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• People in Alabama are changing their minds about the vaccine

  05-08-2021 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Miguel Marquez looks at the rise in Covid-19 vaccinations in Alabama, despite the state being tied with Arkansas for the lowest vaccination rate.
  
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• Trump-appointed inspector general blames FEMA — not task force — for PPE chaos

  05-08-2021 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Still, the report hints at the difficulty career agency officials had in explaining decisions made by the former president's political appointees.
  
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• The California Gold Rush town consumed by wildfire – in pictures

  05-08-2021 23:07
  
  The northern California town of Greenville was devastated by the Dixie fire, currently the largest wildfire in the state. The town dates back to the Gold Rush era with buildings more than a century old. Firefighters did all they could against the flames but the fast-moving blaze left many structures in ashesNews: raging fire guts Gold Rush town Continue reading...
  
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• The full picture of Trump's attempted coup is only starting to emerge

  05-08-2021 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Don't miss this bombshell in Trump's ongoing election fraud lie
  
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• 'Pretty Boys' author David Yi on male beauty

  05-08-2021 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  Interest in men's beauty was socially acceptable before it became taboo, and, as David Yi notes in his new book, it is now reemerging after a long hiatus. Here, Yi offers his tips for what to watch, listen to and read to celebrate boy beauty.
  
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• Joe Biden: half of new vehicles sold in US to be electric by 2030 – video

  05-08-2021 22:47
  
  Joe Biden is setting a goal for half of all new US vehicle sales to be electric by 2030 while at the same time tightening pollution standards for cars and trucks, in a barrage of action aimed at reducing the largest source of planet-heating gases in America.
  On Thursday, the White House outlined its plan to tackle the climate crisis by cutting emissions from vehicles. Biden is set to sign an executive order demanding that 50% of all new cars and trucks sold by the end of the decade be powered by
  
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• His dive won gold. His knitting won the internet.

  05-08-2021 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  As if finally winning gold at his fourth Olympics wasn’t enough, British diver Tom Daley has fueled a huge resurgence in knitting, with his latest creations
  
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• Benny Gantz says Israel ready to strike Iran as tensions run high: 'Don't test us'

  05-08-2021 22:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz has warned Iran his country’s military is poised to take action should tensions continue to escalate between the two nations. 
  
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• Nursing home Covid cases are rising as staff vaccination rates lag

  05-08-2021 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida’s long-term care facilities account for more than a quarter of the cases with 564, up from 348 the previous week.
  
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• Eddy Alvarez to become only the 3rd American to medal in both Summer, Winter Olympics

  05-08-2021 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The former elite speed skater secured his rare Olympic double when Team USA defeated South Korea in the baseball semifinals on Thursday.
  
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• iPhone, iPad update will detect and report child sexual abuse images

  05-08-2021 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Apple announced the feature as part of a three-pronged update to make its devices safer for minors.
  
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• Jack Grealish signs record deal with Manchester City

  05-08-2021 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  English Premier League champion Manchester City completed the signing of England international Jack Grealish​ on a six-year contract on Thursday.
  
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• 'I'm scared s***less' says law professor of 2024 elections

  05-08-2021 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Richard Hasen, law professor at University of California, Irvine, joins New Day to talk about the state election laws that have changed since Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
  
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• Tanker hijacking in Oman thwarted when crew shut down engines: report

  05-08-2021 21:34 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  According to a report, a group of about six Iranians stormed the Princess Asphalt in the Gulf of Oman, off the coast of the United Arab Emirates
  
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• Justice Department launches investigation into Phoenix policing practices

  05-08-2021 21:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  It's the third investigation the Justice Department has launched into a local police department since Biden took office.
  
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• Soccer superstar Lionel Messi leaving FC Barcelona, the only club he's ever known

  05-08-2021 21:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new contract could not be reached because of "financial and structural obstacles," the team announced.
  
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• Chicago police officer charged in 2020 viral shooting of man in subway station struggle

  05-08-2021 21:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A Chicago police officer was charged Thursday for shooting a man inside subway station in 2020.
  
