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• Opinion: Air travel chaos leaves us with one simple choice

  15-07-2022 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Going anywhere fun this summer? Hmm, well, with all these travel disruptions, that was the idea, anyway. Having lost out on traveling farther afield for much of the last two years, many of us assumed we'd finally have the summer we'd been waiting for. The federal mask mandate ended in April. Many international borders reopened with few restrictions. Travel -- before new subvariants emerged on the scene, at least -- seemed relatively safe again, given immunity to Covid-19 through vaccines, prior
  
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• How ‘Far From Heaven’ captured the quietly traumatizing, technicolor world of the 1950s

  15-07-2022 23:19 via today.com
  
  Twenty years ago, filmmaker Todd Haynes premiered his highly stylized feature “Far From Heaven,” set in the glamorous and suffocating world of 1957 and
  
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• US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

  15-07-2022 23:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The agreement ensures both sides of the orbiting outpost will run smoothly.
  
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• Growing wildfire poses latest threat to historic sequoia trees

  15-07-2022 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The fire now burns in both Yosemite National Park and Sierra National Forest.
  
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• Do yourself a favor and skip Discovery+'s 'Unprecedented' docuseries on Trump

  15-07-2022 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Instead of watching Discovery+'s ‘Unprecedented,’ tune in to the Jan. 6 hearings, which have captivated audiences without trivializing the seriousness of the charges leveled against Trump.
  
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• 'We hoped we wouldn't get to this situation,' climate scientist says of the expected heat and the implications for future forecasts

  15-07-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Two years ago, forecasters in the UK conducted an interesting thought experiment: What will our forecasts look like in 2050?
  
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• Hypothetical weather forecast for 2050 is coming true next week

  15-07-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  • London braces for first-ever extreme heat red warning
  
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• Biden pledges executive action after Joe Manchin scuppers climate agenda

  15-07-2022 22:39 via theguardian.com
  
  West Virginia senator refuses to support funding for climate crisis and says he will not back tax raises for wealthy AmericansJoe Biden has promised executive action on climate change after Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator who has repeatedly thwarted his own party while making millions in the coal industry, refused to support more funding for climate action.In another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, the West Virginia senator also came out against tax raises for wealthy Ameri
  
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• ‘I will not back down’: Biden vows executive action if Senate cannot pass climate bill – as it happened

  15-07-2022 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  President urges Senate to pass legislation amid Manchin oppositionSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe Guardian’s Lois Beckett reports on an overlooked aspect of the bipartisan gun safety bill passed last month that will pay for efforts to reduce gun violence in neighborhoods across the country:In 2013, a month after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, a group of Black pastors and other activists visited the Obama White House to press the administr
  
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• Tory leadership rivals clash over trust and ‘fairytale’ economic plans

  15-07-2022 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Head-to-head sees open arguments over tax and identity politics, with no candidate willing to say Boris Johnson is honestFive key takeawaysWho’s standing and what are they promising?The Conservative leadership race has exploded into acrimony and recrimination after the first televised debate saw open arguments over tax and identity politics with also none of the five candidates willing to say Boris Johnson is honest.Coming hours after Liz Truss sought to reinvigorate her faltering campaign
  
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• January 6 panel examines whether erased Secret Service texts can be revived

  15-07-2022 22:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Sources say committee investigating whether watchdog can use forensic tools to reconstruct messages from 5 and 6 JanuaryThe House committee investigating the Capitol attack is examining whether Secret Service text messages from 5 and 6 January 2021 that were erased around the time of an internal review can be reconstructed, according to sources familiar with the matter.The panel was perturbed that texts between agents on perhaps two of the most important days in the history of the Secret Service
  
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• 25-year-old good Samaritan rescues kids from house fire

  15-07-2022 22:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An Indiana police department is praising a 25-year-old good Samaritan who rescued five children from a massive house fire.
  
