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• Small aircraft crashes on Miami bridge

  14-05-2022 23:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Plane crashes into Miami bridge.
  
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• $230M settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill

  14-05-2022 22:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by fishermen and property owners
  
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• Britney Spears says she has lost her baby early in her pregnancy

  14-05-2022 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Britney Spears made a devastating announcement Saturday.
  
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• Britney Spears says she and her fiancé have lost their baby

  14-05-2022 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Britney Spears made a devastating announcement Saturday.
  
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• Britney Spears says she has lost her baby, a month after announcing pregnancy

  14-05-2022 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Britney Spears announced that she has lost her baby, posting the news in a statement on her Instagram account Saturday.
  
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• Suspect in custody after multiple people shot at Buffalo supermarket, police say

  14-05-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  A suspect is in custody after multiple people were shot at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Mass shooting leaves 17 injured in Milwaukee near NBA playoff game

  14-05-2022 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A mass shooting in downtown Milwaukee left 17 people wounded late Friday shortly after fans left a nearby NBA playoff game, according to the Milwaukee Police De
  
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• Suspect in custody after multiple people shot at New York supermarket, police say

  14-05-2022 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  Buffalo police are on the scene of an "active multiple shooting event" at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Street in Buffalo, according to a tweet from Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz.
  
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• Liverpool wins dramatic FA Cup final

  14-05-2022 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  There is something about this Liverpool team.
  
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• Police on the scene of shooting at New York supermarket

  14-05-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  Buffalo police are on the scene of an "active multiple shooting event" at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Street in Buffalo, according to a tweet from Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz.
  
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• Atlanta will bid for 2024 Democratic nominating convention

  14-05-2022 21:29 via abcnews.go.com
  It could be another step toward the center of American politics for Georgia.
  
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• Iran media report 1 killed in unrest over food price hikes

  14-05-2022 21:27 via abcnews.go.com
  An Iranian lawmaker says one person was killed in his city during recent unrest over price increases in the southwestern Khuzestan province
  
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• New Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response

  14-05-2022 21:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  One wildfire in northern New Mexico is the second-largest in state history.
  
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• Headteachers fight for funds to shore up England’s dilapidated classrooms

  14-05-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of schools are queueing for cash to replace leaky roofs and failing heating. Yet each year only 50 will get money to rebuildEngland’s crumbling schools ‘a risk to life’When it rains, the pupils at Wales high school, south Yorkshire, know to look out for numerous obstacles as they move around the building - buckets, lots of buckets.“On a rainy day, it’s commonplace to see a dozen buckets around the school,” said headteacher Pepe Di’Iasio. “
  
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• England’s crumbling schools are a ‘risk to life’, officials warn No 10

  14-05-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Leak reveals fears of education department that Treasury needs to stump up billions for rebuildingHeadteachers fight for funds for dilapidated classroomsMany school buildings in England are now in such disrepair they are a “risk to life”, according to internal government documents leaked to the Observer.Emails sent by senior officials working for education secretary Nadhim Zahawi to Downing Street show them raising the alarm on two occasions within the last six weeks. Continue readin
  
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• Food protests continue across Iran as one person reported dead

  14-05-2022 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Soaring prices of wheat and basic goods bring protests to cities across Iran as internet outages suggest attempted clampdownProtests over soaring food prices continued in several cities in Iran on Saturday, according to postings on social media, while an Iranian lawmaker told local media one person was killed in a demonstration in the south-west.The protests were triggered last week by a cut in state subsidies for imported wheat that caused price hikes of as much as 300% for a variety of flour-b
  
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• Liverpool wins FA Cup final after beating Chelsea in nerve-racking penalty shootout

  14-05-2022 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  There is something about this Liverpool team.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian general predicts when war will end; US senators visit Zelenskiy in Kyiv – live

  14-05-2022 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of military intelligence for Ukraine says August will be turning point in conflict; Republican senators travel to Kyiv to show support for UkraineRussian forces are withdrawing from Kharkiv, Ukraine saysRussia suffers ‘worst aviation losses in decades’, says ZelenskiyRefugees staying with UK hosts not cleared by criminal record checksPutin warns Finland that joining Nato would harm Russia relationsSenior US senators visit Zelenskiy in KyivIn case you’d missed it, Italy is
  
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• Pro-choice demonstrators rally across the US over expected reversal of Roe v Wade – live

  14-05-2022 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands take to the streets in opposition to supreme court’s draft opinion scrapping constitutional right to abortion• ‘We will not go back’: Thousands rally for abortion rights across the US• Clarence Thomas calls leak of supreme court abortion draft ‘tremendously bad’• ‘This is real’: in Oklahoma, a post-Roe world has arrivedSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailState judicial races become increasingly polit
  
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• Hundreds of pro-abortion rights protests planned Saturday in response to SCOTUS leak

  14-05-2022 20:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Washington, D.C., is expected to be the site of the largest turnout, with 17,000 people anticipated to gather on the grounds of the Washington Monument
  
