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• Academy bans Will Smith from Oscars ceremony for 10 years over Chris Rock slap

  08-04-2022 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will prohibit actor Will Smith from attending the Academy Awards for 10 years following his Oscars night slap.
  
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• 'Dumped by email,' says cyclist's mother as British Cycling bans transgender riders from competition

  08-04-2022 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  British Cycling has suspended its transgender and non-binary participation policy after the sport's world governing body banned a trans rider from competing in a women's event in the UK earlier this month.
  
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• 'Unbearable': Over 800K customers in Puerto Rico without power for second day

  08-04-2022 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Puerto Rico was still reeling Friday from a massive blackout that initially left over a million residents without electricity.
  
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• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a chilling message for America

  08-04-2022 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trial for Michigan militia members accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer ends with no convictions. That sends a dangerous message.
  
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• Why France's daily baguette is costing so much dough

  08-04-2022 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Every part of the cost of the daily staple is rising - flour, electricity, gas and wages.
  
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• Ala. becomes first state to impose criminal penalties on gender-affirming care for trans minors

  08-04-2022 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed two bills Friday that target transgender young people and classroom discussion of LGBTQ identities.
  
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• House price squeeze: 'I bid dozens of times but lost'

  08-04-2022 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surging home prices have created a spiralling cost of living crisis in the US.
  
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• Golfer's club head flies off mid-shot

  08-04-2022 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Golfers will prepare for every eventuality before playing in a major.
  
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• China Covid pandemic: Xi hails response as Shanghai hits record

  08-04-2022 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese leader's comments come as infections rise and residents complain of food shortages.
  
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• Only one GOP senator stayed to applaud after Jackson was confirmed

  08-04-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Manu Raju and Gloria Borger discuss how Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) was the only Republican to stand to applaud after Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation vote.
  
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• Taylor Swift's childhood home hits the market for $1M

  08-04-2022 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  The superstar's childhood home in Pennsylvania is for sale for nearly $1 million, where she started to learn music and lived until 14.
  
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• There’s an uptick in U.S. vaccinations, and older Americans are the reason

  08-04-2022 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vaccinations have increased each of the last eight days, since March 30, averaging from about 200,000 shots to more than 450,000 a day during that time.
  
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• Tiger Woods struggles in second round at the Masters after excellent open following long injury layoff

  08-04-2022 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  Tiger Woods teed off for his second round at the Masters on Friday following an excellent return to competitive golf.
  
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• Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for ten years

  08-04-2022 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next ten years, as a result of his slapping comedian Chris Rock on-stage during this year's Oscar ceremony, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced in a statement obtained by CNN.
  
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• Actor Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for ten years

  08-04-2022 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next ten years, as a result of his slapping comedian Chris Rock on-stage during this year's Oscar ceremony, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced in a statement obtained by CNN.
  
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• Biden marks historic confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

  08-04-2022 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Biden hosted Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at the White House to celebrate her historic Senate confirmation to serve as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
  
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• Russian troops destroyed decades of Chernobyl data, Ukrainian officials say

  08-04-2022 20:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian forces destroyed decades of data at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, according to Ukrainian officials.
  
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• How bad is the crackdown on dissent in Russia?

  08-04-2022 20:14 via foxnews.com
  
  How much good can a human rights lawyer can do in today's Russia? Pavel Chikov is keeping up the fight against massive odds.  A less terrible outcome, he says, is better than a more terrible one – and he is dedicated to doing whatever he can for his clients.
  
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• Tiger Woods tees off for second round at the Masters after excellent open following long injury layoff

  08-04-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  Tiger Woods teed off for his second round at the Masters on Friday following an excellent return to competitive golf.
  
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• When crowns collide: Spanish royals visit the Windsors

  08-04-2022 19:51 via cnn.it
  
  When European royals come together, it tends to be for landmark moments like jubilees, weddings and funerals. So it was a nice change of pace this week when Prince Charles teamed up with Queen Letizia of Spain for a rare joint appearance.
  
