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• California's record rain re-ignites Yosemite's famed 'firefall'

  29-10-2021 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Some visitors to Yosemite National Park this week were delighted to see a glowing ribbon of water that looked like molten lava cascade down Horsetail Fall on El Capitan.
  
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• ‘This is a crisis:’ Road fatalities hit 15-year high

  29-10-2021 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 20,160 traffic deaths estimated in the first six months of 2021 were the highest first-half total since 2006 and 18 percent higher than the first half of 2020, according to the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration figures.
  
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• 'Last Night in Soho' costume designer on creating Edgar Wright's frightful fashion flick

  29-10-2021 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  "Last Night in Soho," directed by Edgar Wright, starts as a quick-witted coming-of-age tale about a first-year fashion student and promptly descends into a ghoulish, blood-soaked fantasy thriller fit for its Halloween weekend release. But while the plot doesn't concern itself too much with reality, for costume designer Odile Mireaux-Dicks it was the top priority.
  
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• Judge accused of racist, sexist remarks is ordered removed

  29-10-2021 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  A complaint accuses Probate Judge Randy Jinks of speaking disparagingly of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter, and sharing a video of a woman doing a striptease.
  
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• Supreme Court to weigh state efforts to revive a Trump immigration policy

  29-10-2021 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The policy allowed for the denial of green cards to immigrants considered likely to become overly dependent on government benefits.
  
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• FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

  29-10-2021 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Covid vaccine is now authorized for kids in elementary school, ages 5 to 11.
  
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• Biden promised to unite country. He'll be lucky if he can unify half of it.

  29-10-2021 23:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: Biden carried his agenda to the edge of enactment. Finishing the job depends on whether a handful of lawmakers set aside distrust and differences.
  
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• Australia live news update: Scott Morrison lands in Rome for G20; crowds to test eased Melbourne Covid restrictions

  29-10-2021 23:18
  
  Melbourne and Victoria’s regions reunited and major events to be held at Flemington Racecourse and Sidney Myer Music BowlVictorian Covid restrictions: what rules and regulations have changed?Vaccine rollout tracker; cases and data trackerBiden admits to Macron the US was ‘clumsy’ in Aukus submarine dealGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Morrison government’s 2050 net zero emissions plan relies on a “gross manipulation” of data that sugges
  
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• Millions will be treated to a spectacular view of the Northern Lights

  29-10-2021 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  A large solar flare erupted Thursday and is set to reach Earth Saturday, which could result in a strong geomagnetic storm and cause the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, to be visible across the US and Europe.
  
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• 'God love ya': Warm relationship between the world's most powerful Catholics on display as Biden and Pope Francis meet

  29-10-2021 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  The world's most powerful Catholics -- President Joe Biden and Pope Francis -- held 90 minutes of talks Friday in a session that blended the official and personal sides of the most devout US leader in decades.
  
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• A look at the warm relationship between the world's two most powerful Catholics

  29-10-2021 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  a look back at their relationship
  
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• Supreme Court agrees to consider EPA's authority to limit greenhouse gases

  29-10-2021 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The legal challenge comes from coal companies and energy-producing states, led by West Virginia.
  
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• Biden admits to Macron: US was 'clumsy' on AUKUS deal

  29-10-2021 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday admitted that his administration was "clumsy" in its handling of the deal that deprived France of billions in defense contracts.
  
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• Controversial World Health Organization chief Tedros unopposed for second term

  29-10-2021 22:44 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Ethiopian head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was confirmed as the only candidate, Friday, for the world’s top health job and now looks certain to serve a second term as its director-general.
  
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• Covid live: boosters in UK can now be given earlier to vulnerable people; Russia sets another new high for deaths

  29-10-2021 22:29
  
  Booster jabs in UK can now be given to certain vulnerable people sooner than six months after a second dose; Russia reports 1,163 new Covid deathsCovid booster jabs offered a month earlier for UK care home residentsOne person in 50 had Covid in England last week, ONS data showsGordon Brown urges rich countries to airlift vaccines to world’s poorestIndia: over 100 million people fail to turn up for second Covid vaccineSee all our coronavirus coverageBulgaria has recorded another 5,178 new C
  
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• US director of national intelligence releases declassified Covid report – live

  29-10-2021 22:28
  
  Report: first human exposure to coronavirus occurred ‘no later than November 2019’FDA clears Pfizer vaccine for children ages five to 11Biden’s agenda remains unrealized as Democrats fail to close deal againSenate’s 50-50 split lets Manchin and Sinema revel in outsize influenceLeticia James confirms run for New York governorSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJoe Biden said Pope Francis told him during their one-on-one meeting this morning th
  
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• Climate emerges as big winner in Biden's economic framework

  29-10-2021 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  As the dust settles on Democrats' $1.75 trillion economic framework, climate has emerged as a big winner.
  
