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• L.A. County sheriff's deputy charged with sexually assaulting four girls, ages 7 to 13

  11-08-2022 23:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  A grand jury indicted a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy on charges of sexually assaulting four girls in a case that prosecutors had declined to pursue a
  
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• WATCH: Beto O'Rourke snaps at laughing heckler over Uvalde school shooting

  11-08-2022 23:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke snaps at a heckler who appeared to laugh as he discussed the Uvalde mass shooting at a town hall meeting.
  
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• Trump National Security Adviser to meet with Jan. 6 committee

  11-08-2022 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House Jan. 6 committee is set to interview former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Friday, a week after speaking with former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
  
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• US Attorney General Garland says he personally approved the warrant to searcha the former President's residence at Mar-a-Lago

  11-08-2022 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  In his first public statement since federal agents searched former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said that the Justice Department had filed in court a request that the search warrant and property receipt from the search be unsealed.
  
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• Analysis: Merrick Garland just called Donald Trump's bluff

  11-08-2022 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  For the last 72 hours, since the FBI conducted a search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, the former President has spouted any number of claims about what happened and why. He's said that Democrats led the search (they didn't) and raised the possibility that FBI agents might have planted evidence, without providing any proof of the allegation.
  
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• Coca-Cola's newest flavor 'Dreamworld' supposedly tastes like dreams

  11-08-2022 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Coca-Cola is concluding a yearlong effort to flavor the abstract with a new soda the company says tastes like dreams.
  
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• Discovery of small armoured dinosaur in Argentina is first of its kind

  11-08-2022 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Jakapil kaniukura was about 5ft long and probably walked upright in then-steamy Patagonian landscape about 100m years agoPalaeontologists have announced the discovery of a previously unknown small armoured dinosaur in southern Argentina, a creature that probably walked upright on its back legs roaming a then-steamy landscape about 100m years ago.The Cretaceous period dinosaur, named Jakapil kaniukura, would have been well-protected with rows of bony disc-shaped armour along its neck and back and
  
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• Drugs found in Anne Heche's system following crash that left her in coma, police say

  11-08-2022 22:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Anne Heche, gravely injured and in a coma following a car crash last week, had drugs in her system and is being investigated for possibly driving under the influence.
  
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• Toronto blackout puts top businesses in the dark and forces mall evacuation

  11-08-2022 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Power utility Hydro One said the outage, which started at about noon on Thursday, affected 10,000 customers A power outage in Toronto’s downtown core has left the offices of Canada’s top businesses in the dark, forced the evacuation of one of the city’s biggest shopping malls, and caused some bank branches to be locked.The power utility Hydro One said the outage, which started at about noon on Thursday, affected 10,000 customers in downtown Toronto, Canada’s biggest city.
  
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• CDC ends recommendations for social distancing and Covid quarantine

  11-08-2022 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing and focus on reducing severe disease from Covid-19.
  
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• Anne Heche crash now being investigated as felony, police say

  11-08-2022 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Actress Anne Heche is now being investigated for felony DUI after crashing her car into a Los Angeles area home, which then caught on fire last week, according to police.
  
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• An OnlyFans model is accused of murder in her boyfriend's fatal stabbing

  11-08-2022 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  An OnlyFans model who fatally stabbed her boyfriend in Miami was arrested in Hawaii and is expected to be extradited on a charge of second-degree murder,
  
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• Honig: Merrick Garland just called Donald Trump's bluff

  11-08-2022 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Elie Honig breaks down Attorney General Merrick Garland's announcement that the Justice Department has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
  
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• Search for missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery is now a homicide investigation

  11-08-2022 21:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  A "sweet and innocent" New Hampshire girl who has been missing for nearly three years is a homicide victim, although her remains have yet to be found,
  
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• Merrick Garland takes firm stance on allegations against FBI

  11-08-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  In a news conference at the Justice Department, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Federal Bureau of Investigation has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. He also spoke out about allegations made against the FBI about the purpose of the search.
  
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• AG Garland says he ‘personally approved’ decision to seek search warrant for Mar-a-Lago

  11-08-2022 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke for the first time since the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Garland said he “personally approved” the decision to seek a search warrant and he condemned violence against FBI agents in the wake of the search.  
  
