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• Biden tests positive for Covid again, has Paxlovid rebound and no symptoms, doctor says

  30-07-2022 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid again late Saturday morning in a "rebound" case after testing negative several days in a row, his doctor said in
  
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• Behind Tudor Dixon's rise in the messy GOP primary for governor in Michigan

  30-07-2022 23:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tudor Dixon went from single-digits to prohibitive favorite
  
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• Zelensky announces mandatory evacuation from Donetsk region

  30-07-2022 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the remaining residents of the Donetsk region to urgently evacuate in what he called a "government decision."
  
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• Ukrainian President Zelensky announces mandatory evacuation from Donetsk region

  30-07-2022 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the remaining residents of the Donetsk region to urgently evacuate in what he called a "government decision."
  
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• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announces mandatory evacuation from Donetsk region

  30-07-2022 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the remaining residents of the Donetsk region to urgently evacuate in what he called a "government decision."
  
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• Timeline: How missing Secret Service text messages became a political scandal

  30-07-2022 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  Questions over potential deleted Secret Service text messages surrounding January 6 burst into view earlier this month with a letter from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general, sparking a new investigative thread for the House January 6 committee as well as questions about the role of both the agency and the inspector general himself, Joseph Cuffari.
  
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• From the Capitol insurrection to now: What we know about missing Secret Service texts

  30-07-2022 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  Questions over potential deleted Secret Service text messages surrounding January 6 burst into view earlier this month with a letter from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general, sparking a new investigative thread for the House January 6 committee as well as questions about the role of both the agency and the inspector general himself, Joseph Cuffari.
  
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• Opinion: Justice Alito's careless remarks about Prince Harry and Boris Johnson

  30-07-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Samuel Alito stirred controversy with a speech at Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative in Rome last week. The video of the event was publicized Thursday by the school.
  
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• Justice Alito's careless remarks about Prince Harry and Boris Johnson

  30-07-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Samuel Alito stirred controversy with a speech at Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative in Rome last week. The video of the event was publicized Thursday by the school.
  
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• Shakira to go to trial in Spain for alleged tax fraud

  30-07-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Shakira has failed to reach an agreement with Spanish prosecutors on tax evasion charges, and she will go to trial insisting on her innocence, according to a statement released by her public relations team.
  
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• Remnants of an uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, US Space Command says

  30-07-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Remnants of a massive Chinese rocket that was descending uncontrollably back to Earth reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean at roughly 12:45 p.m. ET Saturday, the US Space Command said on Twitter.
  
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• 'Appalling' videos alleged to show Russian soldiers castrating a Ukrainian soldier

  30-07-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Videos alleged to show Russian soldiers castrating and killing a bound and gagged Ukrainian soldier are circulating on social media, drawing an accusation of potential war crimes from the United Nations and prompting a Ukrainian investigation into possible torture.
  
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• Iran state-aligned news outlet suggests military strike on resistance group on foreign soil

  30-07-2022 21:58 via foxnews.com
  
  An Iranian resistance group has urged European leaders to stop engaging with the current regime as Tehran threatens military action against its rivals – even on foreign soil.  The Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran, published a July 27 article calling on the Islamic Republic to "put military action against the MKO headquarters in Albania on the agenda," claiming that the action would help to maintain "international peace and
  
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• China announces live-fire naval exercises ahead of possible Pelosi Taiwan visit

  30-07-2022 21:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The Chinese military announced it would be holding live-fire naval exercises Saturday in the Taiwan Strait ahead of a possible visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Tensions are high in the region with a U.S. strike group heading to the South China Sea and Pelosi possibly en route to Taiwan during her tour of Asian allied countries like Japan and Malaysia. Pelosi could become the highest-ranking American elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997.  Chinese officials have expl
  
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• A teen saved dog in Kentucky floods and waited for hours on a roof to be rescued

  30-07-2022 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  Early Thursday morning, 17-year-old Chloe Adams woke up to a nightmare. Rushing waters were coming out of the bathroom drains, bubbling up through the kitchen tiles and quickly surrounding her home.
  
