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• NASA delays Artemis I moon rocket launch several weeks after hydrogen leak

  03-09-2022 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A second attempt at launching the Artemis I moon rocket was pushed back after NASA failed to plug a fuel leak discovered during tanking. This is the second time in five days that technical issues have kept the spacecraft on the launchpad. NASA'S JAMES WEBB RELEASES FIRST DIRECT IMAGE OF A PLANET OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM The space agency's attempt for a rescheduled launch of the crewless capsule on Saturday afternoon was first delayed at about 9 a.m. as engineers began attempting t
  
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• Woman kidnapped while jogging near University of Memphis, police said

  03-09-2022 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman jogging early Friday was kidnapped near the University of Memphis, police said.
  
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• At least 19 killed in Somalia in attack by al-Shabaab insurgents

  03-09-2022 23:39 via theguardian.com
  The killings come two weeks after group besieged a hotel in Mogadishu for 30 hours, leaving 21 deadFighters from the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab have killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack in central Somalia, clan chiefs and local officials said on Saturday.The attack comes two weeks after al-Shabaab, which has waged a long insurgency against the Somali state, besieged a hotel in the capital Mogadishu for 30 hours, leaving 21 people dead and 117 injured. Continue reading...
  
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• UCLA, USC games face scorching heat, relaxed water policies

  03-09-2022 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  UCLA and USC's football programs kick off their 2022 seasons Saturday, with the Bruins welcoming Bowling Green to the Rose Bowl and No. 14 USC hosting Rice.  While most would think the weather in Los Angeles would be idyllic for football, Southern California is not cooperating.  The temperature at kickoff of the UCLA game was around 100 degrees. And it’s not supposed to be much cooler for USC, with high 90s expected at the Los Angeles Coliseum for the 3 p.m. PT kickoff between US
  
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• Hear one of SNL's original writers react to Schneider's comments about the show

  03-09-2022 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Al Franken, one of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, reacts after former cast member Rob Schneider said the show was "over" after Kate McKinnon's 2016 performance of "Hallelujah."
  
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• Afghanistan children killed after playing with unexploded ordnance that detonated in classroom

  03-09-2022 22:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Four children are dead and three others are injured after an unexploded ordnance detonated after being brought into an Afghanistan classroom. The incident in Afghanistan's Helmand province happened when children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it, according a statement from the provincial police chief’s office. The children were ages 7 to 14 and at least three others were injured, according to the police statement. Local
  
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• WATCH: Wall of dust sweeps across Arizona

  03-09-2022 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Aerial footage shows the 50-mile-wide haboob as it moved, leaving thousands without power.
  
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• Artemis I's next launch attempt may not happen until later this year

  03-09-2022 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  The uncrewed Artemis I mission is ready for a second chance at launching on a historic journey around the moon.
  
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• The FBI has returned a 2,000-year-old Italian mosaic that may have been lost for almost a century

  03-09-2022 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  Hidden for decades, a mosaic that is a "key part of Rome's history" was located and returned to the Italian government, the Federal Bureau of Investigations said in a news release on Friday.
  
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• Legionella suspected of causing illness that killed 3 and sickened 7 in Argentina, health officials say

  03-09-2022 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  An illness that has stricken 10 people in Argentina, killing three, may have been the result of Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease,
  
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• British pub owners facing murky future as energy prices skyrocket: 'Soul destroying'

  03-09-2022 22:09 via foxnews.com
  
  British pubs and restaurants are facing increased financial pressure from rising utility costs as they struggle to keep their doors open amid an energy crisis that is only expected to get worse this winter. "The price goes up daily," Lindsey Armstrong, owner of Champs Sports Bar and Grill in the small northeast England town of Washington, told the New York Times about her electricity contract which will cost her $135,000 per year, a jump from the usual cost of about $30,000. Armstrong says the s
  
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• British airline passenger faces charges in Greece

  03-09-2022 22:07 via abcnews.go.com
  He was charged with offenses after his flight from London to Cyprus was diverted
  
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• FBI issue warning over anti-vaxxer who crossed Canadian border to 'protest' US open: report

  03-09-2022 21:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The FBI has put out warnings of a man who has plans to protest the U.S. Open as part of an anti-vaccine mandate manifesto.  The man, identified as Virpaul Singh Mahil, 36, tried to cross the border from Canada to New York on Aug. 26, but border authorities initially turned him back after discovering marijuana gummy bears in his vehicle. But Mahil, who comes from Ontario, evaded authorities by driving into oncoming traffic to forcefully enter the United States.  The FBI New York Joint T
  
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• Pilot faces criminal charges after threatening to 'intentionally crash' into Mississippi Walmart

  03-09-2022 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  A pilot who threatened to “intentionally crash” into a Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, Saturday morning was taken into custody hours later after landing the
  
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• Police: Pilot arrested after threatening to crash plane into Mississippi Walmart

  03-09-2022 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  A pilot in Tupelo, Mississippi, is threatening to intentionally crash a small plane into a Walmart, police said Saturday morning.
  
