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• The incredibly common sense way America could make planes safer from Covid

  07-01-2022 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Both the country and the airlines themselves clearly know why vaccines matter, the value of mandates, and how to verify vaccination before travel.
  
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• Anti-regime activists in Iran take credit for torching of Soleimani statue

  07-01-2022 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Activists opposed to the Iranian regime celebrating the torching of a statue of former Quds leader Qassem Soleimani, who was taken out in a U.S. strike two years ago, with activists claiming it showed their increased ability to fire back at the regime.
  
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• Kazakhstan leader gives 'kill without warning' order

  07-01-2022 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered security forces to "kill without warning" to crush the violent protests that have paralyzed the former Soviet republic and reportedly left dozens dead.
  
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• Rising floodwaters prompt interstate closures and evacuations in Washington state

  07-01-2022 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rising flood waters from rivers and creeks prompted an interstate closure and evacuations in Washington state, officials said.
  
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• The judge who sentenced Ahmaud Arbery's killers held a minute of silence to represent a 'fraction' of the time they chased him

  07-01-2022 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  Before he sentenced three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia to life in prison, Judge Timothy R. Walmsley held a minute of silence Friday, saying he hoped to contextualize the time the 25-year-old spent being chased by the defendants.
  
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• Citigroup to fire unvaccinated US employees this month

  07-01-2022 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Citigroup staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and fired at the end of the month unless they are granted an exemption, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
  
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• Research points to missing piece of India's Covid puzzle: Millions of uncounted dead

  07-01-2022 22:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several million Covid-19 deaths have most likely gone unreported in India, according to a series of recent studies that suggest the country's death toll from the virus is far higher than what has been officially tallied by the government.
  
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• Kazakhstan unrest: BBC witnesses apocalyptic scenes in main city

  07-01-2022 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC reporter sees the aftermath of protests and deadly violence in Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty.
  
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• Covid plagues mass transit, leading to staff shortages, service disruptions

  07-01-2022 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mass transit systems around the U.S. are having to cut back services because of Covid, which is taking a toll on their workforces.
  
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• Gordon Ramsay tells Kelly Clarkson how he pranked his daughter's boyfriend

  07-01-2022 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay stopped by "The Kelly Clarkson Show" and joked about crashing his 23-year-old daughter's date.
  
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• WATCH: Lighthouse covered in ice amid plunging temperatures

  07-01-2022 21:24
  
  A lighthouse on Lake Michigan resembled a popsicle amid dropping temperatures across the state.
  
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• Dick Cheney just spoke a hard truth to his fellow Republicans

  07-01-2022 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  Dick Cheney is nobody's RINO (Republican in name only).
  
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• The judge delivered powerful remarks recounting the actions of the three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia

  07-01-2022 21:17 via cnn.com
  
  • The defendants face life sentences
  
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• 'Devastated': family members pay tribute to Ahmaud Arbery at sentencing of killers – video

  07-01-2022 21:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Ahmaud Arbery's family bared their grief and loss to the judge during the sentencing of three white men convicted of his murder.The men, father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William 'Roddie' Bryan, chased down Arbery, who was jogging in his neighbourhood, in pickup trucks and shot him dead. At the start of the hearing, superior court judge Timothy Walmsley rejected last-minute legal motions by Bryan's defense attorney to throw out his murder conviction and spare Bryan
  
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• The men face possible life sentences for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. They are also awaiting trial on separate federal hate crime charges.

  07-01-2022 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  • The defendants face life sentences
  
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• High-tech cars steal the show at CES consumer electronics extravaganza

  07-01-2022 21:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The annual CES electronics show in Las Vegas has long been a fantasyland of high-def televisions, drones, video games and audio gear but, in recent years, it’s
  
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• New York judge dismisses sole criminal charge faced by Andrew Cuomo

  07-01-2022 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  An Albany City Court judge on Friday dismissed a forcible touching complaint against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who briefly appeared virtually in court in his first public appearance since stepping down as governor.
  
