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• WATCH: Bears play together at school playground

  25-09-2021 23:50
  
  A mama bear and her cub rode down slides at an elementary school playground in North Carolina.
  
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• Three dismembered bodies, including a child, found in burning Texas dumpster

  25-09-2021 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Three dismembered bodies -- including a child -- were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth, Texas, this week, according to the city's police department.
  
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• Haunted house actor stabs an 11-year-old while trying to scare him

  25-09-2021 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Things got a little spooky after a haunted house actor stabbed an 11-year-old boy in the foot at a fairground in Ohio in an incident the business says was an accident.
  
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• A haunted house actor stabbed an 11-year-old boy's foot while trying to scare him

  25-09-2021 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Things got a little spooky after a haunted house actor stabbed an 11-year-old boy in the foot at a fairground in Ohio in an incident the business says was an accident.
  
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• 4 accused of plotting school attack on Columbine anniversary

  25-09-2021 23:08
  Authorities say four teens were charged with a plot to attack a Penn. school
  
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• Federal judge deals blow to Covid-19 vaccine mandate for NYC teachers

  25-09-2021 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  As of Friday, 82 percent of department employees have been vaccinated, including 88 percent of teachers.
  
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• China bans bitcoin, Marvel film 'Shang-Chi' and 'effeminate men.' This is what they share.

  25-09-2021 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  They're part of a desperate effort by President Xi Jinping to control every aspect of Chinese economy, culture and education.
  
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• Oldest polar bear in human care in North America dies

  25-09-2021 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  The oldest polar bear in human care in North America died Friday, according to the Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin.
  
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• Unless New Zealand wants to be a ‘fortress’ it must engage more with Kiwis abroad | Elle Hunt

  25-09-2021 22:00
  
  The country’s pandemic policy has left many of its overseas citizens feeling alienated – a failure to amend election law could cement thatWhat makes a New Zealander outside of New Zealand? An accent (which can be lost), or a passport (which can be bought)? Is it a set of irrevocable rights, an identity that anyone can claim and no one can question? Or does it depend on how often you go back?What if you don’t know when you’ll be home again? Continue reading...
  
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• The story of the fugitive homeless man who turned himself in after 29 years on the run

  25-09-2021 22:00
  
  After living in plain sight in Sydney’s northern beaches and working as a handyman, Darko Desic has turned himself in to police and faces court this weekSix weeks before Darko “Dougie” Desic handed himself in to Dee Why police, he shared his dilemma with one of the few mates he trusted in his adopted homeland. The 64-year-old had spent 29 years on the run after one of Australia’s most audacious prison breaks.The dilapidated house he called home – so rundown he and h
  
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• Migration will continue as long as inequality persists, says Haiti's prime minister as Del Rio bridge crisis ends

  25-09-2021 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  The tens of thousands of people sheltering in the shadow of Texas's Del Rio bridge have gone, but their trials continue. And they will not be the last, as Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry warned on Saturday.
  
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• Haiti's prime minister warns migration will continue as long as inequality persists

  25-09-2021 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  The tens of thousands of people sheltering in the shadow of Texas's Del Rio bridge have gone, but their trials continue. And they will not be the last, as Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry warned on Saturday.
  
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• Haitian PM: Why migration won't end

  25-09-2021 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  The tens of thousands of people sheltering in the shadow of Texas's Del Rio bridge have gone, but their trials continue. And they will not be the last, as Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry warned on Saturday.
  
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• Govt offices in Kosovo targeted as tensions soar with Serbia

  25-09-2021 21:43
  
  Kosovo says a public building was set on fire and another was hit by grenades.
  
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• Merkel warns against socialist swing as Germans head to the polls

  25-09-2021 21:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned voters Saturday that a socialist government could “strangulate” businesses and isolate Germany on a global scale.
  
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• Del Rio port of entry in Texas to reopen more than a week after migrant surge

  25-09-2021 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  The Del Rio Port of Entry in Texas was to reopen to vehicle traffic Saturday afternoon after a week-long shutdown prompted by a surge of migrants along the border with Mexico.
  
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• Gabby Petito funeral services announced as search for Brian Laundrie continues

  25-09-2021 21:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The public service will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at the Moloney Funeral Home in Holbrook, her father, Joseph Petito, said on social media.
  
