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• McCarthy slammed for joking 'it would be hard not to hit' Pelosi with a gavel

  01-08-2021 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pelosi and McCarthy have been feuding over appointments to the Jan. 6 select committee and a new mask mandate in the House.
  
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• She knew she had a big mouth. Guinness now says she has the biggest

  01-08-2021 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Samantha Ramsdell has captured a huge audience on TikTok for her larger-than-life mouth which now holds a Guinness World Record.
  
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• See the woman Guinness World Records says has the biggest mouth

  01-08-2021 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Samantha Ramsdell has captured a huge audience on TikTok for her larger-than-life mouth which now holds a Guinness World Record.
  
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• U.S. medalist Raven Saunders does 'X' protest at Olympic ceremony to support oppressed

  01-08-2021 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The silver medal-winning shot putter raised her hands above her head in an "X" formation at the podium, likely violating rules against demonstrations at the games.
  
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• At least 10 people injured in a mass shooting in New York City

  01-08-2021 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  At least 10 people were injured in a mass shooting in New York City late Saturday evening.
  
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• At least 10 injured in NYC mass shooting

  01-08-2021 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  At least 10 people were injured in a mass shooting in New York City late Saturday evening.
  
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• Analyst shares 'mind-boggling' data about unvaccinated

  01-08-2021 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Harry Enten looks at the data around the Covid-19 vaccine that shows that you have a 25 times greater chance of dying from Covid-19 if you are unvaccinated and that those who are vaccinated have more than a 99% chance of surviving a infection.
  
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• Analyst shares 'mind-boggling' data about the unvaccinated

  01-08-2021 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Harry Enten looks at the data around the Covid-19 vaccine that shows that you have a 25 times greater chance of dying from Covid-19 if you are unvaccinated and that those who are vaccinated have more than a 99% chance of surviving a infection.
  
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• 'You can be African and black and play polo'

  01-08-2021 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Molawa Adesuyi is calling for more young people from ethnic minority backgrounds to take up his sport.
  
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• She survived an attack by Jonestown cult members. Hear what she says about Trump

  01-08-2021 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who was shot by members of the Peoples Temple during the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, says she sees similarities between cult leader Jim Jones and former President Donald Trump in the way they use their charisma to connect with disillusioned American and act as "merchants of deceit." Speier was shot five times on an airstrip in Guyana while accompanying a lawmaker to investigate the nearby cult.
  
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• She survived an attack by Jonestown cult members. Hear what has to say about Trump

  01-08-2021 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who was shot by members of the Peoples Temple during the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, says she sees similarities between cult leader Jim Jones and former President Donald Trump in the way they use their charisma to connect with disillusioned American and act as "merchants of deceit." Speier was shot five times on an airstrip in Guyana while accompanying a lawmaker to investigate the nearby cult.
  
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• Actor Saginaw Grant dies at 85

  01-08-2021 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Saginaw Grant, known for his roles in "Breaking Bad" and "The Lone Ranger," has died, according to his publicist Lani Carmichael. He was 85 years old.
  
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• Analysis: The rent is now due, America

  01-08-2021 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  It's like Democrats in the White House and Congress forgot the date.
  
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• US, UK and Israel blame Iran for attack on Israeli-managed tanker

  01-08-2021 20:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United States has joined the United Kingdom and Israel in accusing Iran of carrying out a deadly drone strike that killed two aboard a tanker off Oman.
  
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• Jay Pickett, 'Port Charles' and 'General Hospital' actor, dies at 60

  01-08-2021 20:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pickett also guest starred on shows like "Desperate Housewives" and "NCIS: Los Angeles," and wrote, produced and starred in the 2012 film, "Soda Springs."
  
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• Evictions crisis: Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats cannot blame Republicans

  01-08-2021 19:41
  
  Progressive is angry her party allowed the clock to run out on renewing measure that lapsed Saturday nightDemocrats who control the House of Representatives cannot blame Republicans for a looming crisis over evictions, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, after a federal moratorium lapsed on Saturday night. Related: Fauci backs new masks guidance as Florida reports highest one-day Covid case totalContinue reading...
  
