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• Bus in California goes off highway and crashes, injuring 24

  04-08-2022 23:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  California officials say bus heading from Los Angeles to Fresno has crashed and that 24 people were hurt
  
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• See late night hosts react to Kansas's abortion vote

  04-08-2022 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have restricted abortion in the state. Here's how late night hosts reacted to this victory for supporters of legal abortion rights.
  
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• Truss and Sunak face Sky grilling as Bank warns of long recession – as it happened

  04-08-2022 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Tory hopefuls face questions from party members and are interviewed by Kay Burley as interest rates go up sharply. This blog is now closed.Sunak and Truss clash over cost of living crisis and recessionThe NHS has been “absent” from the Conservative leadership contest, the former health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said at a time when “staff shortages and morale have never been worse” in the health service.Hunt, who is backing Sunak in the race, warned that “after energy
  
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• Rescuers race to free miners trapped in flooded mine in Mexico

  04-08-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Ten miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico for over 24 hours, as rescuers battle to reach them.
  
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• Four people found dead in two burning homes in north-east Nebraska town

  04-08-2022 23:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspect remains on the loose after a man was seen driving away from city of Laurel, authorities sayFour people were found dead on Thursday in two burning homes in a small town in rural north-eastern Nebraska and a suspect remains on the loose, authorities said.Col John Bolduc of the Nebraska state patrol said at a news conference that a man was seen driving away from the city of Laurel before the bodies were discovered and that investigators would like to speak to him. Continue reading...
  
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• Family 'devastated' after 14-year-old boy found fatally shot in driveway

  04-08-2022 23:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The boy shot was identified as Shawn Frye of Paterson, N.J.
  
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• Meta cracks down on cyberespionage, warns of 'perception hacking'

  04-08-2022 23:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  In a new report from Meta, the social media giant details how it disrupted two espionage operations and removed three networks.
  
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• Biden administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency

  04-08-2022 23:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Move will trigger extra resources and other measures to combat virus as health secretary urges ‘every American to take it seriously’The Biden administration has declared the US monkeypox outbreak a national public health emergency which will trigger extra resources and other measures aimed at combatting the virus.During a news briefing with reporters Xavier Becerra, the health secretary, said: “We’re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus
  
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• Orbán urges Christian nationalists in Europe and US to ‘unite forces’ at CPAC

  04-08-2022 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Hungary’s prime minister delivers opening address to American conservatives at CPAC in TexasViktor Orbán, the autocratic leader of Hungary, has urged Christian nationalists in Europe and the US to “unite our forces” during a speech to American conservatives in Texas.The prime minister met the former US president Donald Trump in New Jersey earlier this week and, on Thursday, delivered the opening address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Te
  
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• Biden administration declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

  04-08-2022 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, with cases on the rise across the US.
  
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• Takata air bag claims another driver's life, 19th US death

  04-08-2022 22:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The death toll from the exploding air bag inflators has risen to 28 worldwide.
  
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• Dick Cheney calls Trump a 'coward' in new TV ad supporting daughter's campaign

  04-08-2022 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former Vice President Dick Cheney calls Donald Trump a "coward" in a new TV ad supporting his daughter, Liz Cheney, in her reelection campaign.
  
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• Judge: Tulsa Race Massacre victims' descendants can't sue

  04-08-2022 22:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An Oklahoma judge said six descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre cannot sue for reparations
  
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• NFL hopes to reduce head injuries with helmet experiment

  04-08-2022 22:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The mushroom-like padding players are wearing on their helmets during training camps this summer are called Guardian Caps
  
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• Airbnb removes Mississippi 'slave cabin' from listings

  04-08-2022 22:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Airbnb apologized after a TikTok video went viral criticizing the listing.
  
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• Australia’s Grace Brown and Rohan Dennis complete Commonwealth cycling clean sweep

  04-08-2022 22:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Pair blow away competition to each take time trial goldPara star Madison de Rozario claims her second gold of GamesAs Grace Brown was preparing for the first leg of an Australian clean sweep of the Commonwealth Games individual time trials, the task ahead was brought into harsh focus. English rider Hayley Simmonds, a bronze medallist on the Gold Coast four years ago now working as a commentator while injured, articulated perfectly the demands of the event.“It’s called the race of tru
  
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• Victoria passes laws raising penalties for environmental protesters at logging sites

  04-08-2022 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite pleas from unions and the Greens, the bill easily passed upper house after Coalition sided with LaborGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastNew laws to crack down on protests at Victorian logging sites have been pushed through state parliament despite an 11th-hour push from unions.The Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment (Timber Harvesting Safety Zones) Bill 2022 passed Victoria’s upper house on Thursday evening, with the final vote count 30 to five aft
  
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• Mammoth bones in paleontologist's backyard reveal evidence of early humans

  04-08-2022 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  The surprising discovery of mammoth fossils in a paleontologist's backyard have led to an even more unexpected finding.
  
