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• Kamala Harris' Paris trip puts a band-aid on deteriorating US-France relations

  12-11-2021 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  Kamala Harris is a hit in Paris.
  
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• As Rittenhouse trial winds down, polarizing judge lashes out

  12-11-2021 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder has not slunk into the background while presiding over the biggest case of his more than four decades on the bench.
  
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• Jon Gruden sues NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell

  12-11-2021 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden in a lawsuit alleges the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell sought to destroy his career and reputation through a malicious and orchestrated campaign.
  
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• Steve Bannon indicted for refusal to comply with Capitol attack subpoena

  12-11-2021 23:30
  
  Former Trump adviser indicted by grand jury on two counts for contempt of CongressDonald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has been charged with contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol.The justice department said Bannon had been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts: refusing to appear for a deposition and refusing to provide documents in response to the committee’s subpoena. Continue reading...
  
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• Iceland takes aim at Mark Zuckerberg in new tourism video

  12-11-2021 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  A tourism ad released by "Inspired by Iceland" parodies Facebook's announcement of its name change to Meta.
  
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• Trump scores legal wins after Summer Zervos drops lawsuit and Cohen's suit against Trump Org. dismissed

  12-11-2021 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump scored two big legal victories Friday and avoided having to sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit after former "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos agreed to drop her claims, according to a court filing, and a New York judge granted Trump's motion to dismiss a 2019 lawsuit filed by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen against the Trump Organization.
  
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• Britney Spears' conservatorship ends

  12-11-2021 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  Britney Spears' 13-year conservatorship is over.
  
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• Analysis: The January 6 committee just got a lot more powerful

  12-11-2021 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  The news late Friday that on-again, off-again Trump political svengali Steve Bannon had been indicted on two counts of contempt for his refusal to testify before the House January 6 select committee is a game-changer in terms of the committee's power to compel unwilling witnesses to appear before it.
  
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• Less than a month after riding to space, Glen de Vries dies in plane crash

  12-11-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  One of Blue Origin's newest astronauts, 49-year-old Glen de Vries, survived a ride to space in October alongside actor William Shatner. But less than a month later, he was killed in a small plane crash on Thursday in New Jersey.
  
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• Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries dies in plane crash

  12-11-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  One of Blue Origin's newest astronauts, 49-year-old Glen de Vries, survived a ride to space in October alongside actor William Shatner. But less than a month later, he was killed in a small plane crash on Thursday in New Jersey.
  
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• Analysis: Trump's 'Hang Mike Pence' defense is appalling

  12-11-2021 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  When thinking about Donald Trump, it's always important to remember that a) he cares only about himself and b) he is utterly incapable of remorse.
  
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• Cop26 in extra time as leaders warn of the deadly cost of failure

  12-11-2021 22:28
  
  Talks expected to last into Saturday afternoon as delegates are told they must reach a deal or future generations will be forced into violent competition for resourcesChildren born today will be fighting each other for food and water in 2050 if the Cop26 climate summit fails, exhausted delegates were told as negotiators fight over the final details of a potential deal.The deadline for the fortnight-long talks to finish came and went as leading figures took to the floor for what they hoped would
  
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• Longtime Trump ally, who's expected to turn himself in Monday, faces up to a year in jail for each of two counts

  12-11-2021 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, the Justice Department announced Friday.
  
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• Defense attorney explains why Mark Meadows should be 'shaking in his boots' over Bannon indictment

  12-11-2021 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Caroline Polisi, a criminal defense attorney, breaks down how much jail time Steve Bannon could face if he's convicted and how this could affect other witnesses subpoenaed by Congress.
  
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• Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress

  12-11-2021 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  The indictment is a first: No one has been prosecuted for contempt of Congress when executive privilege was asserted.
  
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• Federal grand jury approves charge against longtime Trump ally as part of Jan. 6 committee investigation

  12-11-2021 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, the Justice Department announced Friday.
  
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• Tech mogul who joined William Shatner in space on Blue Origin dies in air crash

  12-11-2021 22:07
  
  Glen de Vries and Thomas Fischer were aboard a single-engine Cessna that went down Thursday in northern New JerseyA wealthy tech mogul who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when a small plane crashed in northern New Jersey, according to state police.Glen de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, were aboard a single-engine Cessna 172 that went down Thursday in a wooded area of Hampton Township. Continue
  
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• It's not just Elon Musk: Here's who else has sold Tesla stock

  12-11-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Just days before his brother started selling billions of dollars worth of Tesla shares, Kimbal Musk, a Tesla board member, sold $108 million worth of his own stock in the company.
  
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• Here are the Tesla executives and board members who have been selling the stock

  12-11-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Just days before his brother started selling billions of dollars worth of Tesla shares, Kimbal Musk, a Tesla board member, sold $108 million worth of his own stock in the company.
  