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• Man in custody after threatening to crash plane into Mississippi Walmart, police say

  03-09-2022 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  A pilot in Tupelo, Mississippi, is threatening to intentionally crash a small plane into a Walmart, police said Saturday morning.
  
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• California wildfire destroys 100 homes and other buildings

  03-09-2022 20:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  A wind-swept wildfire in rural Northern California tore through a neighborhood and destroyed about 100 homes and other buildings, fire officials said Saturday
  
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• Don’t take democracy for granted, warns director of Argentine junta film

  03-09-2022 20:15 via theguardian.com
  Comments at Venice film festival come after recent failed assassination attempt on Argentina’s vice-presidentReview: Argentina 1985 – rousingly acted junta trial dramatisationA failed assassination attempt this week on the Argentine vice-president has shown that democracy cannot be taken for granted, the director behind a courtroom drama about the trial of Argentina’s military junta has said.Opening at the Venice film festival on Saturday, Santiago Mitre’s Argentina 1985
  
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• CNN report: This disturbing trend has become 'staggeringly common' in Putin's wartime Russia

  03-09-2022 20:03 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on the death of Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov, one of several high-profile Russian businessmen who've reportedly died by apparent suicide.
  
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• Iran arms over 50 cities with defense system amid heightened tension with US

  03-09-2022 19:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran has armed 51 cities and towns with a civil defense system aimed to respond to any foreign attack as tensions with the U.S. have mounted in recent weeks. The defenses will enable Iran’s arms forces to "identify and monitor threats by using round-the-clock software according to the type of the threat and risk," Deputy Defense Minister General Mehdi Farahi said Saturday, according to a Reuters report.  "These days, depending on the strength of countries, the form of battles has
  
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• Oscar Piastri: Australian driver says 'breakdown in trust' triggered Alpine exit

  03-09-2022 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Australian Oscar Piastri says a "breakdown in trust" with Alpine led to his decision to reject them and join McLaren.
  
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• Pakistan appeals for ‘immense’ international response to floods

  03-09-2022 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Unprecedented flooding in the country during monsoon season has left at least 1,265 people dead Pakistan has appealed to the international community for an “immense humanitarian response” to unprecedented flooding that has left at least 1,265 people dead.According to initial government estimates, the rain and flooding have caused $10bn (£8.7bn) in damage. Continue reading...
  
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• Serena Williams is most tweeted about female athlete ever, Twitter says

  03-09-2022 19:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Serena Williams, considered by many to be the greatest women’s tennis player ever, is also the GOAT on Twitter among female athletes.
  
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• Why putting people on the moon (again) is so worth the expense

  03-09-2022 18:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  From Earth, the moon looks luminescent and unblemished. But on the lunar surface there are many things that humans have left behind.
  
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• Artemis I launch scrubbed for second time due to technical issues

  03-09-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  The uncrewed Artemis I mission is ready for a second chance at launching on a historic journey around the moon.
  
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• Plane 'down' after pilot threatened to crash into a Mississippi Walmart, source says

  03-09-2022 17:41 via cnn.com
  
  A pilot in Tupelo, Mississippi, is threatening to intentionally crash a small plane into a Walmart, police said Saturday morning.
  
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• Turkey warns Greece of 'heavy price' over island 'occupations': report

  03-09-2022 17:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a harsh warning to Greece, saying the country would pay a "heavy price" if it continued to "harass" Turkish planes.  Erdogan spoke during a rally in the Black Sea region, telling those in attendance to "look at history." "If you go further, you will pay a heavy price," he said of Greece. "We have one thing to say to Greece: Remember Izmir," he added, referring to the city Turkey "liberated" from Greece in 1922 as part of its war of independe
  
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• WATCH: Pilot threatening intentional crash circles around Tupelo, Mississippi

  03-09-2022 17:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Residents in nearby areas were asked to evacuate as police said they are speaking with the pilot directly.
  
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• Opinion: Medical aid in dying was a blessing for my husband. But a federal law makes it inaccessible for millions of Americans

  03-09-2022 17:33 via cnn.com
  
  My husband, Matt Fairchild, a retired Army sergeant and Gulf War veteran, made the decision to seek medical aid in dying -- a medical practice available in 10 states and Washington, DC, to terminally ill and mentally capable patients who decide to self-ingest a prescribed medication to die peacefully.
  
