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• Brazil's former leader Lula survived a corruption conviction and cancer. Now he's vying for the presidency again

  07-05-2022 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally announced his pre-candidacy for October's presidential election on Saturday, marking what could be the beginnings of a stunning political comeback for the once imprisoned ex-leader in a crucial election year.
  
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• A $34.99 Goodwill purchase turned out to be an ancient Roman bust that's nearly 2,000 years old

  07-05-2022 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  A $34.99 purchase got one Texas woman an unexpected piece of art from ancient Roman times.
  
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• $35 thrift store purchase turned out to be an ancient Roman bust

  07-05-2022 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  A $34.99 purchase got one Texas woman an unexpected piece of art from ancient Roman times.
  
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• NYC subway shooting suspect indicted on federal terror charge

  07-05-2022 23:21
  
  James allegedly opened fire on a Manhattan-bound train in April.
  
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• Researchers want to send nude illustrations of humans into space

  07-05-2022 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Space researchers want to send a coded message to aliens, including illustrations of nude humans.
  
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• Ukraine war: Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol

  07-05-2022 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All elderly people, women and children have left the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, say Ukraine and Russia.
  
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• Kamala Harris warns women may lose right to 'make decisions about their own bodies'

  07-05-2022 21:56
  
  Harris also warned Tennessee State graduates about Russian aggression.
  
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• Kharkiv fightback and jets roar in rehearsal - round-up

  07-05-2022 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A humanitarian operation at the Azovstal plant is over and Ukraine's Kharkiv counter-offensive continues.
  
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• 26 dead, 80 injured in explosion at Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba

  07-05-2022 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The death toll of an explosion at one of Havana’s most luxurious hotels grew to 26 on Saturday as rescuers continued searching for possible survivors at the
  
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• Irish nationalist Sinn Fein earns historic Northern Ireland election win

  07-05-2022 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Northern Ireland is on the cusp of having a nationalist leader for the first time in its history after Sinn Fein, once considered the political wing of the IRA, emerged as the largest party in regional elections.
  
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• Legendary comic book artist George Pérez dies after cancer battle

  07-05-2022 20:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  George Pérez, whose work for DC and Marvel made him one of the most iconic comic book artists of his generation, died Friday after a battle with pancreatic
  
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• Taliban order all Afghan women to cover their faces in public

  07-05-2022 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Decree forces male relatives to police law by making them liable to fines or prison for breaches The Taliban have ordered all women to cover their faces in public in Afghanistan, the latest sweeping restriction by a government that has taken away women’s right to travel long distances alone, work outside healthcare or education, and receive a secondary education.In a cruel twist, the decree makes women’s relatives and employers the enforcers. If their faces are seen in public, their
  
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• I'm a neonatologist. How lawmakers misunderstand a baby's viability.

  07-05-2022 19:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  The word “viable” means capable of living. Capable sounds definitive.
  
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• Ukraine: Intense shelling as troops battle to regain Kharkiv region

  07-05-2022 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine's military claims it has regained control of five villages close to the country's second city.
  
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• 3 Americans found dead at Sandals resort in the Bahamas, fourth hospitalized

  07-05-2022 19:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three Americans were found dead at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas and a fourth has been hospitalized, officials said.
  
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• Ukraine war: Drone reveals damage from Russian shelling in Kyiv

  07-05-2022 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video released by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s press office shows buildings wrecked by Russian attacks.
  
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• Lula launches campaign to reclaim Brazilian presidency from Bolsonaro

  07-05-2022 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Leftwinger tells rally that public must unite against far-right incumbent’s ‘incompetence and authoritarianism’Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has kickstarted what he hopes will be a sensational finale to one of Latin America’s most extraordinary political careers, publicly declaring his intention to challenge Jair Bolsonaro for the presidency and urging citizens to unite against the far-right populist’s “incompetence and authorit
  
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• Havana explosion: 26 killed and 74 treated in hospital after hotel blast

  07-05-2022 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel says explosion at Hotel Saratoga appears to have been caused by a gas leakAt least 26 people have been killed and a further 74 have been treated in hospital after a powerful explosion tore the façade from a hotel in the Cuban capital, sending plumes of dust into the air and leaving rubble strewn across the street in the historic centre of Havana.Speaking at the scene soon afterwards, the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, ruled out a bomb a
  
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• WATCH: Couple helps ducks cross the road

  07-05-2022 18:15
  
  The elderly couple in Spain escorted a family of ducks through a crosswalk.
  
