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• Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee celebrations through the years

  01-06-2022 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. This year, she became the first British sovereign to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee -- 70 years on the throne.
  
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• Ukraine players came out wrapped in national flag before delivering impressive win in World Cup bid

  01-06-2022 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  Despite a preparation like no other for an international football fixture, Ukraine produced a momentous performance to beat Scotland 3-1 in its World Cup playoff semifinal at Hampden Park in Glasgow Wednesday.
  
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• More than a month after Russians left this village, Ukrainian officials find 'evidence of their presence'

  01-06-2022 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Matthew Chance joins a team of Ukrainian officials and police forensic experts who find the buried bodies of missing civilians a month after Russian forces left the region.
  
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• Ukraine delivers emotional win in World Cup qualifier against Scotland

  01-06-2022 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  Despite a preparation like no other for an international football fixture, Ukraine produced a momentous performance to beat Scotland 3-1 in its World Cup playoff semifinal at Hampden Park in Glasgow Wednesday.
  
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• Mountain lion wanders into classroom at California high school, officials say

  01-06-2022 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Wildlife authorities in California are trying to remove a baby mountain lion after it wandered into a San Mateo County high school.
  
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• Experimental gene therapy helps pancreatic cancer patient

  01-06-2022 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  An experimental gene therapy appears to have been successful in halting the progression of one woman's advanced pancreatic cancer, doctors reported Wednesday.
  
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• Amber Heard reacts to jury's verdict in defamation trial: 'I'm heartbroken'

  01-06-2022 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amber Heard and Johnny Depp released statements Wednesday following the jury's verdict siding with Depp in his defamation case against Heard.
  
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• Suspect in racist Buffalo mass shooting indicted on murder, terrorism and hate crime charges

  01-06-2022 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  An 18-year-old man accused of killing 10 Black people and injuring three others in a racist attack at a New York grocery store was indicted by a grand jury,
  
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• Legal analysts explain how Depp and Heard are both liable for defamation

  01-06-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  A jury found both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard liable in their civil defamation trial. CNN's Alisyn Camerota, Victor Blackwell, Chloe Melas, Joey Jackson and Jean Casarez break down Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's responses to the verdict and explain why both can be liable for defamation.
  
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• Jada Pinkett Smith opens up about Oscars slap, struggles with alopecia

  01-06-2022 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  Jada Pinkett Smith dedicated a 'Red Table Talk' episode to her struggle with alopecia. In the emotional episode she addressed the Oscars slap controversy and also shared personal stories from others affectedby the disease.
  
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• The U.S. is sending Ukraine advanced rocket systems. Here's why that artillery is so crucial.

  01-06-2022 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Russia advances in eastern Ukraine's Donbas behind a barrage of artillery, the U.S. has met Kyiv's appeals for long-range missile systems.
  
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• 'Ghost heart': Cardiac breakthrough may soon be ready for transplant into humans

  01-06-2022 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  The first time molecular biologist Doris Taylor saw heart stem cells beat in unison in a petri dish, she was spellbound.
  
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• Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's 'Trial by TikTok'

  01-06-2022 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A jury has returned a verdict, but a parallel case in the court of public opinion continues.
  
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• Johnny Depp wins defamation suit against Amber Heard

  01-06-2022 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Johnny Depp won a defamation suit Wednesday against his former wife Amber Heard after a jury found that she had defamed Depp in saying that he had abused her over the course of their relationship.
  
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• Watch jury award Johnny Depp $15 million in defamation suit against Amber Heard

  01-06-2022 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  Johnny Depp was awarded $15 million in the defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp sued Heard for $50 million in damages over a 2018 essay published in The Washington Post, where she said she had become a "public figure representing domestic abuse." The jury also awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to Heard, but $0 in punitive damages.
  
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• Sheryl Sandberg to leave Facebook parent company this fall

  01-06-2022 21:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook parent company Meta who helped transform it from an upstart social network into a tech behemoth and
  
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• Maggie Rogers: 'I'm not afraid to take up space any more'

  01-06-2022 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maggie Rogers on reclaiming her sexuality, and why she left pop music to study divinity at Harvard.
  
