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• Europe, U.S. struggle to appear united against Russia as divisions form over Ukraine

  09-01-2022 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  With the threat of war looming over Ukraine, the West hopes high-level talks the United States and NATO will have next week with Russia will avert a conflict.
  
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• Gifts of DNA tests spur paternity surprises, lawsuits

  09-01-2022 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vanner Johnson’s wife, Donna, had purchased the take-home genetic testing kit 23andMe for fun.
  
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• At least 10 people killed after a boulder crashes on tourist boats in Brazil

  09-01-2022 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  At least five people were killed and 32 were injured after a boulder collapsed and fell on three boats in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Saturday, Brazilian state media Agência Brasil reported.
  
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• NYC mayor: This is going to be one of our worst fires in history

  09-01-2022 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams shares an update on a major fire in a residential apartment building in the Bronx that left 19 people dead, including nine children, and sent 32 people to hospitals with life-threatening conditions.
  
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• Ostrich run: more than 80 birds race through streets of Chongzuo, China – video

  09-01-2022 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage has emerged of a group of ostriches on the run through the streets of Chongzuo in China.It is believed the ostriches escaped from a farm owing to the gate not being closed properly, according to local media.No injuries were reported and the owner managed to recapture the majority of the ostriches with the help of the police in the early hours of Saturday 8 January Continue reading...
  
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• Body of a skier who went missing Christmas Day found near California resort

  09-01-2022 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  The body of a skier who has been missing since Christmas was found this weekend after a six-day search near the Northstar Ski Resort in Truckee, California, according to a statement from the Placer County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.
  
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• Major fire in New York City apartment building leaves 19 people dead, including 9 children, officials say

  09-01-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  A major fire in a residential apartment building in the Bronx in New York City on Sunday left 19 people dead, including nine children, Mayor Eric Adams told CNN.
  
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• Timothy LeDuc is set to become the first openly non-binary athlete to compete at a Winter Olympics

  09-01-2022 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  American figure skater Timothy LeDuc is set to become the first openly non-binary athlete to compete at an Olympic Winter Games.
  
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• First Colombian with non-terminal illness dies legally by euthanasia

  09-01-2022 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Colombian Victor Escobar became the first person in the Andean country with a non-terminal illness to die by legally regulated euthanasia late on Friday, his lawyer confirmed.
  
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• Afghan baby separated from parents during Kabul airport chaos returned after 5 months

  09-01-2022 20:23 via nbcnews.com
  Sohail Ahmadi was just two months old when his parents handed him to a soldier in the mayhem of the Kabul airport evacuation in August last year. Having been found and sheltered by a taxi driver, he has now been returned to his family.
  
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• Season 2 of HBO's 'Euphoria' taps into the isolation we've been experiencing during Covid

  09-01-2022 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  The new season of “Euphoria” depicts the kind of isolation, chaos and instability many have felt and continue to experience because of the pandemic.
  
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• Season 2 of HBO's 'Euphoria' shows the kind of instability that we can now relate to

  09-01-2022 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  The new season of “Euphoria” depicts the kind of isolation, chaos and instability many have felt and continue to experience because of the pandemic.
  
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• Ted Cruz's former aide: Media focusing on wrong part of Fox interview

  09-01-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  Amanda Carpenter, a former aide for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), shares what concerned her most about her former boss's interview with Fox's Tucker Carlson when Cruz backtracked on calling January 6 rioters "terrorists."
  
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• ‘Living with Covid’ does not have to mean ditching all protective measures

  09-01-2022 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: reports and denials that free LFTs will be axed highlight gulf in opinions on how to move forwardCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageReports on Sunday that free lateral flow tests could be axed under a strategy of living with Covid within weeks were met with a swift backlash. The government promptly denied the suggestion that free tests could soon be scrapped.The story highlights a gulf in opinions on what “living with Covid” might look like, w
  
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• Former cult member: Trump used techniques and tactics exactly the same as a cult

  09-01-2022 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Diane Benscoter, former member of the Unification Church cult and founder of Antidote.ngo, joins Reliable Sources to explain the similarities between cult leaders former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Politico apologizes for their story about this photo

  09-01-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Oliver Darcy discusses Politico's correction after falsely reporting that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was dining with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
  
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• Politico apologizes for their story about photo

  09-01-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Oliver Darcy discusses Politico's correction after falsely reporting that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was dining with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
  
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• Horned helmets predate Vikings by 3,000 years, researchers say

  09-01-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  From appearing in the Asterix comic book series, to inspiring an avatar on "The Masked Singer," Vikings have revealed themselves across pop culture sporting horned helmets to symbolize their ferocity and power.
  
