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• They were trying to get rid of snakes. Instead, they burned down their home

  03-12-2021 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  What started as an attempt to get rid of pesky creatures ended with an entire house going up in flames.
  
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• Covid cases on the rise again, but it's still delta, not omicron, driving the surge

  03-12-2021 23:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  More and more cases of omicron are being detected in the U.S. but the delta variant is still driving the cases in the country.
  
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• There is a manhunt for parents of the Michigan high school shooting suspect, but two attorneys say they are not fleeing

  03-12-2021 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  Hours after a prosecutor announced involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the 15-year-old accused of killing four fellow students at a Michigan high school, authorities said the parents are missing.
  
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• MH370: Could missing Malaysian Airlines plane finally be found?

  03-12-2021 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British engineer believes he may help solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
  
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• See Adele before and after 'Power of Makeup' makeover

  03-12-2021 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  British superstar Adele sat down with beauty vlogger Nikkie de Jager for a tell-all "Power of Makeup" session.
  
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• Stacey Abrams' governor bid just did something inconceivable in Georgia

  03-12-2021 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four major party candidates for Georgia’s top seats are Black, but they all embody the fraught nature of America’s racial politics.
  
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• A rare look inside the lab sequencing the Omicron variant

  03-12-2021 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dianne Gallagher gets access inside a North Carolina lab that is sequencing Covid-19 variants.
  
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• Graphic: How averting government shutdowns has turned commonplace

  03-12-2021 22:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  According to an NBC News analysis of more than two decades of averting government shutdowns, these maneuvers are happening less often but lasting longer.
  
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• 'A lot of it doesn't square': Security analyst on attorneys' statement

  03-12-2021 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  After officials said the parents of Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are missing, attorneys for the parents said the couple left town for "their own safety" and are not fleeing.
  
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• Banning US oil exports would be a 'gift to OPEC and Putin,' Big Oil CEO says

  03-12-2021 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has already launched the biggest intervention into energy markets in a decade. Big Oil is nervous he's not nearly done yet.
  
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• 'It's just a cold': Biden explains coughing during speech – video

  03-12-2021 22:12
  
  The US president, Joe Biden, has said his coughing during a speech addressing the November jobs report on Friday is due to a cold.'What I have is a one-and-a-half-year-old grandson who had a cold who likes to kiss his pop,' Biden said, responding to a question from a reporter after the speechCovid: Biden says to beat Omicron variant ‘we have to shut it down worldwide’ – live Continue reading...
  
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• US, European allies sound a pessimistic note as Iran nuclear talks break in Vienna

  03-12-2021 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  US and European officials sounded a pessimistic note Friday as the latest round of talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal concluded, saying that Tehran's maximalist demands and push to unwind previously agreed upon points are leaving them disappointed and concerned.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron accused of trying to ‘rehabilitate’ Mohammed bin Salman

  03-12-2021 21:26
  
  Human rights groups criticise French president’s planned meeting with crown prince in Saudi ArabiaHuman rights groups have criticised Emmanuel Macron’s planned meeting with Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, which will mark the first one-on-one public meeting of a major western leader with the crown prince since the state-sponsored assassination of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.For three years since the 2018 murder, western heads of state have avoided direct one-on-one
  
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• Taliban decree on women's rights, which made no mention of school or work, dismissed by Afghan women and experts

  03-12-2021 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  The Taliban released a so-called "decree on women's rights" on Friday that failed to mention access to education or work and was immediately panned by Afghan women and experts, who said it was proof that the militant group was uninterested in upholding basic freedoms for millions of Afghan women who have largely been constrained to their homes in recent months.
  
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• The sky isn't falling — yet. But NASA is working on a plan if it does.

  03-12-2021 21:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Unless we or our descendants take action, a large asteroid or comet will sooner or later slam into Earth.
  
