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• FDA warns against 'very unsafe' social media trends targeting teenagers

  21-09-2022 23:56 via abcnews.go.com
  The FDA is warning parents and teens about "very unsafe" social media trends, including a recent one that has begun trending online involving cooking chicken in NyQuil.
  
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• Fed makes history with supersized rate hike

  21-09-2022 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Stocks rise ahead of a critical rate hike decision from the Fed• US dollar hits new 20-year high
  
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• Michigan man pleads guilty to gun crime in WVa bar shooting

  21-09-2022 23:31 via abcnews.go.com
  A Michigan man charged in a New Year’s Eve shooting at a West Virginia bar that wounded seven people has pleaded guilty to a federal gun crime
  
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• WATCH: Diver gets up close and personal with seal

  21-09-2022 23:12 via abcnews.go.com
  A sweet seal got very up close and personal with a diver off the coast of northeast England.
  
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• Toddler found dead in stolen car after dad fatally shot; suspect in custody

  21-09-2022 22:45 via abcnews.go.com
  A toddler was found dead inside a car that was stolen after the child's father was shot and killed in Houston on Tuesday, police said.
  
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• Brazil election: Why it matters so much to the US

  21-09-2022 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The US has been taking a keen interest in who Brazil picks as its next president. Why?
  
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• Worker was dead in Belk department store bathroom for 4 days

  21-09-2022 22:28 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities say a 63-year-old worker died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina department store, but her body was not discovered for four days
  
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• Former cop Thomas Lane sentenced in state case over George Floyd's death

  21-09-2022 22:12 via abcnews.go.com
  Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who pleaded guilty to his role in the 2020 death of George Floyd, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in state prison.
  
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• JPMorgan Chase CEO warns policy makers to be 'prepared for the worst'

  21-09-2022 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon told policy members during a House Financial Services Hearing to be "prepared for the worst" when asked about the likelihood that the Fed would achieve a "soft landing" in their efforts to combat inflation.
  
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• The next named storm could be a monster hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico

  21-09-2022 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  Hurricane Fiona is the strongest hurricane of the Atlantic season, and now forecast models show a developing storm could become a monstrous threat to the US Gulf Coast by next week.
  
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• 2 Americans and 5 Britons captured in Ukraine freed in prisoner swap

  21-09-2022 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia.
  
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• This company uses TikTok videos to recruit new employees

  21-09-2022 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  Daisuke Sakurai is not your typical TikTok influencer. He is the CEO of a small security company in Tokyo that has struggled with hiring, especially among young candidates. Here's how his company found fame while using TikTok to recruit.
  
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• New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business

  21-09-2022 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  The New York state attorney general filed a sweeping lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization, alleging they were involved in an expansive fraud lasting over a decade that the former President used to enrich himself.
  
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• Zendaya takes phrase 'hot off the runway' to the next level

  21-09-2022 21:24 via cnn.com
  
  If ever anyone needed more convincing of Zendaya's fashion influence -- beyond her Vogue covers, Valentino campaigns (as a global ambassador for the fashion house) and title as the youngest ever recipient of the CFDA's Fashion Icon Award -- look no further than the actor's latest Instagram post.
  
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• Inquests to be held into Canada stabbings and custody death

  21-09-2022 21:14 via abcnews.go.com
  Saskatchewan’s chief coroner says an inquest will determine the cause of death of the suspect who died in police custody after a stabbing rampage in the Canadian province
  
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• 2 teens dead after shots are fired into house in SW Michigan

  21-09-2022 21:05 via abcnews.go.com
  A group of people shot into a home in a small southwestern Michigan city, killing two teenagers and injuring three others inside
  
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• Fed goes big again with third straight 75-point rate hike

  21-09-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve made history on Wednesday, approving a third consecutive 75-basis-point hike in an aggressive move to tackle the white-hot inflation that has been plaguing the US economy.
  
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• How a woman became a symbol of defiance in Iran

  21-09-2022 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Mahsa Amini's death in police custody has sparked a wave of protest across Iran.
  
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• EU Commission president proposes new round of EU sanctions on Russia

  21-09-2022 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen tells Christiane Amanpour that the latest move from Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for a new round of EU sanctions.
  
