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• Princess Charlotte's seventh birthday marked with photos

  01-05-2022 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They have been taken by the Duchess of Cambridge and released ahead of Charlotte's seventh birthday.
  
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• Mariupol officials say evacuation of civilians from besieged city is paused until Monday

  01-05-2022 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  The evacuation of civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol is underway, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Sunday.
  
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• Alabama woman killed by pack of dogs; owner charged with manslaughter

  01-05-2022 22:01 via nbcnews.com
  An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a
  
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• Russians plunder $5 million farm vehicles from Ukraine -- to find they've been remotely disabled

  01-05-2022 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Russian troops in the occupied city of Melitopol have stolen all the equipment from a farm equipment dealership -- and shipped it to Chechnya, according to a Ukrainian businessman in the area.
  
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• Telling lies has become the norm for today's Republicans

  01-05-2022 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today's Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
  
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• 'It's unimaginable:' Committee to Protect Journalists president on press dangers

  01-05-2022 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  Reporting can be a risky profession, and in many parts of the world, it is becoming more dangerous than ever. This year to date, at least 17 journalists have been killed — and the real number is probably higher, CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.
  
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• What happened during Pelosi's unannounced trip to Kyiv

  01-05-2022 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: What Chernobyl can teach us about Russian propaganda
  
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• Jacob Zuma sought to hand state assets to allies, finds corruption report

  01-05-2022 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry says South Africa’s ruling ANC ‘should be ashamed’ by alleged efforts to steal vast sumsJacob Zuma has been accused of systematic and “unlawful” efforts to give business allies control of billions of dollars worth of state assets, by the judge charged with investigating wrongdoing during the former president’s years in power in South Africa.Raymond Zondo, who was appointed in 2018 to lead an inquiry into allegations of systematic corruption under Zuma&
  
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• Georgia man charged with wife's murder after reports she died by suicide

  01-05-2022 20:53 via nbcnews.com
  A Georgia man who initially reported that his wife had died by suicide has been charged with felony murder after police grew suspicious that he might not be
  
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• Evacuation from besieged Mariupol steel plant underway

  01-05-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  The evacuation of civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol is underway, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Sunday.
  
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• U.S. marshals offering $10,000 for missing Alabama inmate and officer

  01-05-2022 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
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• Opinion: Fear is destroying the GOP from inside out

  01-05-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Four or five days into the government shutdown of October 2013, then-Speaker of the House John Boehner summoned me to his office. At the time, I was enraged by the recklessness that led to the shutdown, engineered by Sen. Ted Cruz and a cluster of his cohorts in the House over funding for Obamacare. How could Congress allow itself to enter a shutdown that many — including the Speaker — did not want?
  
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• Opinion: Fear is destroying GOP inside out

  01-05-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Four or five days into the government shutdown of October 2013, then-Speaker of the House John Boehner summoned me to his office. At the time, I was enraged by the recklessness that led to the shutdown, engineered by Sen. Ted Cruz and a cluster of his cohorts in the House over funding for Obamacare. How could Congress allow itself to enter a shutdown that many — including the Speaker — did not want?
  
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• Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine -- to find they've been remotely disabled

  01-05-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  Russian troops in the occupied city of Melitopol have stolen all the equipment from a farm equipment dealership -- and shipped it to Chechnya, according to a Ukrainian businessman in the area.
  
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• New 3D female anatomy model used to better treat women

  01-05-2022 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new 3D female anatomy model is being used to teach first year medical students.
  
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• 3 signs that prices could soon come down

  01-05-2022 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  Inflation is at a 40-year high, and Americans are feeling it.
  
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• 'Tattooed on my rear end!': Cruz mocks Republican candidates invoking Trump

  01-05-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pokes fun at candidates using their devotion to Trump as a platform in the Ohio Republican Senate nomination. CNN's Abby Phillip hosts a panel discussing the race that will act as an early test of Trump's influence over the GOP in this year's midterm elections.
  
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• 'Tattooed on my rear end!': Cruz mocks GOP candidates invoking Trump

  01-05-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pokes fun at candidates using their devotion to Trump as a platform in the Ohio Republican Senate nomination. CNN's Abby Phillip hosts a panel discussing the race that will act as an early test of Trump's influence over the GOP in this year's midterm elections.
  
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• Mayorkas responds to new disinformation board being compared to '1984'

  01-05-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas discusses the newly announced disinformation governance board with CNN's Dana Bash.
  
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• Arkansas GOP governor says he's considering 2024 bid and would run even if Trump does

  01-05-2022 16:52 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said Sunday that he's weighing a White House bid in 2024 and that he would still consider running even if former President Donald Trump enters the race.
  
