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• WATCH: Father, son speak out after life-threatening rodeo mishap

  01-03-2022 23:57
  
  When Cody Hooks, 18, was knocked unconscious from the fall, his father, Landis Hooks, jumped into action to shield his son’s body from the bull.
  
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• Biden set to use first State of the Union to condemn Putin

  01-03-2022 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address in the US House chamber Tuesday evening, using his biggest platform of the year to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine.
  
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• 'High-precision' strikes: Rockets hit the center of Kyiv

  01-03-2022 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  A massive Russian column was closing in on Kyiv Tuesday, with US officials warning Russia's sheer numbers could be able to overcome the Ukrainian resistance.
  
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• Massive cargo ship carrying luxury cars sinks in mid-Atlantic

  01-03-2022 23:38
  
  A large cargo vessel carrying cars from Germany to the United States has sunk in the mid-Atlantic nearly two weeks after a fire broke out on board
  
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• ‘Open the door or we die’: Africans report racism and hostility trying to flee Ukraine

  01-03-2022 23:35
  
  Thousands of African residents in Ukraine report racist discrimination and abuse at the border while trying to flee the country.
  
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• Watch live: President Biden delivers 2022 State of the Union address

  01-03-2022 23:13
  Watch live coverage as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The president’s address comes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and as the Covid-19 pandemic is well into its third year, while the midterm elections loom in November for control over Congress. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response.
  
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• 'Last week we had a life.' Ukrainians criss-cross country for days in search of escape route

  01-03-2022 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  Elena Holitsyna and her daughter, Valerie, were exhausted by the time they arrived in Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania, and were greeted by dozens of volunteers and a little girl handing out yellow tulips.
  
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• Apple suspends all product sales in Russia

  01-03-2022 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  Apple has stopped selling all of its products in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday.
  
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• Why Mitch McConnell is openly feuding with another GOP senator

  01-03-2022 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  It's a very rare thing to see one US senator publicly criticize another US senator publicly. Especially when they are in the same party. Double especially when they are both in that party's leadership.
  
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• Looking back at historic, viral moments from past State of the Union addresses

  01-03-2022 22:46
  State of the Union speeches in the past have united and divided lawmakers. NBC News’ Ali Vitali looks back at some highlights from past addresses. 
  
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• French finance minister explains why sanctions work

  01-03-2022 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Vladimir Putin and the Russian oligarchs will not be alone in bearing the consequences of economic sanctions on Russia, says French finance minister Bruno Le Maire. The Russian population will also feel the effects.
  
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• Burnt-out cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars sinks

  01-03-2022 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  The Felicity Ace which caught fire on February 16 while carrying thousands of cars, including Lamborghinis and Porsches, finally sank while being towed back to shore.
  
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• Pfizer shots protect kids from severe Covid even in omicron, CDC study finds

  01-03-2022 22:37
  
  The Pfizer vaccine protected kids from hospitalization from the omicron variant, a CDC study finds.
  
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• How NATO's Article 5 could pull the US, allies into the Ukraine conflict

  01-03-2022 22:20
  
  Ukraine shares its border with 4 NATO allies.
  
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• Watch CNN reporter walk through Ukrainian refugee shelter in Poland

  01-03-2022 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sara Sidner shows what the scene looks like at a refugee shelter for Ukrainians at the Polish border and how it represents how other Europeans are responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• McConnell rejects Senate GOP election head Rick Scott's 2022 agenda

  01-03-2022 22:05
  
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected the proposed agenda of Sen.
  
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• 'Better to die than become a part of Russia': Kyiv residents dig in and wait

  01-03-2022 22:00
  
  Satellite images showed a Russian military convoy north of Ukraine's capital that stretched for about 40 miles. On Tuesday, a television tower was hit.
  
