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• Biden asked China to release oil reserves to ease prices, boost economic cooperation: report

  18-11-2021 23:49 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden appealed to Chinese President Xi Jinping to release crude oil from its strategic reserves in a move that would aim to stabilize rising oil prices, the South China Morning Post reported. China is the world's largest net importer of oil.
  
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• Rittenhouse judge bans MSNBC after producer pulled over for following jury bus

  18-11-2021 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  The jury in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial concluded its third day of deliberations Thursday without a verdict in a day marked by the judge's decision to ban MSNBC from the courtroom for allegedly following a jury bus.
  
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• Martin Scorsese's Grateful Dead film casts its Jerry Garcia

  18-11-2021 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Martin Scorsese is making a musical biopic about the Grateful Dead, with Jonah Hill set to star as the iconic rock band’s frontman Jerry Garcia.
  
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• Mexico to deploy national guard to Cancun following shootings in tourist area

  18-11-2021 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexico will deploy national guard troops to a popular tourist area near Cancun following a series of shootings, including one earlier this month that sent beachgoers running for their lives into nearby hotels.
  
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• Feds charge two Iranians with interference in U.S. election

  18-11-2021 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. has filed charges against two Iranians for allegedly helping to orchestrate a cyber-enabled campaign to influence American voters in the 2020 election.
  
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• Oklahoma governor commutes Julius Jones' death sentence hours before planned execution

  18-11-2021 23:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence of death row inmate Julius Jones to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a court appeal.
  
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• Christian florist settles after refusing service for a same-sex wedding

  18-11-2021 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  A settlement was reached Thursday in the nearly decade-old case of a Christian flower shop owner in Washington state who refused to provide a same-sex couple
  
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• RNC chairwoman acknowledges Biden's 2020 victory for first time, contradicting Trump

  18-11-2021 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Thursday she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, even as she claimed there were "lots of problems" with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address.
  
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• Woman with Covid wakes up on day she was being taken off life support. Her family had chosen a headstone

  18-11-2021 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  Bettina Lerman was on a ventilator for weeks after getting Covid-19 and hadn't responded to doctors' efforts to wake her from a coma when her family made the difficult decision to take her off of life support.
  
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• Woman with Covid-19 wakes up after weeks on a ventilator on the day she was being taken off life support. Her family had chosen her headstone

  18-11-2021 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  Bettina Lerman was on a ventilator for weeks after getting Covid-19 and hadn't responded to doctors' efforts to wake her from a coma when her family made the difficult decision to take her off of life support.
  
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• Iranian nationals charged in campaign to undermine 2020 US election

  18-11-2021 22:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Iranians claimed to be a group of Proud Boys volunteers, according to the indictment.
  
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• The doctor fleeing Tennessee over Covid

  18-11-2021 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former head of the US state's vaccine rollout has been forced out after threats and taunts.
  
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• Kamala Harris' communications director is leaving the administration

  18-11-2021 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris' communications director, Ashley Etienne, is leaving the administration, according to a White House official, to pursue "other opportunities."
  
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• Revelations bring a reckoning for ex-spy's dossier that tied Trump to Russia

  18-11-2021 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world with its salacious allegations about Trump and his supposed ties to Russia.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch has a message for Trump

  18-11-2021 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch addressed shareholders and said that former President Donald Trump should move on from the 2020 election.
  
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• CVS Health to close hundreds of drugstores over next 3 years

  18-11-2021 21:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the health care giant adjusts to changing customer needs and converts to new store formats
  
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• Biden says he's considering US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

  18-11-2021 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden confirmed on Thursday that he is mulling a US diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
  
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• Two men convicted of killing Malcolm X exonerated

  18-11-2021 21:17 via cnn.com
  
  Two men convicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X have been exonerated during a court hearing Thursday, after more than half a century.
  
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• Sparks fly as neutral pronoun included in French dictionary

  18-11-2021 20:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  It’s a neutral pronoun that’s proving anything but: A nonbinary pronoun added to an esteemed French dictionary has ignited a fierce linguistic squabble in the country
  
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• The elephant in the room at the 'three amigos' summit of Biden, Trudeau and Lopez Obrador

  18-11-2021 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  The three long-lost amigos are getting the band back together.
  
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• Biden revives 'three amigos' summit, but there's an elephant in the room

  18-11-2021 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  The three long-lost amigos are getting the band back together.
  
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• Peng Shuai is China's first #MeToo accuser; now she's missing

  18-11-2021 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  Former tennis pro Pam Shriver and Economist China editor James Miles weigh the impact of the star's disappearance on world sports and global relations
  
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• Hear tape of death row inmate's words to family

  18-11-2021 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Laura Jarrett breaks down Julius Jones' case after an audio tape was made public containing what could be the death row inmate's last words. Jones is scheduled to be executed today at 4 p.m. CT unless Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt grants him clemency.
  
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• UN to Elon Musk: Here's that $6 billion plan to fight world hunger

  18-11-2021 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  The director of the United Nations' World Food Programme laid out a plan to spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger — a direct response to a back-and-forth with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan if the WFP could describe "exactly how" it would work.
  
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• Republicans hint at retribution after Democrats throw Rep. Gosar off committees

  18-11-2021 20:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Democrats will need majority approval from a future Republican-led House to serve on committees.
  
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• Biden says he is 'considering' diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics

  18-11-2021 20:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Advocates have been urging countries to boycott the games over China's record on human rights.
  