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• Hungary’s far-right PM Viktor Orbán speaks at CPAC summit – as it happened

  04-08-2022 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Orbán to give address to US conservative summit in DallasSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailGriner has been sentenced to nine years in prison, Bloomberg reports:A court in Russia has found Brittney Griner, an Americans women’s basketball star, guilty of drug smuggling, Reuters reports. Continue reading...
  
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• Albert Woodfox, held in solitary confinement for 43 years, dies aged 75

  04-08-2022 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Woodfox, member of ‘Angola Three’, was wrongfully convicted of 1972 murder of Louisiana prison guard and released only in 2016 Albert Woodfox, who is thought to have been held in solitary confinement longer than any individual in US history, having survived 43 years in a 6ft x 9ft cell in one of America’s most brutal prisons, has died aged 75.Woodfox’s death was made public on Thursday by his long-term lawyers, George Kendall and Carine Williams, and by his brother Michae
  
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• Sleepless nights of Mykolaiv and Griner jailed - Ukraine round-up

  04-08-2022 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How those in the bombarded city are coping and the US basketball star jailed for drugs in Russia.
  
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• DeSantis suspends prosecutor over pledge to not criminalize abortion

  04-08-2022 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Tampa's elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, for pledging not to use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions or on doctors that provide gender affirming care to transgender people.
  
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• Keir Starmer found to have breached MPs’ code of conduct over register of interests

  04-08-2022 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader was late in declaring eight interests but watchdog called breaches ‘minor and/or inadvertent’Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by failing to register on time eight interests, including gifts from football teams and the sale of a plot of land.An inquiry into the Labour leader was opened in June by the parliamentary standards commissioner, Kathryn Stone, relating to claims about late declaration of earnings and gifts, benefits or
  
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• Where does Taiwan crisis leave Biden's China policy?

  04-08-2022 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nancy Pelosi's visit was an explosive development in a brittle relationship. Many risks lie ahead.
  
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• Department of Justice charges officers in connection with Breonna Taylor death

  04-08-2022 20:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Justice Department has filed civil rights violations charges in connection with a 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
  
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• Angelica Ross will be the first trans lead in 'Chicago' on Broadway

  04-08-2022 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  "Chicago" is Broadway's longest-running revival -- and even after more than 25 years, the production is still making history.
  
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• US basketball star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison

  04-08-2022 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  Closing arguments are expected Thursday in WNBA star Brittney Griner's drug-smuggling trial in Russia amid concerns that she is being used as a political pawn in the country's war on Ukraine.
  
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• WATCH: Teen lifeguard helps couple deliver baby

  04-08-2022 20:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Eighteen-year-old Natalie Lucas, who works as a lifeguard at the YMCA in Longmont, Colorado, called the experience "something I will never forget."
  
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• US postponed missile test due to heightened tensions

  04-08-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  The US has postponed a long planned missile test over concerns about China's angry response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan earlier this week, a US official tells CNN.
  
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• Judge denies Alex Jones' attorney's request for a mistrial

  04-08-2022 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  A Texas judge on Thursday denied a request for a mistrial from the attorney for right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a trial that will decide how much in damages is awarded to the parents of a Sandy Hook victim who won a default judgment against Jones.
  
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• Bank of England hikes interest rates and says inflation will hit 13%

  04-08-2022 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Base rate raised by 0.5 percentage points to 1.75%, as Bank says inflation will hit 13% in OctoberVladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has left Britain on course for a recession lasting more than a year and inflation above 13%, the Bank of England has warned as it raised interest rates for a sixth successive time.Threadneedle Street said it had no choice but to increase borrowing costs by 0.5 percentage points to 1.75%, blaming Russia for cost of living pressures not seen in more than four
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv calls Amnesty report that says Ukrainian forces are putting civilians at risk a ‘perversion’ – as it happened

  04-08-2022 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv hits back after charity says Russia’s attacks ‘unjustifiable’ but Ukraine’s tactics are endangering civilians. This live blog is closed.Ukraine ‘endangers civilians’ with army bases in residential areas, says AmnestyThe head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has again appealed for access to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces to determine whether it was a source of danger.
  Contact with the Europe’s largest nuclear p
  
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• US basketball star found guilty on drug smuggling charges after trial over vape cartridges found in luggage

  04-08-2022 20:14 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Closing arguments begin in WNBA star Brittney Griner's drug-smuggling trial in Russia
  
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• 1 dead, 11 sickened in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in county

  04-08-2022 20:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Twelve residents of Napa County have been diagnosed and hospitalized with the rare infection since July 11, health officials said.
  