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• ‘Not just another wave’: Australia’s Covid hospitalisations reach record levels in several states

  15-07-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts warn of worse to come, with most states likely several weeks away from peak hospitalisation ratesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastHospitals across the country are “bursting at the seams” as the number of people being admitted with Covid-19 reaches record levels in several states.Western Australia recorded its highest number of Covid hospitalisations to date on Thursday, with Queensland also expected to surpass its January peak in coming days
  
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• ‘In two years no one will care’: expert in institutional amnesia explains where flood response falls down

  15-07-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ongoing focus on disaster management needed to avoid kneejerk reactions from one event to the next​​Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastAustralia’s response to flood emergencies will only improve when governments can maintain focus in the times between crises, a researcher specialising in the topic has warned.Speaking before the release of reports into this year’s floods in Queensland and NSW, Dr Alastair Stark, an associate professor of pu
  
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• Gas giant Chevron falls further behind on carbon capture targets for Gorgon gasfield

  15-07-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  While scale of shortfall is uncertain, conservationists claim admission is proof the project isn’t workingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastGas giant Chevron has fallen even further behind on targets to capture and store CO2 at its mega gas project in Western Australian, but has refused to say by how much.The company also confirmed on Friday it had bought and surrendered 5.23m tonnes of CO2 offsets
  
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• House Democrats pass 2 bills on abortion care

  15-07-2022 21:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  House Democrats on Friday passed the Women's Health Protection Act and Ensuring Access to Abortion Act.
  
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• England braces for 40C temperatures as experts warn thousands could die

  15-07-2022 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Level 4 heat alert announced for next week means ‘illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy’Thousands of people could die in the coming heatwave, experts have warned, as the government triggered the first ever national emergency heat red alert with a record 40C (104F) temperature forecast for south-east England on Tuesday.Health officials fear people living alone on upper floors of buildings are among those who could perish, as people did in Paris in 2003. Last year two l
  
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• Man with methamphetamine in system was driving truck that killed US college golf team

  15-07-2022 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  NTSB report corrects initial statement that son, 13, was driving truck that hit van, leaving six golfers and their coach deadSeven members of a New Mexico college golf team were killed when a pickup truck driver with methamphetamine in his bloodstream hit their van head-on in Texas earlier this year, a preliminary report from federal investigators revealed on Thursday.The report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also corrected its initial statement that the driver’s 13-y
  
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• Fentanyl crisis: DEA official says Mexico needs to do more to stop drug production, flow in US

  15-07-2022 21:02 via foxnews.com
  
  The DEA continues to tout the important role education plays as the primary tool at the disposal of U.S. officials and law enforcement to combat the fentanyl crisis at home.
  
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• House approves legislation to protect abortion access across US

  15-07-2022 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Vote was largely symbolic as two bills stand all but no chance of overcoming Republican opposition in the evenly-divided SenateThe House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that would protect abortion access nationwide, the first action by Democrats in Congress to respond to the supreme court decision in late June overturning Roe v Wade.The vote was largely symbolic – the bills stand all but no chance of overcoming Republican opposition in the evenly divided Senate, where 60
  
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• Shireen Abu Aqla's brother: 'I feel abandoned'

  15-07-2022 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Abu Akleh says it is hard to accept the findings of a US report over his sister's killing.
  
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• Biden fist bumps Saudi Crown Prince and begins highly anticipated meeting

  15-07-2022 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  A little less than three years after promising to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah state" over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Joe Biden arrived in the kingdom Friday for meetings with Saudi leadership -- including sharing a fist bump with the man accused of ordering Khashoggi's murder.
  
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• A hypothetical weather forecast for 2050 is coming true next week

  15-07-2022 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  Two years ago, forecasters in the UK conducted an interesting thought experiment: What will our forecasts look like in 2050?
  
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• House passes bills to protect abortion access after Roe v. Wade overturned

  15-07-2022 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  The Democrat-led House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday to pass a pair of bills aimed at protecting access to abortion at the federal level in the wake of the Supreme Court's momentous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
  
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• Steve Bannon's 'War Room' footage shows spread of conspiracy theories ahead of January 6th

  15-07-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Steve Bannon, who was intricately involved in planning challenges to the 2020 election, faces contempt of Congress charges on Monday after failing to cooperate with the January 6th committee. CNN's Drew Griffin provides insight to the key role Bannon played in the lead up to the day.
  