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• Finland's president to Putin: we will apply to join NATO

  14-05-2022 20:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that relations between the two neighbors could be “negatively affected” if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership
  
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• Varieties of Starburst, Skittles and Life Savers gummies recalled

  14-05-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Mars Wrigley US and Canada issued a voluntary recall of numerous gummy candies Friday, saying there could be a thin metal strand inside the candies or loose in the bag. The gummies were distributed in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
  
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• Moscow set to call referendum on Mariupol joining Russia, says Ukraine

  14-05-2022 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Kremlin poised to hold referendum in ruined city in bid to secure grip on the regionUkraine-Russia war – latest updatesMoscow is preparing to hold a referendum in Mariupol on whether the city will join Russia, Ukrainian officials have claimed, following the announcement of a similar poll in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia.Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the port city’s mayor, who is operating in exile, said sources among those remaining among its ruins believed
  
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• WATCH: Murals painted in Gaza City to honor slain journalist

  14-05-2022 19:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Artists paid tribute to slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, painting murals on a large wall in Gaza City.
  
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• ‘We will not go back’: Thousands rally for abortion rights across the US

  14-05-2022 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 300 pro-choice protests organized around US against expected reversal of 1973 landmark law that made abortion illegal• Nationwide abortion rights protest – follow liveThousands of people were taking part in protests across the US on Saturday to decry the supreme court’s expected reversal of the landmark 1973 law that made abortion legal in America.Demonstrators were gathering at more than 380 protest events being held from Maine to Hawaii, in cities including Washingto
  
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• Former Police Scotland officer hopes ‘torturous’ tribunal win will help women

  14-05-2022 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-firearms officer Rhona Malone, awarded nearly £1m for sexist victimisation, says pain and sacrifices outweigh any compensationA former armed response officer awarded nearly £1m by Police Scotland over victimisation said the past few years had been “torturous” and no amount of compensation could make up for the pain experienced.Rhona Malone began her action against the force after a senior police officer said he did not want to see two female armed officers deployed tog
  
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• Judgment day for ‘narcissistic’ Greek pilot who killed British wife Caroline Crouch

  14-05-2022 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Babis Anagnostopoulos spent 10 chilling hours in an Athens courts calmly describing the murder of his wifeLast week, Greek helicopter pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos stood in the dock of an Athens court and related the circumstances that led him to suffocate his British wife. Over the course of 10 hours he barely paused. Coolly and calmly, from 10am to 8pm, he addressed the tribunal.He recalled the dream life he had shared with the woman whom he would go on to asphyxiate; his decision to choke her b
  
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• Queen’s platinum jubilee: the royals must span the social divides

  14-05-2022 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter have highlighted divisions in society. But we have more in common than we sometimes realiseIn fragmented times, there is a public appetite for things that can bring us together. The jubilee is seen as the most important event of the year, ahead of the football World Cup, though that vote of confidence in the monarchy comes with future challenges. Support is rock-solid among older people in England’s home counties but only a minority of those in Scotland
  
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• The Russian bank, the Bruce Willis ad and the $900m sanctions battle

  14-05-2022 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers warned that millions owed after alleged fraud by ex bosses of National Bank Trust could help fund Putin’s war effortIn one of Russia’s most high-profile marketing campaigns, film star Bruce Willis appeared in cinematic advertisements with a car chase and a rooftop rescue, ending with the slogan, “Trust is just like me, but a bank.”The campaign for National Bank Trust in 2011 – which included cardboard cutouts of Willis popping up in 400 branches across Rus
  
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• Russia’s Black Sea blockade pushing millions towards famine, G7 says

  14-05-2022 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign ministers call for action to allow export of Ukrainian grain, as Kyiv claims Russian withdrawal from second-largest cityRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesMillions of people will starve to death unless Russia allows the export of Ukrainian grain from blockaded ports, foreign ministers from the G7 have said.As Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, warned that Vladimir Putin was intransigent during their bilateral call on Friday, the ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
  
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• Sinn Féin leader says Boris Johnson using Northern Ireland as ‘pawn’ in games with EU

  14-05-2022 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Mary Lou McDonald says Tories in ‘cahoots’ with DUP in threatening to tear up post-Brexit protocolThe leader of Sinn Féin has accused Boris Johnson of playing games with Ireland and using it as a “pawn” in the UK’s continual trade battle with the EU, ahead of the prime minister’s visit on Monday.Johnson is due to touch down in Belfast on Monday for talks after the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) blocked the election of a speaker in the Stormont assembly
  
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• Ukraine refugees staying with UK hosts not cleared by criminal record checks

  14-05-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Concerns grow for safety of those heading to Britain as government scrambles to fix flaws in housing scheme• Russia-Ukraine war: latest developmentsUkrainians fleeing the war are being housed with UK hosts who have not had a criminal record check, in the latest concern to blight the government’s response to the refugee crisis.Under increasing pressure to iron out flaws in its schemes, government sources told the Observer they were creating a “rematching” service to house U
  
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• A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon red. Here's how to watch

  14-05-2022 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  May's full moon will have stargazers seeing red.
  
