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• Sandy Hook families accuse Alex Jones of transferring millions to himself while claiming bankruptcy

  26-08-2022 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Families of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting said in a court filing Thursday that Alex Jones has “systematically transferred millions of dollars” to himself.
  
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• 'I can't hold on much longer': Father and son rescued after boat sinks

  26-08-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Boston police rescued a father and son from the chilly waters of Boston Harbor after their boat struck rocks and sank. CNN affiliate WCVB has the story
  
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• 7 books governments didn't want people to read

  26-08-2022 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  The brutal attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York on August 12 has reignited discussions around censorship in literature.
  
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• Pop star jailed after a joke about religious schools in Turkey

  26-08-2022 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  Turkish pop star Gulsen Colakoglu has been jailed on charges of "inciting or insulting the public to hatred and enmity" after she made a joke about religious schools in Turkey, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.
  
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• Zaporizhzhia reconnected to Ukraine's power grid, nuclear operator says

  26-08-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently held by Russian forces, has been reconnected to Ukraine's electricity grid, the country's nuclear operator said in an updated statement on Friday, a day after the plant was disconnected for the first time in its history.
  
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• Transgender Harvard student dies in police custody while on honeymoon in Indonesia

  26-08-2022 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  A transgender advocate and Harvard graduate student died in police custody this month while on his honeymoon in the Indonesian tourist island of Bali.
  
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• Opinion: 200 years after Napoleon's defeat, the French and British are still exchanging shots

  26-08-2022 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Though Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson and the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar are long-ago history, France and the United Kingdom are apparently still doing battle. In fact, Boris Johnson's likely successor as UK prime minister and assorted French politicos have recently been exchanging shots.
  
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• US Navy developing directed energy systems to counter hypersonic missile threats from China and Russia

  26-08-2022 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  The US Navy is developing directed energy systems as a potential defense against hypersonic missiles, the Navy's top admiral said, calling advances Russia and China have made in hypersonic weapon technology "a significant concern."
  
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• US Navy developing directed energy systems to counter hypersonic missile threats

  26-08-2022 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  The US Navy is developing directed energy systems as a potential defense against hypersonic missiles, the Navy's top admiral said, calling advances Russia and China have made in hypersonic weapon technology "a significant concern."
  
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• Justice Department makes redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit public

  26-08-2022 22:31
  
  The Justice Department on Friday made a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit public.
  
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• Releasing the Mar-a-Lago affidavit was a big blunder

  26-08-2022 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  The release was a dramatic departure from the normal secrecy afforded an affidavit supporting a search warrant application and put the investigation into Trump at risk.
  
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• Court filing reveals previously unknown details about classified information found at Trump's Florida resort

  26-08-2022 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  The release of a redacted affidavit that the Justice Department used to obtain a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home shed new light on the federal investigation into the handling of documents from his White House.
  
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• Six of 43 missing Mexican students were kept alive in warehouse for days

  26-08-2022 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Students were then turned over to commander of the local army base who ordered their killingsSix of the 43 Mexican students forcibly disappeared in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days, and then turned over to the commander of the local army base who ordered their killings, the Mexican government official leading the Truth Commission said Friday.The interior undersecretary, Alejandro Encinas, made the revelation with little fanfare during a lengthy defense of the commission&rsq
  
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• Families of miners trapped underground in Mexico reject new rescue strategy

  26-08-2022 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  The families of the ten miners trapped underground in Mexico since early Augusthave rejected a new rescue strategy proposed by the government, Mexico's president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday.
  
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• EPA to designate 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances

  26-08-2022 21:58
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency says it's designating two “forever chemicals” used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances
  
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• Monkeypox vaccine supply now sufficient, Biden officials say

  26-08-2022 21:55
  
  The Biden administration says there's now enough monkeypox vaccine available but the shots aren’t getting to those who need them the most
  
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• More polio virus detected in upstate New York wastewater

  26-08-2022 21:27
  
  The virus that causes polio has been found in wastewater samples from another upstate New York county, prompting state health officials to warn of expanding “community spread” of the life-threatening virus
  
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• WATCH: Deputy stops wrong-way driver after several close calls

  26-08-2022 21:23
  
  A deputy brought a wrong-way driver, who was allegedly driving under the influence, to a safe stop after multiple close calls.
  
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• Trump and allies dismiss 'heavily redacted' Mar-a-Lago affidavit

  26-08-2022 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump and his allies dismissed the affidavit that led to an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this month as politically motivated, saying after a redacted version was released on Friday that "what is unredacted only further supports" Trump's claims of political persecution.
  
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• 36,000km in three days: $8,000 car rental charge shocks Canadian woman

  26-08-2022 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Giovanna Boniface received an $8,000 bill from Avis after driving roughly 300km around Toronto and surrounding areaCar rental companies have long earned a reputation for gouging customers, penny-pinching on frills and finding new and unscrupulous ways to charge for add-ons.But a Canadian woman says she was billed thousands in extra mileage after a rental company claimed she drove a distance nearly the circumference of the Earth over a three-day period. Continue reading...
  