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• Bannon's 'War Room' footage shows spread of conspiracy theories ahead of January 6

  15-07-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Steve Bannon, who was intricately involved in planning challenges to the 2020 election, faces contempt of Congress charges on Monday after failing to cooperate with the January 6th committee. CNN's Drew Griffin provides insight to the key role Bannon played in the lead up to the day.
  
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• Migrants from multiple countries overwhelm US-Mexico border, adding to Biden administration's challenges

  15-07-2022 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  In the early morning hours, under beaming lights, groups of migrants turn the corner of the border wall, anxiously trying to reach US Border Patrol agents.
  
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• Joe Biden lands in Saudi Arabia seeking to halt shift towards Russia and China

  15-07-2022 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: US president aiming to convince Jeddah to increase oil supply in order to calm global energy marketsJoe Biden landed in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah to a tepid welcome from the Saudi crown prince whose country he once pledged to make a “pariah” on the world stage.While Saudi Arabia announced it would open its airspace to flights from Israel, making Biden the first US president to fly directly from Tel Aviv to the kingdom, expectations of further gains during his vi
  
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• Sisters of Gaia Pope: ‘We felt helpless. She felt she wasn’t listened to’

  15-07-2022 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Maya and Clara Pope-Sutherland blame Gaia’s disappearance and death on serial failings by police and mental health servicesThe wonderful memories of Gaia Pope come easily and vividly to her twin, Maya Pope-Sutherland, and older sister Clara Pope-Sutherland.“We never spent a moment apart when we were younger, we were so close, we had a real bond,” Maya, 24, told the Guardian. “There was a spirituality about Gaia. Her name means ‘Mother Earth’ and she felt a con
  
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• Avoid booze and close the curtains: how to cope in England’s 40C heatwave

  15-07-2022 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Health officials are advising people how to stay safe during expected record temperatures next weekPut that cold beer down, hold the iced coffee and shut the window. Common tricks for keeping cool in a British summer do not apply to the sweltering, record-breaking temperatures forecast for much of England early next week.Heat of 40C (104F) is a risk to life and not only to vulnerable people. Healthy people who do not take care were also in danger, government health officials warned on Friday. So
  
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• ‘MBS crushed civil society’: Saudi exiles speak out as Biden meets crown prince

  15-07-2022 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Trio of dissidents in US condemn president’s trip to Saudi Arabia and accuse him of ‘normalising’ murderous regimeKhalid Aljabri, Lina al-Hathloul, and Abdullah Alaoudh grew up within a few blocks of each other in their Al-Falah neighborhood in Riyadh, but never knew each other.On Friday, as Joseph Biden touched down in Jeddah, in their native Saudi Arabia, the three exiles met for the first time for a Middle Eastern breakfast in Arlington, Virginia, in the outskirts of Washing
  
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• How do the rich and famous protect their homes?

  15-07-2022 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As a man is jailed for a burglary at ex-footballer Ashley Cole's home - how are celebrities protecting their property?
  
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• Liz Truss bids to save Tory leadership campaign with new tax cut pledges

  15-07-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign secretary announces tax cut proposals worth billions of pounds during online leadership debatePolitics live: latest updates from the Tory leadership raceLiz Truss has sought to breathe new life into her faltering Conservative leadership campaign with a flurry of uncosted tax cut promises worth billions of pounds, as the five remaining candidates took part in their first mass debate.Truss, who has the third highest number of Tory MPs’ votes – behind Rishi Sunak and Penny Morda
  
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• SpaceX rockets to fly Russian cosmonauts with new NASA deal

  15-07-2022 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  American and Russian astronauts will once share space aboard the same spacecraft after NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, reached a ride-sharing agreement Friday following months of back-and-forth discussions.
  
