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• Officer once charged in Freddie Gray case gets promoted

  06-08-2022 23:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He's one of the officers who faced charges in the 2015 arrest of Freddie Gray.
  
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• Israel, militants trade fire as Gaza death toll climbs to 24

  06-08-2022 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict. Gaza’s health ministry said 24 people had been killed so far in the coastal strip, including six children. The fighting began with Israel’s killing of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in a wave of strikes Friday that Israel said were meant to prevent
  
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• Tesla made misleading claims about Autopilot and Self Driving, California DMV claims

  06-08-2022 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla's autopilot and self-driving claims are under fire again, this time from the California Department of Motor Vehicles in a complaint it filed on July 28.
  
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• New Pompeii furnishings highlight middle-class homes before Mt. Vesuvius eruption

  06-08-2022 23:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Archeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with household objects giving a rare glimpse into the final moments of life in middle-class homes before Mount Vesuvius' furious eruption. Pompeii's archeological park, one of Italy's top tourist attractions, announced the recent finds on Saturday. Its director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, said the excavation of rooms in a "domus," or home, first unearthed in 2018 had revealed precious details about the domestic environment of or
  
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• Fire in Cuban oil depot leaves 121 injured and 17 firefighters missing

  06-08-2022 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Body found after 800 people evacuated as smoke billows towards Havana following lightning strike at Matanzas supertanker baseFire started by a lightning strike has engulfed an oil storage facility in the Cuban city of Matanzas, setting off explosions and injuring 121 people. Seventeen firefighters were missing and one body had been found, Cuban authorities said.The blaze at the Matanzas supertanker base began during a thunderstorm on Friday night, the ministry of energy and mines tweeted. The go
  
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• Doja Cat debuts new look after shaving her eyebrows on Instagram live

  06-08-2022 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Pop singer and rapper Doja Cat debuted an eye-catching new look after shaving her head and eyebrows.
  
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• Five more people arrested in Brazil over murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

  06-08-2022 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspect already in custody is likely leader of illegal fishing mafia based in Amazon region, police sayBrazilian police arrested another five people in connection with the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira on Saturday, and said one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal fishing mafia based in the Amazon region.Although they gave few details, police said three of those detained in operations near Brazil&rsquo
  
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• Spider crabs swarm in shallow waters on Cornish beach

  06-08-2022 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Rising sea temperatures caused by climate crisis create unusual phenomenon in St IvesThousands of venomous crabs converged on the beaches of Cornwall due to rising sea temperatures caused by the climate crisis.The migratory creatures swarmed in the shallow water in St Ives, shedding their shells before returning to depths of up to 300ft.The crustaceans are instantly recognisable for their long legs and pincers and have a venomous bite that is poisonous to their prey but harmless to humans. Conti
  
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• Come on, America. Food isn't 'woke'

  06-08-2022 20:55 via cnn.com
  
  So, Cracker Barrel ... It's a restaurant you traditionally go to after church to eat an unholy amount of biscuits and gravy while your grandma stocks up country-themed tchotchkes and gingham-printed novelty dish towels embroidered with nonsense like "happiness is homemade."
  
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• US judge rules in favor of pharmacist who denied woman morning-after pill

  06-08-2022 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Rights groups express concern after Minnesota judge rules Andrea Anderson’s rights were not violated by pharmacy’s denialA Minnesota jury has ruled that a pharmacy did not discriminate against a woman when it denied to give her the morning-after pill.The pharmacist gave “belief” as the reason for refusing to fill the prescription for emergency contraception. Although the jury decided that the woman’s rights had not been violated, it did say that the emotional damage
  
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• Tory party’s lurch to right ‘painful’ to watch, says Rory Stewart

  06-08-2022 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Former minister also argues Britain should move beyond first-past-post political system at Edinburgh festival fringeFormer Foreign Office minister Rory Stewart has said he has found it “painful” to watch the Conservative party “lurch to the right”, arguing that electoral reform is the only way to plug a “gaping hole in the middle of British politics”.Speaking to an audience at the Edinburgh festival fringe, Stewart said a shift away from the UK’s first-p
  
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• China-Taiwan news: Taiwanese jets scrambled as 20 Chinese aircraft cross median line – live

  06-08-2022 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Taiwan also detected 14 Chinese military ships conducting activities around the Taiwan Strait, its defence ministry said How worried should we be about military conflict?Here’s a summary of the latest developments as it passes 2pm in Taipei.Christopher Twomey, a security scholar at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California, told Reuters the severing of the communication links was worrying, coming at what he believed was the beginning of a new Taiwan crisis.“That is precisely the
  
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• What should I do if my luggage is delayed, lost or damaged?