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• 'Broken system': Expert reacts to airlines pushing to end international traveler testing

  01-06-2022 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ana Cabrera speaks with Brian Kelly, the founder of ThePointsGuy.com, about the airline industry pushing to end testing requirements for international travelers and how to deal with flight delays or cancellations this summer.
  
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• Women in Canada’s military face greater harm from comrades than enemy, says judge

  01-06-2022 20:53
  
  Leadership ‘incapable of examining which aspects of its culture have been the most deficient,’ writes Louise Arbour in reportSome members of the Canadian military face greater harm from their comrades than from the enemy, according to a new report on sexual violence in the Canadian armed forces (CAF).Called the Arbour report after its author, the former supreme court justice Louise Arbour, the 404-page document pinpoints the many failures of the CAF over the years to address misogyny
  
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• Cali cartel boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela dies in US prison

  01-06-2022 20:49
  
  Rodríguez Orejuela, 83, was a rival of Pablo Escobar and controlled 80% of the global cocaine marketGilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the Cali cartel – and bitter rival of Pablo Escobar – has died in a US prison, his lawyer said on Wednesday.Sometimes known by his alias ‘The Chessplayer,’ Rodríguez Orejuela, 83, helped lead the Cali cartel, which once controlled 80% of the global cocaine market, according to a report from the US Drug E
  
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• Father and son sentenced for charging police at US Capitol riot

  01-06-2022 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  A father and son team was convicted Wednesday for rushing a group of police officers guarding an entrance to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, helping to allow the mob outside to flood in.
  
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• Uvalde shooting's evolving narrative: Here are the details police have walked back

  01-06-2022 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week scarred the nation, and adding to the tragedy was the jarring stream of the inconsistent facts, changing narratives and altering timelines presented by law enforcement officials.
  
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• NFL's Roger Goodell and team owner asked to testify before Congress

  01-06-2022 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  The National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder have been called to testify before a Congressional committee as part of the House Committee for Oversight and Reform's investigation into Snyder and the team's reported hostile workplace culture.
  
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• US officials look to salvage Ukrainian grain but haven't solved Russia's export blockade

  01-06-2022 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration is working to get temporary storage containers for Ukrainian grain into the country, a stopgap measure as it seeks to mitigate a growing food crisis caused by Russia's months-long blockade of Ukrainian ports, administration officials told CNN.
  
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• How 70 years of portraits have made Elizabeth II an icon

  01-06-2022 20:03 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • UK celebrates unprecedented anniversary
  • 'Completely unhenged': Stonehenge lights up with portraits of the Queen
  
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• Soccer star given 180 hours of community service for cat attack video

  01-06-2022 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  West Ham defender Kurt Zouma was on Wednesday ordered to complete 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping a cat, according to PA Media.
  
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• Brace yourselves for an economic 'hurricane,' Jamie Dimon says

  01-06-2022 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  Jamie Dimon is no meteorologist, but the JPMorgan Chase CEO is predicting an economic "hurricane" caused by the war in Ukraine, rising inflation pressures and interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
  
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• Brace for economic 'hurricane,' JPMorgan's Dimon says

  01-06-2022 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  Jamie Dimon is no meteorologist, but the JPMorgan Chase CEO is predicting an economic "hurricane" caused by the war in Ukraine, rising inflation pressures and interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
  
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• UK criticized for excluding graduates from African universities in new work visa rule

  01-06-2022 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world's best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the "best and brightest" workers. But no African universities are included in the list of eligible institutions.
  
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• Jada Pinkett Smith briefly addresses Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock for first time

  01-06-2022 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  Jada Pinkett Smith briefly addressed the Oscar night slap on Wednesday's episode of her "Red Table Talk."
  
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• Ukraine war: Your questions on the conflict answered

  01-06-2022 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC correspondents explain how things are progressing in Ukraine after almost 100 days of war.
  
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• How the UAE went from boycotting Israel to investing billions in its economy

  01-06-2022 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  There was a time in the United Arab Emirates when the depiction of the Star of David on a t-shirt sold in local markets could prompt investigations by officials charged with policing the country's boycott of Israel.
  
