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• Missing Oregon mom dead, daughter alive in Idaho forest

  06-11-2021 23:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two missing Oregon women were found with their broken-down vehicle.
  
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• Of the eight people who died at the Astroworld Festival, seven of them ranged from age 14 to 27, Houston's mayor says. Hundreds were injured.

  06-11-2021 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  Members of a densely packed crowd surged toward a stage and were crushed against each other at a Houston music festival Friday night, killing at least eight people and injuring scores of others, witnesses and officials said.
  
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• Elon Musk asks Twitter if he should sell some of his Tesla stock

  06-11-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk says he'll let Twitter users decide if he should sell 10% of the 170.5 million shares he holds in Tesla.
  
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• 2 teens among 8 dead after crowd surge at Astroworld music festival in Houston

  06-11-2021 22:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  At least eight people are dead after a crowd surging toward the stage Friday night at a massive Houston concert caused panic and chaos, authorities said.
  
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• Opinion: Biden's peacock moment

  06-11-2021 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Politics can be a fickle and unforgiving business.As a friend once told me after he lost re-election, "One day you're a peacock. The next day you're a feather duster."
  
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• Watch Tucker Carlson's admission about Critical Race Theory

  06-11-2021 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that he has "never figured out" what Critical Race Theory actually is, despite talking about it for months.
  
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• 'Beyond your control.' The recipe for a deadly crowd crush

  06-11-2021 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Houston's sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of a nation anxious to escape the pandemic gloom and let loose.
  
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• A sold-out Astroworld Festival turned tragic when a crowd surge killed 8 and injured hundreds

  06-11-2021 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Houston's sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of a nation anxious to escape the pandemic gloom and let loose.
  
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• Michigan courts still sending children to Sequel facilities, despite governor's order

  06-11-2021 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Michigan courts still sending children to Sequel facilities, despite governor’s order
  
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• Travis Scott says he's 'absolutely devastated' after 8 people died at Astroworld music festival

  06-11-2021 21:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The events unfolded Friday night when "the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage," officials said.
  
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• Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action

  06-11-2021 20:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A second day of protests takes place outside the U.N. climate summit.
  
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• Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk

  06-11-2021 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A ship named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk was launched in San Diego.
  
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• No NFL doctor told Aaron Rodgers vaccinated people can't catch or spread Covid, league says

  06-11-2021 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Wisconsin-based health care organization also cut ties with Rodgers after revealing he's unvaccinated and has sought out alternate treatments that have been disproven.
  
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• No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

  06-11-2021 20:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The astronauts who will depart the ISS on Sunday will be stuck using diapers.
  
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• Biden's vaccine mandate for companies temporarily halted by federal appeals

  06-11-2021 20:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  It comes days after the Biden administration unveiled the rule, which was immediately met with vows of legal action from Republican governors and others.
  
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• Prevea Health and Aaron Rodgers end partnership

  06-11-2021 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Prevea Health announced on Saturday it is ending its partnership with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week and is unvaccinated against the virus.
  
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• Prevea Health ends its partnership with Aaron Rodgers

  06-11-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Prevea Health announced on Saturday it is ending its partnership with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week and is unvaccinated against the virus.
  
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• Georgians protest outside ex-president Saakashvili's prison

  06-11-2021 19:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Former President Mikheil Saakashvili is weakening while on a hunger strike.
  
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• Travis Scott says he is 'devastated' after 8 people died during his Astroworld Festival

  06-11-2021 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Rapper Travis Scott is speaking out after eight people were killed during his concert Friday night.
  
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• Travis Scott says he is 'absolutely devastated by what took place'

  06-11-2021 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Rapper Travis Scott is speaking out after eight people were killed during his concert Friday night.
  
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• In pictures: Glasgow's biggest climate action demo

  06-11-2021 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some of the images from the biggest climate change protest to take place in the city during COP26
  
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• Video shows moment Travis Scott spots ambulance in crowd

  06-11-2021 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  At least eight people died and many others were injured after a crowd surged forward at the music festival in Houston.
  
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• See the moment Travis Scott pauses show after spotting ambulance

  06-11-2021 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  At least eight people died and many others were injured after a crowd surged forward at the music festival in Houston.
  
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• See the moment Travis Scott pauses Astroworld show after spotting ambulance

  06-11-2021 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  At least eight people died and many others were injured after a crowd surged forward at the music festival in Houston.
  
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• Pressure grows on Man United boss after another embarrassing defeat

  06-11-2021 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester United slumped to a fourth defeat of the Premier League season at Old Trafford on Saturday, going down 2-0 against rival Manchester City.
  
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• Manchester United suffer another embarrassing defeat

  06-11-2021 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester United slumped to a fourth defeat of the Premier League season at Old Trafford on Saturday, going down 2-0 against rival Manchester City.
  
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• El Chapo's brother and 2 others indicted on drug trafficking charges

  06-11-2021 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  The US Attorney's office in Arizona announced the unsealing of two indictments that charged high-ranking members of the Sinaloa drug cartel with international drug trafficking, one of them the brother of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the convicted former leader of the cartel.
  