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• Reward grows to $22,500 for arrest of escaped inmate serving life for murder

  14-05-2022 17:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Texas inmate serving life for murder managed to break free from his shackles, overpower a bus driver and escape from custody, officials said.
  
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• Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies

  14-05-2022 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papersThe British government ran a secret “black propaganda” campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia with leaflets and reports from fake sources aimed at destabilising cold war enemies by encouraging racial tensions, sowing chaos, inciting violence and reinforcing anti-communist ideas, newly declassified documents have revealed.The effort, r
  
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• Pub in Vogue, England rebuffs magazine's name-change request

  14-05-2022 17:43 via abcnews.go.com
  The owner of a rural English pub says he was asked to change the bar’s name by a fashion magazine because of the village where it’s located: Vogue
  
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• US oil refineries spewing cancer-causing benzene into communities, report finds

  14-05-2022 17:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin IslandsA dozen US oil refineries last year exceeded the federal limit on average benzene emissions.Among the 12 refineries that emitted above the maximum level for benzene, five were in Texas, four in Louisiana, and one each in Pennsylvania, Indiana and the US Virgin Islands, a new analysis by the Environmental Integrity Project revealed on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Birmingham teacher arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting four girls

  14-05-2022 17:29 via theguardian.com
  
  28-year-old man held by West Midlands police also accused of sending indecent images of himselfA teacher has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting four girls.The 28-year-old suspect, who works at a school in Birmingham, is also accused of sending indecent images of himself. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: South Dakota school severely damaged after storm

  14-05-2022 17:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A school in South Dakota was left flooded and severely damaged after a storm swept through the region. Video shows water in the hallways and debris scattered across classrooms and the gymnasium.
  
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• Sri Lankan president ‘Gota’ clings on to power despite violent protests and new PM

  14-05-2022 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Further intense unrest puts more pressure on the presidency of Gotabaya RajapaksaThey have called it “Gota Go Village”. Here, on what was once an empty stretch of lawn outside the office of the Sri Lankan prime minister, on Colombo’s seafront Galle Face promenade, a thriving community has sprung up. There are tents, food stalls, a library, a memorial, art installations, stages for music and speeches, and even the beginnings of a small farm growing vegetables and fruit from rece
  
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• New image reveals the 'gentle giant' at the heart of the Milky Way

  14-05-2022 17:15 via cnn.com
  
  Whenever I travel, I always try to catch the sunrise. There is something about watching light spill over a new place, every aspect just waiting to be explored.
  
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• ‘I’m disgusted’: readers in the Philippines on the 2022 election result

  14-05-2022 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Seven Filipinos share their views on the victory of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and the future they see for the countryAfter a landslide election victory, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is to become the next president of the Philippines. The son and namesake of the late dictator received more than 30m votes, beating his closest rival, the current vice-president, Leni Robredo.Here, seven people in the Philippines share their views on the result and how they feel about t
  
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• India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar

  14-05-2022 16:25 via cnn.com
  
  India banned wheat exports on Saturday — days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year — as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high.
  
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• Mitch McConnell visits Kyiv with delegation of Republican US senators

  14-05-2022 16:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Senators meet Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy who praises US bipartisan support for his countryThe US Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, has joined the growing list of US politicians making visits to Kyiv, it emerged on SaturdayUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed McConnell’s visit as a powerful signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine. Continue reading...
  
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• Protests in Nigeria after arrests for ‘blasphemy’ killing of female student

  14-05-2022 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrators demand release of two students held after murder of Christian woman in SokotoHundreds of people in Nigeria’s north-western city of Sokoto demonstrated on Saturday over the arrest of two students after the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy, residents said.Africa’s most populous country is roughly divided between Muslims and Christians but religious tensions and deadly clashes are not uncommon, particularly in the north. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukraine war: Putin warns Finland joining Nato would be 'mistake'

  14-05-2022 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Finland and Sweden have indicated they want to become Nato members following Russia's war in Ukraine.
  
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• Clarence Thomas calls leak of supreme court abortion draft ‘tremendously bad’

  14-05-2022 15:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservative US justice fears permanent damage to ‘fragile’ institution and decries protests at justices’ homesThe leak of a draft supreme court opinion on abortion rights has turned the body into a place “where you look over your shoulder”, the conservative justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday, adding that the reputation of the “fragile” institution may have been permanently damaged by the breach.The opinion suggests the court is poised to strike down
  
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• 4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal

  14-05-2022 15:19 via abcnews.go.com
  Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers later this month because they've refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs
  
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• Delhi office fire: Dozens killed as fire sweeps through building

  14-05-2022 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most of those inside were women, leaving families frantically searching for news of their fate.
  
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• Jessica Biel is the ultimate frenemy in '80s true crime drama 'Candy'

  14-05-2022 15:05 via cnn.com
  
  Is it just me or is this year flying by?
  
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