  06-08-2022 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  It's enough to give anyone already nervous about the chaos in the skies yet another reason to pop an antacid: the prospect of delayed, lost or damaged baggage.
  
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• Taliban: Bomb blast kills 2 people in Shiite area of Kabul

  06-08-2022 20:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A bomb went off in a minority Shiite neighborhood, the Taliban said.
  
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• Strikes at Ukrainian nuclear plant ‘alarming’, says UN watchdog chief

  06-08-2022 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of International Atomic Energy Agency says shelling at Zaporizhzhiaplant underlines ‘very real risk of a nuclear disaster’ Russian-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Saturday that he was “alarmed” by Friday’s shelling at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant, Europe’s largest such facility.In a statement Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the str
  
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• Gordon Brown: ‘Set emergency budget or risk a winter of dire poverty’

  06-08-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisisBoris Johnson and the Tory leadership candidates should agree an immediate emergency budget tackling the spiralling cost of living, Gordon Brown has said, or risk “condemning millions of vulnerable and blameless children and pensioners to a winter of dire poverty”.The intervention by the former prime minister comes as new figures seen by the Observer show that more tha
  
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• School dean who shot student ordered to pay $10M judgment

  06-08-2022 19:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The shooting occurred in a dispute over drug sales.
  
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• Beluga whale stranded in Seine to be given vitamins

  06-08-2022 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Apparently underweight whale swimming towards Paris is refusing food and seems skittish, say French authoritiesFrench authorities were planning on Saturday to give vitamins to a beluga whale that swam way up the Seine, as they raced to save the malnourished cetacean that is refusing food.The apparently underweight whale was first spotted Tuesday in the river that flows through Paris to the Channel. On Saturday it had made its way to about 70km (44 miles) north of the French capital. Continue rea
  
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• Biden tests negative for Covid but will isolate until second negative test

  06-08-2022 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  President, 79, to abide by ‘strict isolation measures … in an abundance of caution’, White House doctor saysPresident Joe Biden tested negative for Covid on Saturday but will continue to isolate at the White House until a second negative test, his doctor said.Dr Kevin O’Connor wrote in his latest daily update that the president “in an abundance of caution”, will abide by the “strict isolation measures” in place since his “rebound” infe
  
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• How is that Kremlin bank account looking?

  06-08-2022 19:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The editor of one of Russia’s most respected independent economic journals grudgingly concedes team Putin is riding the sanction storm well. "We’ve had some figures for the first half of 2022 released, and the overall feeling is much more optimistic than it was in March or April," Peter Mironenko of "The Bell" tells Fox News.  "We see the figures. They are not manipulated. On the one hand we see economic downturn in the second quarter. GDP fell around 4% and in the third qu
  
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• Island trip lays bare US-China tussle in the Pacific

  06-08-2022 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A speech by senior US officials to commemorate a WWII Pacific battle comes amid tensions with China.
  
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• Supermodel teases the launch of her new clothing line

  06-08-2022 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  Gigi Hadid may soon be making the switch from modeling clothes to designing them.
  
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• Gigi Hadid teases the launch of her first solo clothing line

  06-08-2022 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  Gigi Hadid may soon be making the switch from modeling clothes to designing them.
  
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• Hunters are swarming the Florida Everglades for the annual python challenge. The state says it's vital to save the ecosystem

  06-08-2022 19:18 via cnn.com
  
  Deer, raccoons, possums, and fox once flocked the area of the Everglades National Park in south Florida.
  