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• Egypt says 11 troops killed in militant attack in northern Sinai

  07-05-2022 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  At least five others wounded in one of deadliest attacks against Egyptian security forces in recent yearsAt least 11 troops, including an officer, have been killed in a militant attack in the restive northern part of the Sinai peninsula, Egypt’s military said on Saturday.It said in a statement that the militants attacked a water pumping station east of the Suez canal. It did not give further details on the location. Continue reading...
  
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• Unexpected discovery reveals massive, mysterious figures inside an Alabama cave

  07-05-2022 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  As a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones -- and I know I wasn't alone in that wish.
  
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• Ms. Pac-Man and Legend of Zelda join the World Video Game Hall of Fame

  07-05-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Four iconic video games have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame: Ms. Pac-Man, Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Sid Meier's Civilization.
  
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• I'll never be 'best friends' with my mother, and that's finally OK

  07-05-2022 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  Mother's Day is typically a time of celebration, but for some women, it can be an extraordinarily painful day.
  
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• California's largest reservoirs 'critically low' and dry season just starting

  07-05-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  Against the backdrop of the water crisis in the Colorado River Basin, where the country's largest reservoirs are plunging at an alarming rate, California's two largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville — are facing a similar struggle.
  
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• Climate change is drying up biggest reservoir in US

  07-05-2022 17:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Stephanie Elam looks into the water shortages and restrictions facing California caused by the mega-drought that is drying up water reservoirs across the west.
  
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• Elon Musk aims to quintuple Twitter's revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, NYT says

  07-05-2022 17:21 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is aiming to increase Twitter's annual revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, up from $5 billion last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing a pitch deck presented by the world's richest man to investors.
  
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• 'Leave It to Beaver' star Tony Dow announces his cancer has returned: 'It is truly heartbreaking'

  07-05-2022 17:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Leave It to Beaver" actor Tony Dow announced "very sad news" to his fans, writing in a Facebook post that his cancer has returned."Unfortunately, Tony has
  
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• 3 coyotes killed in Dallas after attack on 2-year-old boy

  07-05-2022 16:48 via cnn.com
  
  Wildlife workers have killed three coyotes in Dallas after a coyote seriously injured 2-year-old boy this week, officials said Friday.
  
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• Covid hit Nashville hard. Now the performing arts are staging a comeback

  07-05-2022 16:27 via cnn.com
  
  When the pandemic hit the US in March 2020, concert halls fell silent, stages faded to black and livelihoods hung in the balance.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in car crash that killed Nicki Minaj's father

  07-05-2022 16:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  A hit-and-run driver pleaded guilty Friday in a suburban New York crash that killed the father of Nicki Minaj and was promised a year or less in jail,
  
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• Taliban decree orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces

  07-05-2022 16:07 via cnn.com
  
  Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on Saturday.
  
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• Security chief who led pro-democracy crackdown set to be Hong Kong’s new leader

  07-05-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  John Lee is the only candidate in the running to succeed Carrie Lam as chief executiveAt the height of Hong Kong’s protests in the summer of 2019, angry pro-democracy legislators shouted in the Chinese territory’s legislative council: “down with John Lee!”, as the veteran security chief defended his force’s treatment of the protesters and journalists.“I hope people will understand the chaotic situation and the pressure faced by each and every one at the scene
  
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• Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp questions Champions League final ticket allocation after fan group slams UEFA

  07-05-2022 16:00 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has questioned UEFA's allocation for tickets to the Champions League final in Paris later this month, admitting he understands the protests of some fans at the accessibility and cost of tickets.
  
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• Abortion rights activists in the US can learn from recent progress on abortion access in Latin America

  07-05-2022 15:22 via cnn.com
  
  • GOP still favored in midterms, despite possible overturning of Roe v. Wade
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• Hot Wheels launches first remote-controlled wheelchair toy in partnership with Paralympian

  07-05-2022 15:14 via cnn.com
  
  Hot Wheels is expanding representation for kids who use wheelchairs -- with the company's first-ever remote-controlled wheelchair toy.
  