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• Gabbie Hanna’s TikToks are prompting concern from her followers. Some say the platform should do more.

  26-08-2022 21:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok videos from Gabbie Hanna have sparked a discussion on a viewer's and platform's responsibility when a creator appears to have a mental health crisis online.
  
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• DOJ releases brief explaining its redactions

  26-08-2022 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI told a judge that there was "probable cause to believe" that classified national security materials were improperly taken to "unauthorized" locations at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, and that a search would also likely find "evidence of obstruction," according to a redacted version of the search warrant affidavit released Friday.
  
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• Affidavit reveals FBI told a judge that a search would likely find 'evidence of obstruction'

  26-08-2022 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI told a judge that there was "probable cause to believe" that classified national security materials were improperly taken to "unauthorized" locations at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, and that a search would also likely find "evidence of obstruction," according to a redacted version of the search warrant affidavit released Friday.
  
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• At least 21 ​​'filtration​​​' sites identified in Russian-controlled ​​territory, say Yale researchers

  26-08-2022 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  Researchers at Yale University ​say they have uncovered 21 "​filtration" sites in the Russian-controlled territory of Donetsk ​in eastern Ukraine.
  
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• 21 ​​'filtration​​​' sites found in Russian-held ​​territory: researchers

  26-08-2022 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  Researchers at Yale University ​say they have uncovered 21 "​filtration" sites in the Russian-controlled territory of Donetsk ​in eastern Ukraine.
  
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• Screening dog at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport wins TSA's 'Cutest Canine Contest'

  26-08-2022 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  Dog lovers -- get ready for your hearts to melt over a hard-working dog named Eebbers.
  
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• 5-year-old boy dies in hot car outside elementary school

  26-08-2022 20:30
  
  A 5-year-old boy died after he was found in a hot car outside a South Texas elementary school.
  
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• WATCH: Husky hilariously thinks she’s one of the bunnies

  26-08-2022 20:21
  
  Nothing to see here, just a couple of bunnies hanging out together in their cage!
  
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• Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

  26-08-2022 20:07
  
  A federal judge has struck down one of Texas’ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional
  
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• Pilots from bankrupt airline offered jobs with no interview by competitor

  26-08-2022 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Pilots are in high demand lately -- such high demand, in fact, that pilots from the recently defunct ExpressJet Airlines are finding themselves with new job offers, without so much as an interview, days after their employer declared bankruptcy.
  
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• Trump search affidavit reveals potential for ‘evidence of obstruction’ at Mar-a-Lago – live

  26-08-2022 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Heavily redacted document also says several documents contained what appears to be Trump’s handwritten notesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThree new sealed filings have appeared online in the federal court system related to the Mar-a-Lago case, Politico reports: Since they are not public, it’s unclear what they are, but a federal magistrate judge gave the justice department until noon eastern time today to make the redacted affidavit justifying the
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: EU to hold urgent talks over Russian ‘energy war’; Ukraine announces mandatory evacuations – live

  26-08-2022 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Czech PM says ‘emergency measures’ needed as energy situation ‘damaging the whole European Union’When Mikhail Sokolov signed up to work for the FSB security services, he never imagined his journey would end here: in a crowded refugee camp on the outskirts of a sleepy town in the rural Netherlands.“The last six years were a rollercoaster. I am happy I am no longer in the claws of the FSB,” the former FSB informant and staffer for the jailed opposition leader Al
  
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• See what stood out to CNN reporter about redacted affidavit

  26-08-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  A redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit has been unsealed by the Justice Department, as ordered by a federal judge. Jessica Schneider gives the details on CNN Inside Politics.
  
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• Polluters could pay billions in fines for PFAS cleanup under new Biden plan

  26-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency wants to include two common ‘forever chemicals’ in Superfund lawThe Biden administration on Friday announced a new proposal that could force polluters of two common PFAS compounds to pay billions of dollars for the toxic substances’ cleanup.The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, the statute that guides cleanup at the nation’s most contaminated sites. C
  
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• Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era felony voting law is constitutional, federal court rules

  26-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Law passed in 1890 was tailored ‘to exclude the Negro’ but appeals court says tweaks in 20th century ‘cleansed … discriminatory taint’A Jim Crow-era provision of the Mississippi constitution designed to intentionally disenfranchise Black voters is constitutional, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday.The case deals with a provision of the Mississippi constitution, Section 241, that lays out specific crimes that cause its citizens to permanently lose the righ
  
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• Economic watchdog confirms it could scrutinise Truss’s cost of living plans

  26-08-2022 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs say it is vital tax and spending measures proposed by potential new prime minister are examined by OBRLiz Truss has been challenged to open up her prospective emergency tax cuts and spending plans to scrutiny if she becomes prime minister and makes immediate moves to tackle the cost of living crisis.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which produces independent forecasts based on major fiscal announcements by the government, revealed preparatory work had been under way for about a mo
  