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• President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again

  30-07-2022 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has tested positive again for Covid-19, the White House said Saturday.
  
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• Co-pilot dies after fall from small plane in North Carolina

  30-07-2022 20:22
  
  The 23-year-old fell from the small plane before it made an emergency landing.
  
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• Man guilty of killing Arkansas officer gets 2 life sentences

  30-07-2022 20:19
  
  He was convicted of fatally shooting the officer during a traffic stop in 2020.
  
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• 'It just washed them away': Family loses four children in deadly Kentucky flooding

  30-07-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  After days of fatal flooding washed away parts of eastern Kentucky and claimed the lives of at least 16 people, first responders will continue working Saturday to account for missing residents, the state's governor said.
  
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• Single ticket wins $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot

  30-07-2022 19:37
  
  The Mega Millions jackpot is now estimated at a whopping $1.34 billion, with a cash value of $780 million.
  
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• Indiana Senate to vote on near-total abortion ban

  30-07-2022 19:12
  
  Senators are set to meet in a rare weekend session to vote on the ban.
  
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• Egypt frees 7, including journalist, researcher after pardon

  30-07-2022 19:08
  
  Those released were serving prison sentences on terror-related charges.
  
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• 1 winning ticket sold in historic Mega Millions $1.34 billion drawing

  30-07-2022 18:36
  
  The Mega Millions jackpot is now estimated at a whopping $1.34 billion, with a cash value of $780 million.
  
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• Spain reports 2nd death from monkeypox

  30-07-2022 18:31
  
  Spain has reported a second death in as many days from monkeypox
  
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• English craft cider producers demand the same protection as champagne

  30-07-2022 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Supermarket brands of the tipple, made with added water and sugar, are ‘giving cider a bad name’From the crab apples pressed during the Roman conquest to the Kent orchards planted during the reign of Henry VIII, the making of British cider is one of the country’s finest heritage assets. So much so that craft producers are now demanding protection from modern commercial ciders with added water and fruit flavourings which they say are undermining the reputation of the traditional
  
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• Jared Kushner: I stopped Trump attacking Murdoch in 2015

  30-07-2022 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  In forthcoming memoir, obtained by the Guardian, former adviser claims to have made hugely consequential interventionIn a forthcoming memoir, Jared Kushner says he personally intervened to stop Donald Trump attacking Rupert Murdoch in response to the media mogul’s criticism, at the outset of Trump’s move into politics in 2015.In the book, Breaking History, Kushner writes: “Trump called me. He’d clearly had enough. ‘This guy’s no good. And I’m going to tw
  
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• Game over for UK shooting season as bird flu and Brexit take a heavy toll

  30-07-2022 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Avian virus outbreak in France and trade barriers have left gamekeepers facing redundancy and shoots likely to go bankruptBird flu has managed to do to game shooting what animal rights activists have been trying to achieve for decades – with a little help from Brexit.Dozens of pheasant and partridge shoots have been called off ahead of the shooting season after an unprecedented outbreak of avian flu in France left gamekeepers in the UK with few birds to rear. Continue reading...
  
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• Boston suspected stabbing victim named as Lillia Valutyte, aged nine

  30-07-2022 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  People in Lincolnshire town react with horror following girl’s death from a single wound on ThursdayA town has reacted with shock and horror after a nine-year-old girl died following a suspected stabbing as people walked home from work.Lillia Valutyte died from a single wound in Boston town centre, Lincolnshire, shortly after 6pm on Thursday.This article was amended on 30 July 2022 to correct the spelling of the victim’s name after further information from the police.Continue reading
  
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• Red Cross requests access to Ukraine prison after POWS die

  30-07-2022 18:02
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.N. and the International Committee of the Red Cross have a duty to react after an attack on a prison complex killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war
  