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• COVID-19 or RSV? Symptoms to watch for

  05-08-2021 21:15 via foxnews.com
  
  An unusual summertime uptick in respiratory syncytial viral infections, or RSV, coinciding with increasing spread of the delta variant, may create difficulty in differentiating between the two.
  
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• Traveler accidentally buys plane ticket for next year while trying to return home

  05-08-2021 21:10 via foxnews.com
  
  This takes getting to the airport early to a new level.
  
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• DOJ inspector general cannot identify FBI leaks regarding Clinton server in lead-up to 2016 election

  05-08-2021 21:10 via foxnews.com
  
  A yearslong investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general revealed that numerous FBI employees had "substantial" media contacts prior to the 2016 presidential election, but it could not determine who leaked sensitive information to reporters.
  
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• DJ Paul Johnson, house music icon, dies at 50 after contracting Covid

  05-08-2021 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Johnson was a teenager when he became a DJ in the mid-1980s. He started producing in 1990 and released hundreds of records throughout his career.
  
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• Newsom says 'don't ever confuse' him with 'defund police movement'

  05-08-2021 20:57 via foxnews.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom took a definitive stance against the progressive "defund the police" movement in a virtual interview with a number of California news outlets this week.
  
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• California man charged in deadly 'Purge' movie theater shooting blames voices in his head: report

  05-08-2021 20:45 via foxnews.com
  
  A man charged with fatally shooting two people at a Southern California movie theater is blaming voices in his head that he said had tormented him for months, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
  
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• Fauci warns more severe COVID-19 variant could emerge as cases rise: US 'could really be in trouble'

  05-08-2021 20:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Wednesday that another coronavirus variant could emerge as the nation's daily case rate continues to climb.
  
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• Oyster health facts you should know before your next clambake or raw bar visit

  05-08-2021 20:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Oysters and summer tend to go hand-in-hand for seafood lovers.
  
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• Fort Bragg collecting military boots to represent our nation’s fallen heroes

  05-08-2021 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Fort Bragg’s annual "Run, Honor, Remember 5K Memorial" will be taking place Aug. 28.
  
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• Police officer who took date on hike before she was found dead was previously disciplined for lying to police

  05-08-2021 20:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The Arizona police officer who took a date on a hike in the desert before she was found dead had previously been disciplined for lying to the police in 2009.
  
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• Olympic gold medalist breaks internet with cardigan

  05-08-2021 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Great Britain's gold medal winning diver, Tom Daley, unveils the cardigan he has been knitting while at the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo.
  
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• Lionel Messi is leaving FC Barcelona despite agreeing new contract, club says

  05-08-2021 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona, the Spanish club said on Thursday.
  
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• Britney Spears attorney wants father off conservatorship immediately, claims finances misused

  05-08-2021 20:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Removal of Jamie Spears was critical to Britney Spears’ wellbeing and an investigation into her father’s use of her money was necessary, the filing said.
  
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• Do Suni Lee's controversial comments mean the Olympic spirit is dying?

  05-08-2021 20:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  A shift from nationalism toward individualism might win us medals, but it will lose us something equally valuable: Selflessness.
  
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• WATCH: This boy turned a pool into an Olympic venue, and we're here for it

  05-08-2021 20:11
  
  Inspired by the Olympics, this 8-year-old decided to kayak in a swimming pool in Norfolk, England.
  
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• Sprinter says grandmother warned it was not safe to return to Belarus on way to airport

  05-08-2021 20:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left the Tokyo Games and flew to Poland, where she told reporters that her grandmother "told me I must not come back to Belarus."
  
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• 'Never seen anything like it': Delta is making a growing number of kids very sick

  05-08-2021 19:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The surge in pediatric infections worries doctors, especially on the cusp of flu season, saying Covid's potential impact on kids is "beyond what flu would ever do."
  
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• ‘Irreversible’ change to Atlantic currents could drastically change Earth’s weather

  05-08-2021 19:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Atlantic Ocean’s current system, an engine of the Northern Hemsiphere’s climate, could be weakening to such an extent that it could soon bring big changes to the world's weather.
  