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• CDC's new Covid guidelines are intended to keep kids in school

  11-08-2022 21:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As back-to-school approaches the CDC no longer recommends quarantining if exposed to the omicron virus.
  
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• Dozens injured in Legoland roller coaster crash in Germany

  11-08-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  A roller coaster crash at a Legoland theme park in southern Germany injured 31 people on Thursday, according to local authorities.
  
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• Authorities in standoff with armed suspect who tried to enter FBI's Cincinnati office

  11-08-2022 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  A stretch of Interstate 71 in Ohio has been closed off Thursday after a person attempted to gain entry into the FBI's Cincinnati office early this morning, according to authorities.
  
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• Italians react to Domino's leaving the country

  11-08-2022 19:57 via cnn.com
  
  Domino's has formally shut its stores in Italy after seven years in the country, according to a report by Milano Today.
  
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• US and allies should move to protect ‘freedom of navigation’, says Taiwan envoy

  11-08-2022 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh called for operations to uphold the ‘median line’ in the Taiwan Strait in response to China’s military exercisesThe US and its allies should jointly respond to China’s live ammunition drills designed to intimidate Taiwan by holding “freedom of navigation” operations in the Taiwan Strait, Taipei’s official representative to the UK has said.In an interview with the Guardian, Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh also called on the UK to uphold the prin
  
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• Social Security recipients are set to receive a major increase in monthly benefits

  11-08-2022 19:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Social Security recipients struggling with higher inflation are likelyto get a major boost in their monthly benefits starting next year.
  
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• Feds removed documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with grand jury subpoena

  11-08-2022 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago this week came months after federal investigators served an earlier grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents from former President Donald Trump's property during a June meeting, people familiar with the matter tell CNN.
  
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• WATCH: Police ram suspected shoplifters' car off the road after they try to flee

  11-08-2022 19:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  These suspected shoplifters took off after police told the driver to get out of the vehicle. So an officer rammed the car off the road.
  
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• Russia claims Ukraine used US arms to kill jailed POWs. Evidence tells a different story

  11-08-2022 19:08 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • LIVE: Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again
  • 7 Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea blasts
  
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• 'Armed subject' tried to get into the FBI's Cincinnati office

  11-08-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  A stretch of Interstate 71 in Ohio has been closed off Thursday after a person attempted to gain entry into the FBI's Cincinnati office early this morning, according to authorities.
  
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• Man who took hostages demanding his own money becomes public hero in Lebanon

  11-08-2022 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Public rallies around gunman who surrendered after bank agreed to give him funds for father’s medical billsAn armed man has emerged as an unlikely hero in Lebanon after holding hostages in a central Beirut bank and demanding access to his own money – a move that generated broad public support.Brandishing a rifle and threatening to douse himself with petrol, Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, entered the Federal Bank branch about noon on Thursday and insisted on withdrawing part of his frozen
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of raping a US tourist in central Paris

  11-08-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation for suspicion of rape aggravated by drunkenness, the Paris Prosecutor's Office told CNN.
  
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• Feds seized documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with grand jury subpoena

  11-08-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago this week came months after federal investigators served an earlier grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents from former President Donald Trump's property during a June meeting, people familiar with the matter tell CNN.
  
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• A hostage-taking at a Beirut bank took a turn when a crowd of supporters came to cheer the gunman

  11-08-2022 18:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man armed with what appeared to be a shotgun took people hostage in a bank in the Lebanese capital Beirut to demand that the institution release his savings.
  
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• Video: Kim Jong Un's sister issues 'deadly' threat against South Korea

  11-08-2022 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over coronavirus, state media KCNA reported. The sister of Kim Jong Un, and high ranking official Kim Yo Jong called for a "deadly" retaliation against South Korea, blaming its neighbor for North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak.
  
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• Kim Jong Un's sister issues 'deadly' threat against South Korea

  11-08-2022 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over coronavirus, state media KCNA reported. The sister of Kim Jong Un, and high ranking official Kim Yo Jong called for a "deadly" retaliation against South Korea, blaming its neighbor for North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak.
  
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• Kim Jong Un declared 'victory' over Covid-19. Analysts have doubts

  11-08-2022 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over coronavirus, state media KCNA reported. The sister of Kim Jong Un, and high ranking official Kim Yo Jong called for a "deadly" retaliation against South Korea, blaming its neighbor for North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak.
  
