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• Video shows CNN team in Ukraine under mortar fire

  19-02-2022 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  A CNN team and other journalists accompanying Ukraine's Interior Minister on a tour of the front lines in eastern Ukraine came under mortar fire. No one was injured.
  
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• WATCH: Chopper crashes into ocean off Miami Beach

  19-02-2022 23:50
  
  Dramatic video captured the moment a helicopter crashed into the ocean off the coast of Miami Beach, near where people were swimming.
  
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• WATCH: Snow squall blows through New York town

  19-02-2022 23:47
  
  Time-lapse video captured visibility dropping to nearly zero in Apalachin, New York, as a snow squall blew through the area.
  
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• Ukraine's Denys Monastyrskiy, who came under mortar fire today in eastern Ukraine, says the country has information about the advance of the Russian army

  19-02-2022 23:12 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Photos: Ukraine-Russia tensions | What to watch for
  
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• Trump golf courses could host events for controversial Saudi-funded league – report

  19-02-2022 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump Organization has held discussions with Saudi-backed body, Washington Post reportsSaudi disruption plan spells trouble for golf’s main toursUS golf courses owned by Donald Trump could host events in a hugely controversial new league funded by Saudi Arabia, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.Citing three anonymous sources, the newspaper said courses in Bedminster, New Jersey, and Doral, Florida, could host events after discussions between the Trump Organization and LIV Golf Inves
  
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• Video captures helicopter crashing into ocean near Miami Beach

  19-02-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Two people were transported to a hospital after a helicopter crashed into the ocean near the Miami Beach shore, according to a tweet by Miami Beach Police. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.
  
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• Analysis: Ukraine crisis reaches new peak

  19-02-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  The Ukraine crisis had a split-screen moment on Saturday, as the Kremlin put on a display of hard power and the Ukrainian president staged a charm offensive.
  
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• Analysis: A split-screen moment for the Ukraine crisis, with hard and soft power on display

  19-02-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  The Ukraine crisis had a split-screen moment on Saturday, as the Kremlin put on a display of hard power and the Ukrainian president staged a charm offensive.
  
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• Last Afghan refugees leave NJ base after chaotic evacuation

  19-02-2022 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Most of the refugees have settled in established Afghan communities in northern Virginia and the surrounding Washington area, as well as Northern California and Texas.
  
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• Ukraine's president calls for list of sanctions against Russia

  19-02-2022 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: A split-screen moment for the Ukraine crisis, with hard and soft power on display
  
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• Man survived freezing waters after falling off his boat. He swam for five hours to safety

  19-02-2022 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  An evening boat trip quickly turned life-threatening for one California man.
  
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• Putin oversees demonstration of Russia's weapons

  19-02-2022 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  Russia and Belarus conducted military drills and weapons tests as Russia amasses troops near Ukraine's border.
  
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• FDA warns after Family Dollar distribution center found infested with rodents

  19-02-2022 19:47
  
  Federal inspectors say they found more than 1,000 rodents inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein associate, Jean Luc Brunel, found dead by suicide in prison

  19-02-2022 19:41
  
  Jeffrey Epstein associate, Jean Luc Brunel, found dead by suicide in prison.
  
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• Police arrest 47 of the remaining Covid-19 protesters in Ottawa

  19-02-2022 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  Demonstrators in downtown Ottawa persisted in standing their ground late Friday, where protests turned physical and police say more than 100 people have been arrested.
  
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• Analysis: what happens if Russia invades?

  19-02-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia is expected to attack simultaneously on several fronts, but Ukraine’s armed forces will not be easily vanquishedExploiting its overwhelming superiority in land, sea and air forces, Russia is expected to attack simultaneously on several fronts, from the north-east, the Donbas and Crimea. Ground troops in Belarus, backed by airstrikes, would spearhead a lightning drive south to seize the capital, Kyiv. Ukraine’s encircled army would be forced, in theory, to surrender. Continue r
  
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• Canada police quickly push back COVID protesters

  19-02-2022 19:25
  
  Police aggressively pushed back protesters, took control of trucks and cleared the street in front of Parliament
  
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• Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketing

  19-02-2022 19:14
  
  The $73 million settlement that some of the Sandy Hook shooting victims' families won against Remington is not the end of their efforts to hold the gun industry accountable
  
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• China accused of failing to buy more Maine lobster

  19-02-2022 18:45
  China promised to buy more lobster under a deal that eased a Trump trade war.
  
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• 2 killed, several injured in shooting in southeast Missouri

  19-02-2022 18:38
  Two people died and about 15 people were injured, he said.
  
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• Woman accused of decapitating son will undergo mental tests

  19-02-2022 18:31
  A 35-year-old Kansas City woman is charged with decapitating her 6-year-old son.
  
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• State officials: Bird flu found at 4th Indiana turkey farm

  19-02-2022 18:29
  A second commercial flock of turkeys came back as presumptively positive.
  
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• An indigenous language vanishes as last native speaker dies

  19-02-2022 18:19 via cnn.com
  
  An indigenous language from South America's extreme south has all but vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture.
  
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• EU chief: Russia could be cut off from markets, tech goods

  19-02-2022 18:16
  
  A top European Union official says Russia would have its access to financial markets and high-tech goods limited under Western sanctions being prepared in case it attacks Ukraine
  
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• China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong win gold in pairs figure skating

  19-02-2022 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won gold in pairs figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Games on Saturday.
  
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• WATCH: Military vets raising money for a cause

  19-02-2022 17:49
  
  Four veterans rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to help other vets heal.
  
