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• California just set a new gas price record

  14-11-2021 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  California gas prices hit an average of $4.676 Sunday, beating its previous record average price of $4.671 for regular gasoline set in October 2012, according to AAA.
  
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• Last-gasp Mitrovic header sends Serbia to World Cup and Portugal into play-offs

  14-11-2021 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scores a dramatic late winner as Serbia book their place at next year's World Cup and condemn Portugal to the play-offs.
  
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• CNN exclusive: Aides worn out by dysfunction in vice president's office

  14-11-2021 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Many current and former West Wing aides say that Vice President Kamala Harris is not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined, causing frustration among staffers.
  
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• COP deal sounds death knell for coal power - UK PM

  14-11-2021 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But Boris Johnson says the achievements of the Glasgow summit are "tinged with disappointment".
  
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• Worn-out key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at VP Kamala Harris and her staff

  14-11-2021 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff -- deciding there simply isn't time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when President Joe Biden faces quickly multiplying legislative and political concerns.
  
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• Iran earthquake kills at least one person

  14-11-2021 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  At least one person is reported to have died after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Iran on Sunday.
  
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• The biggest changes in my 50s didn't have to do with how my body looked

  14-11-2021 21:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  It turns out, the biggest changes that hit in my 50s didn’t have anything to do with how my body looked.
  
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• How father-son duo helped solve 1969 bank heist mystery

  14-11-2021 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  In July 1969, Theodore John Conrad, a bank teller in Cleveland, stole $215,000 from the bank he worked at and vanished, authorities said. Now more than five decades later, the US Marshals Service announced that it's identified the man considered one of the nation's most wanted fugitives. US Marshal Pete Elliott shares how he and his father helped crack the case.
  
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• 'I keep forgetting you're still alive:' Elon Musk trolls Bernie Sanders on Twitter

  14-11-2021 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is trolling again on Twitter, and this time his target is Sen. Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Queen pulls out of Remembrance Sunday service after spraining her back

  14-11-2021 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  Queen will miss the Remembrance Sunday service in central London after spraining her back, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.
  
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• Agents rescue pilot found standing atop sinking plane

  14-11-2021 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  Federal agents conducting a marine operation in Florida unexpectedly found themselves involved in an air rescue, when they spotted a pilot climbing out of his sinking aircraft.
  
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• Police arrest three after deadly Liverpool hospital car explosion

  14-11-2021 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Counter-terrorism police are investigating after one person died and another was injured Sunday when a car exploded outside Liverpool Women's Hospital in northwest England.
  
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• Inside the wild world of My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

  14-11-2021 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  Mike Lindell doesn't just sell pillows. He also sells false hope, CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.
  
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• Ecuador identifies bodies after prison violence leaves dozens dead

  14-11-2021 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso has called a "crisis cabinet" after at least 68 inmates were killed in prison clashes on Saturday, according to an official statement of the President's office.
  
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• Macron switches to using navy blue on France's flag - reports

  14-11-2021 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The French president wants to reconnect with a symbol of the French Revolution, reports say.
  
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• US defends air strikes that killed civilians in Syria

  14-11-2021 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The strikes occurred in the last stronghold of the so-called Islamic State in Syria in 2019.
  
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• Japan's former princess Mako arrives in New York after giving up title

  14-11-2021 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mako was forced to give up her titles when she married her "commoner" husband last month.
  
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• Peng Shuai: Chinese tennis star 'deserves to be heard' on sexual assault claims - WTA

  14-11-2021 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese player Peng Shuai deserves "to be heard, not censored" after publicly accusing the country's former vice-premier of sexual assault, says the Women's Tennis Association.
  
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• Australia crush New Zealand to win T20 World Cup

  14-11-2021 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia power to an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand to win the Men's T20 World Cup for the first time.
  
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• How a far-right political star is born: Embracing Trump's stolen election lie

  14-11-2021 19:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The first-term state senator in Arizona has begun touring nationally as the GOP confronts divisions over Trump’s desire to make future elections about the one he lost.
  
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• Australia wins first T20 World Cup title with emphatic victory over New Zealand

  14-11-2021 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  Australia won their first T20 World Cup title after beating New Zealand by eight wickets in the final on Sunday.
  
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• Taylor Swift won't stop breaking the internet

  14-11-2021 18:33 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift can't stop breaking the internet.
  
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• Schiff says January 6 committee will 'move quickly' to refer Mark Meadows for criminal contempt

  14-11-2021 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who also serves on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said the committee will "move quickly" to refer Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff at the White House, for criminal contempt for not cooperating with its investigation.
  
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• The anguish of Astroworld hangs over the city of Houston

  14-11-2021 17:53 via cnn.com
  
  As a member of the Houston City Council, I saw firsthand just how excited people in my city were to see rapper Travis Scott in the days leading up to Astroworld, the annual music festival he started in 2018.
  
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• A WWII veteran's Purple Heart was returned to his sons 35 years after his death

  14-11-2021 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  Jerry and Mal Deener had always wondered what their dad Harry did in the Army during World War II.
  
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• Counter-terror police investigate deadly Liverpool hospital car explosion

  14-11-2021 17:32 via cnn.com
  
  Counter-terrorism police are investigating after one person died and another was injured Sunday when a car exploded outside Liverpool Women's Hospital in northwest England.
  
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• Children caught up in Belarus-Poland border crisis face bitter nights without shelter

  14-11-2021 17:19 via cnn.com
  
  The air in the Belarusian forest is thick with the smoke from scores of small fires. People cough and choke but they keep burning the sticks of wet wood: it's the only way to warm up as temperatures start to fall sharply.
  