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• One ticket in Illinois won the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot of nearly $1.34 billion

  30-07-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  One ticket in Illinois claimed the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot of an estimated $1.28 billion during Friday night's drawing, according to the Illinois Lottery.
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of nine-year-old girl

  30-07-2022 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Lincolnshire police make arrest after death of Lillia Valutyte in Boston on ThursdayA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of nine-year-old Lillia Valutyte in Boston.Lincolnshire police said a 22-year-old man was detained in the Boston Central Park area at around 2.45pm on Saturday and that he is in custody after several members of the public came forward with information. Continue reading...
  
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• Dems seem headed, finally, toward triumph on climate, health

  30-07-2022 17:58
  
  It’s been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs.
  
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• Rail strikes: union accuses Grant Shapps of lying about negotiations as millions face disruption – live

  30-07-2022 17:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of Aslef says transport secretary ‘misrepresenting’ the truth after claim the union was ‘dragging its feet’ in pay talks Mary Kelly Foy, the Labour MP for City of Durham, has expressed solidarity with Aslef union members as they strike.LNER, which runs trains between London and Scotland, is warning customers of its “extremely limited services” today. Continue reading...
  
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• What the potential JetBlue and Spirit merger could mean for consumers

  30-07-2022 17:24
  
  As JetBlue prepares to begin its takeover of Spirit Airlines in a $3.8 billion deal, many are left wondering what the future holds for customers.
  
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• Thailand’s gay-romance TV dramas help revive flagging tourism industry

  30-07-2022 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  The popularity of ‘boy-love’ series sends fans from home and abroad flocking to filming locations across the countryThere is a table in Soontaree Thiprat’s Phuket cafe that is always fully booked. Most of her customers at the Dibuk restaurant want to sit in the corner, at the spot with the red tablecloth and purple flower.It is the table where the male student characters Billkin and PP would sit together and flirt in I Told Sunset About You and its sequel, I Promised You the Mo
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv hits back at Russian calls to ‘hang’ and ‘humiliate’ Azov fighters – live

  30-07-2022 17:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine says comments from Russian embassy Twitter account shows Russia ‘is a state sponsor of terrorism’ Ukraine catch-up: this week’s must-read news and analysisThese are some of the latest images to be sent to us over the newswires from Ukraine.The official Twitter account of the Russian embassy in the UK has posted that members of Ukraine’s Azov battalion – which does retain some far-right affiliations – deserve death by “hanging”. Continue rea
  
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• Lillia Valutyte: man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of girl, 9

  30-07-2022 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Lincolnshire police make arrest after death of nine-year-old in Boston on ThursdayA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of nine-year-old Lillia Valutyte in Boston.Lincolnshire police said a 22-year-old man was detained in the Boston Central Park area at around 2.45pm on Saturday and that he is in custody after several members of the public came forward with information. Continue reading...
  
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• Lilia Valutyte: person arrested on suspicion of murder after death of girl, 9

  30-07-2022 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Lincolnshire police make arrest after death of nine-year-old in Boston on ThursdayOfficers have made an arrest on suspicion of murder after the death of nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte in Boston, Lincolnshire police said.More to follow …Continue reading...
  
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• University accused of ‘vindictive attack’ as staff lose 21 days’ pay over protest

  30-07-2022 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Academics fear docked wages after marking boycott at Queen Mary University of London are start of a wider crackdownQueen Mary University of London, a member of the prestigious Russell Group, has been branded the “worst university employer in the UK” after it withheld 100% of the wages of staff taking part in a national marking boycott in protest at pay and working conditions.The University and College Union (UCU) says more than 100 staff members at Queen Mary were left panicking abou
  
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• Why you should reach out to old friends

  30-07-2022 16:52 via cnn.com
  
  Thinking of reaching out to old friends but nervous it will be awkward or that they won't appreciate it? You should make those phone calls or send a text or email, according to new research.
  