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• Ukrainian president jokes Russia hacked his headset at security conference – video

  19-02-2022 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The Ukrainian president joked that Russians have hacked his headset after translations stopped working during a discussion at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Speaking to Christaine Amanpour, Volodymyr Zelenskiy can be seen fiddling with his headset before he jokingly says: ‘I think, cyber-attack.’Zelenskiy travelled to Munich to deliver a rallying call to the west, despite US warnings that Russia might exploit his absence to topple him before he returns to Kyiv.Ukraine-Ru
  
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• The problem with 'deepfakes'

  19-02-2022 17:37 via cnn.com
  
  A new study suggests that people find computer-generated, deepfake faces more trustworthy than the real thing. Will this give cover to people who claim an actual video or picture - has been faked?
  
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• Winter Olympics: Cas rejects US skaters' request for silver medals before end of Games

  19-02-2022 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejects an appeal by the US figure skaters who wanted to receive their silver medals during the Winter Olympics.
  
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• WATCH: Schools taking steps to eliminate masks

  19-02-2022 16:50
  
  All but one state is now lifting, or planning to lift, mask mandates.
  
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• What does Putin want in Ukraine? The conflict explained

  19-02-2022 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine's border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States.
  
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• Details emerge on CNN exec's sudden ouster

  19-02-2022 16:47 via cnn.com
  
  Earlier this week, WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar left staffers at CNN once again in a state of confusion when he announced that Allison Gollust, CNN's chief comms and marketing officer, had resigned from the company. Kilar didn't specifically say why Gollust had suddenly exited, but he did say in the same memo that an outside probe found that she, former CNN president Jeff Zucker, and former anchor Chris Cuomo had all violated the network's news standards and practices rules.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin conducts military exercise with hypersonic weapons

  19-02-2022 16:44
  
  Live updates on the Russia-Ukraine border crisis.
  
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• Fourth lawsuit makes 20 employees alleging a toxic culture within the DC police department

  19-02-2022 16:25 via cnn.com
  
  Five current and former employees of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that MPD management created a hostile work environment and retaliated against them for speaking out.
  
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• Jean-Luc Brunel, longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, found dead in his prison cell

  19-02-2022 16:23 via cnn.com
  
  French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell, a spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor's office said.
  
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• French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in prison cell

  19-02-2022 16:23 via cnn.com
  
  French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell, a spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor's office said.
  
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• How Black archives are highlighting overlooked parts of history and culture

  19-02-2022 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  To scroll through We The Diaspora is to meditate on the mundanities of Black life.
  
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• Henry Cuellar is a political institution in South Texas. An FBI raid and a second challenge by progressive Jessica Cisneros could topple him

  19-02-2022 16:14 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Henry Cuellar already faced a difficult rematch in the March 1 Democratic primary against the progressive challenger who nearly defeated him two years ago.
  
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• Can rape survivors' own DNA be used against them in other cases?

  19-02-2022 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  San FranciscoDA Chesa Boudin explains why he dropped felony charges against a woman whose arrest allegedly involved a DNA sample that law enforcement obtained years earlier when she was sexually assaulted.
  
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• Ukrainian military release footage showing crossing point being shelled – video

  19-02-2022 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine’s joint command has released a video showing shelling at the Shchastia crossing point north of the rebel-held city of Luhansk on Saturday. Several puffs of smoke can be seen as missiles land at and on the road. The footage was taken at 11.30am local time. The foreign ministry in Kyiv said Russia was targeting a humanitarian convoy from the office of the United Nations commissioner for refugees, as it returned from separatist-controlled territory. The attack
  
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• Canadian Covid-19 protesters and police face off in Ottawa amid freezing conditions

  19-02-2022 16:01 via cnn.com
  
  Demonstrators in downtown Ottawa persisted in standing their ground late Friday, where protests turned physical and police say more than 100 people have been arrested.
  
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• Why Donbas is at the heart of the Ukraine crisis

  19-02-2022 15:53 via cnn.com
  
  Even as Russian forces mass on Ukraine's border, the spotlight this week has swung back to the rumbling low-intensity war in eastern Ukraine and its possible role in setting the stage for a broader conflict.
  
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• Sticker shock: 80% of car buyers now paying above suggested retail price

  19-02-2022 15:46 via cnn.com
  
  Only a year ago almost no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car. Now you're lucky if you can.
  
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• Timeline of figure skating controversies from 1902 to 2022

  19-02-2022 15:42 via cnn.com
  
  The International Skating Union (ISU) will hold a vote at its Congress in June on a proposal to raise the minimum age for competitors to 17, the governing body told CNN on Friday.
  
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• Canadian 'freedom convoy' protesters clash with police in Ottawa; over 100 arrested

  19-02-2022 15:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Ottawa police on Friday announced the arrests of more than 100 protesters participating in demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in Canada that have been ongoing for weeks.
  
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• 'Bel-Air' gives us a new Will Smith, thanks to Will Smith

  19-02-2022 15:04 via cnn.com
  
  Now, this is a story all about how an independent filmmaker's life got flipped — turned upside down.
  
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• Two teenage Olympic stars' faces are everywhere, for wildly different reasons

  19-02-2022 14:55 via cnn.com
  
  Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different.
  
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• Two teenage faces of Beijing 2022 had polar opposite experiences

  19-02-2022 14:55 via cnn.com
  
  Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different.
  
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• Ukraine crisis: How are people coping with the threat of war?

  19-02-2022 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three Ukrainians tell the BBC how they have been dealing with life amid fears of a Russian invasion.
  
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• Blast at busy restaurant kills 15, wounds 20 in Somali city

  19-02-2022 14:17
  
  Police say at least 15 people are dead after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a crowded restaurant during lunch hour in Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia’s Hiran region
  
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