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• Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct

  23-04-2022 23:57
  
  Ministers are among 56 MPs said to be accused of sexual misconduct after being referred to parliamentary watchdogThree cabinet ministers are among more than 50 MPs reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct after being referred to a parliamentary watchdog.A total of 56 MPs – including two shadow cabinet ministers – have been reported to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), according to the Sunday Times. Continue reading...
  
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• One child dies but more than 40 people are saved after boat sinks off Tripoli

  23-04-2022 23:55
  
  Lebanese Red Cross says about 60 people were onboard boat that departed from Qalamoun areaOne child has died but more than 40 people have been saved after the sinking of a boat off the coast of Lebanon’s northern port city of Tripoli on Saturday, transport minister Ali Hamie told Reuters.The Lebanese Red Cross said in a tweet that there were about 60 people onboard. Continue reading...
  
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• Opinion: The surprising solution to gun violence

  23-04-2022 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  In 1973, two psychologists came up with a clever experiment. They took a group of Princeton Theological Seminary students and asked them to walk across campus to give a lecture on the parable of the "Good Samaritan." Along their route, the psychologists positioned someone in a doorway, not moving, eyes closed, coughing and groaning as the study subjects went by -- someone, in other words, clearly in need of a Good Samaritan's help.
  
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• Explosion at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria kills over 50

  23-04-2022 23:33
  The death toll may be more than 100, according to one report.
  
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• Amy Schumer's revelation about her compulsive condition helps the rest of us

  23-04-2022 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Like the comedian Amy Schumer, I have trichotillomania, a compullsive hair-pulling condition like OCD. Including it in her Hulu show "Life & Beth" and talking openly about it helps those of us who have it.
  
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• Missing couple found shot dead on walking trail; suspect still at large

  23-04-2022 23:25
  
  A missing couple from Concord, New Hampshire, has been found dead on a walking trail after several days.
  
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• Overdoses, not COVID-19, drive spike in LA homeless deaths

  23-04-2022 23:24
  
  Nearly 2,000 homeless people died in LA County during the pandemic's first year.
  
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• Massive alligators spotted strolling through residential areas

  23-04-2022 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  Two enormous alligators were spotted in the city of Venice, Florida taking a stroll through residential neighborhoods.
  
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• Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads

  23-04-2022 22:55
  
  The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘shouldn’t be monetized’Twitter chose Earth Day to announce it will ban advertisements that deny the scientific consensus on climate crisis.“We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” the company declared on Friday. Continue reading.
  
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• More than 100 killed at Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast

  23-04-2022 22:44
  
  Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo stateMore than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria’s Rivers and Imo states, a local government official and an environmental group said on Saturday.“The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected over 100 people who were burnt beyond recognition,” the state commissioner for petroleum
  
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• Twitter bans 'misleading' climate change ads

  23-04-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter is banning misleading advertisements that go against the scientific consensus of climate change, the company announced on Friday, which was Earth Day.
  
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• Twitter bans 'misleading' climate ads

  23-04-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter is banning misleading advertisements that go against the scientific consensus of climate change, the company announced on Friday, which was Earth Day.
  
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• 13-year-old Minnesota youth set to graduate from college

  23-04-2022 22:35
  The boy has a major in physics and a minor in math.
  
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• WATCH: Police respond to DC shooting

  23-04-2022 22:33
  
  Police and armored vehicles arrived at the scene of the Washington, D.C. shooting, where four people were injured Friday.
  
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• Daily round-up: Steelworks video and Odesa hit

  23-04-2022 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fighters post a video of people who they say are hiding at the plant, and a building in Odesa is hit by missiles.
  
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• Australian government misses compensation deadline for victims of alleged war crimes

  23-04-2022 22:00
  
  Brereton report recommended swift payments to victims as ‘the morally right thing to do’ instead of waiting for court rulingsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesThe Australian government has missed a deadline to decide on compensation for victims of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, potentially leaving the thorny issue to be sorted out after the election.Defence blamed the delay on “legal, practical and
  
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• Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday

  23-04-2022 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday.
  
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• County grants approval for Amazon's helix-shaped HQ tower

  23-04-2022 21:48
  
  The Arlington County Board has given unanimous approval to Amazon’s plans to build a unique, helix-shaped tower as the centerpiece of its emerging second headquarters in northern Virginia
  
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• Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris on how 'Man Who Fell To Earth' hits home

  23-04-2022 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  When it comes to the human experience, Chiwetel Ejiofor has found it best represented by an alien.
  