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• Uganda’s suspension of LGBT charity a ‘clear witch-hunt’, say campaigners

  06-08-2022 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Country’s government says Sexual Minorities Uganda ‘operating illegally’ in east African nationThe Ugandan government has suspended the country’s leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of operating illegally in the east African nation, in a move campaigners condemned as “a clear witch-hunt”.The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) – part of the internal affairs ministry – announced on Friday that it had suspended Sexual Mi
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war ‘about to enter new phase’ as Russian forces gather in the south, UK intelligence warns – as it happened

  06-08-2022 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  UK’s Ministry of Defence says troop build-up could be in anticipation of Ukrainian counter-offensive or for a new assaultHere are some of the latest images from photographers on the ground in Ukraine:Concerns are growing for the safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after an attack by Russian anti-aircraft missiles on 5 August. Continue reading...
  
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• Indiana governor signs bill banning nearly all abortions into law

  06-08-2022 19:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Indiana's governor signed a bill banning nearly all abortions with a few exceptions including rape, incest and if the mother's life is in danger.
  
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• President Joe Biden tests negative for Covid-19 following rebound case

  06-08-2022 18:49 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 but will remain in isolation pending a second test, his physician announced in a letter Saturday.
  
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• How TikTok bombards young men with misogynistic videos

  06-08-2022 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Observer investigation shows how online platform’s algorithm pushed Andrew Tate posts to an imaginary teenagerAn Observer investigation has revealed how TikTok is promoting misogynistic content to young people despite claiming to ban it.Videos of the online personality Andrew Tate, who has been criticised by domestic abuse campaigners for normalising extreme and outdated views about women, are among those pushed by the algorithm to users via the curated For You homepage.We conducted an exp
  
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• Israel bombs Gaza Strip for second day in ‘pre-emptive operation’

  06-08-2022 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Health authorities in Palestinian enclave report 15 dead in Israeli attacks targeting Islamic JihadResidents of the Gaza Strip were bracing for the possibility of a new round of war on Saturday after two days of “pre-emptive” Israeli airstrikes against a Palestinian militant group.Israeli warplanes hit several sites in the blockaded territory on Friday, part of a surprise operation named “Breaking Dawn” that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said thwarted alleged planned ro
  
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• Australian folk star Judith Durham of The Seekers dies at 79

  06-08-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  Judith Durham, an Australian folk music star and lead singer of The Seekers, has died, according to a statement from her record label. She was 79.
  
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• Lionesses’ legacy at risk as school PE fails girls, experts warn

  06-08-2022 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  In the past 10 years alone, 42,000 hours of PE lessons have been lost in UK secondary schools – and girls are the worst hitTwelve years of Tory government have had a disastrous impact on girls’ sport in schools, experts have said, warning that last weekend’s women’s Euro victory will be squandered unless drastic action is taken.In the past 10 years, 42,000 hours of PE lessons have been lost in secondaries – with girls the most affected – and the situation is g
  
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• Ministers coordinate response after cyber-attack hits NHS 111

  06-08-2022 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Outage that affected services across system may not be fully resolved until next week, says IT providerMinisters are working to coordinate a “resilience response” after a cyber-attack caused a significant outage across the NHS computer system.The outage affected services across the system such as patient referrals, ambulances being dispatched, out-of-hours appointment bookings, and emergency prescriptions. Continue reading...
  
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• Republican who voted to impeach Trump projected to win primary

  06-08-2022 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Dan Newhouse, one of 10 members of Congress to vote for impeachment, set to beat Trump-backed Loren Culp in Washington stateDan Newhouse, one of the few Republican House members to vote in January in favor of the impeachment of Donald Trump, is poised to move forward to the general election in Washington state, according to a projection by the Associated Press.Newhouse was one of 10 Republicans who voted in January to have Trump impeached, even ahead of explosive revelations about the former pre
  
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• Discoveries in Pompeii reveal lives of lower and middle classes

  06-08-2022 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Archaeologists are enriching our knowledge about those who were ‘vulnerable class during political crises and food shortages’ A trunk with its lid left open, a wooden dishware closet and a three-legged accent table topped by decorative bowls. These are among the latest discoveries by archaeologists that are enriching knowledge about middle-class lives in Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius’s furious eruption buried the ancient Roman city in volcanic debris.Pompeii’s archaeologi
  
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• Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president

  06-08-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960sBritish cold war propagandists smeared Kenyan vice-president Oginga Odinga in the 1960s in black propaganda operations, newly declassified files reveal.The Foreign Office’s propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD), targeted the Kenyan nationalist in a three-year campaign run by its dirty tricks section, the Special Editorial Unit (SEU). Continue reading...
  
