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• Netflix hit 'Never Have I Ever' cements itself as a multicultural phenomenon

  12-08-2022 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The show’s overarching themes can resonate with all sorts of people of color across different diasporas.
  
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• Key lines from the search warrant and receipt for Trump's Florida home

  12-08-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
  
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• Key lines from the FBI's search warrant and receipt

  12-08-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
  
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• Documents show the FBI's search was an evidence-gathering step in a national security investigation about presidential records at Trump's Florida home

  12-08-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
  
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• FBI took 11 sets of highly classified documents from Mar-a-Lago

  12-08-2022 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI," The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
  
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• Colombian government and ELN rebels meet in Havana to restart peace talks

  12-08-2022 23:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Government pledges ‘judicial and political steps’ to enable talks to resume with nation’s last guerrillas broken off three years agoColombia’s new government and members of the nation’s last guerrilla group have taken steps towards restarting peace talks that were suspended three years ago in Cuba.Newly elected President Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla group, has promised to establish “total peace” in Colombia and sent a high-level d
  
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• Ex-prosecutor says three words are key from Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant

  12-08-2022 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's legal analyst Elie Honig details what's known so far about the FBI's warrant authorizing a search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
  
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• Count for Kenya’s presidential election enters fourth day

  12-08-2022 22:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of election commission blames slow progress on political parties treating process like a ‘forensic audit’Kenya’s election count has dragged into its fourth day, after an election this week that pitted former prime minister Raila Odinga against the deputy president, William Ruto.On Friday, the head of Kenya’s election commission blamed the slow progress on disruptions by political parties, who he said were treating the process like a “forensic audit”. Cont
  
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• The Democrats' bill might not actually lower drug prices

  12-08-2022 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Congressional Democrats vote on Medicare, drug prices, climate in Inflation Reduction Act. But the bill might not help voters.
  
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• Analysis: Weren't these news outlets abandoning Trump?

  12-08-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  If nothing else can be said with certainty about Donald Trump after a week of coverage filled with speculation about the purpose of the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, it is that he still has the biggest cable TV news channel, Fox News, solidly behind him. He also has the editorial boards of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post, two other major platforms owned by Rupert Murdoch, on his side so far.
  
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• Analysis: We thought Murdoch's news outlets were abandoning Trump. Then the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago

  12-08-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  If nothing else can be said with certainty about Donald Trump after a week of coverage filled with speculation about the purpose of the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, it is that he still has the biggest cable TV news channel, Fox News, solidly behind him. He also has the editorial boards of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post, two other major platforms owned by Rupert Murdoch, on his side so far.
  
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• READ: Search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort

  12-08-2022 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach earlier this week.
  
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• FBI took 11 sets of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, including some at highest classification levels

  12-08-2022 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI," The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
  
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• Kobe Bryant crash scene photos were shared during awards ceremony cocktail hour, witness testifies

  12-08-2022 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Photos taken at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were shared by a Los Angeles County firefighter during the cocktail hour at an awards ceremony a month after the crash, according to witness testimony.
  
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• Honig breaks down what we know so far about Trump search warrant

  12-08-2022 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's legal analyst Elie Honig details what's known so far about the FBI's warrant authorizing a search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
  
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• Anne Heche 'brain dead' but remains on life support for organ donation, family says

  12-08-2022 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  Anne Heche, who remains hospitalized after crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles residence last week, is "not expected to survive," according to a statement from her family and friends shared with CNN by a representative.
  
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• US and Chinese officials discuss Biden-Xi meeting amid Taiwan friction

  12-08-2022 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Two leaders raised possibility of in-person encounter when they last talked by phone in late July, US official confirmsUS and Chinese officials have been discussing a face-to-face meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, amid a significant escalation in friction over Taiwan.Kurt Campbell, the coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs in Biden’s national security council, confirmed on Friday that the two leaders had raised the possibility of an in-person meeting when they last talked by phone i
  
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• WSJ: FBI took 11 sets of classified docs from Mar-a-Lago, including some at highest classification level

  12-08-2022 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI," The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
  
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• Parts of drought-prone California could become a 'vast inland sea' due to megafloods, study shows

  12-08-2022 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  Many Californians fear the "Big One," but it might not be what you think.
  
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• Video shows people run to stage to help Rushdie

  12-08-2022 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie, whose writings generated death threats, was attacked on stage during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, a witness says.
  
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• FBI standoff suspect made posts on Trump's social media platform

  12-08-2022 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  An account bearing the name of Ricky Shiffer, the man authorities say they killed after he tried Thursday to breach an FBI field office in Cincinnati, made posts on the social media platform founded by Donald Trump referencing the attempt to storm the office and encouraging others online to prepare for a revolutionary-type war.
  
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• Ukraine plant shelling could be 'much worse than Chernobyl'

  12-08-2022 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s International Atomic Energy Agency representative speaks about the risks of missile strikes at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
  
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• Stabbing of Salman Rushdie comes 33 years after fatwa issued on his life by Iran

  12-08-2022 19:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Indian-born author Salman Rushie was stabbed before a speech in Chautauqua, New York on Friday representing a stark reminder of the "fatwa" that was issued on his life by Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Rushdie was stabbed in the neck before giving a speech at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday after living for over thirty years under the threat of an edict calling for his death issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini in response to his book "The Satanic Verses." Iran’s go
  
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• Criminal case against Trump Organization and ex-CFO Weisselberg can proceed, judge rules

  12-08-2022 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New York judge set an Oct. 24 trial date for the criminal case against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.
  