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• Coronavirus live news: UK reports 24,470 new Covid cases; Fauci rules out new US lockdowns

  01-08-2021 19:38
  
  Latest updates: UK also reports 65 further deaths; US chief medical adviser says US won’t return to lockdowns despite rising Delta threatNHS in England urged to redistribute near-expiry vaccines as take-up slows among youngUber and Deliveroo discounts to lure young in England to get jabbedHerd immunity: could Covid be on the run in the UK?Florida records largest one-day case total since start of pandemicAustralian Sky News banned from YouTube for seven days over Covid disinformation 6.35pm
  
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• White House wants media to focus on unvaccinated

  01-08-2021 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is "very frustrated" at news outlets for "overly focusing" on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and missing the bigger picture. Robby Soave opines that recent coverage has been "utterly, shamefully hyperbolic and fear-mongering."
  
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• Myanmar junta leader declares himself PM as election timeline stalled

  01-08-2021 19:35
  
  Six months after seizing power, Min Aung Hlaing extends coup with promise of elections in 2023Myanmar‘s military leader has declared himself prime minister and said he would lead the country under the nation’s state of emergency until elections are held in two years’ time – vastly extending the timeline given when the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago.“We must create conditions to hold a free and fair multiparty general election,” Gen Min Aung H
  
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• The Guardian view on Fortress Europe: a continent losing its moral compass

  01-08-2021 19:30
  
  The increasingly draconian approach to irregular migration betrays the spirit of the 1951 refugee conventionSeventy years ago, the 1951 UN refugee convention established the rights of refugees to seek sanctuary, and the obligations of states to protect them. Increasingly, it seems that much of Europe is choosing to commemorate the anniversary by ripping up some of the convention’s core principles.So far this year, close to 1,000 migrants have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean, mor
  
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• Coalition to spend $19K to send Tony Abbott on trade mission to India

  01-08-2021 19:30
  
  Former Australian prime minister has signed a conflict of interest declaration due to his role as a trade adviser to the UK governmentThe Morrison government will spend nearly $20,000 to send former prime minister, Tony Abbott, on a five-day trade mission to India this month.Guardian Australia can also reveal Abbott has signed a conflict of interest declaration, due to the former Liberal party leader’s ongoing role as a trade adviser to the British government. Continue reading...
  
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• 10 people shot in gang attack in New York City, police say

  01-08-2021 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This is a coordinated, brazen attack, for a lack of a better word," New York Police Chief of Detectives James Essig said.
  
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• ‘Parents are dressing up their children to be buried’: Syria’s war on young escalates

  01-08-2021 19:05
  
  Mural artist Hussein Sabbagh, 13, one of 27 children killed in government attacks in north-west Syria in two monthsAmid the rubble of bombed homes in Binnish, a town in north-west Syria, a brightly painted mural stands out. The image shows an intact house, with love hearts streaming from the windows. Overhead, however, the dark silhouettes of birds are accompanied by helicopters, warplanes and missiles, and the garden’s red and yellow flowers look like flames. Related: Syria: Assad shells
  
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• Esteban Ocon clinches maiden F1 victory and Hamilton retakes championship lead at eventful Hungarian Grand Prix

  01-08-2021 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  Alpine F1's Esteban Ocon powered through the Hungarian Grand Prix to clinch the first Formula One win of his career, while seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton finished third to retake the championship lead from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
  
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• Esteban Ocon clinches maiden F1 victory and Hamilton retakes championship lead

  01-08-2021 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  Alpine F1's Esteban Ocon powered through the Hungarian Grand Prix to clinch the first Formula One win of his career, while seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton finished third to retake the championship lead from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
  
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• ‘Highly likely’ Iran carried out deadly oil tanker attack, says Dominic Raab