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• Portland police chief says he got over 1,200 calls for help in one weekend

  25-09-2021 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  As the city of Portland's police force experiences a staffing shortage, organizations like Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center are stepping up to help stop the city's uptick in gun violence. CNN's Ryan Young reports.
  
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• 12 queer Latinos to celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month

  25-09-2021 21:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, NBC Out is celebrating trailblazers and game changers at the intersection of the LGBTQ and Latino communities.
  
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• Is Britney Spears a victim of 'tragic White girl syndrome'?

  25-09-2021 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  This week on "Pop Off," CNN reporter Lisa Respers France talks all things Britney Spears, from her "Star Search" years to the #FreeBritney movement and her conservatorship battle. Subscribe to Lisa's "Pop Life Chronicles" newsletter here.
  
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• WATCH: Videographer makes friends with affectionate goat

  25-09-2021 20:29
  
  A videographer documenting the Fawn Fire in California made a new friend after offering an extremely affectionate goat a snack.
  
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• WATCH: Magpie attacks cyclist in Australia

  25-09-2021 20:29
  
  A bicyclist’s helmet camera captured a magpie attacking him while pedaling along a lake.
  
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• Four teens charged for conspiring to attack high school on Columbine massacre 25th anniversary

  25-09-2021 20:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two teens are being charged as adults while the other two are facing juvenile charges after planning to attack Dunmore High School in Pennsylvania on April 20, 2024, authorities say.
  
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• Drone footage shows immense scale of search area in Brian Laundrie hunt

  25-09-2021 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  Following the disappearance and then the discovery of the body of Gabby Petito in Wyoming, dozens of local and federal officers have searched in a swampy Florida nature reserve for her 23-year-old fiancé Brian Laundrie.
  
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• 11 people charged in hazing death of Virginia college student Adam Oakes

  25-09-2021 19:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Adam Oakes, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, was found dead earlier this year at an off-campus house following a fraternity party.
  
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• Sergio Garcia becomes player with most matches won in Ryder Cup history

  25-09-2021 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Sergio Garcia made Ryder Cup history on Saturday, becoming the player with the most matches won in the famous competition.
  
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• Google Doodle honors Christopher Reeve on 'Superman' actor's birthday

  25-09-2021 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Saturday's Google Doodle honors Christopher Reeve, the "Superman" actor who became an activist for the disabled, on what would have been his 69th birthday.
  
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• More men are abandoning college. Professor explains why this is dangerous

  25-09-2021 19:18 via cnn.com
  
  NYU Professor Scott Galloway says the drop in men going to college is part of a growing mating crisis in the US and that the country runs the risk of producing "too many of the most dangerous cohort in the world" if the trend isn't reversed.
  
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• Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger argue with officials in drop controversy at Ryder Cup

  25-09-2021 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  US pair Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger cut frustrated figures during their Saturday morning foursomes clash in the Ryder Cup after being denied a free drop by two sets of officials.
  
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• Congress has given up on police reform. Both sides agree about what went wrong.

  25-09-2021 18:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lawmakers had been on the cusp of the deal but couldn't get it across the finish line after political pressures took over.
  
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• Germany elections: Who will replace Angela Merkel? What you need to know

  25-09-2021 18:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  When German votes head to the polls on Sunday, an extremely familiar name will be absent from the ballot. After serving 16 years as German chancellor, Angela Merkel is not running for reelection.
  
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• Witness: Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city’s main square

  25-09-2021 18:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat in western Afghanistan, a witness said Saturday, in a gruesome display that signaled a return to the Taliban’s brutal ways.
  
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• Smoke from Fawn fire in California paints sky orange – video

  25-09-2021 18:08
  
  A wildfire in northern California spread rapidly on Thursday, burning homes and prompting evacuation orders in a rural community in Shasta county. The Fawn fire in northern California started Wednesday north of Redding in Shasta county, and scorched more than 8.5 sq miles (22 sq km) of heavy timber on steep, rugged terrain amid hot, dry and gusty conditions. A woman was arrested on suspicion of starting the fireFresh California wildfire prompts evacuations as forest blazes grow Continu
  
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• Prince Andrew's attorneys acknowledge he has been served with US court papers

  25-09-2021 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  Prince Andrew's lawyers acknowledge he has been served with legal papers in a civil sexual assault case against him, as do lawyers for the woman accusing him of sexual abuse, according to documents filed Friday in New York federal court.
  