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• Horned helmets predate Vikings by 3,000 years, originating in the Bronze Age, researchers say

  09-01-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  From appearing in the Asterix comic book series, to inspiring an avatar on "The Masked Singer," Vikings have revealed themselves across pop culture sporting horned helmets to symbolize their ferocity and power.
  
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• Opinion: What it will take to save American democracy

  09-01-2022 18:19 via cnn.com
  
  On the anniversary of January 6, as we think about the future of American democracy, it's useful to look around the world at what scholars have called a "democratic recession." From Hungary to Poland to Turkey to India, democratic norms, values and institutions are under stress.
  
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• Blinken doesn't expect breakthroughs in talks with Russia this week

  09-01-2022 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he doesn't expect to see any breakthroughs in the meetings with Russia this week, reiterating that while the US is prepared to listen to Moscow's concerns, it will be hard to achieve any progress unless Russia de-escalates tensions on the border with Ukraine.
  
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• Michael Lang, Woodstock co-creator, dies at age 77

  09-01-2022 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  Michael Lang, famed co-creator of the Woodstock music festival, died Saturday, CNN has learned. He was 77 years old.
  
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• Rafael Nadal delighted with 'special' title win on return from injury

  09-01-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal said his title win at the Melbourne Summer Set 1 on Sunday was one to cherish, as the Spaniard made a successful return to competition from a niggling foot injury that had kept him out for nearly four months.
  
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• Genevieve Beacom becomes first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League

  09-01-2022 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  History was made in Australia Friday as Genevieve Beacom became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).
  
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• Blinken rules out pulling back US troops, restricting NATO in Russia talks

  09-01-2022 17:42 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells CNN's Jake Tapper that pulling some troops back from eastern Europe and refusing to allow Ukraine to join NATO are not on the table in negotiations with Russia this week.
  
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• Prisoner who escaped custody and got a firearm surrenders to authorities in Tennessee

  09-01-2022 17:41 via cnn.com
  
  A Tennessee prisoner escaped from a work detail, eluded his captors, obtained a gun and barricaded himself in a Knoxville home this weekend before ultimately surrendering to authorities, officials said.
  
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• Officials rescue at least 34 people stranded on chunk of floating ice

  09-01-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  At least 34 people were rescued on Saturday after being stranded on a large chunk of floating ice off the shore of Point Comfort on Green Bay, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin.
  
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• 34 rescued from chunk of ice floating 1 mile off shore

  09-01-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  At least 34 people were rescued on Saturday after being stranded on a large chunk of floating ice off the shore of Point Comfort on Green Bay, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin.
  
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• 'Extremely dangerous travel conditions' expected as ice blankets much of the US Northeast

  09-01-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Treacherous, icy conditions are gripping much of the Northeast while millions of people along the Gulf Coast are under the gun for severe storms Sunday.
  
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• Fears of extremist violence go 'well beyond' January 6 anniversary

  09-01-2022 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  A year after the attack on the US Capitol, homeland security and law enforcement officials nationwide are bracing for potential "unprecedented" levels of violence this year as midterm elections kick into gear and the pandemic continues to affect everyday life.
  
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• Blinken does not expect to see breakthroughs in talks with Russia this week

  09-01-2022 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he doesn't expect to see any breakthroughs in the meetings with Russia this week, reiterating that while the US is prepared to listen to Moscow's concerns, it will be hard to achieve any progress unless Russia de-escalates tensions on the border with Ukraine.
  