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• Katty Kay: The most exciting thing about becoming Swiss

  08-04-2022 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  My new passport means I can vote for the first time in years - it's never been as important as now.
  
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• US could have used Russian mass grave laws to rally more, early support for Ukraine: former defense official

  08-04-2022 19:20 via foxnews.com
  
  The warning that Russia planned to standardize mass graves could have prompted Congress to act sooner and more robustly to support Ukraine pre-invasion.
  
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• Formula 1 stock zooms higher on nascent US fandom

  08-04-2022 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  The globally loved Formula 1 racing is winning more US fans, thanks largely to Netflix's popular "Drive to Survive" reality show and ESPN's coverage of the races. And F1's stock is red hot, too.
  
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• Asian American hydrologist demands government apology after she was wrongly accused of spying

  08-04-2022 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hydrologist Sherry Chen, a Chinese immigrant, said she once saw herself as a “soldier without a uniform,” pointing to her hard work to keep American cities
  
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• Why caddies wear white jumpsuits at the Masters

  08-04-2022 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  The sights and colors of the Masters are what make the premier golf tournament so distinctive.
  
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• See why color-changing squid could help with development of invisibility cloaks

  08-04-2022 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan have recorded squid changing their color to match the substrate for the first time.
  
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• Third Israeli dies after Palestinian opened fire at Tel Aviv bar

  08-04-2022 18:48
  
  Security forces say 28-year-old Palestinian suspect was killed after being tracked down in JaffaA third Israeli has died after an attack by a Palestinian man who opened fire into a crowded bar in central Tel Aviv, after Israeli security forces said they hunted down and killed the attacker early on Friday.The shooting on Thursday evening in a downtown area packed with people in bars and restaurants caused scenes of mass panic in the heart of the bustling city. Two people were instantly killed and
  
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• Picasso portrait of his young mistress to go on sale for first time

  08-04-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Pablo Picasso's "Femme nue couchée" ("Naked woman reclining"), a portrait of his lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, could sell for more than $60 million when it makes its auction debut next month.
  
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• Picasso portrait of his young mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter to go on sale for first time

  08-04-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Pablo Picasso's "Femme nue couchée" ("Naked woman reclining"), a portrait of his lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, could sell for more than $60 million when it makes its auction debut next month.
  
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• Ex-Goldman banker convicted in 1MDB corruption case

  08-04-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was convicted by a U.S. jury on Friday of conspiring to violate an anti-corruption law to help loot hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB development fund.
  
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• French Muslims concerned at rhetoric in presidential election

  08-04-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Nada Bashir speaks to French Muslims and their concerns with the upcoming presidential campaign, which features a number candidates with Islamophobic messaging.
  
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• Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng found guilty in billion-dollar 1MDB scandal

  08-04-2022 18:24
  
  Ng, 49, found guilty of helping to embezzle money earmarked for development in one of biggest frauds in financial historyThe former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng has been found guilty of helping to steal billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund after a lengthy trial brought by US prosecutors, who described the fraud as one the largest financial scandals in history and who hoped to show that individuals are always at the center of corporate wrongdoing.A New York jur
  
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• Leading Proud Boys member pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

  08-04-2022 18:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  A leader of the far-right Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Friday to charges related to the attack on the U.S.
  
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• Tel Aviv shooting prompts fears of wider cycle of violence

  08-04-2022 18:16
  
  Latest in series of attacks by Palestinians heightens sense of reduced personal security in IsraelAs Israelis reel from a Palestinian shooting at a Tel Aviv pub that killed three people, the government has threatened to strike back amid concerns of a broader escalation.Security forces shot dead the lone attacker in the early hours of Friday after a manhunt by army troops, police and intelligence personnel. Residents of the city – Israel’s commercial and entertainment capital –
  
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• Zelenskyy says he saw ‘death, just death’ during Bucha, Ukraine visit

  08-04-2022 17:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told CBS News “60 Minutes” that he only saw “death, just death” when touring the city of Bucha earlier this week.
  