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• British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports

  06-08-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Pedigree livestock breeders in Britain could be forced to spend millions of pounds to build facilities in France for ‘red tape’ checks by vets so their animals are allowed to enter the single marketBritish farmers are trying to set up red tape and border checks in France costing millions of pounds – and may even pay for it themselves.Breeders in Britain are unable to export their pedigree cattle, sheep and pigs to the EU because no one has built any border control posts where v
  
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• Russian forces begin assault on two eastern Ukraine cities

  06-08-2022 17:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two key cities in the eastern Donetsk region are under attack.
  
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• Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with 'bot' info

  06-08-2022 17:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The billionaire has been trying to back out of his agreement to buy the company.
  
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• How scientists have reanimated cells from dead pigs

  06-08-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Since ancient times, the idea of eternal life has captivated the human imagination.
  
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• Taiwan says China making simulated attack on main island

  06-08-2022 17:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports of further incursions over median line in military drills, as US and allies condemn use of missilesTaiwan crisis: latest updatesChina’s military has pressed ahead with its largest ever military drills, targeting Taiwan with what the island’s government called a simulated attack, including further incursions over the median line and drone flights over Taiwan’s outlying islands.Western pushback on China’s live-fire drills, launched in response to a visit to Taiwan b
  
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• 'F off to the bar': Pink Floyd co-founder warns fans who don't want to hear his politics

  06-08-2022 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  Pink Floyd's co-founder warns fans on his solo tour that if they can't stand his politics, "F off to the bar." His show includes calling President Biden a war criminal, and firing a fake semi-automatic weapon into the crowd. CNN's Michael Smerconish finds him just as passionate offstage.
  
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• Senate Democrats given green light to vote on $430bn climate and tax bill

  06-08-2022 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Senate arbiter rules bill can bypass filibuster and be passed with simple majority, setting stage for ‘vote-a-rama’ next weekUS Senate Democrats on Saturday were set to push ahead on a bill that would address key elements of President Joe Biden’s agenda, tackling climate change, lowering the cost of energy and senior citizens’ drugs and forcing the wealthy to pay more taxes.A Senate rulemaker determined that the lion’s share of the $430bn bill could be passed with o
  
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• Thousands stranded in China resort city amid COVID lockdown

  06-08-2022 16:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Some 80,000 tourists are stranded in the southern Chinese beach resort of Sanya, after authorities declared it a COVID-19 hot spot and imposed a lockdown
  
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• Antitrust trial puts book publishing industry in the dock

  06-08-2022 16:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Justice Department’s legal effort to block the merger of book publishing giants Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster is more than just a showcase for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to corporate consolidation
  
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• Why Alex Jones isn't the only one who lost big in the Sandy Hook verdict

  06-08-2022 16:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alex Jones lawsuit verdict in Sandy Hook case is large enough to scare other conspiracy theorists
  
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• Afghanistan: bomb in Kabul shopping street kills eight people

  06-08-2022 16:18 via theguardian.com
  
  The explosion happened in a western district where the minority Shia Muslim community regularly meetA bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed eight people and injured at least 22, hospital officials and witnesses said.The blast occurred in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shia Muslim community regularly meet. Continue reading...
  
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• Afghanistan: bomb in Kabul shopping street injures at least 22 people

  06-08-2022 16:18 via theguardian.com
  
  The explosion happened in a western district where the minority Shia Muslim community regularly meetA bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday injuring at least 22 people, hospital officials and witnesses said.The blast occurred in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shia Muslim community regularly meet. Continue reading...
  
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• Actress Anne Heche has 'long recovery ahead' after car crash

  06-08-2022 16:13 via cnn.com
  
  A woman crashed her car into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, setting both the vehicle, and the house on fire, officials say. A person with knowledge of the matter told CNN the driver was actress Anne Heche.
  
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• The 23-year-old fashion designer dressing Colombia’s first black female vice-president

  06-08-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  When Francia Márquez became the South American country’s VP elect, she chose the unknown Esteban Sinisterra Paz to create her outfitsEsteban Sinisterra Paz, a 23-year-old fashion designer from Colombia’s conflict-ridden and impoverished Pacific region, had not long started his career when he received a call from a history-making client.Francia Márquez – the renowned environmental activist and Colombia’s first black female vice-president-elect – was on
  
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