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• Supercharged tree might help fight climate change

  15-07-2022 18:54 via cnn.com
  
  The problem with trees is that they are too slow.
  
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• Boy, 5, fatally shoots 8-year-old brother at Arkansas home

  15-07-2022 18:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Investigators believe it was an accidental shooting with an unsecured gun.
  
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• Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially resigns

  15-07-2022 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Ranil Wickremesinghe to serve until MPs vote for new leader next week after months of protests over economic crisisSri Lanka’s prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been sworn in as the country’s interim president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially resigned on Friday morning following months of protests.Rajapaksa’s resignation came after a dramatic week in which the beleaguered leader fled the country under the cover of darkness, after his presidential palace and offices w
  
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• Retired Justice Stephen Breyer joining Harvard law faculty

  15-07-2022 18:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The former Supreme Court justice is a graduate of the law school.
  
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• Autopsy shows 46 entrance wounds or graze injuries to Jayland Walker, medical examiner says

  15-07-2022 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  An autopsy revealed Jayland Walker, the unarmed man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio, police at the end of a high-speed chase, had 46 gunshot entrance wounds or graze injuries, Summit County Medical Examiner Dr. Lisa Kohler said Friday.
  
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• Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro rejects plea deal in contempt of Congress case

  15-07-2022 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro rejected a plea offer from the Justice Department, prosecutors said in court on Friday.
  
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• Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon by IOC

  15-07-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  It's been over a century, but Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe will finally be recognized for his sporting dominance. On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced they will reinstate Thorpe as the sole Olympic champion in the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.
  
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• Russia escalating attacks on civilians, says top Ukrainian official

  15-07-2022 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of national security council says ‘more and more civilian targets’ being hit, after deadly Vinnytsia attackRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesA top Ukrainian official has accused Russia of deliberately escalating its deadly attacks on civilian targets, after recent missile strikes including this week’s targeting of the crowded city centre of Vinnytsia, which killed 23 people, including three children.Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security counci
  
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• US President fist bumps Saudi Crown Prince ahead of highly anticipated meetings

  15-07-2022 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  A little less than three years after promising to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah state" over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Joe Biden arrived in the kingdom Friday for meetings with Saudi leadership -- including sharing a fist bump with the man accused of ordering Khashoggi's murder.
  
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• The next January 6 panel's hearing will be another blockbuster

  15-07-2022 17:27 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee's January 6 hearings have so far exceeded all of our expectations. They have told the American people a gripping story of Trump's attempted coup -- one packed with new details that seem to have swayed public opinion.
  
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• Jayland Walker was shot 46 times by Ohio police, medical examiner says

  15-07-2022 17:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jayland Walker, the Black motorist killed by Ohio police last month, suffered 46 gunshot wounds in the hail of officer gunfire, the medical examiner’s office revealed Friday.
  
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• Ice cream recalled due to listeria outbreak in 10 states

  15-07-2022 17:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Big Olaf Creamery voluntarily recalled the ice cream products and halted production and distribution after a possible link to an outbreak of listeria.
  
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• It's a stressful time to be an abortion doula. But many say they aren't quitting

  15-07-2022 17:22 via cnn.com
  
  Saquaya Ruffin didn't know what an abortion doula was until the clinic staff asked if she wanted one.
  
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• Deadly outbreak of unknown disease under investigation

  15-07-2022 17:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in southern Tanzania that has infected over a dozen people and killed at least three of them.
  
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• British aid worker held by Russian-backed Ukraine separatists reported dead

  15-07-2022 17:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Paul Urey, who was captured and accused of being a mercenary, has died, Donetsk official saysThe British aid worker Paul Urey, 45, has died while being held hostage by pro-Russia separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), a local official in the rebel-held territory has said.His mother, Linda Urey, said she was “absolutely devastated” and described the separatists as “murderers”. Continue reading...
  
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• Christian Eriksen signs for Manchester United just over a year since cardiac arrest at Euro 2020

  15-07-2022 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  Christian Eriksen has signed a three-year deal with Manchester United, just over 12 months after he suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.
  
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