  01-08-2021 18:54
  
  Foreign secretary backs Israeli PM’s claims Iran was behind attack that killed one Briton and one RomanianThe UK has said it is “highly likely” that Iran carried out an “unlawful and callous attack” on a ship in the Middle East, which left a Briton dead.The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said the government believed the drone attack on the oil tanker off the coast of Oman was “deliberate, targeted, and a clear violation of international law by Iran”. C
  
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• JetBlue ready to launch low-cost New York to London flights

  01-08-2021 18:39
  
  US-based airline aims to tread where other have failed – and in the teeth of the Covid pandemicA low-cost airline service with a brand new business class cabin, flying London to New York? As Frank Sinatra might have said: if you can make it there, in the teeth of a global pandemic when the US bars British citizens and advises its own to stay put … well, you can make it anywhere.On 11 August, nonetheless, JetBlue will launch transatlantic flights that could rattle one of aviation&rsq
  
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• Lollapalooza cancels DaBaby performance after homophobic remarks

  01-08-2021 18:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Lollapalooza was founded on diversity, inclusivity, respect, and love," the festival said in a statement announcing the rapper was no longer performing.
  
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• Here's a full list of gold medal winners from Sunday

  01-08-2021 18:19 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Belarus Olympian asks IOC for help against 'forcible' return to Minsk
  • Olympic swimming ends with historic win for Team USA
  • Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas smashes world record
  
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• The Ozymandian reason that we cannot stop HS2 | Brief letters

  01-08-2021 18:18
  
  Railway folly | Barclays bonus | Country diary | Dinner in Ireland | Mixed-up names | New heights for CovidSimon Jenkins makes compelling points regarding HS2, but surely the reality is that it cannot now be stopped (Depleted and unwanted, HS2 hurtles on as Johnson’s £100bn vanity project, 30 July). Were sense ever to prevail, then across London and the home counties, half-abandoned projects would for ever stand like the legs of Ozymandias. They would be enduring testaments to folly,
  
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• Big problems with small money? Republicans catch up to Democrats in online giving

  01-08-2021 18:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  For the first time in modern history, both parties are growing reliant on — and beholden to — their online constituents.
  
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• Stelter: It's time to reset the media's coverage of Covid-19

  01-08-2021 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter says the media's coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic needs added nuance to accurately reflect the different realities facing unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.
  
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• Fauci backs new masks guidance as Florida reports highest one-day Covid case total

  01-08-2021 17:46
  
  State is national epicenter as 21,683 cases reportedBan on mask mandates under increasing scrutinyAmerica mulls vaccine mandates – will they work?Florida’s ban on mask mandates came under increasing scrutiny from government health officials on Sunday as the surging Delta variant pushed new daily cases of Covid-19 in the state to a record high. Related: US vaccinations rise but White House frustrated with media ‘alarmism’Continue reading...
  
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• A ‘safe space for racists’: antisemitism report criticises social media giants

  01-08-2021 17:38
  
  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok failing to act on most reported anti-Jewish posts, says studyThere has been a serious and systemic failure to tackle antisemitism across the five biggest social media platforms, resulting in a “safe space for racists”, according to a new report.Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts spreading anti-Jewish hatred and propaganda reported via the platforms’ official complaints system. Continue
  
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• Suni Lee wins bronze in bars despite rare mistakes, adding to gold and silver medals

  01-08-2021 17:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Uneven bars are considered one of Lee’s specialties, but the young gymnast made a few uncharacteristic slip ups in Tokyo on Sunday.
  
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• They are women of color and made headlines because they decided to support their mental health

  01-08-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  Live updates | See the best photos from the Tokyo Olympics
  
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• The meme that struck a nerve

  01-08-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  • Belarusian sprinter in Tokyo: 'I am afraid that I might be jailed in Belarus'
  • Here's a full list of gold medal winners from Sunday
  
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• Belarusian sprinter who criticised coaches refuses to be sent home

  01-08-2021 17:04
  
  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya seeks police protection at Tokyo airport and asks IOC to interveneThe Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to intercede after claiming her criticisms of the national team’s coaches have led to her being dropped from the team and taken, against her wishes, to Tokyo airport.Tsimanouskaya, who was due to compete in the women’s 200m on Monday, told Reuters she did not plan to return to her country, add
  
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• Belarusian sprinter says she is being forcibly removed from the Olympics and sent home

  01-08-2021 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  A Belarusian sprinter competing at the Tokyo Olympics released a video on Sunday calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help her avoid being returned to her native country against her will.
  