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• Biden's new economic framework has a surprising big winner

  29-10-2021 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  As the dust settles on Democrats' $1.75 trillion economic framework, climate has emerged as a big winner.
  
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• US intelligence will likely not be able to determine Covid origins, report says

  29-10-2021 22:00
  
  Director of national intelligence report says highly unlikely to fully conclude if virus leaked from lab or was transmitted by animalsBarring an unforeseen breakthrough, US intelligence agencies will not be able to conclude whether Covid-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials have said on the release of a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic.The paper issued by the director of national intelligence elaborates on findings released in A
  
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• Architect rips billionaire's college dorm project: 'Unsupportable ... as an architect, a parent and a human being'

  29-10-2021 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Billionaire Charlie Munger is bankrolling the design of a massive dormitory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The $1.5 billion project comes with a major catch — 94% of the dorm's single occupancy rooms have no windows.
  
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• Architect quits and rips college dorm project funded by Warren Buffett's business partner

  29-10-2021 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Billionaire Charlie Munger is bankrolling the design of a massive dormitory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The $1.5 billion project comes with a major catch — 94% of the dorm's single occupancy rooms have no windows.
  
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• US FDA approves Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5-11

  29-10-2021 21:39
  
  On Tuesday, CDC advisers will make more detailed recommendations on which children should get vaccinatedThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday paved the way for children ages five to 11 to get Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.After the FDA cleared kid-size doses – a third of the amount given to teens and adults – for emergency use, up to 28 million more American children could be eligible for vaccinations as early as next week. Continue reading...
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan appeal to G20 to keep Covid vaccine donation pledges

  29-10-2021 21:38
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan join WHO in urging leaders to honour promises to help low-income countriesPrince Harry and Meghan have joined the World Health Organization (WHO) and Save the Children in appealing to G20 leaders meeting this weekend to honour promises to send Covid-19 vaccines to low-income countries where just 3% of people have had a jab.It is one of the most directly political initiatives at a high-profile political summit by the former royal couple since they left the British royal ho
  
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• Manchester United must finally dump Fergusonism and make a clean break | Jonathan Liew

  29-10-2021 21:30
  
  Club remain weirdly in thrall to a 79-year-old man who has not coached in almost a decade when a cultural reset is neededIt was a few months into David Moyes’s ill-fated reign at Manchester United, and with results in freefall and the dressing room in mutiny, Patrice Evra decided to go to see the only man he knew who could fix things.“Boss, you have to help David,” he pleaded with Sir Alex Ferguson on a visit to his home in Cheshire. Continue reading...
  
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• Aurora borealis could be visible in wide swaths of continental US and Europe on Saturday

  29-10-2021 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  A large solar flare erupted Thursday and is set to reach Earth Saturday, which could result in a strong geomagnetic storm and cause the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, to be visible across the US and Europe.
  
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• WATCH: Army dad returns after a year to surprise son at a football game

  29-10-2021 21:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ninth-grader, Husky Fred Grooms, gets a surprise visit from his father, who's been deployed for a year.
  
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• California condors: Virgin births discovered in critically endangered birds

  29-10-2021 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists discover California condors can give birth without any male genetic DNA.
  