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• If you drink these types of coffee, you could have a lower death risk

  01-06-2022 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  The earthy, caffeine-infused coffee drink may hold more power than waking you up in the morning.
  
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• The next holy grail for EVs: Batteries free of nickel and cobalt

  01-06-2022 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  Twenty-one years ago, Bart Riley and co-founders bet their short-lived company, A123 Systems, on batteries free of nickel and cobalt. They believed the battery technology offered several benefits for automakers in the then-nascent electric vehicle space.
  
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• Charles Booker, Kentucky Democrat, wears noose in ad highlighting U.S. history of lynching

  01-06-2022 18:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a new campaign ad against Sen.
  
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• United Airlines donates flights to ship baby formula from UK to US

  01-06-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  United Airlines is becoming the first major airline carrier to donate flights to ship baby formula from abroad to the United States as the federal government works to address the ongoing shortage, the White House announced Wednesday.
  
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• Instagram launches Amber Alerts to notify users of missing children in their area

  01-06-2022 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  Instagram on Wednesday began rolling out an Amber Alert feature on its platform to notify users of missing children in their area.
  
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• 'A Great Day in the Stoke' could be one of the largest gatherings of Black surfers. Here's why it matters

  01-06-2022 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  The stereotype that Black people don't swim is one oft repeated, but for Nathan Fluellen, it wasn't one that was true.
  
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• 'Full-throttle': How the Florida Legislature is making Ron DeSantis a GOP juggernaut

  01-06-2022 18:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida's Ron DeSantis wanted to target social media companies for their content moderation policies, crack down on protests following Black Lives Matter
  
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• Escalation of the Supreme Court's leak probe puts clerks in a 'no-win' situation

  01-06-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  In most other pockets of the federal government, a public employee's decision to lawyer up in the face of an internal investigation would be a no-brainer. But for Supreme Court clerks now being asked to cooperate with new steps in the court's leak probe, such a move could upend the trajectories of their careers.
  
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• 'I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,' says man who biked from London to Lagos

  01-06-2022 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days.
  
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• Elon Musk tells Tesla employees: Return to the office, or else

  01-06-2022 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is demanding that Tesla office workers return to in-person work or leave the company.
  
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• CNN confronts Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo. See the interaction

  01-06-2022 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Shimon Prokupecz confronts Pedro "Pete" Arredondo, the embattled Uvalde school district police chief who led the response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, on the Texas DPS director's allegations that Arredondo has been uncooperative in the investigation.
  
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• 'Outsider' in Nevada’s GOP Senate primary surges, rattling Trump's pick

  01-06-2022 17:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sam Brown Nevada Senate GOP candidate polling up against Laxalt
  
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• Opinion: The stories Ukrainian journalists don't tell

  01-06-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  I couldn't stop crying as my 75-year-old father helped load my backpack and food for my dog into a friend's car that was parked outside my parents' apartment building.
  
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• FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital, director says

  01-06-2022 17:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI
  
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• White Canadian man found guilty of murder of two Indigenous hunters

  01-06-2022 17:19
  
  Jury finds Anthony Bilodeau and his father guilty in the deaths of Maurice Cardinal and his nephew, Jacob Sansom, who were MétisA white man who shot and killed two Indigenous hunters on a country road in the Canadian province of Alberta has been found guilty of murder and manslaughter in a case that laid bare racial tensions in the region. The man’s father was also found guilty of two counts of manslaughter.Anthony Bilodeau, 33, and his father, Roger Bilodeau, 58, were charged in th
  
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• First-grade teacher goes viral for items she bought in the event of an active shooting

  01-06-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, first-grade teacher Kelsey Vidal posted a series of TikToks hoping to inspire safety ideas for others.
  
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• World's largest plant discovered in Australia

  01-06-2022 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  The world's largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia, according to scientists.
  
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• Why Russia isn't hurting even as it cuts off Europe's gas

  01-06-2022 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's increasingly aggressive actions against its European gas customers are taking a toll. The country's natural gas exports have tumbled by more than a quarter since January. But surging prices have kept Russia's coffers bulging as it continues to cut off deliveries.
  
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