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• 3 dead in shooting at Georgia gun range: Police

  09-04-2022 23:52
  
  Authorities say a couple and their grandson are dead after an armed robbery at a gun range in Georgia
  
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• Tiger Woods rides rollercoaster third round at Masters as he struggles for consistency

  09-04-2022 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Tiger Woods' incredible Masters journey continued on Saturday as he teed off for his third round at Augusta National.
  
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• Ukraine war: Disbelief and horror after Kramatorsk train station attack

  09-04-2022 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The people of Kramatorsk are coming to terms with a strike on a train station that killed more than 50.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine live updates: 132 tortured bodies found in Makariv

  09-04-2022 23:24
  
  Live updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck engaged

  09-04-2022 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  Bennifer 2.0 is planning to take it to the altar.
  
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• WATCH: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Kyiv

  09-04-2022 22:47
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walked through the streets of Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visiting the Monument of the Heavenly Hundred and speaking with locals.
  
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• Woman faces Texas murder charge after self-induced abortion

  09-04-2022 22:38
  t’s unclear whether she's accused of having an abortion or helping someone else.
  
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• Imran Khan: What led to charismatic Pakistan PM's downfall

  09-04-2022 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A national hero from his cricketing days, Mr Khan has now fallen out with the powerful military.
  
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• Opinion: Why the US should investigate Russian aggression in Ukraine as genocide

  09-04-2022 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  Surveying the damage and destruction in the town of Bucha, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Russian atrocities as a "genocide" and predicted this designation "will be recognized by the world."
  
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• Masters increases winners purse making it the highest ever prize fund at a major

  09-04-2022 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  The Masters announced Saturday it is increasing its total prize money, which will make it the highest payout at a major.
  
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• Henry Patterson, author of The Eagle Has Landed, dies aged 92

  09-04-2022 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  The bestselling novelist wrote 85 books, mostly thrillers and spy stories, using the pseudonym Jack HigginsHenry Patterson, the bestselling novelist who wrote the The Eagle Has Landed, has died aged 92.The writer died at his home in Jersey surrounded by his family, his publisher HarperCollins said. Continue reading...
  
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• Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted as country's leader following vote of no-confidence

  09-04-2022 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted as the country's leader following a vote of no-confidence over allegations of economic mismanagement, bringing an end to his tumultuous term in office.
  
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• S&P downgrade indicates Russia headed for historic default

  09-04-2022 22:00
  
  S&P downgraded its assessment of Russia’s ability to repay foreign debt.
  
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• Government urged to allow Asic to decide claims against itself after investors left in limbo

  09-04-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Former speaker says treasurer Josh Frydenberg should authorise corporate regulator to decide claims under compensation scheme for defective administrationFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe former speaker Tony Smith has urged Josh Frydenberg to allow the corporate regulator to decide claims against itself, after investors had no one to resolve their bid for compensation over a failed retirement village empire.Smith, a
  
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• Family violence groups call for Victoria’s first culturally specific refuge

  09-04-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Unlike Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria has no culturally specific family violence refugesZara* believes she and her children wouldn’t be alive today were it not for the support she received while at a family violence refuge in New Zealand tailored to her cultural needs.“The mainstream refuge didn’t understand the seriousness of abuse the ethnic women go through,” Zara said. “I have been told by my own family, community and society to reconcile so many times
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kyiv calls for global response to Kramatorsk ‘war crime’; reports of Russian military shake-up – live

  09-04-2022 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  The Ukrainian embassy to the UK shared a photograph of the two leaders in talks on Saturday afternoonJohnson meetsZelenskiy in unannounced visit to KyivLuhansk residents told to evacuate as Russia moves focus eastWhy the battle for Donbas will be very different from the assault on KyivSurvivors recount ‘nightmare’ Kramatorsk train station attackThe train station where Russians are greeted with images of warHere are some images from across Ukraine over the past 24 hours. Continue read
  
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• WATCH: Huge smoke rises from scrapyard fire in Florida

  09-04-2022 21:55
  
  A column of thick smoke rose from a major fire at a scrap metal facility near Port Manatee, where crews have responded to extinguish the flames.
  
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• White House gift records for Trump, Pence missing, State Department says

  09-04-2022 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The State Department says it is unable to compile a complete and accurate accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump and other U.S.
  
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• Teen European diver in Malaysia dead, 2 others found alive after days in water

  09-04-2022 21:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A teenage diver was pronounced dead in Malaysia after going missing for four days during a dive off the coast off the country, according to his father.
  
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• Russian troops dug trenches in Chernobyl's highly radioactive 'red forest'

  09-04-2022 21:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia forces have vacated the area surrounding Chernobyl, but Ukrainian officials are now sounding the alarm that troops were likely exposed to high amounts of radiation after they intentionally disturbed radioactive dust, reports said Saturday.
  