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• 'She's my guardian angel': DoorDasher saves woman's life while delivering pizza

  01-05-2022 16:48 via cnn.com
  
  When a Massachusetts woman ordered a pizza on a routine Friday evening, she had no idea the quick thinking and kindness of her delivery driver would change her life that night.
  
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• Johnny Depp's defamation trial: Here's a look at what took place last week

  01-05-2022 16:35 via cnn.com
  
  Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial concluded its third week in a Virginia court on Friday.
  
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• An Alabama inmate and a corrections officer are missing. Here's what we know

  01-05-2022 16:29 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities in Alabama are searching for a corrections officer and an inmate charged with murder after they went missing on Friday.
  
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• The most iconic moments from the White House Correspondents' Dinner

  01-05-2022 16:17 via cnn.com
  
  Remember Obama's infamous mic drop? Catch that and more stand-out moments from previous White House Correspondents' Dinners.
  
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• Baby bald eagle rescued after parent accidentally kicks it from nest

  01-05-2022 16:12 via cnn.com
  
  Ecologists came to the rescue of a baby bald eagle after it was accidentally kicked from its nest by its parent.
  
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• In 1968, Poland's communist government forced Jews to leave. Today, the country embraces refugees.

  01-05-2022 15:52 via cnn.com
  
  Because SS soldiers used the Nożyk Synagogue as a warehouse and horse stable during World War II, it was the only major Jewish synagogue the Nazis did not destroy in Poland's capital city of Warsaw.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: UN evacuation under way from Mariupol steelworks; Pelosi dismisses fears of provoking Russia and says ‘we will not be bullied’ – live

  01-05-2022 15:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials reach factory to evacuate civilians, says United Nations; Nancy Pelosi says US will continue to help Ukraine after Kyiv visitCivilians evacuated from steelworks as Pelosi visits KyivUkrainian families halt bids to reach UK after visa delaysKyiv is ‘right place to be’, says UK ambassador after returnWhat we know on day 67 of the invasionGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected criticism of Germany’s reluctance to send heavy weapons to Ukraine.He said it was untrue th
  
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• Naomi Judd to be inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame one day after her death

  01-05-2022 15:39 via cnn.com
  
  The death of Naomi Judd just one day before her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame has cast a pall over Sunday's ceremony -- but the show will go on.
  
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• Pressure grows on Foreign Office to help free Briton facing death penalty in Iraq

  01-05-2022 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 95,000 sign petition urging the release of geologist Jim Fitton, detained over artefact smuggling allegationsMinisters are under increasing pressure to help free a retired British geologist at risk of facing the death penalty in Iraq over smuggling allegations.A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton, 66, has received more than 95,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched. Continue reading...
  
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• Police arrest 9 after building collapses in central China

  01-05-2022 15:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A woman has been rescued from the rubble of a building in central China more than 50 hours after it collapsed, leaving dozens trapped or missing
  
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• Scholz defends Ukraine policy as criticism mounts in Germany

  01-05-2022 15:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Opposition leader to visit Kyiv on Monday and Ukrainian ambassador says military aid pledged is ‘not enough’The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has defended himself against accusations that his approach to Russian aggression has been hesitant and timid, insisting his decisions followed close consultation with Germany’s allies and sought to avoid any suspicion that the country was “going it alone”.Scholz has faced fierce criticism even from within his own government
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: civilians escape steel works; Pelosi dismisses fears of provoking Russia and says ‘we will not be bullied’ – live

  01-05-2022 15:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Elderly people, women and children escape from steel works; Nancy Pelosi says US will continue to help Ukraine after Kyiv visitCivilians evacuated from steelworks as Pelosi visits KyivUkrainian families halt bids to reach UK after visa delaysKyiv is ‘right place to be’, says UK ambassador after returnWhat we know on day 67 of the invasionGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected criticism of Germany’s reluctance to send heavy weapons to Ukraine.He said it was untrue that Germa
  
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• First civilians evacuated from Mariupol steelworks as Pelosi makes Kyiv visit

  01-05-2022 15:10 via theguardian.com
  
  About 20 women and children manage to leave besieged Azovstal plant, says senior Ukrainian soldier at siteRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe first group of civilians who have been sheltering under a steel plant that is the last redoubt for Ukrainian forces in the destroyed city of Mariupol have managed to get out.A senior Ukrainian soldier inside the Azovstal steelworks said about 20 women and children had left, as the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, met Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, where she
  
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• The fastest growing population in the US is far from a monolith

  01-05-2022 15:08 via cnn.com
  
  Asian Americans are often labeled as a singular group, but the fastest growing population in the US is far from a monolith — and their complex history and cultures are often glossed over.
  
