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• Storm regains Category 1 hurricane strength over the Atlantic as it sets sights on US East Coast

  29-09-2022 23:59 via edition.cnn.com
  • Ian isn't over. Here's where the storm goes next
  • Hurricane Ian's rainfall was a 1-in-1,000 year event for the hardest hit parts of Florida
  
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• Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga found guilty of inciting violence

  29-09-2022 23:51 via theguardian.com
  Novelist given suspended sentence after staging peaceful protest calling for political reformRenowned Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of inciting violence by staging a peaceful protest calling for political reform.Dangarembga and co-accused Julie Barnes were convicted of participating in a public gathering with intent to incite public violence at Harare magistrates court on Thursday. The pair were also each fined 70,000 Zim
  
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• Everton: US group KAM Sports still interested in buying Premier League club

  29-09-2022 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The US-based KAM Sports group remains interested in acquiring Premier League club Everton.
  
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• Iran puts pressure on celebrities and journalists over Mahsa Amini protests

  29-09-2022 23:48 via theguardian.com
  Tehran says film-makers, athletes and actors who have backed demonstrations‘fanned flames of riots’Iran has stepped up pressure on celebrities and journalists over the wave of women-led protests sparked by outrage over the death of Mahsa Amini, after she was arrested by the Islamic republic’s morality police.Film-makers, athletes, musicians and actors have backed the demonstrations, and many saw it as a signal when the national football team remained in their black tracksuits w
  
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• WATCH: Worried cat encounters balloon for 1st time

  29-09-2022 23:34
  Uno the cat’s cautious curiosity paid off.
  
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• UK PM to meet fiscal watchdog after market turmoil

  29-09-2022 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Liz Truss and the chancellor will meet the OBR as a group of MPs call for its forecast to be released.
  
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• Hurricane Fiona damage shows that it's time for Puerto Rico to go its own way

  29-09-2022 23:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hurricane Fiona damage, late Biden visit shows Puerto Rico should go its own way
  
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• Truss to go to first meeting of European nations club

  29-09-2022 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 40 leaders, including from all the EU states, were invited to discuss security and energy issues.
  
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• Hurricane Ian devastates Fort Myers: 'The worst storm surge I've ever seen'

  29-09-2022 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's John Sudworth talks to residents who survived a direct hit from Hurricane Ian.
  
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• Suspect arrested for recklessly driving through TX State Capitol grounds in Austin, leaving a trail of damage

  29-09-2022 22:53 via foxnews.com
  
  A suspect has been arrested for driving erratically through the Texas State Capitol grounds, leaving a trail of damage, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Photos taken by The Associated Press Thursday morning show a broken perimeter fence, shards of glass, a smashed sign and tire tracks along the east entrance to the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday, when officers saw an unauthorized vehicle drive through an iron gate on the e
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war: US army doctor and wife charged with Russia spying

  29-09-2022 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The army major doctor and her wife, a civilian doctor, are charged over plans to leak health information.
  
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• Nigerian presidential candidates sign peace accord ahead of election

  29-09-2022 22:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Presidential candidates in Nigeria signed an accord Thursday committing to a peaceful campaign for the 2023 election. Nearly all of the 18 candidates for president signed the pact at an event in Abuja, the nation’s capital, where authorities also rolled out plans to ensure a hitch-free election. Similar peace accords have been struck in every general election cycle since 2015. Some form of violence usually accompanies general elections in Nigeria. At least 58 people died in election-relate
  
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• The Tylenol murders: A look back at the rash of 1982 drug store poisonings

  29-09-2022 22:50 via foxnews.com
  Early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1982, a 12-year-old girl, Mary Kellerman, came down with a sore throat and a runny nose, and her parents gave her one extra-strength Tylenol. Hours later, she was dead. Over the next several days, six more people in the Chicago area died suddenly after taking the then-best-selling non-prescription pain reliever. Investigators soon realized that each victim had swallowed a tablet laced with a lethal dose of cyanide. The pill manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, d
  
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• MLB says minor league games reduced by almost a half hour thanks to pitch clocks