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• Missing N.C. teen found after using TikTok hand sign alerting she was in danger

  06-11-2021 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 16-year-old girl used hand signals known "to represent violence at home — I need help — domestic violence," authorities said.
  
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• At least 98 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion

  06-11-2021 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  At least 84 people died on Friday after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, according to authorities in the West African country.
  
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• Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic

  06-11-2021 17:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the Earth and it's on the knife edge of survival
  
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• Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 98

  06-11-2021 17:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone's capital.
  
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• Ukraine COVID-19 deaths hit record amid low vaccination rate

  06-11-2021 17:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The country's underfunded medical system is under severe strain.
  
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• Autopsy: Football player died from heart problem, not heat

  06-11-2021 17:27 via abcnews.go.com
  A 15-year-old Georgia high school athlete died from an "abnormal heart rhythm."
  
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• Multiple people injured in knife attack on German train

  06-11-2021 17:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Bavarian Red Cross says a knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely wounded
  
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• Biden hails ‘monumental step forward’ as Democrats pass infrastructure bill – video

  06-11-2021 17:24
  
  Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress’s passage of his $1tn infrastructure package as a ‘monumental step forward for the nation’ after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff in their ranks to finally seal the deal. His reference to infrastructure week was a jab at his predecessor, Donald Trump, whose White House declared several times that ‘infrastructure week’ had arrived, only for nothing to happenBiden hails ‘monumental step forward&rsqu
  
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• The search for another Earth across the galaxy heats up

  06-11-2021 17:14 via cnn.com
  
  I've always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element found in our teeth was detected for the first time in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away.
  
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• Scientists say it's time to find other planets like Earth. Here's why

  06-11-2021 17:14 via cnn.com
  
  I've always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element found in our teeth was detected for the first time in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away.
  
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• Former coal company execs to go on trial for skirting rules

  06-11-2021 17:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A group of former coal company officials are going on trial in Kentucky next week
  
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• COP26: Why we marched in Glasgow

  06-11-2021 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some of the thousands of activists who took part in the biggest COP26 protest explain why they were there.
  
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• Marília Mendonça: remembering her life and career – video obituary

  06-11-2021 16:41
  
  Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s biggest singers and a Latin Grammy winner, has been killed in a plane crash on her way to a concert. Her press office said their plane crashed between Mendonça’s home town of Goiânia and Caratinga, a small city 220 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft was around seven miles from Caratinga, her destination for that evening’s gig.Brazilian singer Marília Mendonça dies in plane crash on way to concer
  
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• 'We delivered': Biden touts infrastructure win after chaotic late night vote

  06-11-2021 16:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The advancement of the bills is a much needed victory for Biden after a string of setbacks at home and abroad over the last three months.
  
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• What is Astroworld? Who is Travis Scott? And other things to know about the incident

  06-11-2021 16:13 via cnn.com
  
  At least eight people were killed and many others injured after a crowd surged forward while rapper Travis Scott was on stage at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday night.
  
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• Ex-Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III faces additional charges related to fatal car crash

  06-11-2021 16:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ruggs, 22, was arrested Tuesday after police said his Chevrolet Corvette slammed into the back of a Toyota Rav4, killing the female driver and her dog.
  
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• Woman arrested after fourth death in Welsh paddleboarding incident

  06-11-2021 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  A woman has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following a paddleboarding incident in Wales last week in which four people died.
  
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• Woman arrested after fourth death in paddleboarding incident

  06-11-2021 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  A woman has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following a paddleboarding incident in Wales last week in which four people died.
  
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• Climate change is teaching the Dutch to let land flood

  06-11-2021 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  In the spitting rain that is endemic to the Netherlands, Anneke van Lelieveld bundles up in her bright orange cardigan at her home on the New Merwede River, and turns to look out over the wetlands behind her garden.
  
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• Drone footage shows aftermath of fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone – video

  06-11-2021 14:36
  
  At least 92 people were killed and dozens more injured in the capital, Freetown, when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, according to local authoritiesOil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 92 peopleContinue reading...
  
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• It looks like a steal — but then you're trapped: 'Dark patterns' may face a reckoning

  06-11-2021 14:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tech companies, subscription apps and e-commerce sites have for years used subtle tricks to nudge people toward a decision or purchase they might not otherwise
  
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• 'Just totally ridiculous': People who enroll Americans in Obamacare struggle to afford care

  06-11-2021 14:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Call center Maximus helps Americans access Obamacare. They struggle to afford their own insurance.
  
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• A dangerous crisis is brewing in the Balkans. Will the West do anything to stop another war?

  06-11-2021 14:24 via cnn.com
  
  The Balkan state of Bosnia-Herzegovina is on the verge of what analysts warn is its most serious crisis since the end of the Bosnian war in 1995, in which thousands were killed and horrendous acts of ethnic cleansing were committed.
  
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