babies on a walk or cradling them to sleep is a blessing that's easy to take for granted. But for Jeremy King, it's something he feared he would never be able to do.
  
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• Nigeria school kidnappers abduct man delivering ransom

  25-07-2021 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Criminals kidnap an elderly man who was sent to pay a ransom for the release of 136 school children.
  
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• Tens of thousands evacuated as typhoon In-fa makes landfall in eastern China

  25-07-2021 15:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Forecasters predicted 10 to 14 inches of rain and wind up to 60 mph.
  
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• South Korean broadcaster of Olympics apologizes for using offensive stereotypes to depict several countries

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of Nations -- and into our hearts.
  
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• South Korean broadcaster apologizes for Olympic 'inexcusable mistake'

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  • Live updates: The latest on the Tokyo Olympics
  • Olympian mistakenly thought she'd won
  
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• Pizza for Italy, Dracula for Romania: Broadcaster sorry for Olympic stereotypes

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  • US men's basketball's first Olympic loss since 2004
  • Olympian mistakenly thought she'd won
  
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• Pizza for Italy and Dracula for Romania. Broadcaster apologizes for its Olympic 'inexcusable mistake'

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of Nations -- and into our hearts.
  
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• Broadcaster apologizes for its Olympic 'inexcusable mistake'

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of Nations -- and into our hearts.
  
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• Broadcaster apologizes for 'inexcusable mistake'

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of Nations -- and into our hearts.
  
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• Broadcaster apologizes for causing 'inexcusable' Opening Ceremony offense

  25-07-2021 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of Nations -- and into our hearts.
  
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• This Dutch cyclist crossed the line thinking she'd won. But she hadn't

  25-07-2021 14:27 via cnn.com
  
  Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten threw her arms up in the air, her face a picture of ecstasy and joy.
  
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• Tom Barrack and the influence he had in Trump's world

  25-07-2021 14:05 via cnn.com
  
  When Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president in 2016, a little-known businessperson received a prime convention speaking slot just minutes before the nominee: Tom Barrack.
  
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• Shock golds and Osaka's return at Tokyo 2020

  25-07-2021 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer and Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui win surprise golds on a drama-filled second day at the Tokyo Olympics.
  
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• UK minister apologises for 'cower' Covid remark

  25-07-2021 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health secretary says he used a poor choice of word in a tweet, after criticism from victims' group.
  
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• 'Lions climbed a mountain to secure epic win but South Africa will come back even stronger'

  25-07-2021 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-British and Irish Lion Matt Dawson says the side climbed a mountain to beat South Africa.
  
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• Australia Covid: Anti-lockdown protesters condemned

  25-07-2021 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes after thousands marched through Australian cities to demand an end to lockdown measures.
  
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• Wildfires spread from California to Nevada

  25-07-2021 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures to control wildfires in California and Nevada.
  
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• Austrian wins shock Olympic cycling gold

  25-07-2021 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer launches a remarkable solo breakaway to win road race gold on her Olympic debut, as Britain's Lizzie Deignan finishes 11th.
  
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• South Korean network apologizes for offensive stereotyping

  25-07-2021 12:54 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of Nations -- and into our hearts.
  
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• Parents of transgender boys on raising their sons in a tough world

  25-07-2021 12:54 via cnn.com
  
  For over half an hour on a March afternoon, Arkansas legislators, activists and pediatricians outlined reasons why they considered gender-affirming health care dangerous, arguing in support of a bill that would ban transgender minors from accessing that care.
  
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• Climate change: Hebden Bridge boy, 11, starts 200 mile walk

  25-07-2021 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jude will walk 10 miles each day for 21 days to reach Westminster, where he will lobby ministers.
  
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• Typhoon sweeps into eastern China after flooding chaos

  25-07-2021 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A major storm makes landfall in the city of Zhoushan, days after floods devastated central areas.
  
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• Why empty offices aren't being turned into housing, despite lengthy vacancies

  25-07-2021 12:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  "There's a Goldilocks factor": Older offices can be too big or too small.
  
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• New study hopes to solve mysteries behind children's long Covid-19

  25-07-2021 12:00 via cnn.com
  
  Ava is what Heather Brugger calls her "miracle child." Of her four children, the 20-year-old is the one who is "firing on all cylinders all the time," the kind of kid who knows all the passwords to make everyone's electronics in the house work. Covid-19, though, is testing Ava's mettle and it's been almost a year since her initial diagnosis.
  
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• Iran's water shortage protests turn deadly

  25-07-2021 11:21 via cnn.com
  
  At least three people have been killed during violent protests over water shortages in Iran, according to state media.
  
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• At least three people killed in protests over water shortages in Iran

  25-07-2021 11:21 via cnn.com
  
  At least three people have been killed during violent protests over water shortages in Iran, according to state media.
  
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