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• Forced retreat: one New Zealand town’s fate highlights coming fight over climate adaptation

  29-10-2021 21:00
  
  The tiny town of Matatā provides a bleak preview of the challenges that could play out across the country in the decades to comeThere’s a moment on the road from Auckland to the Bay of Plenty, after hours of farmland, when the view of the sea rears up in front of you. The fields retreat, the horizon expands, the road is lined by Pohutukawa trees clinging to the cliffs. The change in view is as stark as an etch-a-sketch being wiped clean.Follow that road and you come to a tiny settleme
  
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• Clever pickle: the YouTubing Sydney teacher in the running for $1.3m global prize

  29-10-2021 21:00
  
  Teaching was once her career backup plan, but now the innovative and inclusive Rebecca West is shortlisted for a major awardEveryone remembers their favourite teacher. Rebecca West still can’t bring herself to call hers by his first name, even though, 20 years on, she’s friends with Paul on Facebook. But she’ll never forget the example that her geography and legal studies teacher Mr Fields set her as a student, before teaching was even on her radar as a career.“He let kid
  
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• Biden gives Pope Francis sentimental coin and calls him 'warrior for peace' – video

  29-10-2021 21:00
  
  Joe Biden held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican and gifted him a 'command coin' sometimes awarded to soldiers and leaders. 'You are the most significant warrior for peace I've ever met,' the US president told the pope. Citing what he said was a tradition linked to the coin, he joked: 'Next time I see you, if you don't have it, you have to buy the drinks'Biden says pope said to keep receiving communion amid abortion row Continue reading...
  
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• Comedian had right to mock disabled teen singer, Canadian court rules

  29-10-2021 20:57
  
  The legal battle had waged for more than a decade and raised questions over satire and the need to protect vulnerable childrenCanada’s supreme court has ruled that a comedian had the right to mock a disabled teen singer – including joking that he wanted to drown him – in a case that raised questions over satire and the need to protect vulnerable children.The 5-4 decision from the country’s top court ended a legal battle of more than a decade that had probed the limits of
  
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• Atlanta news anchor dies months after brain cancer diagnosis

  29-10-2021 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Longtime TV news anchor Jovita Moore died Thursday night at 53 after a months-long battle with cancer, WSB announced Friday morning.
  
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• Senate’s 50-50 split lets Manchin and Sinema revel in outsize influence

  29-10-2021 20:46
  
  Joe Biden, whose Build Back Better bill has been slashed by the two holdouts, said with ‘50 Democrats, every one is a president’Joe Biden recently summed up his problems getting things done.In an America where the US Senate is split 50-50, then effectively any single senator can hold a veto over the president’s entire agenda. “Look,” laughed Biden at a CNN town hall, “you have 50 Democrats, every one is a president. Every single one. So, you got to work things
  
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• Will Ferrell turned down 'Elf' sequel and a hefty payday

  29-10-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  Will Ferrell revealed he said no to an "Elf" sequel and the hefty paycheck that came along with it.
  
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• Biden makes a joke during meeting with Pope Francis

  29-10-2021 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  President Biden, the United States' second Catholic president, met Pope Francis at the Vatican. They were expected to discuss climate change, migration and income inequality, among other issues.
  
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• On Halloween, or any other day, is ghosting someone ever okay?

  29-10-2021 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ghosting in online dating, job searches and even texts with friends has become common.
  
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• Vaccination protects against Covid-19 more strongly than previous infection does, CDC study finds

  29-10-2021 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Vaccination protects people against coronavirus infection much better than previous infection does, a team of researchers led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
  
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• US is deeply skeptical as Iran says it will return to nuclear talks

  29-10-2021 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  US officials are highly skeptical that renewed talks over the Iran nuclear deal will yield the desired results and are actively discussing imposing penalties on Tehran as President Joe Biden prepares to meet with key allies on the margins of the G20 to chart a path forward.
  
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• US is deeply skeptical and considering taking tougher action as Iran says it will return to nuclear talks

  29-10-2021 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  US officials are highly skeptical that renewed talks over the Iran nuclear deal will yield the desired results and are actively discussing imposing penalties on Tehran as President Joe Biden prepares to meet with key allies on the margins of the G20 to chart a path forward.
  