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• ICYMI: Taxi gardens and Egypt's pharaohs on a pencil

  25-09-2021 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Abandoned taxis being used to grow vegetables and other stories you may have missed this week.
  
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• Female US service member allegedly assaulted by Afghan refugees

  25-09-2021 17:30
  
  The incident is being investigated at Fort Bliss in New Mexico.
  
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• Taliban put alleged kidnappers' bodies on display

  25-09-2021 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  The Taliban in Afghanistan have put on public display the bodies of four men who were killed after they allegedly carried out a kidnapping in the western city of Herat.
  
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• JetBlue passenger attacked flight attendant and tried to rush flight deck, FBI says

  25-09-2021 17:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Khalil El Dhar was arrested in San Juan following a physical altercation on a flight Wednesday from Boston.
  
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• Remains of Louisiana man missing after Hurricane Ida found inside 504-pound alligator

  25-09-2021 16:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Timothy Satterlee Sr., 71, had been missing for nearly a month following an alligator attack outside his home in Slidell, Louisiana.
  
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• Vancouver police discover weapons stash after homeless shot with arrow

  25-09-2021 16:36 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The victim, 22, was standing outside a Vancouver women’s center when an arrow struck him clean through the leg, lodged right below his kneecap.
  
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• An alarm went off on SpaceX's all-tourist space flight. The problem was the toilet

  25-09-2021 16:01 via cnn.com
  
  As Jared Isaacman and his three fellow crewmates were freeflying through Earth's orbit, shielded from the unforgiving vacuum of space by nothing but a 13-foot-wide carbon-fiber capsule, an alarm started blaring.
  
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• NBA denies Wiggins' religious exemption for Covid-19 vaccine

  25-09-2021 15:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Wiggins will not be able to play in Warriors home games until he fulfills the city’s vaccination requirements," the NBA said.
  
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• Rivers of lava race down as La Palma volcano enters explosive phase – video

  25-09-2021 15:20
  
  Rivers of lava raced down a volcano and exploded high into the air on the Spanish island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands. The airport was closed as an eruption intensified and entered its most explosive phase so far. Since it began erupting on 19 September, the Cumbre Vieja volcano has spewed out thousands of tons of lava, destroyed hundreds of houses and forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 peopleLa Palma residents warned of ‘evolution of volcanic emergency’More towns evacuated
  
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• Nationalizing her governor run? 'You bet I am,' Huckabee Sanders says

  25-09-2021 15:09
  
  Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders might be running for governor of Arkansas, but she's not talking much about the state
  
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• German national election too close to call, polls suggest, as key candidates hold final rallies

  25-09-2021 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  The race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor remains wide open ahead of a national election on Sunday, according to the latest polls.
  
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• The search for Brian Laundrie in a swampy Florida nature reserve enters its second week

  25-09-2021 14:41 via cnn.com
  
  Since being informed a week ago by Brian Laundrie's parents that they had not seen him for days, dozens of local and federal officers have searched high and low in a swampy Florida nature reserve for the 23-year-old following the disappearance and then the discovery of the body of his fiancée Gabby Petito in Wyoming.
  
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• He ran for Zambian president five times and lost. Now he's basking in glow of historic win

  25-09-2021 14:19 via cnn.com
  
  Zambian leader Hakainde Hichilema is basking in the glow of his historic win in last month's election during his first visit to the United States as president.
  
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• Why firefighters are fighting Covid vaccine mandates

  25-09-2021 14:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Officials pushed to have firefighters, who are often emergency medical providers, be among the first to receive the vaccines.
  
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• Heinz releases gadget to put the squeeze on ketchup packets

  25-09-2021 13:52 via cnn.com
  
  Kraft Heinz has just rolled out a new product that the condiment company says is the "biggest innovation in sauce since the packet itself."
  
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• The Nigerian separatist movement being powered from a suburban London home

  25-09-2021 13:29 via cnn.com
  
  Tucked away down a quiet, leafy street in Peckham, southeast London, is the registered address of a movement seeking to break Nigeria apart.
  
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