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• Couple stole millions in Covid relief funds, left a note for their kids, and vanished

  18-11-2021 20:09 via cnn.com
  
  Richard Ayvazyan and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, were facing prison for their role in a massive covid relief fraud scheme when they cut off their electronic tracking bracelets and fled their California home, abandoning their three teenage children.
  
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• A California couple vanished after stealing millions in Covid-19 relief funds. They left a goodbye note for their three kids

  18-11-2021 20:09 via cnn.com
  
  Richard Ayvazyan and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, were facing prison for their role in a massive covid relief fraud scheme when they cut off their electronic tracking bracelets and fled their California home, abandoning their three teenage children.
  
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• NASA: Space station remains at risk from weapons test debris

  18-11-2021 20:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  NASA says the International Space Station remains at increased risk from orbiting debris following this week's Russian weapons test
  
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• Man's death sentence commuted on day he was to be executed

  18-11-2021 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has granted clemency to Julius Jones, commuting Jones' death sentence just hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit.
  
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• The depressing reality revealed by Democrats' successful Gosar censure vote

  18-11-2021 19:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  The GOP lawmakers willing to stand up to these disturbing narratives are few and far between. And their ranks are shrinking.
  
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• Deforestation in the Amazon increased by 33% in first 10 months of 2021, analysis shows

  18-11-2021 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  Deforestation in the Amazon increased by 33% in the first ten months of 2021, compared to the first ten months of 2020, a new analysis shows.
  
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• 'Rust' script supervisor who called 911 sues Alec Baldwin and others involved in film's production

  18-11-2021 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  The script supervisor on the set of "Rust," Mamie Mitchell, has filed a lawsuit against actor and producer Alec Baldwin and other production figures over the on-set shooting that killed the film's cinematographer.
  
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• Quiz of the week: Who 'mooned' police in this graffiti art?

  18-11-2021 18:53 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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• This island has an overpass for migrating crabs. See how it works

  18-11-2021 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Every year, millions of red crabs on Australia's Christmas Island migrate to the ocean during their mating season. The crabs crawl up special bridges that were built to help them cross roads safely.
  
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• We tried Tesla's 'full self-driving.' Here's what happened

  18-11-2021 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  When a dozen small children crossed in front of our Tesla with "full self-driving," I had good reason to be nervous.
  
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• Belarus clears migrant camps at border as first repatriation flight leaves for Iraq

  18-11-2021 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  Iraqi migrants who traveled to Belarus in recent weeks, spending their life savings on airfare and waiting in limbo in freezing makeshift camps in the hopes of crossing into Europe, are now being sent back home.
  
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• Steve Bannon's lawyers signal they want to slow walk the criminal case against him

  18-11-2021 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  Lawyers for right-wing firebrand Steve Bannon made clear at a court hearing Thursday that they intend to slow down, as much as possible, the criminal case against Bannon for failing to testify to the House January 6 select committee.
  
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• Two storms set to slow holiday travel for the start of Thanksgiving week

  18-11-2021 17:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A stormy pattern is setting up just in time for the holiday week, with several storms on the horizon that will affect both coasts early next week.
  
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• Partial lunar eclipse early Friday will be longest in 580 years

  18-11-2021 17:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A partial lunar eclipse is taking place overnight tonight, causing the moon to darken and turn red. Astronomers say the eclipse will be the longest in 580 years.
  
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• Over a million Americans haven't regained sense of smell after infection -- and some may never, study suggests

  18-11-2021 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on an "emerging public health concern" of people losing their sense of smell, according to new research published Thursday.
  
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• More than a million people in the US may not have regained sense of smell months after Covid infection

  18-11-2021 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on an "emerging public health concern" of people losing their sense of smell, according to new research published Thursday.
  
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• Consumers caught in middle as Amazon, Visa clash over fees

  18-11-2021 17:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Customers are caught in the middle of a growing dispute between Amazon and Visa over transaction fees
  
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• GOP paints Biden's choice for bank regulator as radical

  18-11-2021 17:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s choice to run one of the agencies charged with overseeing the banking industry faced sharp questioning Thursday from Republican Senators, who tried to label Saule Omarova as someone who would nationalize the U.S. banking system
  
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• Adele's '30': What the reviews say

  18-11-2021 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  The reviews are in on Adele's new album titled "30" and it looks like fans aren't the only ones in love with her.
  
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• Chinese officials silent on missing tennis star after sexual assault claim, Xi crackdown may be connected

  18-11-2021 17:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Chinese officials have remained silent or outright dodged questions about missing tennis player Peng Shuai after posting an email she allegedly sent to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
  
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• November's full moon will be the longest partial lunar eclipse in over 500 years

  18-11-2021 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  With a once-in-a-few-centuries partial lunar eclipse in the sky, stargazers in North America and northeast Russia are in for a historic treat this week.
  
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• UN to Elon Musk: Here's that $6 billion plan to end world hunger

  18-11-2021 16:36 via cnn.com
  
  The director of the United Nations' World Food Programme laid out a plan to spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger — a direct response to a back-and-forth with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan if the WFP could describe "exactly how" it would work.
  
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• Jurors begin third day of deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial a day after rewatching key video

  18-11-2021 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  The jury is set to enter its third day of deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial on Thursday for charges related to the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of another during last year's unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  
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• Jurors begin third day of deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial a day after rewatching drone video key to defense's mistrial request

  18-11-2021 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  The jury is set to enter its third day of deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial on Thursday for charges related to the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of another during last year's unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  
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