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• First-ever US Air Force trial of a general finds William Cooley guilty of sexual misconduct

  23-04-2022 21:30
  
  The major general faces up to seven years in prison after assaulting his sister-in-law at a family barbecue in 2018In the first-ever military trial for a general in the 75-year history of the US air force, a two-star general was found guilty Saturday of abusive sexual contact for forcibly kissing his sister-in-law after a family barbecue.Maj Gen William Cooley faces up to seven years in prison, a dishonorable discharge and the loss of his air force pay and benefits at a sentencing hearing schedu
  
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• Bayern Munich wins 10th consecutive Bundesliga title after beating Borussia Dortmund

  23-04-2022 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  Bayern Munich clinched its 10th straight Bundesliga title after beating fierce rivals Borussia Dortmund 3-1 on Saturday.
  
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• Split verdict in first-ever Air Force general military trial

  23-04-2022 21:00
  
  An Air Force major general in Ohio has been convicted by a military judge of one of three specifications of abusive sexual contact in the first-ever military trial of an Air Force general
  
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• Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera joins MLB's vaunted 3,000-hit club

  23-04-2022 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera entered the vaunted 3,000-hit club Saturday with an opposite field single in his first at-bat at home against the Colorado Rockies.
  
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• Blinken, Austin to visit Ukraine Sunday, Zelenskyy says

  23-04-2022 20:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Ukraine to discuss arms support President Zelenskyy announced Saturday.
  
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• Pope appoints key posts, including nun in development office

  23-04-2022 20:06
  
  Pope Francis has made key appointments in his newly reformed Vatican bureaucracy
  
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• Three officers killed in central Nigeria as gunmen storm police station

  23-04-2022 19:59
  
  Attack claimed by Islamic State triggered fierce gun battle in Kogi state on SaturdayThree policemen have been killed in central Nigeria’s Kogi state after gunmen stormed a police station in an attack claimed by Islamic State.State police spokesperson William Ovye Aya said a fierce gun battle took place after “hoodlums” entered the station in Adavi town on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• She was fed up with anti-abortion protesters, so she broadcasted them on TikTok

  23-04-2022 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  An abortion clinic escort in Nebraska looks out for bombs to keep patients entering the building safe. See how she's using TikTok to confront the pro-life protesters surrounding the clinic.
  
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• 4-year-old dies after grandmother forces her to drink whiskey, police say

  23-04-2022 19:30 via cnn.com
  
  A 4-year-old girl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has died after her grandmother forced her to drink whiskey, police say.
  
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• Man dies after setting himself on fire at Supreme Court plaza

  23-04-2022 19:23 via cnn.com
  
  A man who set himself on fire Friday on the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, has died, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
  
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• Tour boat with 26 missing in Japan after distress call

  23-04-2022 19:00
  
  Japan’s coast guard says a tour boat with 26 people aboard has been missing in the frigid waters hours after sending a distress call that it was sinking
  
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• Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding

  23-04-2022 18:53
  
  Police arrived at the venue to find wedding guests being treated for ‘symptoms consistent with that of someone who has used illegal drugs’A Florida bride and her wedding caterer have been criminally charged after serving food laced with marijuana to their wedding guests, sickening them and sending several to hospital.Danya Shea Svoboda, 42, and Jocelyn Montrinice Bryant, 31, who catered her wedding, face charges of violating Florida’s anti-tampering laws, delivery of marijuana
  
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• Mothers trapped under Mariupol steel plant beg for evacuation: 'We are at the brink of starvation'

  23-04-2022 18:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Mothers trapped in the tunnels deep under the Mariupol steel plant have pleaded for an evacuation route to be opened for them and their children in a video posted Saturday by Ukrainian armed forces.
  
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• Mark Meadows was warned of illegality of scheme to overturn 2020 election

  23-04-2022 18:17
  
  A former staffer testified that White House counsel said the scheme involving fake electoral college votes was not legally soundDonald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows was warned the effort to overturn the 2020 election with fake electoral college votes was not legally sound – and yet proceeded anyway, the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack said Friday.In a court filing, the panel also said that Meadows went ahead with plans to have Trump speak at the E
  
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• Meadows was warned Jan. 6 could turn violent, former White House official says

  23-04-2022 18:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A former White House official warned Mark Meadows, who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, that the events of Jan. 6, 2021, could turn
  
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• Tour boat with 26 aboard missing in north Japan after distress call

  23-04-2022 17:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in rough and cold waters off northern Japan Saturday after its crew issued a distress call and reported it was sinking, the coast guard said.
  