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• Colin Firth and Toni Colette add drama to a true crime case in 'The Staircase'

  07-05-2022 15:13 via cnn.com
  
  You already know about me and true crime content.
  
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• To save itself, Netflix might have to play nice with an industry it battled for years

  07-05-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Netflix is still reeling from its stock plunge last month after losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade.
  
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• GOP still favored in midterms, despite possible overturning of Roe v. Wade

  07-05-2022 15:04 via cnn.com
  
  The national political environment has favored Republicans since last fall. And it has only gotten worse for Democrats in the months since as inflation has skyrocketed and President Joe Biden's approval rating has dropped.
  
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• Black women in the South have been preparing for the day Roe is overturned for decades

  07-05-2022 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tight restrictions on abortion have already placed the procedure out of reach for many Black women in America — obstacles that will grow even more daunting if
  
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• These young Black influencers eat, sleep and shoot TikTok videos at a house near Atlanta. Together they have 30 million followers

  07-05-2022 14:38 via cnn.com
  
  The gray mansion with white trim stands out amid the brick homes in this affluent, quiet suburb of Atlanta. A Tesla and a Mercedes sit in the driveway. Towering pines wave gently in the backyard. Bare windows offer glimpses of a spiral staircase and marble floors inside.
  
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• Roe v. Wade reversal would put local prosecutors on the front lines of the abortion fight

  07-05-2022 14:05 via cnn.com
  
  The state-by-state patchwork of abortion restrictions that a reversal of Roe v. Wade would render will be even more complicated by the approaches of local prosecutors and law enforcement officials charged with enforcing abortion bans.
  
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• How Elon Musk could impact Twitter's battles over speech abroad

  07-05-2022 13:55 via cnn.com
  
  Since Elon Musk announced he was buying Twitter last month, the billionaire has sent out tweet after tweet outlining his plans for the platform, touching on everything from new features to security updates to monetization. But Musk's overarching reason for committing billions of dollars to buy Twitter is to ensure the platform bolsters free speech.
  
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• Florida-sized glacier in Antarctica is melting. The entire food chain is impacted

  07-05-2022 13:31 via cnn.com
  
  Icebergs surrounded a team of researchers in January as they cruised toward Antarctica. The team had been studying a thriving underwater ecosystem near the continent for years, but thanks to new modeling and powerful instrumentation they were able to navigate through a crumbling landscape of ice to their destination.
  
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• Heroic masked Embiid returns to lift 76ers to crucial Game 3 win as Mavericks finally end Suns jinx

  07-05-2022 13:25 via cnn.com
  
  Donning a protective face mask, Joel Embiid looked and acted the role of superhero on Friday night.
  
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• Journalist watched Russian state TV for 50 hours. Hear what surprised him

  07-05-2022 13:20 via cnn.com
  
  New York Times reporter Stuart A. Thompson discusses what he learned after watching 50 hours of Russian state television about the invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Deadly ‘wet-bulb temperatures’ are being stoked by climate change and heat waves

  07-05-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  An ongoing heat wave in India and Pakistan and rising wet-bulb temperatures could create hot and severely humid conditions that threaten human survivability.
  
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• Russians released this video of firefight. Military expert explains why

  07-05-2022 12:46 via cnn.com
  
  Military expert Forbes McKenzie walks through a drone video of a firefight in Ukraine, released by Russia. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports.
  
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• Record-breaking Mali nonuplets celebrate their first birthday

  07-05-2022 12:43 via cnn.com
  
  The world-famous nonuplets born to a couple from Mali, West Africa have celebrated their first birthday with a small party at home.
  
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• Teachers often cancel recess as a punishment. A growing number of states want to change that.

  07-05-2022 12:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Taking away recess to discipline elementary school students doesn’t work. Experts say it’s time to stop.
  
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• Nearly 300,000 veterans and current U.S. service members are suing 3M over a tiny piece of military gear they say didn't work

  07-05-2022 12:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Almost 300,000 U.S. military service members and veterans are suing 3M over hearing problems they contend resulted from use of the company’s earplugs.
  
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