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• Al-Shabab extremists kill at least 20 travelers in Somalia

  03-09-2022 17:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region Saturday morning. Residents said the attack was in retaliation for a local mobilization against the al Qaeda-affiliated group. "The victims were drivers and passengers transporting food supplies from Beletweyne to Mahas, and a total of seven trucks carrying food and vehicles used by the passengers were set ablaze," resident Hassan Abdulle to
  
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• NASA may be 'no go' for a second launch attempt of Artemis I today after fueling issues

  03-09-2022 17:22 via cnn.com
  
  The uncrewed Artemis I mission is ready for a second chance at launching on a historic journey around the moon.
  
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• Qatar to allow beer sales at World Cup games 3 hours before kickoff - source

  03-09-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  Qatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle, but not during the match, a source with knowledge of plans for the tournament said.
  
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• Oldest human or just another ape? Row erupts over 7m-year-old fossil

  03-09-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Remains from Chad desert provoke rancorous dispute over whether species was earliest to walk uprightIt is a dispute that has taken a long time to reach boiling point. Seven million years after an apelike creature – since nicknamed Toumaï – traversed the landscape of modern Chad, its means of mobility has triggered a dispute among fossil experts. Some claim this was the oldest member of the human lineage. Others that it was just an old ape.The row, kindled by a paper in Nature, l
  
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• Gorbachev funeral draws thousands in Russia, but not Putin

  03-09-2022 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Thousands of mourners lined up Saturday to pay tribute to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, in a farewell snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin's refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its uneasiness about the legacy of Gorbachev, who has been venerated worldwide for bringing down the Iron Curtain but reviled by many at home for the Soviet collapse and the ens
  
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• AI won an art contest, and artists are furious

  03-09-2022 16:54 via cnn.com
  
  Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is sparking controversy about whether art can be generated by a computer, and what, exactly, it means to be an artist.
  
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• NASA scrubs second Artemis I launch attempt

  03-09-2022 16:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on the agency's Artemis I test flight.
  
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• Fountains Abbey voted joint-top British heritage attraction

  03-09-2022 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The site scored well among Which? members for its "calm atmosphere" and leisurely walks.
  
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• This family was torn apart in Kabul. One year later, they're still not back together

  03-09-2022 16:13 via cnn.com
  
  The night before Masi and his father were set to leave Afghanistan, the 16-year-old could not sleep. The last time he had gone to the airport, his life had been shattered, his family torn apart.
  
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• Putin too busy to attend Gorbachev's funeral

  03-09-2022 16:10 via cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: Mikhail Gorbachev's love affair changed his country -- and the world
  
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• As you count pennies we count casualties - Zelenska

  03-09-2022 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Ukraine's first lady says it's important to keep highlighting the human cost of the war in her country.
  
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• Thousands of Russians — but not Putin — line up to say goodbye to Gorbachev

  03-09-2022 15:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thousands of people lined the streets of Moscow to pay their respects to Mikhail Gorbachev ahead of his funeral on Saturday — a farewell snubbed by Russian Pres
  
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• Pilot threatening to intentionally crash small plane into Mississippi Walmart, police say

  03-09-2022 15:51 via cnn.com
  
  A pilot in Tupelo, Mississippi, is threatening to intentionally crash a small plane into a Walmart, police said Saturday morning.
  
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• Artemis I team working to find a solution as a leak threatens to delay launch

  03-09-2022 15:17 via cnn.com
  
  The uncrewed Artemis I mission is ready for a second chance at launching on a historic journey around the moon.
  
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• Mikhail Gorbachev's love affair changed his country -- and the world

  03-09-2022 15:13 via cnn.com
  
  The funeral of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday will take place in Moscow's famous Hall of Columns, where Russians have said farewell to other Soviet leaders-- some revered, some reviled -- like Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev.
  
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• Ukraine fears radioactive contamination from Zaporizhzhia

  03-09-2022 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian-held territory near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are causing radioactive contamination fears. CNN's Sam Kiley reports.
  
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• 1-year-old dies after father intentionally left him in hot car, police say

  03-09-2022 14:59 via cnn.com
  
  An Ohio father faces charges in the death of his 1-year-old son after he intentionally left the baby in a hot car, police said.
  
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• Dozens of artifacts seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  03-09-2022 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of ancient artifacts investigators believe were looted have been seized from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Black and Hispanic people are more likely to get monkeypox but less likely to be vaccinated

  03-09-2022 14:11 via cnn.com
  
  The organizers of Atlanta Black Pride, an LGBTQ celebration held each Labor Day weekend, have big plans. There will be parties and performances, workshops and financial literacy classes, brunches and a boat ride. This year also brings an event that no one ever expected would be necessary: a vaccination clinic.
  
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• Donald Trump has repeatedly called for lengthy jail sentences for those who he claimed mishandled classified information

  03-09-2022 14:08 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials.
  
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• Serena Williams - the woman who changed the game

  03-09-2022 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Muhammad Ali and perhaps Billie Jean King aside, has any athlete made a greater impact on society than Serena Williams? And she may be only just beginning.
  
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