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• Watch: Flooding in northern China sweeps away cars

  12-08-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for several missing people as China's Shanxi province was hit by record rainfall, according to Chinese state media CCTV.
  
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• Watch flooding in northern China sweep away cars

  12-08-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for several missing people as China's Shanxi province was hit by record rainfall, according to Chinese state media CCTV.
  
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• Opinion: Why Trump thinks this could be a winner for him

  12-08-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  On Thursday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has tended to stay out of the political spotlight, defended the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home on Monday, saying he personally approved the decision. Garland also announced the Justice Department would move to unseal the search warrant and property receipt, saying it was "authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause."
  
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• Tommy Lee's nude photo sparks accusations of double standards

  12-08-2022 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  Rocker Tommy Lee posted a nude photo on social media -- but not everyone is applauding.
  
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• Ukraine war: Predicting Russia's next step in Ukraine

  12-08-2022 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A decisive shift in southern Ukraine is unlikely in the coming months, says a top UK intelligence official.
  
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• Author Salman Rushdie attacked at speaking event in New York state

  12-08-2022 17:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The attack was at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, in southwestern New York.
  
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• WATCH: Yellowstone tourists warned to move away from bison fight

  12-08-2022 17:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Some tourists were warned by other visitors to seek cover as they tried to film sparring bison at Yellowstone National Park.
  
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• Polio discovered in New York City wastewater samples

  12-08-2022 17:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Health officials announced Friday that polio has been detected in wastewater samples in New York City.
  
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• Polio detected in New York City wastewater

  12-08-2022 17:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Officials found poliovirus in New York City wastewater, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced Friday.
  
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• Let's talk about royal titles

  12-08-2022 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  With the summer well and truly upon us and most of the Windsor clan taking a brief break, we thought we'd use the opportunity to take a look at royal titles.
  
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• Why a hostage-taker in Lebanon was hailed as a national hero

  12-08-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  A dramatic series of events unfolded on a bustling street in Beirut on Thursday when an armed man barged into a bank and held employees and customers hostage. He wasn't trying to rob the bank -- he was demanding his own money back.
  
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• The Rhine is shrinking, endangering Europe's top economy

  12-08-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  Germany's Rhine river is getting too dry, snarling supply chains and creating more problems for its struggling economy.
  
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• Mexico prison cartel clash spills on to streets of border city leaving 11 dead

  12-08-2022 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Four radio station employees among dead as alleged gang members rampaged through Ciudad JuárezA prison confrontation between members of two rival cartels spilled on to the streets of the border city Ciudad Juárez, where alleged gang members have killed nine more people, including four employees of a radio station.The violence began on Thursday, when Los Chapos, members of the infamous Sinaloa cartel formerly led by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, clashed with t
  
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• Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left'

  12-08-2022 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?
  
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• Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show'

  12-08-2022 16:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  After a seven-year run, the Grammy-winning musician is leaving his perch.
  
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• European firefighters join battle to stop French wildfires

  12-08-2022 16:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Firefighters from across Europe have started arriving in France to help battle several wildfires, including a blaze ravaging pine forests in the country's southwest
  
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• 'No adequate control' at Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine says

  12-08-2022 16:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Facility facing 'grave hour,' UN watchdog says
  
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• It's not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss

  12-08-2022 16:26 via cnn.com
  
  When a series of explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, sending Russian vacationers fleeing from nearby beaches, it was clearly an embarrassment for Moscow. Western officials and analysts have since offered competing explanations about the cause.
  
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• Opinion: The unlikely team trying to make Trump follow the law

  12-08-2022 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  Give it up for the archivists.
  
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• Climate Crisis Chronicles, Vol 2: When back-to-back hurricanes devastate a Honduran community

  12-08-2022 16:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A local activist struggles to help the poor residents hit hardest by unprecedented storms.
  
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• WATCH: Dogs ride waves in World Dog Surfing Championship

  12-08-2022 15:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dogs were riding the waves in the World Dog Surfing Championship in California -- even pulling the board to and from the water.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year

  12-08-2022 15:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer.
  
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• Lost Banksy piece sprayed in Palestine reappears in Tel Aviv gallery

  12-08-2022 15:34 via theguardian.com
  
  The removal of Slingshot Rat has sparked debate over the legality of taking cultural artefacts from occupied landA lost Banksy piece originally spray painted to protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank has resurfaced in a Tel Aviv gallery, sparking debate over the role of public art and the legality of removing cultural artefacts from occupied land.Slingshot Rat, a stencil painting, appeared on a concrete block at an abandoned Israeli army position in Bethlehem next to
  
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• J&J to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year

  12-08-2022 15:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer
  
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• A referee collapsed during a basketball game. See what happened next

  12-08-2022 15:23 via cnn.com
  
  A firefighter playing basketball goes beyond the call of duty and helps save a referee who collapsed during the game. CNN's Alexandra Field reports.
  
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• The news raises questions for Republicans and could undercut those who didn't wait for details before slamming the search

  12-08-2022 15:19 via cnn.com
  
  Read: DOJ motion to unseal search warrant
  
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