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• 'Indiscriminate bombing often in civilian areas': Nick Paton Walsh on Russian tactics

  11-03-2022 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Heavy shelling by Russian forces has erupted around the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
  
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• Russia widens attack on Ukraine's cities, Melitopol mayor seen being led away by armed men

  11-03-2022 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces launched multiple missile attacks on a wide range of targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Friday, striking airfields in the far west of the country and, for the first time, hitting the central city of Dnipro, to which Ukrainians from other embattled cities have fled.
  
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• Airfields in Ukraine's west attacked for first time; Melitopol mayor seen being led away by armed men

  11-03-2022 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces launched multiple missile attacks on a wide range of targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Friday, striking airfields in the far west of the country and, for the first time, hitting the central city of Dnipro, to which Ukrainians from other embattled cities have fled.
  
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• 'I would consider living in my car': How some Americans are impacted by inflation

  11-03-2022 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ed Lavandera talks to three Americans whose lives are being impacted by this year's record high inflation.
  
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• Deputy fired after putting knee on Black man's neck

  11-03-2022 23:28
  
  A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been fired after he was captured on video putting his knee on a Black man’s neck, and a state agency is looking into the incident
  
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• Information war: White House turns to TikTok stars to fight pro-Kremlin propaganda

  11-03-2022 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration is doing outreach on Ukraine and Russia to popular digital creators from platforms like TikTok, seeking to message to the highly influential group and reach a broader -- and younger -- audience.
  
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• Gabby Petito's parents sue Laundrie's parents over killing

  11-03-2022 22:43
  
  The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new lawsuit in Florida that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van
  
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• YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally

  11-03-2022 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  The Google-owned platform said the invasion of Ukraine fell under its violent events policy and violating material would be removedYouTube announced on Friday that it had begun blocking access globally to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, citing a policy barring content that denies, minimizes or trivializes well-documented violent events.The video platform had previously blocked the channels, specifically those of Russia Today and Sputnik, across Europe. Continue reading...
  
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• Tinder now offers criminal background checks, but there’s a big problem

  11-03-2022 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts say that, while intended to increase safety, the tool lacks nuance and risks amplifying biases in the criminal justice systemAs of this week, Tinder users will be able to run criminal background checks on their potential dates. The feature – launched in partnership with Garbo, a background check provider that aims to make public safety information more accessible – is intended to make Tinder users feel safer.But experts who specialize in sexual violence and surveillance have
  
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• Russian opposition politician: Vladimir Putin's Russia is '1984' come to life

  11-03-2022 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician who survived two poisoning attempts, gives CNN's Erin Burnett perspective on life in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
  
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• Revival of Iran nuclear deal in doubt after Russia issues new demands

  11-03-2022 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Just as revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appeared in reach, Russia made new demands that could derail months of negotiations between Iran and world powers.
  
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• Wisconsin crime lab destroys Kyle Rittenhouse rifle

  11-03-2022 21:58
  
  Wisconsin officials have destroyed the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during protests in Kenosha in 2020
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war: European leaders announce plans to strengthen defensive, reduce dependence

  11-03-2022 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  The meeting also resulted in a decision to deny Ukraine an accelerated admission into the union.
  
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• Watch how this truck-sized rover could transport astronauts on the Moon

  11-03-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  Venturi Astrolab has unveiled a full-scale prototype of its FLEX space rover that it hopes will one day transport humans and cargo on the Moon and possibly Mars.
  
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• Legendary Nashville store Ernest Tubb Record Shop to close

  11-03-2022 21:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The oft-photographed country music institution, which has been in Nashville since 1947, will close in the springThe downtown Nashville, Tennessee, record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 and has been a landmark in country music for decades will close as the building is being put up for sale.The owners of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop said in a statement on Friday they were heartbroken that the store, which has been in its current location on Broadway since 1951, will close
  
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• 'Fabricated incident' by Russians could spark larger war in Western Europe, former Navy intel officer warns

  11-03-2022 21:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Former intelligence officer warns Russia could still seek to expand war beyond Ukraine.
  
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• Uber fares to rise in UK as 20% VAT rate is applied

  11-03-2022 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Change comes after high court ruling that Uber should be regarded as a contractor, not an agentUber fares across the UK are to rise sharply from Monday night when VAT of 20% will be applied to rides booked via the app.The change comes after a high court ruling last December that Uber could not be viewed as simply an agent but should be regarded as the contractor. Continue reading...
  
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• East Coast to be slammed with wintery blast this weekend

  11-03-2022 21:07
  
  Mother Nature is coming in like a lion this weekend as over 65 million Americans will be under a weather alert.
  