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• Kentucky and Idaho measures severely restricting abortions are halted

  09-04-2022 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Measures’ constitutionality brought into question amid flurry of abortion restrictions passed in US statesOpinion: these are the final days of US reproductive freedomTwo measures that severely restrict abortions were halted on Friday, one by Kentucky’s governor and a second by Idaho’s supreme court.In Kentucky, Democratic governor Andy Beshear vetoed a Republican-priority bill on Friday that would ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy and regulate the dispensin
  
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• WATCH: Volunteers help Ukrainian emergency officials clean Borodyanka

  09-04-2022 21:04
  
  Dozens of volunteers joined Ukrainian emergency officials in the restoration efforts in Borodyanka, Ukraine.
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s hopes of becoming prime minister are over, say top Tories

  09-04-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior party figures think the furore over the chancellor’s US green card and his wife’s tax affairs have put an end to his chancesSenior Conservatives have written off Rishi Sunak as a potential prime minister – and now believe Boris Johnson will have to remove him as chancellor in his next reshuffle – following the furore over his US green card and his wife’s tax affairs.One former Tory minister told the Observer that the fear among Conservative MPs with small maj
  
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• Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote

  09-04-2022 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister found to have broken the law by supreme court after attempt to stop vote going aheadPakistan was in constitutional crisis as fears of martial law swirled after the prime minister, Imran Khan, blocked a vote of no-confidence on his rule – despite a legally binding ruling by the supreme court that the vote must go ahead.Khan, the former international cricketer turned pious Islamist politician, is clinging to his political career for dear life after he and his Pakistan Tehreek-
  
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• Pakistan parliament ousts Imran Khan in last-minute vote

  09-04-2022 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Pakistan’s prime minister found to have broken the law by attempting to stop vote going ahead Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament after a dramatic week in which he violated the constitution in an attempt to stop the move going ahead.Khan, the former premier cricketer turned pious Islamist politician, has been fighting for his political life for weeks, after losing his parliamentary majority. Continue reading...
  
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• A 'rude person' bumped her into a lottery machine and out came a $10 million ticket

  09-04-2022 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  A California woman became an instant millionaire thanks to "some rude person."
  
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• Tiger Woods continues roller coaster Masters journey after improbable comeback

  09-04-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  Tiger Woods' incredible Masters journey continued on Saturday as he teed off for his third round at Augusta National.
  
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• Feds accused of ignoring asbestos, mold at women's prison

  09-04-2022 20:19
  
  A government watchdog has found a “substantial likelihood” that the federal Bureau of Prisons committed wrongdoing when it ignored complaints and failed to address asbestos and mold contamination at a federal women’s prison in California
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins fatally struck on highway, police say

  09-04-2022 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins, the former Ohio State star who was poised to enter his fourth year in the NFL, has died, his head coach said in a statement released by the team Saturday.
  
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• ‘The Russians are trying to obliterate us. You think that we’d agree to half-measures now?’

  09-04-2022 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of occupied Melitopol, says the battle for Donbas is also a fight for global securityRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe sun was shining in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday and teams of city workers were out planting flowers on roadside borders. Market stalls were doing a healthy trade in everything from food and drink to electronics, and there were even a few cafes and bars open.But the frontlines are barely a half-hour drive from this industrial city, and much o
  
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• Proud Boys member pleads guilty to role in US Capitol attack

  09-04-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Charles Donohoe will co-operate, giving prosecutors a boost in pursuit of high-ranking members of the far-right groupTrump Jr texted Meadows strategies to overturn electionA member of the far-right Proud Boys group has pleaded guilty to conspiring to attack the US Capitol in a bid to stop Congress certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, giving prosecutors a win in their pursuit of high-ranking members.As part of an agreement with prosecutors that will require him to cooperate
  
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• UK pledges new military assistance for Ukraine after PM's surprise visit to Kyiv

  09-04-2022 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  The UK is to send 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine, Downing Street announced Saturday, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid an in-person visit to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
  
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• With bloodied gloves, forensic teams uncover gruesome secrets of Bucha in Ukraine

  09-04-2022 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  While investigators uncover the remains of civilians, heartbroken families wait nearby to reclaim their loved ones Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesSometimes the dead have more to say than the living. Those lying beneath the soft, yellow earth in the grounds of the church of Andrew the Apostle, in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, have many terrible stories to tell.In a deep mass grave, a forearm and hand, the fingertips turning black, lay under a foot at a sickening angle; another man’s arm l
  
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• Texas woman, 26, charged with murder over ‘self-induced abortion’

  09-04-2022 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Law enforcement official confirms arrest and charge but police do not say under which law Lizelle Herrera chargedA 26-year-old woman has been charged with murder in Texas after authorities said she caused “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion”, in a state that has the most restrictive abortion laws in the US.It was unclear whether Lizelle Herrera was accused of having an abortion or whether she helped someone else get an abortion. Continue reading...
  