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• Nathan Chen breaks short program record at US Figure Skating Championships

  09-01-2022 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  Figure skater Nathan Chen broke his own US scoring record in the men's short program at the US Figure Skating Championships in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday.
  
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• At least 34 people rescued after they became stranded on a floating chunk of ice in Green Bay

  09-01-2022 16:12 via cnn.com
  
  At least 34 people were rescued on Saturday after being stranded on a large chunk of floating ice off the shore of Point Comfort on Green Bay, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin.
  
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• GOP Sen. Ron Johnson announces bid for third term in Wisconsin

  09-01-2022 15:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The long-awaited news keeps Republicans from having to run an untested candidate in a state they can’t afford to lose this year as they fight for control for the Senate.
  
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• Kazakhstan death toll spikes as 164 reported killed and thousands detained in violent protests

  09-01-2022 15:04 via cnn.com
  
  At least 164 people have been killed and more than 5,000 detained during violent upheaval in Kazakhstan this week, as unrest swept the nation and the death toll ticked even higher.
  
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• Slowing immigration can worsen job shortages

  09-01-2022 14:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  According to the census, net international migration into the U.S. last year was one-quarter what it was in 2016.
  
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• How our ancestors used to sleep can help the sleep-deprived today

  09-01-2022 14:54 via cnn.com
  
  Like many people, historian A. Roger Ekirch thought that sleep was a biological constant -- that eight hours of rest a night never really varied over time and place.
  
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• Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift is found and returned to family

  09-01-2022 14:41 via cnn.com
  
  An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in Kabul on Saturday.
  
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• Baby handed to a soldier over airport wall during Afghanistan evacuation has been found

  09-01-2022 14:41 via cnn.com
  
  An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in Kabul on Saturday.
  
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• Watershed moment in NYC: New law allows noncitizens to vote

  09-01-2022 14:35
  
  More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box as soon as next year after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation approved by the City Council to automatically become law
  
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• Reporter explains why Mitch McConnell isn't talking about Trump

  09-01-2022 14:34 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke out forcefully about Trump's role in the insurrection during his impeachment trial. However, his statement on the anniversary of Jan. 6 didn't mention the former President. CNN reporter Eva McKend breaks down McConnell's strategy to deal with Trump.
  
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• Reporter explains why McConnell isn't talking about Trump

  09-01-2022 14:34 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke out forcefully about Trump's role in the insurrection during his impeachment trial. However, his statement on the anniversary of Jan. 6 didn't mention the former President. CNN reporter Eva McKend breaks down McConnell's strategy to deal with Trump.
  
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• Deal reached on US military curbs to halt COVID: Japan PM

  09-01-2022 14:13
  
  The U.S. and Japan have agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the country
  
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• Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of protests

  09-01-2022 14:11
  
  Kazakhstan’s health ministry says 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week
  
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• Snowboard star Shaun White's Olympic status still uncertain

  09-01-2022 13:51
  
  Snowboarding superstar Shaun White's attempt to lock up a spot on a fifth Olympic team remains a work in progress
  
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• Scores killed in northwest Nigeria during reprisal attacks by armed bandits

  09-01-2022 13:49 via cnn.com
  
  Around 58 people have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military airstrikes on their hideouts this week, government authorities told CNN. But residents told Reuters that an estimated 200 people or more were killed.
  
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• US hospitals face influx of patients amid latest COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages

  09-01-2022 13:46
  
  The U.S. is now facing its most significant coronavirus infection surge to date, putting additional pressure on an overtaxed health care system.
  
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• Lithium-ion battery sparks apartment building fire in the Bronx

  09-01-2022 13:33 via cnn.com
  
  A lithium-ion battery in an electric bike or scooter self-combusted in a Bronx apartment building, sparking a four-alarm fire early Saturday morning, according to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).
  
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• What's next for Djokovic as Australian government request for hearing delay is rejected

  09-01-2022 13:26 via cnn.com
  
  • Photos show Djokovic unmasked at event after documents show he tested positive for Covid
  
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• China's Tianjin testing all residents after omicron found

  09-01-2022 13:24
  
  14 million residents in Tianjin are being tested after 20 people tested positive
  
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