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• SpaceX just launched paying customers to the ISS. Here's everything you need to know

  08-04-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  A SpaceX rocket carrying three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut is slated to take off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday morning, kicking off a first-of-its-kind mission that will take the group on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station.
  
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• Member of Proud Boys leadership pleads guilty to US Capitol attack charges

  08-04-2022 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  A leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Friday to two felony charges in one of the most prominent criminal cases against an organized far-right group that participated in the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
  
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• Europe turns its back on Russian coal. Is oil next?

  08-04-2022 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  European leaders have agreed to phase out Russian coal imports as part of a new package of sanctions triggered by evidence of atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine. An oil embargo could be next.
  
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• Slovakia donates air defense system to Ukraine to save lives from 'aggression of the Putin regime'

  08-04-2022 17:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced Friday that his country is sending a Soviet-era S-300 air defense system to Ukraine to "help save many innocent lives from the aggression of the Putin regime."
  
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• Man jailed for London murder of 28-year-old teacher Sabina Nessa

  08-04-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  A man has been jailed for life after pleading guilty to the murder of 28-year-old teacher Sabina Nessa in a killing that sparked renewed outcry about the UK's epidemic of violence against women and girls.
  
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• Missile strike: At least 50 killed in train station attack

  08-04-2022 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  At least 30 people, including two children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in eastern Ukraine that was being used by civilians trying to flee the fighting, a regional official said Friday.
  
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• Dallas Cowboys icon and Hall of Famer Rayfield Wright dead at 76

  08-04-2022 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Pro Football Hall of Famer and Dallas Cowboys icon Rayfield Wright died on Thursday at the age of 76, the Hall of Fame announced, citing his wife Di. Wright suffered a severe seizure and had been hospitalized for several days, the Hall of Fame said.
  
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• NASA to begin third attempt at crucial moon mission test on Saturday

  08-04-2022 17:14 via cnn.com
  
  A third attempt at a crucial prelaunch test for NASA's Artemis I mission to the moon will begin on Saturday, after the two previous tries were called off, the agency said in a news release.
  
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• Evidence of atrocities at scene of missile attack on train station

  08-04-2022 17:08 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens have been killed and injured in a Russian missile strike on a train station used as an evacuation hub in the eastern Ukraine city of Kramatorsk, according to Ukrainian officials.
  
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• The Weeknd, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo lead the 'Billboard Music Awards' 2022 finalists

  08-04-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  The finalists for the "2022 Billboard Music Awards" have been announced.
  
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• Sarah Jessica Parker testing positive for Covid cancels 'Plaza Suite' on Broadway

  08-04-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Two days after Matthew Broderick was sidelined from the Broadway play "Plaza Suite" because he tested positive for Covid-19, his wife and costar Sarah Jessica Parker has tested positive as well.
  
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• 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is the mind-bending metaverse movie you didn't know you needed

  08-04-2022 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  Strange, surreal and unexpectedly sentimental, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" is genuinely and wildly original -- the kung fu/science fiction/metaphysical action comedy that you didn't know you needed, but just might love. "Might" does a lot of work there, because while the film will have its well-deserved admirers, the dizzying nature of it won't be for everyone.
  
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• Missile strike: 4,000 people were at Kramatorsk train station when missile hit

  08-04-2022 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  At least 30 people, including two children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in eastern Ukraine that was being used by civilians trying to flee the fighting, a regional official said Friday.
  
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• Man caught a venomous 'blue dragon' sea slug along the Texas coast

  08-04-2022 16:43 via cnn.com
  
  On a beach vacation, a venomous sea slug probably isn't high on your must-see list.
  
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• Woman who drew up Schindler’s lists during Holocaust dies at 107

  08-04-2022 16:38
  
  Mimi Reinhardt was in charge of compiling names of Jews to work in German industrialist’s factoryThe woman who drew up lists of people for the German industrialist Oskar Schindler that helped save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust has died aged 107.Mimi Reinhardt, who was employed as Schindler’s secretary, was in charge of drawing up the lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Kraków who were recruited to work at his factory, saving them from deportat
  
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