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• Hamilton tops Friday Sao Paulo qualifying but has grid penalty

  12-11-2021 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton romps to pole position for the 'sprint' qualifying race at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix ahead of title rival Max Verstappen's Red Bull.
  
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• Trump's former chief of staff a no-show for Jan. 6 deposition

  12-11-2021 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows did not appear for a deposition on Friday in front of the House select committee investigating January 6, sources familiar with the investigation tell CNN, setting up a potential showdown that could lead to the panel beginning a criminal referral process against him.
  
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• Martin Rowson on attempts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies at Cop26 – cartoon

  12-11-2021 21:00
  
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• Jen Psaki returns to White House briefing room after testing positive for Covid-19

  12-11-2021 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki returned to the White House briefing room Friday for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, telling reporters she completed a 10-day quarantine and received a negative Covid-19 test on Thursday.
  
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• Netflix's 'Red Notice' is an unpretentious thriller — and a clever scam

  12-11-2021 20:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The unpretentious thriller disavows aesthetic ambition with such sincere hucksterism you start to wonder if there’s a glimmer of cultural whatnot amongst the false gold.
  
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• Netherlands imposes lockdown measures as Covid cases hit new high

  12-11-2021 20:22
  
  PM Mark Rutte announces first partial lockdown by a western European country since the summerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Netherlands will become the first western European country to impose a partial lockdown since the summer, introducing strict new measures from Saturday in the face of record numbers of new Covid-19 infections.The restrictions, announced by the caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, on Friday, will last at least three weeks and include t
  
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• Chess champion took on Putin and Trump. Hear why he's terrified for Americans

  12-11-2021 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  Garry Kasparov, chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and former world chess champion, recalls three moments in his life where he realized he had to fight for democracy -- and explains how it contrasts to chess. Kasparov shares his story in CNN Opinion's "Voices of Freedom."
  
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• Strike me pink: Australia’s last two flamingos resurrected as gay emblems

  12-11-2021 20:00
  
  Birds Chile and Greater, painstakingly restored by taxidermists, will be on display at SA Museum as part of Feast festivalAustralia’s last flamingos will go on display this weekend after taxidermists restored the magnificent pink birds.The last flamingo in Australia (named Chile) died in 2018, the second last (Greater) in 2014 – but they have been resurrected as gay emblems for South Australia’s Feast festival. Continue reading...
  
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• My family history omits all mention of violence against Māori – I want to break the silence | Richard Shaw

  12-11-2021 20:00
  
  It is a grim irony that my Irish family – paying to live on land colonised by the English – was involved in alienating Māori from their landOn the morning of the5 November 1881 my great-grandfather, Andrew Gilhooly, stood alongside 1,588 other men, waiting to commence the invasion of Parihaka pā (settlement), home to the great pacifist leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi and their people. He would have participated in the weeks and months of destruction and des
  
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• Scotland win in Moldova seals play-off spot for 2022 World Cup

  12-11-2021 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland clinch a World Cup play-off place with a game to spare thanks to a composed victory in Moldova.
  
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• Louisiana board votes to pardon Homer Plessy, the Rosa Parks of the 1890s

  12-11-2021 19:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Plessy's refusal to leave a whites-only train car ultimately led to a notorious Supreme Court decision that affirmed racial segregation.
  
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• Poland border: Heat camera shows migrants stranded between the two countries

  12-11-2021 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The migrants - who are mainly young men - are enduring freezing conditions in the hopes of reaching the EU.
  
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• Covid: Dutch partial lockdown to tackle surge in infections

  12-11-2021 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The measures will last three weeks, while Austria plans a lockdown for the unvaccinated.
  
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• NGO chief speaks out over Poland-Belarus border crisis

  12-11-2021 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Norwegian Refugee Council chief Jan Egeland speaks to CNN's Eleni Giokos as thousands of people trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus are being stopped from crossing into Poland by some 15,000 soldiers.
  
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• Judgment time: admission and apology up the ante in Meghan privacy case

  12-11-2021 19:19
  
  The Duchess of Sussex’s case against the Associated Newspapers offered much drama this week which looks set to continueAn 11th-hour intervention, an admission of forgetfulness, and an apology to the court; the potentially explosive developments in the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy case against the Mail on Sunday offered much drama this week.And it may be far from over. Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) wants the court of appeal to overturn a judge’s ruling that the Mail on Sunday a
  
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• Meghan chose to write letter to father to protect Prince Harry, texts reveal

  12-11-2021 19:11
  
  Duchess says in messages to aide that Harry was receiving ‘constant berating’ from family over Thomas MarkleThe Duchess of Sussex chose to write a letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, to protect Prince Harry from “constant berating” from the royal family to do something to stop him talking to the media, texts have revealed.Meghan also believed a letter was better than an email or text as it “does not open the door for a conversation”. Continue readin
  