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• Orthodox Christians observe Christmas amid COVID concerns

  07-01-2022 20:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Orthodox Christians in Russia, Serbia and other countries observed Christmas on Friday amid restrictions aimed at dampening the spread of the coronavirus, but few worshipers appeared concerned as they streamed into churches on Christmas Eve.
  
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• In pictures: Unrest in Kazakhstan

  07-01-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Violent protests, triggered by an increase in fuel prices, broke out in cities across Kazakhstan on Tuesday, January 4.
  
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• Striking fossils of spiders, insects and fish tell the story of Australia's origins

  07-01-2022 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  The arid deserts and shrublands in Australia weren't always that way, according to a newly discovered and extraordinarily well-preserved fossil site in New South Wales.
  
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• As a scientist commenting on Covid I’ve attracted a lot of haters – I won’t let them silence me | Siouxsie Wiles

  07-01-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The people who harass me are executives and electricians; ordinary people. They can’t imagine I’m simply motivated by wanting to save livesOn Christmas Eve I received an email to let me know I’d been added to the “accused” list on a website called Nuremberg NZ. “Kind regards”, ended the sender. Those behind Nuremberg NZ want people like me to have “thier (sic) day of reckoning” in a similar way to how Nazi war criminals were tried after the s
  
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• Supreme Court appears poised to block Biden's vaccine and testing rules for businesses

  07-01-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Friday will take up challenges to President Joe Biden's most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 -- vaccine or testing requirements for large businesses and many health care workers -- as the number of infections soar and 40 million adults in the US are still declining to get vaccinated.
  
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• Arbery's mother rejects plea deal for son's killers, attorney says

  07-01-2022 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  Federal prosecutors asked Ahmaud Arbery's mother if she would consider a plea deal for her son's killers, and she declined, her attorney said Friday, shortly before the three men were scheduled to appear in a Glynn County, Georgia, court for sentencing.
  
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• Evacuations ordered due to imminent flooding from heavy rain and snow in Washington state

  07-01-2022 19:14 via cnn.com
  
  Record rain and snow will cause floods, possible landslides, and higher avalanche risks across western Washington state, with more forecast to fall through the weekend.
  
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• Boy's discovery saves his family minutes before home is destroyed

  07-01-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting his parents to a fire that broke out in the home office.
  
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• Letter with 'life story address' arrives safely in Cushendall

  07-01-2022 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The letter to Feargal Lynn had his biography in place of his address but still made it to him.
  
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• Date My Daughter: Mom posts ad on Times Square billboard

  07-01-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  A mom, with the help of a dating app, took out a billboard in Times Square in hopes of finding love for her daughter.
  
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• President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev vows to destroy an uprising, as bodies lie on the streets

  07-01-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered security forces to "kill without warning" to stop the violent protests that have paralyzed the former Soviet republic.
  
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• Kazakhstan leader gives 'kill without warning' order, as bodies lie in the streets

  07-01-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  • Investors jittery as one of world's largest crypto miners faces blackout
  
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• These stunning gas clouds of the Flame Nebula are where stars and planets are born

  07-01-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  The Flame Nebula is one of many gems included in the Orion constellation, and astronomers have now captured a new perspective of this striking celestial feature. While the Flame Nebula appears to live up to its name, the fiery image actually represents what the interstellar clouds look like in radio waves.
  
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• The mystery of the precious letters left on an airplane

  07-01-2022 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  It's the stuff of travel nightmares. Taking something precious on your trip, keeping it close to hand so you don't risk losing it in checked baggage -- and then realizing you don't have it when you get home.
  
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• COVID-19: Germany to tighten restaurant rules while cutting quarantine time

  07-01-2022 18:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Germany’s leaders agreed Friday to toughen requirements for entry to restaurants and bars, and decided to shorten quarantine and self-isolation periods as the omicron variant spreads fast through the country.
  
