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• Analysis: It's been a huge week for the Jan. 6 investigation

  11-11-2021 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection appears to be ramping up.
  
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• Liz Cheney reveals what Republicans said privately about Trump

  11-11-2021 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who is a strong critic of former President Trump and his election lies, says some Republicans are privately thanking her for her stance.
  
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• Cheney reveals what Republicans said privately about Trump

  11-11-2021 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who is a strong critic of former President Trump and his election lies, says some Republicans are privately thanking her for her stance.
  
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• WATCH: Biden salutes veterans, lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  11-11-2021 23:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Biden called veterans the “spine of America” and promised to “meet the sacred obligation” owed to those who serve.
  
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• Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial makes inappropriate Asian food joke

  11-11-2021 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The judge presiding over the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse confused observersafter making a strange and off-color joke inside the courtroom on Thursday.
  
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• China opens first clinic for transgender youth

  11-11-2021 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Breaking with its usual practices on LGBTQ rights and issues, China launched its first medical clinic to treat transgender children and adolescents.
  
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• Winter, star of 'Dolphin Tale' movies, is in critical condition

  11-11-2021 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Winter, the dolphin who starred in the "Dolphin Tale" films, is in critical condition, according to The Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
  
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• Defense lawyer in Arbery trial objects to Sharpton's presence in court

  11-11-2021 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  "We don't want any more Black pastors coming in here," the attorney for William "Roddie" Bryan said.
  
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• Filing to pause their release is last-ditch effort to keep documents related to Jan. 6 investigation secret

  11-11-2021 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to briefly stop the release of key White House records from his presidency to the House January 6 committee while he appeals a lower court's decision that he can't claim executive privilege to keep them secret.
  
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• Mars rover scrapes at rock to 'look at something no one's ever seen'

  11-11-2021 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  The Perseverance rover took a well-deserved break in October during solar conjunction, but it's back to investigating intriguing rocks in Jezero Crater on Mars.
  
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• Appeals court temporarily blocks Jan. 6 committee from obtaining Trump White House records

  11-11-2021 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Jan. 6 committee had been scheduled to get the records Friday.
  
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• New York's Cuomo investigation hits a snag — because of course it does

  11-11-2021 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  If we’ve learned anything, it’s that we have to stop hoping that men will save us.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse sobbing shows what's wrong with America

  11-11-2021 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Before Kyle Rittenhouse cried on the witness stand, and no matter how a Kenosha judge rules in his case, his supporters have made sure that he comes out a winner.
  
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• Trump's legal woes multiply post-Presidency

  11-11-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump Organization could lose the keys to an 18-hole public golf course with views of the Manhattan skyline in the coming weeks, making it another likely casualty to stem from former President Donald Trump's actions on January 6 before rioters stormed the US Capitol.
  
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• Watch Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell trick Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon on live TV

  11-11-2021 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds appeared to have switched late night talk show interview slots, without notifying Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon. But the show must go on. See what happened when they showed up unexpectedly.
  
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• An abusive Christian boarding home operated in the shadows. It also took teens' babies.

  11-11-2021 21:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Bethesda Home for Girls made pregnant teens give up their babies for adoption. Now, women are trying to find their lost children.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse trial hangs in balance as defence requests mistrial – video report

  11-11-2021 20:53
  
  The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse has been thrown into jeopardy after his lawyers requested a mistrial over what appeared to be out-of-bounds questions asked of him by the prosecution. On the seventh day of the trial, Rittenhouse took to the stand to insist he had acted in self-defence. The 18-year-old is on trial on charges of killing two men and injuring a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. Kyle Rittenhouse lawyers seek mistrial as judge upbraids prosecutionJury
  
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• Lateral flow tests: Americans react to seeing UK rapid testing

  11-11-2021 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British nurse explains how at-home, fast Covid tests changed her life - and what the US can expect.
  
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• Poland-Belarus: How social media posts fuelled the migrant crisis

  11-11-2021 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Messages on social media had a key role in a mass move of migrants to the Polish border this week.
  
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• South Africa's last white president issues posthumous apology for apartheid – video

  11-11-2021 20:15
  
  The former South African president FW de Klerk recorded a message to the nation shortly before his death on Thursday, in which he apologised for 'the pain and the hurt and the indignity and the damage' the apartheid regime had caused. De Klerk oversaw the end of white minority rule as the country's last apartheid president and shared the Nobel peace prize with Nelson Mandela, but was a controversial figure in the country. Many blamed him for violence against Black South Africans and anti-aparthe
  
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• China and India among 22 nations calling for key section to be cut from COP26 agreement

  11-11-2021 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  After 11 days of climate talks that have included progress on protecting forests, phasing out coal and transitioning to electric cars, the future of our planet has boiled down to one key thing: who's going to pay for the mess we're in?
  
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• Program to kill Grand Canyon bison nets 4 animals, criticism

  11-11-2021 20:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A pilot program to help reduce bison at Grand Canyon National Park by shooting them has wrapped up with four of the animals killed
  
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• Celebrity grizzly bear takes her cubs into town

  11-11-2021 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online star 'Grizzly 399', who has her own Instagram page, took a stroll through Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
  
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• Austrian leader says lockdown for the unvaccinated is likely

  11-11-2021 19:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Austria’s chancellor has stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine country are soaring
  
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• Expert at Rittenhouse trial zeroes in on just a few minutes

  11-11-2021 19:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A use-of-force expert testified for the defense at Rittenhouse’s murder trial.
  