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• City regulators clears HBOS ex-bosses of misconduct over bank’s near-collapse

  26-08-2022 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Watchdogs say six-year investigation had determined no grounds for action against unnamed individualsCity regulators have cleared former bosses of HBOS of misconduct in the lead-up to its near-collapse in 2008, despite previously having blamed the bank’s board for its failure.The Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Friday that they had concluded “rigorous and forensic investigations” into unnamed former managers, after gathering more than 2m documents,
  
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• Tories in disarray over energy crisis as Truss urged to spell out plans to help

  26-08-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Some MPs backing leadership frontrunner showing signs of jitters over lack of response to soaring billsThe Conservatives were in disarray over their response to the energy crisis on Friday, with some Tory MPs backing Liz Truss showing signs of jitters over her refusal to spell out how she would help households.The frontrunner to be prime minister in just over a week’s time said she would “ensure people get the support needed to get through these tough times” but had no new sugg
  
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• FBI sought national defense documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, affidavit shows

  26-08-2022 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Extensively redacted affidavit used to justify the search of the ex-president’s Florida resort was unsealed on FridayThe FBI believed there was probable cause that highly sensitive documents that contained US national defense information were scattered across Donald Trump’s resort in Florida, according to a partially redacted affidavit used to justify the search of the property unsealed on Friday.The affidavit – extensively redacted by the justice department to protect details
  
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• Sadiq Khan wrongly ousted Cressida Dick as Met police chief – draft report

  26-08-2022 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: London mayor treated former commissioner unfairly, Sir Tom Winsor’s inquiry will findAn official inquiry will find that the mayor of London wrongly ousted Cressida Dick as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, the Guardian has learned.The findings come from a special commission conducted by Sir Tom Winsor, the former chief inspector of constabulary, after Dick’s decision to resign in February. Continue reading...
  
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• What we learned from Mark Zuckerberg's 3-hour chat with Joe Rogan

  26-08-2022 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  In a rare and lengthy interview, Mark Zuckerberg spoke with controversial comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan about Meta's plans to release a new virtual-reality headset, his newfound love of jiu-jitsu and his company's decision to limit the reach of an article about Hunter Biden that came out in the final weeks leading up to the 2020 election.
  
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• Drought reveals marvels around the world

  26-08-2022 18:58 via cnn.com
  
  Dinosaur tracks, World War II warships, and prehistoric rock formations. See what the global drought has revealed as water levels continue to drop in many parts of the world.
  
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• 5 people sent to hospital after Six Flags roller coaster ride

  26-08-2022 18:55
  
  5 people sent to hospital with injuries from a Six Flags theme park roller coaster ride.
  
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• Labour chief whip investigated for alleged misuse of confidential information

  26-08-2022 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry by commissioner for standards into Alan Campbell will look at source of emails sent to a mailing listThe Labour chief whip is under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner for allegedly misusing confidential information given to him as an MP.The inquiry concerns allegations that Sir Alan Campbell breached rules on the “use of information received in confidence in the course of the Member’s parliamentary duties”, as well as on the use of his parliamenta
  
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• Northern Ireland hopes Game of Thrones prequel will see fans return

  26-08-2022 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Tour operators hope House of the Dragon will end long winter of low visitor numbersIn 2019, Northern Ireland seemed set for a sunlit future of Games of Thrones-themed tourism.Devotees of the HBO fantasy series flocked to the show’s locations in castles, forests and harbours, spending £30m each year, with more expected once an official studio tour opened in County Down. Continue reading...
  
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• Christie's to sell Microsoft co-founder's $1 billion art collection

  26-08-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  The personal art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen could raise more than $1 billion when it goes under the hammer in November, in what is being billed as the largest auction sale in history.
  
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• Christie's to sell Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's $1 billion art collection

  26-08-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  The personal art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen could raise more than $1 billion when it goes under the hammer in November, in what is being billed as the largest auction sale in history.
  
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• Biden decries Republican loyalty to Trump as ‘semi-fascism’

  26-08-2022 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  President condemns Republicans’ current political ideology in remarks at Democratic National Committee fundraiserIn fiery remarks on Thursday night that set out a combative platform for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, Joe Biden decried Republican loyalty to Donald Trump’s political brand as “semi-fascism”.The US president delivered a barbed speech in Maryland, calling out Trump as a threat to US democracy and decrying his penchant for embracing political violenc
  
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• It's OK to kill this beautiful but invasive insect, experts say

  26-08-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  State agricultural departments across the United States are asking you to commit murder -- bug murder, that is.
  
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• German ministers under pressure to scrap gas levy after anger over profits

  26-08-2022 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Government to review aid package as energy companies who seek share of surcharge post-billion-euro earningsThe German government is under pressure to radically revise or scrap a controversial new gas levy on already stretched consumers after it emerged that some energy companies seeking a share of the surcharge have posted billion-euro earnings.Robert Habeck, the economy minister, said his ministry acknowledged the angry response to the surcharge and would urgently review the aid package in an a
  
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