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• Boris Johnson vows to do ‘whatever is necessary’ to protect UK fishers

  29-10-2021 19:46
  
  French and EU vessels could face ‘rigorous checks’ in British waters if Paris carries out threatsBoris Johnson vowed to do “whatever is necessary” to protect British fishers, with French and EU vessels put on notice of “rigorous” checks when in British waters and even tariffs on goods if Paris acts on its recent threats.As France prepared to act on its plan to tie up British goods in red tape at ports in a row over fishing licences, the prime minister said he
  
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• Biden tells France the US was 'clumsy' in its handling of Aukus deal – video

  29-10-2021 19:45
  
  Joe Biden tried to repair his personal and political relationship with Emmanuel Macron by acknowledging that the announcement of a security and technology pact that blindsided France was a 'clumsy' episode handled with a lack of grace. The US president and his French counterpart met at France’s Vatican embassy in Rome on Friday, before the G20 leaders’ summit this weekend, for their first in-person discussion since Macron was left feeling betrayed and humiliated by Septembe
  
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• Grave error? Facebook’s new name Meta means dead in Hebrew

  29-10-2021 19:41
  
  Rebrand mocked under hashtag #FacebookDead while Canadian firm’s shares get unexpected boostFacebook’s name change has been roundly mocked on social media, and perhaps nowhere more so than in Israel: Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead”.As images of Facebook’s name superimposed on a tombstone were shared online, Dr Nirit Weiss-Blatt, a tech expert, wrote in a tweet directed towards Facebook’s communications team: “In Hebrew, *Meta* means *Dead*.&r
  
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• Penelope Jackson jailed for minimum of 18 years for husband’s murder

  29-10-2021 19:27
  
  Jury at Bristol crown court finds retired accountant guilty of murdering ex-soldier David JacksonHow row over bubble and squeak ended in murderA retired accountant has been jailed for at least 18 years after being convicted of murdering her husband, a former army lieutenant colonel whom she accused of decades of emotional and physical abuse.Penelope Jackson, 66, was found guilty at Bristol crown court of the murder of David Jackson, 78, whom she stabbed three times at their home in Somerset befo
  
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• Outcry after Oklahoma prisoner vomits and convulses during execution

  29-10-2021 19:12
  
  Witnesses describe gruesome scenes as John Grant, 60, put to death on Thursday in state’s first judicial killing for six yearsOklahoma is coming under sharp criticism after witnesses to the state’s first judicial killing for six years described gruesome scenes of the dying prisoner convulsing and vomiting as he was administered the lethal injections.John Grant, 60, was pronounced dead at 4.21pm on Thursday at McAlester state penitentiary after he was injected with a triple cocktail o
  
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• Cop26: Humanity 5-1 down at half-time on climate crisis, says Johnson

  29-10-2021 19:06
  
  Prime minister on way to Italy says our civilisation could mimic the decline of the Roman empire ‘unless we get this right’Boris Johnson has likened the globe’s battle against the climate emergency to a football team losing 5-1 at half-time, as he flew to Rome for a world leaders’ gathering seen as crucial for setting the tone for next week’s Cop26 climate summit.Speaking to reporters on the flight to Italy for the G20 meeting, Johnson conceded that he had not alway
  
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• Biden admits to Macron the US was ‘clumsy’ in Aukus submarine deal

  29-10-2021 19:06
  
  American president moves to repair relationship after France was blindsided by security pactJoe Biden has moved to repair his damaged personal and political relationship with Emmanuel Macron by acknowledging that the announcement of a security and technology pact that blindsided France was a “clumsy” episode handled with a lack of grace.The US president and his French counterpart met at France’s Vatican embassy in Rome on Friday, ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit this week
  
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• 'Beloved' teaches Virginians the dangers of ignoring the past. Just open the book.

  29-10-2021 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Virginia governor race debate between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin over public schools shows the irony of banning Toni Morrison's 'Beloved.'
  
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• The Queen advised to rest for two weeks, says Buckingham Palace

  29-10-2021 19:04
  
  Monarch can undertake ‘light, desk-based duties’ and aims to attend Remembrance Sunday serviceDoctors have advised the Queen to rest for at least another two weeks and not to undertake any official visits, Buckingham Palace has said.It means the 95-year-old will not attend the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on the eve of Remembrance Sunday, though she hopes to be at the Cenotaph for the Remembrance Day service itself. Continue reading...
  
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• Another one of the 'Trump 10' heads for the exits

  29-10-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's purge of the Republican Party continued apace on Friday, with Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger announcing that he will retire rather than seek reelection in 2022.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II told to rest for at least another two weeks

  29-10-2021 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been told to rest for at least the next two weeks, more than a week after the monarch was admitted to a hospital for a night for "preliminary investigations", according to Buckingham Palace.
  
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