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• Tiger Woods' improbable Masters journey continues as he tees off for third round

  09-04-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Tiger Woods' incredible Masters journey continued on Saturday as he teed off for his third round at Augusta National.
  
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• Holocaust survivor, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97

  09-04-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Holocaust survivor and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, Gerda Weissmann Klein, died April 3, her son Jim Klein confirmed to CNN. She was 97.
  
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• Israeli troops raid town of Palestinian gunman who killed three in Tel Aviv

  09-04-2022 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Gun battle in occupied West Bank leaves at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accountsIsraeli troops on Saturday raided the home town of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, causing a gun battle in the occupied West Bank that left at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts.The arrest raid was the latest in a series of events that have escalated tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramada
  
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• Manchester City under pressure over Kremlin-backed sponsor

  09-04-2022 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Premier League champions’ global partner Marathonbet is one of around 20 firms cleared to operate in RussiaManchester City football club faces scrutiny over its official global betting partner Marathonbet, which is approved by the Kremlin for its gambling operations in Russia.Marathonbet, which was established in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in 1997, is one of around 20 firms approved in Russia for betting, according to Kremlin federal tax office documents seen by the Observer. Continue
  
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• NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins has died, team says

  09-04-2022 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins, the former Ohio State star who was poised to enter his fourth year in the NFL, has died, his head coach said in a statement released by the team Saturday.
  
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• ‘Smoking rifle’: Trump Jr texted Meadows strategies to overturn election – report

  09-04-2022 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  CNN reports Trump’s eldest son texted chief of staff two days after 2020 election to say ‘we have multiple paths … we control them all’Two days after the 2020 election, Donald Trump Jr texted the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, with strategies for overturning the result, CNN reported.“This is what we need to do please read it and please get it to everyone that needs to see it because I’m not sure we’re doing it,” Trump Jr reportedly wrot
  
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• Banks are making big money off of Russian debt

  09-04-2022 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  US banks have left Russia, but that doesn't mean they're done making money off the Kremlin's horrific invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Melissa Lucio faces execution in Texas as supporters seek clemency

  09-04-2022 18:21
  
  Melissa Lucio was found guilty of capital murder in the death of her two year old daughter in 2007. She has been in death row for the past 15 years.
  
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• Volkswagen rejects shareholder push for climate lobbying disclosures

  09-04-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Volkswagen has rejected a shareholder proposal for it to explain how its lobbying activities align with its climate goals -- something two of the carmaker's leading competitors have already promised to do, one of the investors said on Friday.
  
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• 11 injured as car crashes into food truck

  09-04-2022 18:11
  
  Eleven people were injured when a car crashed into an unidentified food truck in Austin, Texas.
  
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• Millions of bird deaths as US hit by avian flu outbreak

  09-04-2022 18:09 via theguardian.com
  
  US officials believe nearly 24m poultry birds, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died of flu since virus strain identified in FebruaryMillions of birds have died in the US in recent weeks, because of a contagious strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu.The bird flu has also led zoos across the US to temporarily close aviary exhibits and move birds away from the public. At zoos from Colorado to Maryland, species ranging from ostriches to penguins have been moved i
  
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• Putin shakes up leadership in Ukraine war as defense officials warn of eastward focus

  09-04-2022 18:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has instated a new commander to lead the war in Ukraine as western officials warn Moscow will focus on the Donbas region.
  
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• Royal family shares poem in tribute to the late Prince Philip by poet laureate

  09-04-2022 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The Patriarchs – An Elegy shared via royal social media accounts on first anniversary of Duke of Edinburgh’s deathThe royal family have shared a poem in tribute to the late Prince Philip on the first anniversary of his death.The elegy was written by the poet laureate Simon Armitage and shared via official royal social media accounts on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands of ventilators pulled as electrical faults put UK patients’ lives at risk

  09-04-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Electrical problem triggers global safety alert on 2,000 Philips machinesTwo thousand ventilators being used in UK hospitals are at risk of suddenly shutting down due to electrical faults that have led to a global safety alert.Hospitals have been ordered to source replacement ventilators after Philips Respironics said its breathing support devices could suddenly stop working, in some cases without activating a warning alarm. Continue reading...
  
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• Boy, 14, missing in Malaysia diving trip believed to have died

  09-04-2022 17:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Adrian Chesters, a Briton who was rescued on Saturday, says his son Nathen died while they were adriftThe 14-year-old son of a British man is believed to have died following reports that he went missing on a diving trip in Malaysia.Adrian Chesters, 46, reportedly told the Malaysian coastguard his son Nathen, who has Dutch nationality, had died while they were adrift. Following a dive off the coast of Mersing, in the southern state of Johor, on Wednesday, the group surfaced but were unable to fin
  
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• Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions as UK's Boris Johnson makes surprise Kyiv visit

  09-04-2022 17:43 via foxnews.com
  
  In a brief, pre-recorded speech at a Stand Up For Ukraine forum organized in Warsaw, Poland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for additional sanctions against Russia and more support.
  
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