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• Transform approach to Amazon or it will not survive, warns major report

  12-11-2021 19:01
  
  Panel of 200 scientists tells Cop26 Indigenous people, business, governments and scientists must collaborateCop26 – latest updatesThe world’s approach to the Amazon rainforest must be transformed to avoid an irreversible, catastrophic tipping point, according to the most comprehensive study of the region ever carried out.More than 200 scientists collaborated on the new report, which finds that more than a third of the world’s biggest tropical forest is degraded or deforested, r
  
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• ‘It is about being in control’: how New Zealand’s assisted dying law is bringing comfort to one family

  12-11-2021 19:00
  
  Steve Smith may be the first person in the country to qualify for the euthanasia procedure. He says it’s a ‘solution’ and a ‘choice’When Steve Smith dies, he wants to be at home, in the arms of his beloved wife. He wants it to be a moment he chooses, before the aggressive tumour in his brain takes hold. He may get his wish.Smith, who was diagnosed with glioblastoma in May, might be the first New Zealander to become eligible for a medically assisted death, after the
  
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• PSG's Diallo denies involvement in attack on team-mate

  12-11-2021 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paris St-Germain midfielder Aminata Diallo denies any involvement in an attack on her team-mate Kheira Hamraoui.
  
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• Rare 'cotton candy' lobster caught in Maine

  12-11-2021 18:53 via cnn.com
  
  Cotton candy is one of the last words most people would use to describe lobster, but one special crustacean fits the bill.
  
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• New documentary explores a tiny '60s icon that shaped a new era in fashion

  12-11-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  There's an exchange in Sadie Frost's debut documentary, "Quant," that succinctly captures the essence of the film's subject -- one of the 1960s' most renowned fashion icons -- and the garment she's best known for.
  
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• French teenage jogger admits lying about kidnap escape

  12-11-2021 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old had claimed she escaped her kidnappers, in a case that has gripped France.
  
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• Analysis: Biden to hold virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday

  12-11-2021 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's highly anticipated virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping will take place on Monday, the White House announced Friday.
  
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• Team of 10 UK soldiers sent to Poland to assist on Belarus border

  12-11-2021 18:27
  
  MoD says small team of military personnel deployed after agreement with Polish governmentBritain has sent a team of about 10 soldiers to Poland to help Warsaw strengthen its border with Belarus, where groups of migrants have been stranded attempting to cross into the EU.The troops arrived on Thursday and are expected to spend a few days in the country, including visiting the border at the request of the Polish government to work out if they can repair or toughen the fencing. Continue reading...
  
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• 'And Just Like That' teaser-trailer is out -- with a launch date

  12-11-2021 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  It's the moment "Sex and the City" fans have been waiting for -- a date for the return of Carrie and friends, 17 years after the original show ended.
  
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• What you need to know about the crisis

  12-11-2021 18:19 via cnn.com
  
  Thousands of people are stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus in terrible conditions, trapped at the center of an intensifying geopolitical dispute.
  
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• Russia and Belarus hold military drills as migrant crisis on EU border grows

  12-11-2021 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Russia and Belarus flexed their military might for a third time this week near the Poland-Belarus border, where thousands of people are stranded in deplorable conditions, trapped at the center of an intensifying humanitarian and geopolitical crisis.
  
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• Meghan's privacy case went back to court. Here's what you need to know

  12-11-2021 18:15 via cnn.com
  
  With the Duchess of Sussex's photograph plastered across many UK newspapers this week, you'd have been forgiven for thinking you'd somehow time-traveled back to 2019.
  
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• EU welcomes ‘change in tone’ from UK at Northern Ireland Brexit talks

  12-11-2021 18:05
  
  Brussels Brexit chief offers glimmer of hope, but London says threat of article 16 still on the tableA glimmer of hope of a solution to the dispute over the Northern Ireland Brexit arrangements has emerged after a fourth week of talks ended on Friday.After a week of recriminations and the threat of a trade war, the European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič said there had been a change in tone from the UK’s Brexit minister, David Frost, confirming the UK had
  
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• In pictures: Migrants face lack of food and medical attention

  12-11-2021 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  Thousands of migrants are stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus.
  
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• Boris Johnson urges people to get Covid boosters as he warns of ‘storm clouds’

  12-11-2021 17:52
  
  PM expresses concern over worsening situation in continental Europe, saying: ‘We’ve been here before’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageElderly and vulnerable people must get their booster jabs if a rise in Covid cases in the UK is to be prevented, the prime minister has said, as he warned of “storm clouds” forming over parts of Europe.Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Croatia are among countries that have recently seen a surge in Covid c
  
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