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• Ukraine war live: British nationals held by Russian-backed forces released; anti-war protesters detained across Russia

  21-09-2022 20:33 via theguardian.com
  Five British nationals held in Ukraine returned, UK PM says; protests in Russia after Putin announces partial mobilisationAt a glance: what we know on day 210 of the invasionPutin is now talking about the referendums, saying that Russia will do all it can to ensure safe conditions for the referendums for people to be able to express their will.Putin has said that the Ukrainian army has been trained by Nato and is actually commanded by foreign commanders. He said the politics of terror and intimi
  
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• IMF chief warns there will be 'people on the street' globally unless steps taken to ease inflation

  21-09-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  There will be "people on the street" globally unless steps are taken to protect the most vulnerable from inflation, International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday.
  
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• Liz Truss says any ‘sham referendums’ in Ukraine will not be recognised – UK politics live

  21-09-2022 20:31 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister says Putin’s calls for mobilisation ‘are a sure sign his barbaric invasion is failing’Here is some opposition party reaction to the energy support package for business announced by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the business secretary, this morning.Labour says the help has come too late. This is from Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow business secretary.It is farcical that the Tories have been unable to tell businesses at the sharp end of the energy crisis what they plan to do to h
  
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• Aiden Aslin among five UK nationals released by Russian-backed forces

  21-09-2022 20:26 via theguardian.com
  Nine other foreign fighters also released after intervention of Saudi ArabiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesA Briton who was threatened with execution after being captured by Russian forces during the siege of Mariupol has been released with nine other foreign fighters following the intervention of Saudi Arabia.Aiden Aslin and “the other British prisoners of war held captive by the Russian authorities” were already on their way back to the UK, Aslin’s MP, Robert Jenric
  
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• New York attorney general says ‘no one is above’ the law as Trump sued for fraud – live

  21-09-2022 20:19 via theguardian.com
  Letitia James accuses former president and his family of fraudulently inflating their net worth for financial benefitsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailBiden has kicked off his UN speech with strong rhetoric against Russia, pointed to the global body’s own rules to characterize Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine as illegal and reckless.“A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded his neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign state
  
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• Biden denounces Putin’s nuclear threats as ‘reckless’ in UN address

  21-09-2022 20:17 via theguardian.com
  US president says Russia’s planned annexation of more regions is an ‘extremely significant violation’ of UN charterJoe Biden and allied leaders have reacted angrily to Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons and pledged to maintain support for Ukraine’s support in the face of Russia’s partial mobilisation and planned annexation of more Ukrainian regions.Appearing before the UN general assembly on Wednesday, Biden sought to unite the international commu
  
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• Energy bailout will benefit corporate giants who don’t need it, MPs warn

  21-09-2022 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Opposition MPs say package should target businesses most in need and prioritise energy efficiencyMPs have raised concerns that the government’s energy bailout for businesses will see corporate giants handed huge discounts they do not need.The government on Wednesday announced a package of support including a cap that will halve the unit price paid for energy from 1 October to help companies, charities and public sector organisations, including schools, get through the winter. One estimate
  
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• Look of the Week: Zendaya is fashion's flower girl in pre-release Loewe

  21-09-2022 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  If ever anyone needed more convincing of Zendaya's fashion influence -- beyond her Vogue covers, Valentino campaigns (as a global ambassador for the fashion house) and title as the youngest ever recipient of the CFDA's Fashion Icon Award -- look no further than the actor's latest Instagram post.
  
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• Affordable housing provision in wider building projects could be ditched

  21-09-2022 20:11 via theguardian.com
  Ministers considering deregulation of planning system in some ‘investment zones’The provision of affordable housing as part of wider construction projects could be ditched under plans being considered by ministers to deregulate the planning system in about a dozen “investment zones”.Sources said the controversial move was being contemplated ahead of a mini-budget by the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on Friday outlining the government’s growth strategy and promised tax
  
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• New York attorney general announces civil lawsuit against Trump and family

  21-09-2022 20:07 via theguardian.com
  Move by Letitia James comes after culmination of years-long investigation of financial practices at the Trump OrganizationThe attorney general of New York state has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children involved in the family real-estate business, for falsely inflating his net worth by billions in order to enrich himself and secure favorable loans.Announcing the suit in New York on Wednesday, Letitia James also said referrals had been made to federal prosecut
  