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• Prosecutor announces Michigan shooter's parents to be charged with manslaughter – video

  03-12-2021 20:56
  
  A prosecutor in Michigan filed involuntary manslaughter charges on Friday against the parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at Oxford high school. 'Gun ownership is a right but with that right comes great responsibility,' Karen McDonald said at a press conference on Friday morning.The parents were summoned to the school a few hours before the shooting occurred after a teacher found a drawing of a gun, a person bleeding and the words 'help me', McDonald revealedMichig
  
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• Top Trump official to plead the fifth to Capitol attack committee

  03-12-2021 20:14
  
  John Eastman, linked to efforts to stop Biden certification, to invoke constitutional protection against self-incriminationFormer Trump lawyer John Eastman, who was connected to efforts to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election win on 6 January, will plead the fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination before the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack.The move by Eastman, communicated in a letter to the select committee by his attorney, is a
  
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• US Capitol rioter 'sought to physically remove' Pelosi and McConnell, prosecutors say

  03-12-2021 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Department prosecutors say they have evidence that an alleged rioter who brought a gun to the US Capitol on January 6 was targeting both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
  
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• ‘Mesmerising’: a massive murmuration of budgies is turning central Australia green and gold

  03-12-2021 20:00
  
  After a bumper wet season, huge flocks of budgerigars are on the move in the deserts of the Northern TerritoryThe humble budgerigar has transformed the red centre into a sea of green and gold.A massive murmuration – the phenomenon of thousands of birds flocking together – has swarmed the Northern Territory. Continue reading...
  
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• Christopher Luxon is out of step with most New Zealanders – can he really challenge Ardern? | Morgan Godfery

  03-12-2021 20:00
  
  The new National leader is a millionaire, anti-abortion, ex-CEO who owns seven homes and is against increases to the minimum wageIn the end, the party of business picked the businessman. Former National party leader Simon Bridges is out – again – and former Air New Zealand chief executive and MP for Botany, Christopher Luxon, is in.In hindsight it seems like it was always a done deal. Sir John Key, the former prime minister and National party leader, was a prominent supporter while o
  
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• Tesla shows off its $1900 Cyberquad ATV for kids

  03-12-2021 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla revealed its all-electric Cyberquad for Kids, two years after the reveal of the Tesla ATV.
  
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• Hear texts sent by suspect's mom days prior to the shooting

  03-12-2021 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald shares the timeline that led her to charge the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley with four counts of involuntary manslaughter following the Oxford High School shooting in Oakland County, Michigan.
  
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• Man in Italy uses fake silicone arm to try to get vaccine certificate

  03-12-2021 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  A 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in northern Italy, in an attempt to get a vaccine certificate without actually getting inoculated.
  
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• Epstein's house manager says staff was told to 'see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing'

  03-12-2021 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  The longtime house manager of Jeffrey Epstein's home in Palm Beach, Florida, read aloud from an instruction booklet Ghislaine Maxwell gave him in 2001 or 2002 that instructed staff in minute detail how to handle Epstein's homes.
  
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• Pakistan PM calls mob killing 'day of shame' for the country

  03-12-2021 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a violent mob killing of a Sri Lankan national on Friday "a day of shame for Pakistan."
  
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• Hamilton fastest in Saudi second practice as Leclerc crashes heavily

  03-12-2021 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ferrari's Charles Leclerc emerges unscathed from a 150mph crash as Lewis Hamilton ends practice fastest at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
  
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• 'Hot' Secret Service agent makes internet swoon

  03-12-2021 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  Hot Secret Service agent has posters panting..."Please wrestle me to the ground." CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• Biden's 'hot' Secret Service agent makes internet swoon

  03-12-2021 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  Hot Secret Service agent has posters panting..."Please wrestle me to the ground." CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• Joe Biden pledges to make any Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very, very difficult’

  03-12-2021 19:03
  
  Washington and Kyiv say Moscow has massed troops near border ahead of planned US-Russia video summitJoe Biden he said he would make it “very, very difficult” for Russia to launch any invasion of Ukraine, which warned that a large-scale attack could be planned for next month.Washington and Kyiv say Moscow has massed troops near Ukraine’s borders and accuse Russia of planning an invasion. Continue reading...
  
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• New Omicron variant: Are low vaccination rates in South Africa a factor?

  03-12-2021 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Has the slow rollout of vaccines in southern Africa allowed coronavirus mutations to develop?
  
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• Italian man tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm

  03-12-2021 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man is so keen to get a vaccine pass he turns up with a plastic arm, but doctors aren't fooled.
  
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• Norway's 'threadbare' Christmas tree present underwhelms some in Britain

  03-12-2021 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Norway's annual Christmas tree gift to London provoked unseasonably abrupt responses on Thursday, including demands that the 24-meter (78 foot) Norwegian spruce be replaced, after it appeared to be less than symmetrical with some broken branches.
  
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• Covid: Don't panic about Omicron variant, WHO says

  03-12-2021 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organization urges people to be cautious and prepare for the Omicron variant.
  