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• Tesla just got snubbed by Biden's electric vehicle summit

  05-08-2021 19:21 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden will be celebrating ambitious electric vehicles goals by automakers at the White House on Thursday. But he'll be doing so without the world's largest maker of EVs: Tesla.
  
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• New York state impeachment investigation into Cuomo is 'nearing completion'

  05-08-2021 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  A wide-ranging New York state impeachment investigation into various allegations of misconduct against embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to concluding, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
  
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• Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia is 28,000 years old.

  05-08-2021 18:57 via cnn.com
  
  Found frozen deep in the Siberian Arctic, the cave lion cub looks like she's asleep and one touch might awaken her.
  
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• Richard Trumka, head of powerful AFL-CIO union, has died

  05-08-2021 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the head of the most powerful labor organization in the country and a close ally of the Biden White House, has died. He was 72.
  
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• Saga of sprinter shows nothing in Belarus is outside politics

  05-08-2021 18:22
  
  Analysis: Krystsina Tsimanouskaya stunned, but Lukashenko regime’s brutal suppression of all criticism is proving pervasive The saga of the sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has shown how the Belarusian government’s brutal suppression of all criticism has politicised the lives and actions of even those hesitant to openly oppose the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko.“I am stunned that this situation has become a political scandal,” Tsimanouskaya said during a
  
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• California Gold Rush town 'destroyed' by state's largest wildfire

  05-08-2021 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Dixie Fire, the largest burning in California, has razed much of the town of Greenville.
  
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• Suspected rape and killing of Indian girl, 9, triggers protests in New Delhi

  05-08-2021 17:29 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Angry villagers in the Indian capital held a protest Thursday outside a crematorium where they say a 9-year-old girl was raped and killed earlier this week.
  
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• New hardline Iranian President is on the same page as the Supreme Leader

  05-08-2021 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Ebrahim Raisi was set to be inaugurated as Iran's next president on Thursday, signaling the start of a new harder-line era that could herald major shifts in the Islamic Republic's policies at home and abroad.
  
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• Warning as US wildfire rages: 'You are in imminent danger and you MUST leave now'

  05-08-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  A newly ignited fire in Northern California has forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes as the US fights 96 large active fires that have scorched nearly two million acres.
  
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• First openly trans Olympian to medal at Tokyo 2020 says 'the fight isn't close to over'

  05-08-2021 17:14 via cnn.com
  
  A gold medal is the ambition, but Quinn has already made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by becoming the first trans and the first non-binary athlete to win a medal.
  
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• Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis | Kaveh Madani

  05-08-2021 17:07
  
  Invoking climate change as the sole cause of terrible shortages lets those in authority off the hookKaveh Madani is a former deputy vice-president of IranIran’s water bankruptcy has been in the news lately, prompting deadly protests in Khuzestan province that also garnered the attention of global media. But this kind of problem is neither new or unique in the country. Drying rivers, vanishing lakes, shrinking wetlands, declining groundwater levels, land subsidence, sinkholes, desertificati
  
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• Video shows town leveled by wildfire in California

  05-08-2021 17:01 via cnn.com
  
  A wildfire has wiped out much of Greenville, CA, sweeping through at alarming speed and endangering people who did not heed evacuation orders.
  
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• You shouldn't miss this bombshell in Trump's ongoing election fraud lie

  05-08-2021 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Unless you have been living on another planet for the past six months, you know by now that Donald Trump leaned on state and national officials in the final days of his presidency to force investigations into made-up claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 race.
  
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• Analysis: You shouldn't miss this bombshell in Trump's ongoing election fraud lie

  05-08-2021 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Unless you have been living on another planet for the past six months, you know by now that Donald Trump leaned on state and national officials in the final days of his presidency to force investigations into made-up claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 race.
  
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• 'South Park' creators score reported $900 million deal with ViacomCBS

  05-08-2021 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the co-creators behind the long-running animated series "South Park," have signed a new deal with ViacomCBS that will keep the cursing children of Colorado on Comedy Central through 2027.
  
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