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• Munich fires Russian conductor Gergiev for supporting Putin

  01-03-2022 21:54
  
  A renowned Russian conductor has been fired from his post with the Munich Philharmonic because of his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and for not rejecting the invasion of Ukraine
  
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• Australia news updates live: Second floods death in Lismore, Ballina evacuation order, Sydney braces for ‘life-threatening’ rain

  01-03-2022 21:37
  
  An elderly woman has died in the devastating Lismore floods, and severe weather warnings are in place for other parts of NSW including SydneyGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA number of residents in a small town on the Logan River in southeast Queensland are being checked on after their homes were cut off by floodwaters, AAP reports.
  A major flood warning is still current for the Logan area south of Brisbane, where the water level has set new records from the peaks seen five
  
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• Paraguay capital choked by colossal smog cloud from Argentina wildfires

  01-03-2022 21:29
  
  Smoke blown from fires in drought-striken Argentina shrouds Asunción and surrounding regions in dangerous hazeA massive, fast-moving cloud of ash hundreds of metres tall and several kilometres wide has swept over southern Paraguay, as storms blew debris from wildfires raging in neighbouring Argentina following two years of severe drought.The colossal bank of smog enveloped Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, late on Monday, shrouding the city and its suburbs in a thick, grey haze w
  
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• Zelensky says peace talks waste of time until Russia stops fighting

  01-03-2022 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Matthew Chance speaks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as his country is facing a fresh round of deadly attacks by Russian forces.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kyiv TV tower hit, killing five, as Moscow threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live

  01-03-2022 21:22
  
  Ukrainian president urges European leaders to ‘prove that you are with us’ in appeal to European parliament as Russia continues bombardmentHuge armoured column nears Kyiv as ‘barbaric’ missile strikes continueUkraine says Russia targeting civilians as missiles hit Kyiv TV towerVast Russian military convoy may be harbinger of a siege of KyivTell us: how have you been affected by the situation in Ukraine?Satellite images taken on Monday show a Russian military convoy north
  
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• Six of Donald Trump’s lawyers subpoenaed by Capitol attack panel

  01-03-2022 21:21
  
  The panel is targeting documents and testimony from Cleta Mitchell, Kurt Olsen, Katherine Freiss, Phillip Kline, Kenneth Chesebro and Christina BobbThe House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack has issued new subpoenas to lawyers for Donald Trump suspected to be involved in efforts to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.The subpoenas – authorized hours before Biden’s first state of the union address – targeted documents and
  
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• UK announces first wave of sanctions against Belarus

  01-03-2022 21:05
  
  Senior military figures targeted for role in joining and facilitating Russian invasion of UkraineRussia-Ukraine crisis: live newsThe UK has announced its first wave of sanctions against senior military figures in Belarus specifically for their role in joining and facilitating the Russian invasion of Ukraine.The Belarusian chief of the general staff, Maj Gen Victor Gulevich, and three other deputy defence ministers will all face sanctions, along with two military enterprises. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We don’t know how to survive here’: a cancer ward for Ukrainian children under siege

  01-03-2022 21:00
  
  Chernihiv children’s hospital is running out of morphine and mines cover all roads in and outRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesOn the oncology ward at Chernihiv children’s hospital, patients are battling cancer, their city is surrounded by Russian forces, and now they are running out of painkillers and stockpiling food.“We don’t know how much time we have,” said Serhiy Zosimenko, a charity worker supporting the 11 patients, their doctors and parents. “W
  
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• Morning mail: ‘life-threatening’ rain expected in Sydney, Russia ‘targeting civilians’, Scott Morrison Covid positive

  01-03-2022 20:58
  
  Wednesday: City and surrounding areas brace for severe weather and flood warnings. Plus: PM to continue working after testing positive for CovidWant to get the morning mail to your email inbox every weekday? Sign up hereGood morning. Sydney residents are on alert with the “rain bomb” that soaked Brisbane and triggered record floods in northern NSW expected to bring a “life-threatening” amount of rain today. The Bureau of Meteorology warns a severe thunderstorm and gusty w
  
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• ‘I will tell my grandchildren’: Southend celebrates city status