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• Fed raises interest rate by 0.75 percentage points as US seeks to rein in inflation

  21-09-2022 20:02 via theguardian.com
  Third outsized rate increase in a row as central bank struggles to fight runaway inflation, increasing the cost of everythingThe Federal Reserve announced another sharp hike in interest rates on Wednesday as the central bank struggles to rein in runaway inflation.The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points, the third such outsized rate increase in a row, bringing the Fed rate to 3%-3.25% and increasing the cost of everything from credit card debt and mortgages to company
  
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• Truss tax cuts will hand big banks and insurers £6.3bn, study says

  21-09-2022 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Figures compiled by House of Commons Library measure impact of freezing corporation tax and cutting banking surchargeLiz Truss’s government has been criticised for lining up tax cuts that will help big banks and insurers save more than £6bn over the next two years.The figures, compiled by the House of Commons Library, come as the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, prepares to freeze corporation tax as part of the government’s mini-budget on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Women burn their hijabs after woman's death in police custody

  21-09-2022 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  In a powerful act of defiance some women in Iran are cutting their hair and burning their hijabs (or headscarves) to protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested by Iran's morality police. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.
  
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• WATCH: Deaf family of four shares the joy of teaching their kids ASL

  21-09-2022 19:42 via abcnews.go.com
  Estafani and Oscar, who run the 'That Deaf Family' TikTok account, have two deaf children and say 'it’s a blessing to share their culture together.'
  
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• 'Business as usual is over' says Fortescue Metals Group founder

  21-09-2022 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  Andrew Forrest, founder of Fortescue Metals Group, lays out his plan to take his company off of fossil fuels to fight climate change before the end of this decade.
  
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• Woman allegedly assaulted by suspect in Eliza Fletcher case speaks out: 'I'm angry'

  21-09-2022 19:40 via abcnews.go.com
  A woman claims she was sexually assaulted by the same suspect in the Eliza Fletcher case last year -- and police ignored her case.
  
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• Scandals dent trust in Danish leadership contender Søren Pape Poulsen

  21-09-2022 19:38 via theguardian.com
  Conservative People’s Party leader takes poll hit after undisclosed meetings and accusations about husbandOne of the leading contenders to become Denmark’s next prime minister has stumbled in the polls after revelations of undisclosed meetings and accusations that his husband had made up family links to a former president of the Dominican Republic.Søren Pape Poulsen, the leader of Denmark’s Conservative People’s Party, announced last week that his marriage was over
  
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• Judge prepares for Alex Jones to take stand in Connecticut

  21-09-2022 19:33 via abcnews.go.com
  The judge overseeing the Connecticut trial of Alex Jones says she is prepared to handle any incendiary testimony from the Infowars host when he is called to the stand this week
  
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• Tory NHS plan will not fix shortage of doctors and nurses, says Wes Streeting

  21-09-2022 19:32 via theguardian.com
  Shadow health secretary says medics are suffering ‘moral injury’ because they cannot deliver best careWes Streeting has criticised a “gaping hole” in the Conservatives’ forthcoming NHS plan, which he said would do little to address the shortage of doctors, nurses and care workers that is fuelling backlogs and workforce discontent.The shadow health secretary said that doctors and nurses considering industrial action in the coming months were not just concerned about
  
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• Victoria’s child protection database missing hundreds of children’s addresses, review finds

  21-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  ‘How are you supposed to help kids if you literally don’t know where they live?’ asks oppositionGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe addresses of hundreds of vulnerable children and young people are missing from the Victorian government’s child protection database, according to a report by the state’s auditor general.The report, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, found the IT system used by the Department of Families, Fairness and H
  
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• Rescuers rush to save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on Tasmanian beach

  21-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Marine wildlife experts are assessing the scene near Strahan – the same location as Australia’s worst mass stranding exactly two years agoGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastRescuers and marine conservationists have rushed to Tasmania’s west coast as efforts continue to save pilot whales after a mass stranding near the remote town of Strahan.On Wednesday, a pod of about 230 pilot whales became stranded on Ocean beach, west of Strahan. Some were al
  