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• WATCH: Golden retriever tries to be kitten's fur-riend

  11-11-2021 19:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Friendly golden retriever excitedly sniffs and dances around his potential new friend, as the unsure kitten watches him carefully.
  
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• Takeaways from Thursday at COP26: A fight is brewing over a critical piece of the final agreement

  11-11-2021 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  • China and India among 22 nations calling for key section on emissions to be ditched
  
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• Takeaways from Thursday at climate summit: A fight is brewing over a critical piece of the final agreement

  11-11-2021 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  With just over 24 hours before the COP26 climate summit comes to a close, it's all hands on deck.
  
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• Pentagon's claims of rogue Green Berets challenged in ABC News documentary

  11-11-2021 19:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News probes the mystery behind the 2017 deaths of four Green Berets in Tongo Tongo, Niger, in the documentary "3212 UN-REDACTED," coming Nov. 11 to Hulu.
  
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• FW de Klerk: The man who still divides South Africa

  11-11-2021 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Was he a visionary who ended a racist system, or should he have been prosecuted?
  
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• The former President turns to a federal appeals court as tomorrow's deadline to release his records to the January 6 committee looms

  11-11-2021 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to briefly stop the release of key White House records from his presidency to the House January 6 committee while he appeals a lower court's decision that he can't claim executive privilege to keep them secret.
  
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• Liberty responds to ex-spokesman's suit, seeks gag order

  11-11-2021 19:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the handling of sexual misconduct accusations
  
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• South Africa's last apartheid president F. W. de Klerk dies

  11-11-2021 19:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
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• Xi gets 'history resolution', only the third ever issued by the Chinese Communist Party

  11-11-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted a landmark resolution on the party's "major achievements and historic experiences," according to a communique published by the official Xinhua news agency on Thursday, in a move expected to further strengthen President Xi Jinping's hold on power.
  
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• Chinese Communist Party passes landmark resolution celebrating Xi Jinping

  11-11-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted a landmark resolution on the party's "major achievements and historic experiences," according to a communique published by the official Xinhua news agency on Thursday, in a move expected to further strengthen President Xi Jinping's hold on power.
  
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• Biden visits Arlington National Cemetery on first Veterans Day since Afghanistan withdrawal

  11-11-2021 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thursday marks the first Veterans Day in 20 years that the U.S. has not been at war.
  
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• Disappearing shorts: As stocks soar, skeptics surrender

  11-11-2021 18:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The skeptics of Wall Street have gone missing
  
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• Quiz of the week: Which actor destroyed an original Banksy?

  11-11-2021 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days?
  
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• Rare 520-year-old coin found at site of first English settlement in Newfoundland

  11-11-2021 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists say the Henry VII half groat may be the oldest English coin ever found in Canada.
  
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• Meghan says sorry to court for forgetting book discussions

  11-11-2021 18:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Duchess of Sussex has apologized for misleading a British court about the extent of her cooperation with the authors of a sympathetic book about her and Prince Harry
  
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• UK recovery still lagging other G7 economies as growth slows

  11-11-2021 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  UK GDP growth slowed between July and September, leaving the economy around 2% smaller than it was before the pandemic and trailing the recovery in other G7 nations.
  
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• FW de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid leader, died this year

  11-11-2021 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  FW de Klerk, the last leader of apartheid-era South Africa who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela after working to end racial segregation in the country, has died at 85, his foundation said on Thursday.
  
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• This country made it illegal for your boss to call outside work hours

  11-11-2021 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Ever had a persistent boss who won't stop messaging you once you've left work or logged off? In Portugal, that behavior is now illegal.
  
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• Biden to make it easier for vets exposed to toxic 'burn pits' to receive benefits

  11-11-2021 17:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Biden administration is establishing a new model for how they assess the health effects that US veterans have after being exposed to toxic "burn pits."
  
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• Ferris wheel-size asteroid could be a lost piece of the moon

  11-11-2021 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  A near-Earth asteroid may be a fragment that once broke away from the moon.
  
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• Poland-Belarus crisis: The lives caught in a stalemate

  11-11-2021 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A row over an influx of migrants has reached a stalemate. We spoke to people caught in the middle.
  
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• Analysis: Watergate-era rulings may work against Trump

  11-11-2021 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's attempt to withhold records from the House of Representatives related to the January 6 US Capitol attack based on executive privilege -- a claim rejected by President Joe Biden -- would present the US Supreme Court with a novel legal dilemma.
  
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• My Day at COP26: 'Anything we achieve in Glasgow is not going to be enough'

  11-11-2021 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bangladeshi climate scientist, Saleemul Huq, is at COP26 to advise the world’s least developed countries. He describes the mood as the summit nears its conclusion.
  
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• Analysis: How Mike Pence's inner circle could be the key

  11-11-2021 17:23 via cnn.com
  
  The fundamental question before the January 6 committee is whether they will ever, really, get to the bottom of what former President Donald Trump said and did that day -- and in the days leading up the riot at the US Capitol.
  
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• Biden expected to hold virtual summit with Xi Jinping on Monday

  11-11-2021 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's highly anticipated virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to take place on Monday, people familiar with the matter say.
  
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