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• Cognitive fatigue caused by work can impair decision-making. Here's how to fight it

  11-08-2022 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  After a long day at work, it feels so much better to just leave the dirty dishes in the sink or put off looking at your finances -- right?
  
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• Beto O'Rourke drops f-bomb on heckler during Texas campaign stop

  11-08-2022 18:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Texas gubernatorial hopeful Beto O'Rourke dropped an f-bomb Wednesday while confronting a heckler who apparently laughed at the Democrat's plea to control gun
  
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• McDonald's is starting to reopen in Ukraine

  11-08-2022 18:16 via cnn.com
  
  After closing its restaurants in Ukraine six months ago because of the Russian invasion, McDonald's is starting to reopen in parts of the country.
  
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• Steve Martin suggests he'll retire after 'Only Murders in the Building'

  11-08-2022 18:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Emmy- and Grammy-winning entertainer said in a new interview that he might "work a little less" after the end of the true crime satire he co-created.
  
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• More than half of GOP governor nominees have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election

  11-08-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Republican nominee in at least 20 of this year's 36 gubernatorial races is someone who has rejected, declined to affirm, raised doubts about, or tried to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
  
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• Stunning video captures 'fire whirl' in California

  11-08-2022 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  The "fire whirl" erupted out of a brush fire near Quail Lake in California, which quickly spread over 150 acres.
  
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• Images allegedly from Hunter Biden’s hard drive are ideal content for 'post-irony' meme accounts

  11-08-2022 18:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The controversial story of Hunter Biden’s laptop has been fully processed, cooked and digested as meme fodder on Instagram.
  
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• Trump's ex-Chief of Staff reacts to reports an informant tipped off the FBI

  11-08-2022 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, reacts to the Wall Street Journal report that an informant tipped off investigators about more material at Mar-a-Lago before the FBI searched the former president's residence.
  
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• Sri Lanka's ousted former president Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand

  11-08-2022 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has landed in Bangkok, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge.
  
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• Tourist rides moped around Pompeii

  11-08-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Just weeks after tourists were caught driving and hurling scooters down the Spanish Steps in Rome, another tourist in Italy has caused havoc on two wheels in an ancient site.
  
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• Oprah Winfrey’s company, Harpo Inc., sues 'Oprahdemics' podcast

  11-08-2022 17:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Oprah Winfrey’s company has filed a lawsuit against the creators of the “Oprahdemics” podcast, claiming that the program misleads listeners.
  
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• Blinken raises concerns over Hotel Rwanda dissident trial with Kagame

  11-08-2022 17:14 via theguardian.com
  
  US secretary of state on last stop of African tour has been clear about US misgivings related to Paul Rusesabagina’s convictionThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has raised US concerns about the trial of the jailed dissident Paul Rusesabagina with Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, and other senior Rwandan officials during a visit to the capital Kigali.Blinken is in Kigali on the last stop of a tour of sub-Saharan Africa that aims to regain the diplomatic initiative across a contine
  
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• Shy dolphins and stalking pumas: Capturing Patagonia's wild species on camera

  11-08-2022 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be heading straight for a film crew.
  
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• Europe reels as repeated heatwaves cause chaos

  11-08-2022 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  Western Europe was battling Thursday to deal with the fallout from extreme heat and drought, with wildfires causing evacuations in France and Italian farmers losing up to 80% of their harvest due to severe drought.
  
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• The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, new research shows

  11-08-2022 17:01 via cnn.com
  
  As sea ice vanishes, Greenland melts and wildfires scorch the planet's northernmost forests, new research confirms what scientists are sounding alarms about: the Arctic has warmed much faster than the rest of the world in the past several decades.
  
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• New Arctic research reveals alarming warming trend that climate models have failed to capture

  11-08-2022 17:01 via cnn.com
  
  As sea ice vanishes, Greenland melts and wildfires scorch the planet's northernmost forests, new research confirms what scientists are sounding alarms about: the Arctic has warmed much faster than the rest of the world in the past several decades.
  
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• New Arctic research reveals alarming trend that climate models have failed to capture

  11-08-2022 17:01 via cnn.com
  
  As sea ice vanishes, Greenland melts and wildfires scorch the planet's northernmost forests, new research confirms what scientists are sounding alarms about: the Arctic has warmed much faster than the rest of the world in the past several decades.
  
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