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• New Ebola outbreak declared in DRC after single case confirmed

  23-04-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola outbreak on Friday, after a case was confirmed in the city of Mbandaka, in the northwestern Equateur Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement Saturday.
  
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• See a near collison between a tractor-trailer and a school bus

  23-04-2022 17:32 via cnn.com
  
  In Ohio, a large tractor-trailer driver deftly guided his rig around a stopped school bus after his brakes failed.
  
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• Missile strikes hit Odesa, killing 5, as Russia looks south for Black Sea domination

  23-04-2022 17:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Missiles struck infrastructure and two residential buildings in Odesa, city officials announced Saturday as the war in Ukraine rages for the 59th day.
  
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• 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' that hung in the White House up for auction at Christie's in May

  23-04-2022 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  The famous "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next month, when it is estimated to fetch about $20 million.
  
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• McCarthy to lead GOP lawmakers, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, to southern border

  23-04-2022 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is set to lead a group of fellow Republican lawmakers to the southern border in Texas on Monday, amid debate over the Biden administration's decision to end a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border.
  
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• Ebola case confirmed in Congo's west Equateur province

  23-04-2022 17:18
  Congo health authorities have confirmed a new Ebola case in the northwest Equateur Province in the city of Mbandaka, declaring an outbreak nearly four months after the last one ended in the central African nation
  
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• Can red US states regulate abortions performed outside their borders?

  23-04-2022 17:14 via cnn.com
  
  If the Supreme Court reverses its long-standing abortion precedent later this year and lets states ban abortions within their borders, it will unleash a new legal and legislative fight over how far anti-abortion lawmakers can reach to target conduct that happens outside their state lines.
  
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• Israel shutters crossing to Gaza workers after firing of rockets

  23-04-2022 17:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel said Saturday it would close its border crossing to thousands of Gaza workers.
  
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• WATCH: Our favorite Prince Louis moments for his birthday

  23-04-2022 16:34
  
  Happy birthday, Prince Louis!
  
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• Shanghai: video maker urges people to stop sharing film critical of Covid lockdown

  23-04-2022 16:25
  
  Plea comes after ‘Voices of April’ spreads on social media as users get creative to bypass China’s censorsThe author of a viral video about Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown that sparked a rare show of defiance on China’s social media has urged users to stop sharing it, saying he worried about his work being taken in directions he did not wish to see.The creator, who goes by his online moniker Strawberry Fields Forever, said in a post on Saturday that the quick spread of
  
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• New Hampshire couple found shot to death in wooded area

  23-04-2022 16:23 via cnn.com
  
  The bodies of a New Hampshire couple were found shot to death in a wooded area in Concord, police say.
  
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• A Russian's reflections from exile in Georgia

  23-04-2022 16:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian journalist Andrei Loshak is one of the thousands of Russians who fled to neighboring Georgia in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine and around the time that Russia criminalized independent war reporting.
  
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• Ukraine preps for shift in war where modern artillery will dominate

  23-04-2022 16:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine is gearing up for a different type of warfare in its eastern regions as Russia look to completely control the Donbas.
  
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• ‘Condescending’: Jacob Rees-Mogg leaves notes for WFH civil servants

  23-04-2022 16:03
  
  Cabinet minister accused of ‘crass’ behaviour in his campaign to get staff back in the officeTories face heavy local election losses over Partygate, PM toldJacob Rees-Mogg has been called “condescending” after leaving notes deemed to be passive-aggressive on civil servants’ desks in an effort to stop them working from home.As part of his campaign to push workers back into offices, the cabinet minister has toured Whitehall buildings and published a league table of go
  
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• Sightseeing boat in Japan missing with 26 people on board after reports of sinking

  23-04-2022 15:56 via cnn.com
  
  Japan's coast guard dispatched patrol ships and aircraft to search for a sightseeing boat that went missing with 26 people on board after reporting it was sinking off the northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK said.
  
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