  29-09-2022 22:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Major League Baseball has been experimenting with pitch clocks throughout the minor league season with the goal of cutting the length of games. According to officials, the clocks have resulted in the average time of a minor league game being reducing by an average of 25 minutes. The league ultimately hopes this trend translates into the big leagues during the 2023 season. A deeper dive into the data released by the commissioner's office revealed the average time of a minor game dropped to 2 hour
  
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• 2 Missouri health executives plead guilty in corruption scheme

  29-09-2022 22:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Two former executives of a Missouri health nonprofit have pleaded guilty to their roles in a corruption scheme that ensnared several Arkansas elected officials and lobbyists, federal prosecutors said. Bontiea Bernedette Goss, 63, and her husband, Tommy Ray Goss, 66, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to conspiracy charges arising from a multi-year federal investigation. The couple were executives at Preferred Family Healthcare Inc., a Springfield-based nonprofit that provided services suc
  
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• Jury deliberations continue for man accused of abducting, killing 2 Arizona girls

  29-09-2022 22:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Deliberations resumed Thursday in the first of two trials for a man accused of abducting and killing two young Tucson girls separately and dumping their bodies in the desert. A Pima County Superior Court jury got the case late Wednesday afternoon after prosecutor Tracy Miller said in her closing argument there was a "mountain of circumstantial evidence" in the case and "it is not a coincidence that all these pieces of the puzzle point directly to Christopher Clements." But defense attorney Josep
  
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• World Cup 2022: Denmark to protest host nation with 'toned-down' jerseys

  29-09-2022 22:39 via foxnews.com
  
  The Danish men's national soccer team will wear "toned-down" jerseys at the 2022 World Cup in protest of Qatar’s human rights record, including a black alternate jersey that represents "the (color) of mourning."Hummel, a Danish sportswear brand and longtime kit manufacturer for the Danish national team, released this year’s look on Instagram Wednesday with a message about the design in relation to the host nation, which has been fiercely criticized in the past decade for its treatmen
  
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• Katie Couric's breast cancer: What other women can learn from her diagnosis

  29-09-2022 22:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Longtime television journalist Katie Couric announced this week that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in June of this year and has now undergone successful surgery to remove a 2.5-centimeter tumor.  "Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. On June 21st, I became one of them," Couric tweeted on Sept. 28, 2022. Couric decided to have "breast conservation" surgery followed by radiation and medication, as Fox News Digital just reported. KATIE COURIC
  
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• New York to adopt California 2035 electric vehicle plan

  29-09-2022 22:38 via foxnews.com
  
  New York state plans to adopt California's rules approved in August that would require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday. Hochul said in a statement that she has directed a state environmental agency to propose and finalize rules adopting California's plan setting yearly rising zero-emission vehicle rules starting in 2026 that phases out gasoline-only new car sales by 2035. The agency will hold a p
  
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• Tropical storm is intensifying and expected to become a hurricane again as it heads north

  29-09-2022 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  • Ian isn't over. Here's where the storm goes next
  • Hurricane Ian's rainfall was a 1-in-1,000 year event for the hardest hit parts of Florida
  
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• Liz Truss to attend first meeting of European Political Community

  29-09-2022 22:34 via theguardian.com
  Inaugural summit of EU initiative that aims to unite Europe on issues such as security and energy to take place in PragueLiz Truss will attend the inaugural summit of the European Political Community (EPC) next week, an initiative by the EU aimed at uniting the continent to work together on security and other common projects.The prime minister plans to attend the first EPC summit in Prague on 6 October, a No 10 source told the Guardian, despite her scepticism about the EU-led initiative. Continu
  
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• Judge rejects part of Mar-a-Lago special master's plan in win for Trump

  29-09-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump is pushing back against a plan from the special master overseeing the review of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago that would require Trump to declare in court whether the Justice Department's inventory from the search is accurate.
  