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• Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes

  01-05-2022 15:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Text messages and testimony released by the House Jan. 6 panel shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power
  
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• Hinkley Point B nuclear plant could be spared imminent closure

  01-05-2022 15:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng believed to be open to extension in response to leap in gas prices and energy security concernsNuclear power advocates believe energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng is open to extending the life of the Hinkley Point B plant to help wean the UK off gas imports and prevent a faster-than-expected decline in Britain’s fleet of atomic reactors.Soaring gas prices and the war in Ukraine have already spurred the government to ask coal power plant owners to stay open longer,
  
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• Buffett says Berkshire's success is more about being 'sane' than 'smart'

  01-05-2022 15:03 via cnn.com
  
  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has beaten the broader market so far this year. But the Oracle of Omaha wasn't willing to declare himself an investing genius during Saturday's annual shareholder meeting.
  
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• No one knew who James Corden was. Then he made 'The Late Late Show' a huge success

  01-05-2022 14:58 via cnn.com
  
  Every time a host leaves an established late-night show, the guessing game begins:
  
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• Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue reunite for Neighbours finale

  01-05-2022 14:52 via theguardian.com
  
  The TV couple are to appear in Australia’s long-running soap opera as production ends after 37 yearsThey were one of television’s most popular couples, and now they’re getting back together, especially for you – or at least for viewers of Neighbours. Scott and Charlene, played by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, will return after more than 30 years for the show’s finale.Jason Herbison, executive producer of the Australian soap, said the pair were “the ultimate
  
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• Has inflation reached a peak? Three signs that prices could soon come down

  01-05-2022 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  Inflation is at a 40-year high, and Americans are feeling it.
  
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• May Day rallies in Europe honor workers, protest govts

  01-05-2022 14:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Citizens and trade unions across Europe are taking to the streets for May Day marches, putting out protest messages to their governments
  
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• Rand Paul promises Covid review if Republicans retake Senate in midterms

  01-05-2022 14:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Kentucky senator who has clashed publicly with Dr Anthony Fauci champions lab leak theory in remarks at rallyThe Kentucky senator Rand Paul promised on Saturday to wage a vigorous review into the origins of the coronavirus if Republicans retake the Senate and he lands a committee chairmanship.Speaking to supporters at a campaign rally, the senator denounced what he sees as government overreach in response to Covid-19. He applauded a recent judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate
  
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• The new 'Star Trek' series couldn't come at a better time

  01-05-2022 14:14 via cnn.com
  
  Rod Roddenberry Jr. is the only son of "Star Trek's" iconic creator, but he never watched the show growing up. He was more into cars, heavy metal music and watching action television shows like "Starsky & Hutch" and "Knight Rider."
  
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• 1 dead, 5 injured in shooting at festival

  01-05-2022 14:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  One person has died and five others have been injured at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said on Twitter late Saturday.
  
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• Democratic senator Joe Manchin cuts ad for West Virginia Republican

  01-05-2022 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Manchin cites Biden Build Back Better spending plan he sank in ad for David McKinley, challenger to Trump-backed incumbentThis Will Not Pass review: Dire reading for DemocratsJoe Manchin has recorded an ad for a Republican in a West Virginia US House election, in which the Democratic senator trumpets his opposition to Joe Biden’s Build Back Better domestic spending plan.“David McKinley has always opposed reckless spending because it doesn’t make sense for West Virginia,”
  
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• Pelosi to Zelensky: US will 'be there for you until the fight is done'

  01-05-2022 13:40 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the first official US congressional Delegation to visit Ukraine since the start of the war. She is also the most senior United States official to meet with the Ukrainian President since the start of the Russian invasion. CNN's Matt Rivers reports.
  
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• How Ukraine's 'Ghost of Kyiv' legendary pilot was born

  01-05-2022 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "Ghost of Kyiv" story about a heroic pilot downing many Russian planes turns out to be a legend.
  
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• The 3 things that need to happen for Democrats to keep the Senate

  01-05-2022 13:11 via cnn.com
  
  Election junkies, rejoice. May marks the return of the 2022 primary season and the beginning of a mostly nonstop electoral stretch, from the midterms through the 2024 presidential cycle.
  
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• Immigration officers placed in 25 local authorities by Home Office, FoI reveals

  01-05-2022 13:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Embedded officials can pass the details of undocumented people to immigration enforcementThe Home Office has placed immigration officers in child social services and dozens of other local authority departments, in an arrangement that has raised concerns about the ability of the most vulnerable to seek support, the Guardian can reveal.The officers are part of an “enhanced checking service” that includes providing information about people’s right to work and their eligibility for
  
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• GOP strong on crime, boosted by trust in inflation: POLL

  01-05-2022 13:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A new ABC News/Washington Post poll about support for the GOP in areas of crime and inflation.
  
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