  01-03-2022 20:56
  
  Visit from royalty marks transition to Essex’s second city after murder of Sir David Amess MP last October“I’m bursting with pride,” says Sharon Wuyts, 45, on the day her home town, Southend-on-Sea, was granted city status.The carer “snuck out of work” to attend celebrations with her colleague Debra Goaté on the seafront. The pair ended up staying more than four hours in drizzle to wait for Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to mark th
  
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• Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed 'so much hatred'

  01-03-2022 20:52
  
  The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that returned hate crime convictions against the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery says he believes the verdicts show no one is above the law
  
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• China signals willingness to mediate in Ukraine-Russia war

  01-03-2022 20:52
  
  Chinese foreign minister says Ukrainian counterpart asked for help to find diplomatic solutionRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesChina has signalled its willingness to play a mediator role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the war entered its sixth day.In his first phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, since the outbreak of the war, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said on Tuesday that Beijing “laments” the outbreak of the conflict and is
  
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• ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev sued by diamond magnate's family over impersonation

  01-03-2022 20:48
  
  The family of an Israeli diamond magnate is suing Simon Leviev, the subject of Netflix’s documentary “The Tinder Swindler."
  
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• Sanctions are neither new nor guaranteed to be effective – just look at Cuba

  01-03-2022 20:44
  
  Analysis: Economic penalties have been meted out since Napoleon’s day but there’s little proof they achieve the desired outcomeWaging war by economic means is nothing new. Napoleon imposed an ineffective embargo on British exports in the early 19th century and during the first world war there were attempts by both sides to starve each other into submission.But since 1945 sanctions have been used with increasing frequency as a means of trying to change either the policy stance or the
  
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• Roman Abramovich hastily selling UK properties, MP claims

  01-03-2022 20:42
  
  Chris Bryant says UK moving too slowly to impose sanctions on people allegedly linked to Vladimir Putin • Russia-Ukraine crisis: live newsAn MP has claimed that the Russian oligarch and Chelsea football club owner, Roman Abramovich, is hastily selling UK properties to avoid potential financial sanctions.Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and head of the parliamentary standards committee, said the government was moving too slowly on imposing sanctions on those with alleged links to Vladimir Putin f
  
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• East coast low menaces Sydney and vast stretch of NSW coast with ‘life-threatening’ flash flooding forecast

  01-03-2022 20:39
  
  Severe weather warning issued for damaging winds and rain for region stretching from near Newcastle to almost the Victorian borderThe “rain bomb” that soaked Brisbane and triggered record floods in northern New South Wales will develop into an east coast low and dump as much as 150mm of rain on Sydney with “life-threatening” risks on Wednesday.The Bureau of Meteorology has pared back its earlier forecast for the daily rain total from as much as 150mm to 200mm to 100mm to
  
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• Russian talkshows dismiss ‘fake’ reports of military losses

  01-03-2022 20:36
  
  Pundits and officials turn to ‘mythbusting’ as evidence of Ukraine destruction undermines official lineRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesRussian state television talkshows are describing videos of missiles striking Ukrainian cities and reports of Russian soldiers killed in action as “fakes”, as the country’s media try to account for photos and video emerging from Ukraine that contradict official reports of the invasion.The “mythbusting” is one of
  
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• Nations agree to release 60M barrels of oil amid Russian war

  01-03-2022 20:25
  
  The International Energy Agency’s 31 member countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves “to send a strong message to oil markets” that supplies won’t fall short after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  
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• ‘It might be the last chance to get out’: citizens flee Kyiv as assault intensifies

  01-03-2022 20:21
  
  Thousands of people trying to escape Ukraine capital amid fears that large-scale attack is imminentRussia-Ukraine crisis: live newsThe piercing screams of children mingled with the barking of traumatised dogs and the shouts of soldiers desperately trying to maintain order, as the 14.07 to Ivano-Frankivsk pulled into Kyiv’s central station.There was a crowd of thousands on platform one, surging towards the blue carriages and desperate to secure a prized place on a ride westwards out of the
  