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• Victim's brother: 'My life has been broken just like that'

  03-12-2021 18:33 via cnn.com
  
  Friends, family and an entire Michigan high school are grieving the loss of four students after a 15-year-old sophomore allegedly opened fire during the school day, killing four peers and shooting seven others on campus.
  
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• A leopard snatched this mother's child. She chased it down and rescued him

  03-12-2021 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  A boy snatched by a leopard is lucky to be alive after the animal let go of him when his mother gave chase.
  
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• Crude reality: One U.S. state consumes half the oil from the Amazon rainforest

  03-12-2021 18:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  As oil companies carve up more of the rainforest, a new study says no place in the world uses more oil from beneath the Amazon than California.
  
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• How to take the bland out of a low-sodium diet

  03-12-2021 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Serious cooks may quibble about the best way to sear a steak or bake a cake. But on one point, there is virtually unanimous agreement: To make food taste good, you've got to have salt.
  
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• Adele says meeting this celebrity would make her cry

  03-12-2021 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  Adele reveals that meeting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would make her "actually cry" during an interview with YouTube personality NikkieTutorials.
  
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• Does the Omicron variant mean Covid is going to become more transmissible?

  03-12-2021 17:42
  
  As new strain dampens idea pandemic might be diminishing, what does the future hold for coronavirus?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen scientists predicted, months ago, that Covid-19 could be entering an endemic phase, many felt ready for the crisis period of the pandemic to be over. The tantalising suggestion that coronavirus might, at some foreseeable point, be just another seasonal cold felt welcome. But the emergence of the Omicron variant, just weeks befo
  
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• Ben Brereton Diaz: Fan's belly tattoo of striker leads to fame in Chile

  03-12-2021 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamill says his life has been "mad" since his tattoo of Ben Brereton Diaz was posted online.
  
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• A gravelly voiced President Biden says he has a cold

  03-12-2021 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has a cold, he told reporters Friday, after sounding gravelly and congested during remarks about the economy.
  
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• Omicron variant: WHO claims measures used to counter delta variant should be used

  03-12-2021 17:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Friday, while acknowledging that the travel restrictions imposed by some countries may buy time.
  
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• Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages

  03-12-2021 16:56
  
  Proposed register would come into effect in January, a year after near-total ban on abortionPoland is planning to introduce a centralised register of pregnancies that would oblige doctors to report all pregnancies and miscarriages to the government.The proposed register would come into effect in January 2022, a year after Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion. Continue reading...
  
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• Big carmakers show they too can gain from the electric car shake-up

  03-12-2021 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  Startup automakers, like Lucid and Rivian, often make the point that, as Tesla has shown, electric car shoppers are open to trying new brands. What's true for startups, though, is also true for big automakers like Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen.
  
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• 50 Cent apologizes for mocking Madonna's photos

  03-12-2021 15:13 via cnn.com
  
  50 Cent is sorry for poking fun at Madonna.
  
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• Marcus Lamb's career and anti-vax message speak to power of Christian broadcasters

  03-12-2021 15:03 via cnn.com
  
  At least five conservative radio hosts who warned their audiences against the vaccine have died of Covid in recent months. But the death of Marcus Lamb this week highlights a different network of misinformation that has nearly as broad a reach in conservative circles but receives far less attention in political media: conservative Christian broadcasters.
  
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• Disappointing jobs report: American employers added only 210,000 new jobs in November

  03-12-2021 15:02 via cnn.com
  
  America added another 210,000 jobs to the economy in November, far fewer than expected, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
  
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• France stunned as judo star’s coach cleared of domestic violence

  03-12-2021 15:01
  
  Margaux Pinot says she feared her partner would kill her, but judge says there is not enough proof of guiltFrench sports stars and politicians have expressed anger at the acquittal of a coach accused of domestic violence against the Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot, as the state prosecutor launched an appeal.Pinot, 27, a gold medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, had serious facial injuries including a fractured nose when she filed a police complaint in the early hours of Sunday. She said her part
  
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• Yorkshire County Cricket Club: Amid racism scandal fallout, first-team coach and director of cricket among staff to leave

  03-12-2021 14:59 via cnn.com
  
  First-team coach Andrew Gale, Director of Cricket Martyn Moxon and all members of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's (YCCC) coaching staff have left, the team announced in a statement on Friday, amid an ongoing racism scandal's fallout.
  
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• CNN goes inside Covid-19 sequencing lab

  03-12-2021 14:52 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dianne Gallagher gets access inside a North Carolina lab that is sequencing Covid-19 variants.
  
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