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• Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, imprisoned for ‘insulting Islam’, freed after 10 years

  11-03-2022 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s unclear if Saudi authorities placed restriction on his release but human rights campaigners promise to fight themSaudi blogger Raif Badawi has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia after serving a 10-year sentence for advocating an end to religious influence on public life, his wife said on Friday.“Raif called me. He is free,” his wife, Ensaf Haidar, who lives in Canada with their three children and had been advocating for his release, told AFP. Continue reading...
  
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• Airfields in Ukraine's western regions attacked for first time

  11-03-2022 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces launched multiple missile attacks on a wide range of targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Friday, striking airfields in the far west of the country and, for the first time, hitting the central city of Dnipro, to which Ukrainians from other embattled cities have fled.
  
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• China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in cases

  11-03-2022 20:54
  
  China has ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of Changchun.
  
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• Penny Mordaunt suggests colleagues should not take funds from Tory donor

  11-03-2022 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Tory minister issues statement after it emerges Alexander Temerko called her an ‘absolutely uncontrollable woman’The senior Tory minister Penny Mordaunt has suggested her colleagues should stop taking funds from Alexander Temerko, a major party donor who described her as an “absolutely uncontrollable woman” and “threat to national security”.Mordaunt, a trade minister, said she had no issue with colleagues who have historically accepted money from Temerko but s
  
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• Capturing the heritage of the International Space Station before it crashes into the ocean

  11-03-2022 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  The International Space Station will intentionally fall to Earth and come to rest within the depths of Point Nemo, a watery graveyard 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometers) north of Antarctica, in January 2031.
  
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• Lithuanian woman helps Ukrainian children, families escape war zones on bus rentals

  11-03-2022 20:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Gintare Gnedojute, a Lithuanian nurse, has rented a bus to help transport children and families from war zones in Ukraine to Lithuania.
  
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• Queen not attending Commonwealth Day service, says palace

  11-03-2022 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Monarch, who recently recovered from Covid, ‘will continue with other planned engagements’The Queen will not attend the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.The 95-year-old monarch, who is the head of the Commonwealth, had hoped to join the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the event, after recently recovering from Covid-19. Continue reading...
  
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• Texas Supreme Court further limits challenges to state's restrictive abortion law

  11-03-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  The Texas Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling that effectively foreclosed the last avenue abortion clinics had to challenge the state's six-week limit on abortions in their current federal litigation.
  
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• Kent police charge 74 people over Insulate Britain road protests

  11-03-2022 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Charges relate to series of protests that blocked M25 and roads near Dover in September and OctoberSeventy four people have been charged over Insulate Britain road blockade protests in Kent, the county’s police force has said, in what is believed to be the first criminal proceedings against the activist group.The force said a total of 104 charges had been laid against Insulate Britain members in relation to protests that took place on the M25 and on roads near the port of Dover in Septembe
  
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• Sports concussion expert who resigned amid plagiarism claims accused of copying more articles

  11-03-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis of 10 pieces by neurologist Dr Paul McCrory, who quit the Concussion in Sport Group, suggests he may have copied other work without proper attributionGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA neurologist who resigned from a global sports concussion organisation amid allegations of plagiarism in a medical journal editorial has been accused of copying material in other articles without attribution.Dr Paul McCrory, who in 2016 described concussion among NFL players as “o
  
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• Roads ripped apart by NSW and Queensland floods must be rebuilt stronger, councils say

  11-03-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Repairs could top $1bn and mayors say roads and bridges shouldn’t just be rebuilt but ‘rebuilt to withstand future disasters’What you can do to help flood-affected communitiesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingCommuters across New South Wales and Queensland are dodging gaping potholes and avoiding cracked roads after flooding damaged the states’ road networks, with mayors arguing they will need to be repaired stronger to withstand future disasters.Many N
  
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• Labor demands Christian Porter resign before election after changes to ‘blind trust’ disclosure rules

  11-03-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Porter had previously stepped down as minister after refusing to identify contributors to a trust that paid his legal fees in a defamation caseGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA rule change requiring federal politicians to list contributors to crowdfunding campaigns and financial trusts has reignited Labor’s call for Christian Porter to resign over his so-called “blind trust”.But Porter has dismissed the latest Labor attack as “ridiculous”, argui
  
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• 'This is different': Why internet backbone services are cutting off Russia

  11-03-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Big tech platforms have joined the global backlash against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, with Facebook, Google, Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and others placing at least partial restrictions on Russian content — if not exiting (or getting themselves blocked) altogether.
  
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• Mother accused of killing child, five, screamed ‘I want my son’, jury told

  11-03-2022 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Logan Mwangi’s mother Angharad Williamson, her partner John Cole, and boy, 14, on trial in Wales for murderA mother accused of murdering her five-year-old child was heard screaming: “What have you done with my son?” on the morning his body was discovered by police in a river, a jury has been told.Logan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, was found in the River Ogmore close to his home in the village of Sarn, south Wales, having suffered 56 injuries to his face, head and bod
  
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• Decoding the language around Russia's invasion of Ukraine

  11-03-2022 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has devastated the country, killing hundreds of civilians, sparking a humanitarian disaster and resulting in a wave of sanctions from the West.
  