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• Murray-Darling basin plan on the brink after NSW says it cannot meet water savings deadline

  21-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Failure infuriates other states and may force Tanya Plibersek to impose highly controversial buybacksGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastNew South Wales will seek an exemption from its obligations to deliver the final stage of the Murray-Darling basin plan, a move that could leave the environment short-changed millions of litres of water.NSW will not meet a June 2024 deadline to deliver the last 25% of water savings of the plan, to be achieved through water-saving
  
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• Daniel Andrews is on track for a third term in Victoria, but risks losing ground in safe seats

  21-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Labor is likely to secure a rare third parliamentary term, but departing MPs warn it will lose support for parachuting in non-local candidatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe 59th parliament of Victoria has been anything but boring. In the past two years there’s been a leadership spill, a finding of branch stacking, a catastrophic fall down slippery steps, a drunken car crash, dozens of protests, Covid-19 outbreaks, resignations, defections, a visit fr
  
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• Bacchus Marsh school bus crash: most students wearing seatbelts, bus association says

  21-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Police say it was ‘incredible’ no one was killed after the bus carrying Loreto college students was hit by a truck on the Western HighwayGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastMost of the 27 students onboard a bus that was hit by a truck west of Melbourne were wearing seatbelts, authorities have confirmed, saying the safety measure may have saved their lives.The school bus, operated by Little’s Coaches, was on the Western Highway at Bacchus Marsh in
  
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• After years of delays, the NSW government’s imperfect drugs policy is at least a sign of progress

  21-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Evidence shows the ‘tough on crime’ tactic does not work. NSW has finally dipped its toe into taking a different approach Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastNSW announces pre-court drug diversion schemeWhen Prof Dan Howard handed the New South Wales government the findings of his landmark inquiry into drug addiction almost three years ago, he knew some of the 109 recommendations would prove unpalatable.Specifically, any move to decriminalise illicit dr
  
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• Russian nuclear sabre-rattling is designed to create fear in the west

  21-09-2022 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Russian announcements cover up fact that mobilisation will take months to have impactIt was inevitable, after Russia’s sudden military reverse near Kharkiv, that Vladimir Putin would respond, announcing a partial mobilisation of extra troops and a fresh bout of sabre-rattling on nuclear weapons a day after announcing plans to hold high-speed annexation referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine.The timing, on the morning of Joe Biden’s speech to the UN general assembly aimed at rallyin
  
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• Denmark offers ‘loss and damage’ funding to poorer countries for climate breakdown

  21-09-2022 19:09 via theguardian.com
  Denmark ‘gets ball rolling’ at UN general assembly ahead of protests, as poor nations call for much greater collective commitmentYouth groups in Africa are preparing to embark on a series of climate demonstrations on Friday to highlight the problem of “loss and damage” to poor countries blighted by climate breakdown, as only one rich country has so far stepped up with funding for the problem.Actions will take place on Friday in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo and the De
  
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• Maggie Haberman breaks down New York AG's lawsuit against Trump

  21-09-2022 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman gives her analysis after the New York state attorney general filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization, alleging involvement in expansive fraud. Hear the conversation on CNN's Inside Politics.
  
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• Jackson water problems go deeper than pipes, experts say

  21-09-2022 19:03 via abcnews.go.com
  When Jackson residents lost access to clean water late last month, government officials scrambled to fix an infrastructure problem bigger than just money could solve.
  
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• Sharp rise in demand and price for flights out of Moscow

  21-09-2022 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Travel agency websites in Russia showed a dramatic increase in the demand for flights to destinations where Russians do not require a visa Wednesday, following President Vladimir Putin's announcement of the "partial mobilization" of Russian citizens to bolster his depleted forces in Ukraine.
  
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• Endangered Mar Menor lagoon in Spain granted legal status as a person

  21-09-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Legislation codifies lagoon’s right ‘to exist as an ecosystem’ and to protection, conservation and restorationOne of Europe’s largest and most endangered saltwater lagoons is facing a less fetid future after Spain’s senate voted to grant the threatened ecosystem legal status as a person.The Mar Menor, a protected area off south-east Spain separated from the Mediterranean by a 13-mile sandbar, has been polluted by poor sewage systems, fertilisers and discharge from m
  
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