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• Turkey wildfires force more than 1,000 vacationers to evacuate

  01-08-2021 16:33 via cnn.com
  
  In the small village of Kacarlar, on Turkey's southern coast, farmers are facing apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to sweep the country.
  
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• Israel supreme court decision expected on Sheikh Jarrah evictions

  01-08-2021 16:33
  
  Verdict due in case that could lead to Palestinians being forcibly displaced to make way for Jewish settlersIsrael’s supreme court is due to make a decision on whether to evict Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in a final hearing in the controversial case that helped spark communal violence inside Israel and a new war with Hamas earlier this year.A verdict in the deeply contentious case, which could lead to the neighbourhood’s current reside
  
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• How a trick no woman had done before won a gold

  01-08-2021 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A trick revered, unexpected and never done by a woman before - what is the backflip 360 pulled off by Charlotte Worthington?
  
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• Italy's Jacobs claims shock 100m gold to succeed Usain Bolt as world's fastest man

  01-08-2021 16:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jacobs time of 9.80 seconds was a new European record.
  
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• Tom Daley knits while watching Olympic springboard final

  01-08-2021 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter is deluged with images of the Olympian knitting a "purple concoction" in the stands in Tokyo.
  
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• Trump's political team builds war chest topping $100 million

  01-08-2021 15:35 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's political organization entered July with nearly $102 million in cash reserves -- an unprecedented war chest at this stage in the election cycle for a former president, according to new figures.
  
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• Donald Trump's political organization builds war chest topping $100 million

  01-08-2021 15:35 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's political organization entered July with nearly $102 million in cash reserves -- an unprecedented war chest at this stage in the election cycle for a former president, according to new figures.
  
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• Tourists evacuated from burning Med resorts as fires rage across southern Turkey – video report

  01-08-2021 15:21
  
  Holidaymakers have been evacuated from beaches by rescue boats in Turkey after wildfires threatened hotels is several resort towns.Six people have died and more than 500 needed hospital treatment in Turkey’s Mediterranean towns from fires that have raged across the country since WednesdayTourists rescued from burning Med resorts by flotilla of boats Continue reading...
  
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• Leaders tackle global question of how to persuade people to get Covid jab

  01-08-2021 15:00
  
  Spectrum of measures including incentives and hardline laws have met with responses varying from rise in uptake to wave of protestsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLast week, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, appeared on television for a late-night address.The hardliner has previously pushed a shoot-to-kill policy against drug gangs, but had something else on his mind this time: the coronavirus pandemic and those refusing to be vaccinated, who he
  
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• Olympics: Marcell Jacobs becomes the new 100m king with glory for Italy

  01-08-2021 14:57
  
  Silver for Fred Kerley and bronze for Andre De GrasseBritain’s Zharnel Hughes disqualified after false startThe Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs caused a major sensation in the men’s Olympic 100m final by storming to his country’s first gold medal in the event.On an evening of pulsating drama the 26-year-old, a former long jumper, powered clear in the last 30m to win in 9.80sec. The American Fred Kerley was second in 9.84sec while Canada’s Andre De Grasse flew home in 9.89
  
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• Resurgent Taliban escalates nationwide offensive in Afghanistan

  01-08-2021 14:47
  
  Afghan forces defend western city of Herat and Lashkar Gah in south as Kandahar airport hit by rocketsThe Taliban escalated its nationwide offensive in Afghanistan on Sunday, renewing assaults on three major cities and rocketing a major airport in the south amid warnings that the conflict was rapidly worsening.As Afghan government forces struggled with a resurgent Taliban after the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces, hundreds of commandos were deployed to the economically important western city
  
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