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• Russia, Ukraine war: Photo gallery shows civilian suffering, devastation on streets of war-torn Ukraine

  11-03-2022 19:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine's civilian death toll continues to climb as Russia's invasion persists, with United Nations officials warning that civilian deaths and "general human suffering" are "rising daily."
  
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• Russia's reliance on 'dumb' bombs over precision strikes being studied by US intelligence for clues

  11-03-2022 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has relied far more heavily on less sophisticated, so-called "dumb" bombs than it has on its arsenal of precision-guided munitions in its punishing war on Ukraine. It's a dynamic that US officials are watching closely for clues about the state of Russia's military — as these indiscriminate weapons kill scores of civilians.
  
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• Jewish charities aid Ukrainians from all walks of life in Russia's war

  11-03-2022 19:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Orthodox Union has raised more than $1 million from its U.S. and European synagogues to aid Ukrainian refugees during the Russian invasion.
  
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• US officials eye Russian reliance on unsophisticated but brutal heavy weaponry

  11-03-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has relied far more heavily on less sophisticated, so-called "dumb" bombs than it has on its arsenal of precision-guided munitions in its punishing war on Ukraine. It's a dynamic that US officials are watching closely for clues about the state of Russia's military — as these indiscriminate weapons kill scores of civilians.
  
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• 26 Ukrainian health centers attacked by Russia, WHO says

  11-03-2022 19:08 via foxnews.com
  
  The World Health Organization on Thursday verified that Russian forces have attacked 26 health care centers in Ukraine between Feb. 24, when the invasion began, and Wednesday.
  
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• Gabriel Boric, 36, sworn in as president to herald new era for Chile

  11-03-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Progressive former student leader hopes to transform a country still living in the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorshipAfter a dizzying rise from student protest leader to head of state in just over a decade, Gabriel Boric has been sworn in as Chile’s youngest ever president.“Know that we are going to do our best to rise to the challenges we face as a country,” he said as he received the presidential sash at a ceremony in the port city of Valparaíso. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukrainian teens studying in the U.S. fear for their families, worry for their hometowns

  11-03-2022 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  There are 200 Ukrainian teenagers spending a year in American high schools as part of the U.S. State Department-sponsored Future Leaders Exchange Program.
  
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• Mexican president lashes out at EU ‘lies’ over his media-bashing rhetoric

  11-03-2022 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Andrés Manuel López Obrador was urged to tone down his rhetoric by MEPs after a spate of journalist murders – he did the oppositeMexico’s government has lashed out at the “corruption, lies and hypocrisy” of the European parliament after its members urged its populist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to rein in his media-bashing rhetoric after the murders of at least six Mexican journalists.Mexico’s press corps has been plunged into
  
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• President Biden: Russia will pay 'severe price' if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine

  11-03-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden warned on Friday that Russia will pay a "severe price" if the country uses chemical weapons in Ukraine.
  
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• Bella Hadid walks in first Burberry show since the pandemic

  11-03-2022 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Days after announcing a buzzy collaboration with streetwear label Supreme, British fashion house Burberry staged a theatrical show in London on Friday, marking its first in-person collection unveiling since the start of the pandemic.
  
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• Chernobyl under siege in Ukraine war: Russians holding more than 200 employees hostage

  11-03-2022 18:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Two-hundred Chernobyl employees are being held hostage at gunpoint as the nuclear plant has come under siege by Russian forces.
  
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• Judge rejects Trump's attempt to countersue accuser E. Jean Carroll, calling it a delay tactic

  11-03-2022 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday denied Donald Trump's request to countersue magazine writer E. Jean Carroll for violating New York's law against frivolous defamation lawsuits, criticizing the former President's legal argument as "futile" and a delay tactic.
  
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• Why it was so important to know Disney's stance on the 'Don't Say Gay' bill

  11-03-2022 18:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Disney's CEO finally publicly slamming Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill and touting the inclusive content the company produces falls short.
  
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• Putin's pot of gold: US lawmakers want to take it away

  11-03-2022 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  The West is already crushing Russia's economy. Now a bipartisan group of lawmakers want to limit Vladimir Putin's access to Russia's mountain of gold.
  
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• Virgin Voyages launches new adults-only cruise ship

  11-03-2022 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  Virgin Voyages aimed to disrupt the cruise industry when it launched Scarlet Lady, its first adults-only cruise ship, last year.
  
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• Map: Where Ukraine refugees are heading

  11-03-2022 17:46
  
  Ukraine refugees are fleeing to Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova and more.
  
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• Biden warns Russia will pay a 'severe price' if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine

  11-03-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden warned on Friday that Russia will pay a "severe price" if the country uses chemical weapons in Ukraine.
  
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