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• Catastrophic flash flooding kills 25 in Kentucky and at least a dozen missing

  30-07-2022 16:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Kentucky governor says he expects death toll to rise and warns officials still cannot reach certain areasCatastrophic flash flooding in eastern Kentucky has now claimed 25 lives, with at least a dozen more people reported missing, as officials in the Appalachian region attempt to calculate the cost of the worst natural disaster there in decades.The Kentucky governor, Andy Beshear, said he expected the death toll to continue to rise in the state and warned officials still could not reach certain
  
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• Plan for late-night Greggs bakery in Leicester Square rejected by council

  30-07-2022 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Application refused after concerns store could become ‘hotspot for late-night disturbances and antisocial behaviour’The bakery chain Greggs has been refused an overnight licence for a large new store in central London amid claims it could become a “hotspot for late-night disturbances and antisocial behaviour”.The company applied to extend the opening hours of its new Leicester Square branch, which operates between 6am and 11pm from Monday to Saturday, from 11pm to 5am. Co
  
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• House-passed assault weapons ban appears to be doomed in the Senate

  30-07-2022 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Bill would require support from at least 10 Senate Republicans, and it isn’t certain that all 50 Democratic senators are onboardThe assault weapons ban in America passed by the House appears set to be doomed in the Senate amid implacable Republican opposition to gun reform, even in the wake of a series of mass shootings in the US.The legislation in the House, which would ban assault weapons for the first time since 2004, is interpreted as a sign that Democrats plan more aggressive gun viol
  
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• A huge humpback whale breached and hit a boat in Massachusetts

  30-07-2022 16:27 via cnn.com
  
  Boaters in Massachusetts had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a real-life whale tail.
  
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• $2.1 million in liquid meth seized at Texas border crossing

  30-07-2022 16:22 via cnn.com
  
  Officials found more than $2 million in methamphetamine hidden in a vehicle at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry in Texas, US Customs and Border Protection say.
  
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• Three teenagers killed and one seriously injured in North Yorkshire crash

  30-07-2022 16:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Police appeal for witnesses after Masham Road crash, with no other cars believed to have been involvedThree teenagers have been killed and another seriously injured in a car crash in North Yorkshire.The four teenage boys were in a grey Alfa Romeo headed from Bedale towards High Burton when they crashed on Masham Road at around 11pm on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Half a tonne of cocaine found hidden among bananas at Essex port

  30-07-2022 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Drugs with street value of £40m found at Thames port on boat en route from Colombia to NetherlandsCocaine worth £40m has been discovered smuggled within a batch of bananas at a port on the Thames.Officers seized more than half a tonne of the class A drug on a boat travelling from Colombia, at London Gateway on the Essex coast, south-east England, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Continue reading...
  
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• Mega Millions: at least one ticket holder won $1.28bn jackpot, lottery says

  30-07-2022 16:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Single ticket in Illinois has the winning numbers for one of the biggest lottery prizes in recent US history A single ticket in Illinois has the winning numbers for one of the biggest lottery prizes in recent US history meaning that for at least one lucky person the dream of netting the billion-dollar-plus prize has turned into a reality.The Mega Millions lottery ended up worth $1.28bn and Friday night’s winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14. Continue reading...
  
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• Iraqi parliament in Baghdad stormed by protesters

  30-07-2022 16:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraq's parliament Saturday, the second time in a week, to protest government formation efforts led by Iran-backed groups. Iraqi security forces initially used tear gas and sound bombs to try to repel the demonstrators and caused several injuries witnessed by journalists for The Associated Press. The Health Ministry said it had received 60 injured patients. An expected parliament session did not take place, and there were no lawmaker
  
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• More than 100 injured in Baghdad clashes as demonstrators storm Iraq's parliament

  30-07-2022 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of people have been injured in Baghdad on Saturday after protesters rallying against the nomination of a new prime minister managed to breach the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone for the second time this week.
  
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