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• Cocaine worth $44 million found in onion rings cargo at UK border

  14-11-2021 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  A shipment of $44 million (£33 million) worth of cocaine was found in an onion ring cargo in Coquelles, France, UK border officials said.
  
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• Six killed during protests in Sudan as Al Jazeera bureau chief is arrested

  14-11-2021 16:43 via cnn.com
  
  A sixth protester has died after marches against the military takeover that took place across Sudan on Saturday, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) on Sunday.
  
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• Chris Christie: 'The idea of making predictions for 2024 is folly'

  14-11-2021 16:26 via cnn.com
  
  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie -- who has been outspoken against former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election results -- says he does not want to make predictions about 2024 and is unsure whether he or Trump will run again.
  
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• Iran earthquake of 6.3 magnitude kills at least one person

  14-11-2021 16:22 via cnn.com
  
  At least one person is reported to have died after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Iran on Sunday.
  
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• Rep. Anthony Gonzalez: 'The cold hard truth is Donald Trump led us into a ditch on January 6'

  14-11-2021 16:14 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, a House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial earlier this year, repeatedly slammed Trump in an extensive sit-down interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.
  
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• 5 inmates, including 2 murder suspects, escape from county jail in Georgia, officials say

  14-11-2021 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  Five inmates, including two accused of murder, escaped from a south Georgia jail on Friday night and remain at large Sunday, according the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
  
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• 5 inmates, including 2 murder suspects, escape from county jail in Georgia

  14-11-2021 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  Five inmates, including two accused of murder, escaped from a south Georgia jail on Friday night and remain at large Sunday, according the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
  
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• Taylor Swift and Pete Davidson tease 'SNL' newbies, plus more top moments from the night

  14-11-2021 15:23 via cnn.com
  
  Following the release of "Red (Taylor's Version)" and a short music film that has people talking, Taylor Swift appeared on "Saturday Night Live" for a fifth time.
  
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• 'Adele One Night Only' promises hits, stars and 'filthy jokes'

  14-11-2021 15:18 via cnn.com
  
  CBS has offered up a first look at their "Adele One Night Only" special.
  
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• University students living in tents to avoid mold, roach and mice infestation in dorms

  14-11-2021 15:07 via cnn.com
  
  Jasmine Joof said she has been sick with congestion, coughing and headaches for several weeks after discovering the mold growing in her Howard University dorm caused an allergic reaction.
  
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• Can Biden revive his popularity in time for midterm elections?

  14-11-2021 15:06 via cnn.com
  
  From Virginia to New Jersey, Democratic election woes this month had a common thread: the unpopularity of President Joe Biden.
  
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• Poet Hanif Abdurraqib on genius, basketball and deconstructing hierarchies in writing

  14-11-2021 15:02 via cnn.com
  
  Hanif Abdurraqib only ever wanted to publish one book, a book of poems. That was it.
  
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• Austria to impose Covid lockdown for the unvaccinated aged 12 and older

  14-11-2021 14:41 via cnn.com
  
  Austria will implement lockdown measures for all those aged 12 and older who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from Monday, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced.
  
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• Son of former Libyan ruler Gadhafi runs for president

  14-11-2021 14:28 via cnn.com
  
  The son of Libya's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate for a December vote planned to help end the years of chaos since his father was toppled.
  
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• Gadhafi's son is running for president

  14-11-2021 14:28 via cnn.com
  
  The son of Libya's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate for a December vote planned to help end the years of chaos since his father was toppled.
  
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• Where the COP26 deal succeeded and failed

  14-11-2021 14:27 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly 200 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact in Scotland on Saturday at talks known as COP26, after nearly two weeks of wrangling on everything from how much to limit global warming, what to say about fossil fuels and whether the worst-hit countries by the climate crisis should be compensated.
  
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• Twist in negotiations leads COP26 president to apologize

  14-11-2021 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Phil Black reports on the intense negotiations at COP26 around a global climate agreement.
  
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• Fact-checking 5 viral Covid-19 vaccine falsehoods

  14-11-2021 14:01 via cnn.com
  
  Since vaccines were first authorized for use nearly a year ago, swarms of anti-vaxxers have pushed a variety of unfounded claims suggesting the vaccine is unsafe and urging people not to receive one.
  
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• Kylian Mbappe scores four as reigning World Cup champions France qualify for 2022 in Qatar

  14-11-2021 13:51 via cnn.com
  
  Kylian Mbappe scored four goals as reigning World Cup champions France qualified for the 2022 edition of the tournament, beating Kazakhstan 8-0.
  
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• COP26 ended with the 'Glasgow Climate Pact.' Here's where it succeeded and failed

  14-11-2021 13:26 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly 200 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact in Scotland on Saturday at talks known as COP26, after nearly two weeks of wrangling on everything from how much to limit global warming, what to say about fossil fuels and whether the worst-hit countries by the climate crisis should be compensated.
  
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• Cam Newton returns to Carolina Panthers. Is this a dream reunion come true?

  14-11-2021 13:23 via cnn.com
  
  Could Cam Newton once again be the Carolina Panthers' Superman and rescue the team?
  
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• Howard students are living in tents to avoid the mold, roach and mice infestation in their dorms

  14-11-2021 13:21 via cnn.com
  
  Jasmine Joof said she has been sick with congestion, coughing and headaches for several weeks after discovering the mold growing in her Howard University dorm caused an allergic reaction.
  
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• This library lets you borrow people instead of books. It just may help bridge our bitter divisions

  14-11-2021 13:14 via cnn.com
  
  On a rainy spring morning in Muncie, Indiana, a White, middle-aged, conservative woman met a transgender woman for a date.
  
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