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• Biden officials weighing Russia sanctions options after warnings about economic fallout, heightened cyber risk for US and allies

  07-01-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration is still weighing exactly how it would penalize Russia if the country invades Ukraine, as US diplomats are just days away from high-stakes meetings with Kremlin officials.
  
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• Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata are expecting their first child together

  07-01-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata are expecting their first child together, a spokesperson for the American actor confirmed to CNN Friday.
  
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• Vandals defaced ancient Big Bend rock art by scratching their names into it

  07-01-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  A panel of prehistoric stone artworks, thought to be between 4,000 and 8,500 years old, have been "irreparably damaged" by vandals at Big Bend National Park in Texas, the US National Park Service has said.
  
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• Best female player believes women's football will be properly respected around the world in five years

  07-01-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  It felt like a belated coronation when Alexia Putellas was announced as Globe Soccer Award's Best Women's Player at an end-of-year event in Dubai.
  
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• England 'global outlier' in terms of Covid policy, says Welsh first minister – video

  07-01-2022 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Drakeford said the Welsh government was capable and determined to act to protect its population from coronavirus.
  He said that in England the government was 'politically paralysed' and that Boris Johnson was unable to secure an agreement among his MPs to take actions that would keep the population safeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageContinue reading...
  
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• Truck spends three days dangling over China cliff

  07-01-2022 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The driver is said to have tried to reverse on a narrow mountain road.
  
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• Tim Cook's compensation jumped to nearly $100 million last year

  07-01-2022 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  Tim Cook had a very good year.
  
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• NATO foreign ministers discuss Russia's buildup around Ukraine

  07-01-2022 17:35 via foxnews.com
  
  NATO foreign ministers on Friday discussed Russia’s military buildup around Ukraine amid skepticism about the credibility of President Vladimir Putin’s offer to ease tensions, ahead of a week of high-level diplomacy aimed at ending the standoff.
  
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• Ted Cruz told the truth about the Jan. 6 attack. Then he started backtracking

  07-01-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz told the truth about what happened at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, calling it "a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol, where we saw the men and women of law enforcement demonstrate incredible courage."
  
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• Another tennis star held over visa issues

  07-01-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  • Australian minister: Djokovic is free to leave
  • Opinion: However you feel about Djokovic, he didn't deserve this
  
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• Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, dies at 94

  07-01-2022 17:21 via cnn.com
  
  Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood's first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.
  
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• Fox host spars with Ted Cruz on live TV over Jan. 6th. Keilar rolls the tape

  07-01-2022 17:19 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) after he appeared on Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight to walk back comments he made calling the January 6 riot a "violent terrorist attack on the Capitol."
  
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• Sidney Poitier: The actor who broke down Hollywood's racial barriers

  07-01-2022 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sidney Poitier, the actor and director who helped break down Hollywood's racial barriers, dies aged 94.
  
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• President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev vows to destroy an uprising that has left dozens dead

  07-01-2022 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered security forces to "kill without warning" to stop the violent protests that have paralyzed the former Soviet republic.
  
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• WATCH: Rep. Liz Cheney leaves House chamber with her father, former VP Dick Cheney

  07-01-2022 16:48
  
  “I think a party who is enthralled to a cult personality is a party that is dangerous for the country," Rep. Liz Cheney said as she left the House.
  
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• Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood's first Black movie star, dies at 94

  07-01-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood's first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.
  
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• 'Mild' Covid-19 doesn't always feel that way

  07-01-2022 16:26 via cnn.com
  
  Many people are hearing from their doctors that they have a "mild" Covid-19 infection amid a surge of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but your illness may not feel as minor as "mild" sounds.
  
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• WATCH: We can watch these dogs play in the snow all day

  07-01-2022 15:59
  
  Dog owners across the country shared videos of their pets enjoying the winter snow.
  
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