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• ‘The pain gets worse’: Lebanese mark second anniversary of Beirut port explosion

  04-08-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Further collapse of city’s grain silos, almost to the minute of blast, seen as symbol of failure to bring anyone to justiceFor two years, Beirut’s crumbing grain silos had teetered over the ruins of the nearby port, a battered backdrop to a broken city that has barely stayed on its feet.Almost to the minute of the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion that destroyed them and pulverised nearby neighbours, a huge slither of the silos collapsed, showcasing yet again the dysfun
  
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• China fires missiles near Taiwan in live-fire drills as PLA encircles island

  04-08-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  • US postponed missile test due to heightened tensions with China over Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
  
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• DeSantis suspends state prosecutor who took stance against criminalizing abortion providers

  04-08-2022 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Tampa's elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, for pledging not to use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions or on doctors that provide gender affirming care to transgender people.
  
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• Wall Street's lavish bonuses are getting slashed

  04-08-2022 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  Last year was a busy, chaotic one on Wall Street. Mergers, acquisitions and new stock listings were going a mile a minute, underpinned by a generally jolly mood. The economy was bouncing back. Vaccines dimmed the risks posed by Covid. Money was essentially free to borrow. There was a war for talent among banks. Champagne for all!
  
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• 'A real shock': Banks are tightening their belts quicker than expected

  04-08-2022 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  Last year was a busy, chaotic one on Wall Street. Mergers, acquisitions and new stock listings were going a mile a minute, underpinned by a generally jolly mood. The economy was bouncing back. Vaccines dimmed the risks posed by Covid. Money was essentially free to borrow. There was a war for talent among banks. Champagne for all!
  
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• Queensland real estate body tells landlords how to skirt new no-grounds eviction laws

  04-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Renters express shock as property managers told to provide tenants with notice to leave at same time as new leasesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastQueensland’s peak real estate body has recommended property managers issue every tenant with a notice to leave at the same time as they are offered a new lease, as a way of circumventing the state’s new no-grounds eviction laws. Renters who spoke to
  
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• Passenger kept from boarding after Jetstar’s refusal to assist with wheelchair makes discrimination complaint

  04-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Complaint lodged with human rights commission after man turned away at gate of Sydney airport flightFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastA passenger with a disability has lodged a discrimination complaint after he was turned away at the gate when trying to board a Jetstar flight in Sydney.Tony Jones, who suffered a spinal cord injury after falling off a balcony at the age of 18 and has since relie
  
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• Community leaders call on new western Sydney minister to invest in local people, talent and diversity

  04-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Stuart Ayres’ replacement, David Elliott, urged to broaden scope of his portfolio beyond ‘roads and sports’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWestern Sydney community leaders are calling on the new state minister for western Sydney, David Elliott, to broaden the scope of his portfolio beyond “roads and sports”.Elliott, who also holds the transport and veterans affairs portfolio
  
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• Commonwealth Games: 'An education in what esports actually is'

  04-08-2022 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elite players say a competitive gaming trial at the Commonwealth Games is a 'significant moment'.
  
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• Ukraine ‘endangers civilians’ with army bases in residential areas, says Amnesty

  04-08-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine government and international law experts argue report ignores wartime realitiesRussian-Ukraine war – latest updatesAmnesty International has said the Ukrainian army is endangering the life of civilians by basing themselves in residential areas, in a report rejected by Ukrainian government representatives as placing blame on it for Russia’s invasion.The human rights group’s researchers found that Ukrainian forces were using some schools and hospitals as bases, firing nea
  
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• Mammoth bones and 'ghost' footprints add to heated debate about first humans in North America

  04-08-2022 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mammoth bones and “ghost” footprints of ancient people are the latest evidence in a scientific debate about when the first humans reached the Americas.
  
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• Joe Biden condemns Griner sentence and calls for ‘immediate release’

  04-08-2022 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  President calls star’s detention ‘unacceptable’ as Tony Blinken reiterates commitment to bringing Griner home from RussiaThe nine-and-a half-year sentence handed down by a Russian court to WBNA player and US Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner after she was found guilty of drug possession was greeted in America with outrage and condemnation.Joe Biden released a statement following Griner’s sentencing, calling her detention “unacceptable”. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Australian park’s koala welcomes first joey

  04-08-2022 18:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Elsa the koala, who lives at Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales, is a new mom. Her joey was recently seen peeking out of its mother’s pouch.
  
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• DeSantis suspends Florida prosecutor for suggesting he would not enforce restrictions on abortion, gender therapy

  04-08-2022 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida Gov.
  
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• Court finds US basketball star guilty on drug smuggling charges after trial over vape cartridges found in her luggage

  04-08-2022 18:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Closing arguments begin in WNBA star Brittney Griner's drug-smuggling trial in Russia
  
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• New Irish adoption law opens wounds as 900 register to trace birth families

  04-08-2022 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Octogenarian and child of five among adopted children or parents applying for unrestricted access to early years dataAn 81-year-old, adopted as a child, and a 74-year-old mother who gave up her baby for adoption, are among 900 people who have registered to trace their parents or children after landmark legislation was passed in Ireland.The public response to the new laws, which came into force on 1 July, is opening decades-old wounds for children and parents who were separated at birth, some sen
  
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