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• UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide

  01-03-2022 20:08
  
  Campaigners aghast as emergency exemption on use of thiamethoxam granted due to risk to sugar beet cropAn insecticide banned due to its harm to bees will be used on sugar beet in Britain this year after ministers authorised an emergency exemption. The government overruled its own scientific advisers and the decision was called “scandalous” by campaigners.The neonicotinoid, called thiamethoxam, was banned in 2018 across Europe after a series of studies found it damaged bees. But Briti
  
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• With roadblocks, rifles and Ukrainian flags, Kyiv residents brace for arrival of huge Russian convoy

  01-03-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  A drive through central Kyiv leaves no room for doubt. This is a city preparing for a major Russian attack.
  
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• WATCH: Russia planning a devastating attack to 'crush Ukraine'

  01-03-2022 19:55
  
  European Union delegates to the U.N. walk out during Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's speech at a conference on disarmament to show support for Ukraine.
  
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• Economic fallout: Russia tries to stop Western companies fleeing the country

  01-03-2022 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to stem the flow of Western businesses fleeing the country over his decision to wage war on Ukraine.
  
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• Opposition to Putin's war is alive on Moscow's streets -- but not Russian TV

  01-03-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  • Zelensky makes dramatic plea to European Parliament
  
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• Huge armoured column nears Kyiv as ‘barbaric’ missile strikes continue

  01-03-2022 19:22
  
  Russia accused of war crimes as at least 18 civilians killed in Kharkiv attack and five more die in strike on Kyiv TV towerRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesA huge armoured column is rolling towards Kyiv, raising fears Russia may pulverise civilian areas in its attempt to seize Ukraine’s capital after missiles killed at least 18 civilians in the country’s second city and five more died in a strike on Kyiv’s TV tower.The Russian defence ministry on Tuesday urged Kyiv resi
  
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• NATO sees no need to change nuclear alert level

  01-03-2022 19:10
  
  NATO’s chief says the alliance sees no need to change its nuclear weapons alert level, despite Russia’s threats on such weapons
  
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• Video shows man accosting Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, threatening to hang him

  01-03-2022 19:08
  
  A man got into the face of Nevada Gov.
  
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• Dementia linked to entering menopause before age 40, study says

  01-03-2022 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Women who entered menopause before age 40 had a 35% higher risk of developing dementia later in life, a preliminary study finds.
  
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• Ukraine says Russia targeting civilians as missiles hit Kyiv TV tower

  01-03-2022 18:54
  
  Defence minister says Moscow aims to cut off communications to ‘break the resistance of the people’Russia-Ukraine war – latest updatesRussia is planning a major psychological operation to try to persuade Ukrainians to capitulate, and is targeting civilians with missile strikes in an attempt to demoralise the population, the government in Kyiv said on Tuesday.Two Russian missiles struck the TV tower in the Ukrainian capital, knocking out some access to news and broadcasts. Ukrai
  
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• Russia holds drills with nuclear subs, land-based missiles

  01-03-2022 18:48
  
  U.S. says Putin's move unnecessarily escalated an already dangerous conflict.
  
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• Judge allows Georgia to use allegedly discriminatory electoral maps in 2022

  01-03-2022 18:46
  
  Civil rights groups say the district maps, which were signed into law last year, dilute the voting power of communities of colorA federal judge has ruled that new congressional and state legislative maps in Georgia, which allegedly discriminate against voters of color, can be used for this year’s election cycle.In a ruling late on Monday, US district judge Steve Jones said there was not enough time to make changes before the primary.Continue reading...
  
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• Biden extends FEMA coronavirus aid for states through July 1

  01-03-2022 18:43
  
  President Joe Biden is extending the federal government’s 100% reimbursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories through July 1
  
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• Wrestler and former UFC champ Cain Velasquez charged with attempted murder

  01-03-2022 18:36
  
  Professional wrestler and former UFC champion Cain Velasquez is accused of shooting a man in California on Monday.
  
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