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• Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa puts Tyreek Hill's Bengals rival on notice: 'Know that he is getting the ball'

  29-09-2022 22:34 via foxnews.com
  
  There’s one matchup in the game between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals that almost seems like a WWE skit heading into Thursday night.  Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill stared directly into the camera after his team’s win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday and told Bengals cornerback Eli Apple that he is coming for him.  "I can’t wait to go against Eli Apple. I owe you, boy. I owe you. I’m here. The cheetah’s here," Hill said smiling directly int
  
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• US Army doctor and anesthesiologist charged with conspiring to provide US military medical records to Russia

  29-09-2022 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  A wife and husband from Maryland have been charged with conspiring to provide the Russian government with personal medical records from the US government and military, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.
  
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• Everton 1-0 Leicester: Toffees beat Leicester with late own goal in WSL

  29-09-2022 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  An own goal by goalkeeper Kirstie Levell deep in stoppage time gives Everton victory over Leicester City in the Women's Super League.
  
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• Second landfall expected in South Carolina

  29-09-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Hurricane Ian's vicious combination of winds, rain and storm surge caused at least a dozen deaths, flooded homes, cut off roadways and left millions of Florida residents without power Thursday.
  
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• One of Europe's busiest airports to cap passengers through early 2023

  29-09-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport -- one of Europe's busiest -- announced plans Thursday to continue capping the number of travelers departing from the airport through early 2023.
  
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• Eighteen Cuban migrants missing after boat sinks during Hurricane Ian

  29-09-2022 21:26 via theguardian.com
  Search and rescue effort under way after vessel sank in Stock Island, in the Florida Keys, hours before hurricane made landfallEighteen people are missing after a boat carrying Cuban migrants sank off Florida due to Hurricane Ian, further underlining the human cost of the storm.US border patrol said on Wednesday that it responded to a migrant landing in Stock Island, in the lower Florida Keys, Reuters said. Continue reading...
  
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• US officials troubled by controversial UK tax cut plan

  29-09-2022 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  US officials are increasingly troubled by the United Kingdom's proposal to slash taxes at a time of crushing inflation, a plan that has ignited turbulence in financial markets.
  
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• Webb telescope spies a celestial sparkler among the universe's earliest galaxies

  29-09-2022 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  The very first image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing some of the oldest stars and galaxies in the universe, including one that looks like a sparkler, according to new research.
  
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• Scenes from the unimaginable destruction of Hurricane Ian

  29-09-2022 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  Hurricane Ian shredded the roof of a Port Charlotte intensive care unit, flooding the hospital ward and turning a stairwell into a waterfall.
  
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• WATCH: Good Samaritans rescue man from flooded vehicle during Hurricane Ian

  29-09-2022 20:16
  A group of good Samaritans saved a man stuck in surging waters in Bonita Springs, Florida, as Hurricane Ian hit the state.
  
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• Uefa confirms it does not allow concussion subs after confusion over Beth Mead head injury

  29-09-2022 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Uefa confirms it does not allow concussion substitutions following confusion over a head injury suffered by Beth Mead in Arsenal women's game against Ajax.
  
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• Google to close Stadia cloud service and refund gamers

  29-09-2022 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Stadia allows players to stream games online without owning a console.
  
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• Could a digital twin of Tuvalu preserve the island nation before it’s lost to the collapsing climate?

  29-09-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  With rising seas expected to submerge the nation by 2100, official says ‘we should always be able to remember Tuvalu as it is, before it disappears’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWhen Tuvalu vanishes beneath rising seas, its diaspora still want somewhere to call home – and that could be a virtual version of the tiny Pacific nation.Global heating is threatening to submerge Tuvalu by the
  
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• Tsitsi Dangarembga: Zimbabwe author convicted over placard protest

  29-09-2022 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A court rules that Tsitsi Dangarembga incited violence by walking with a sign calling for reform.
  
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• See TikTok users' curious replacement for the cheese board

  29-09-2022 19:18 via cnn.com
  
  Have you eaten off a "butter board" yet? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a food trend that's literally spreading.
  
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• Have you heard of butter board? New food trend explained

  29-09-2022 19:18 via cnn.com
  
  Have you eaten off a "butter board" yet? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a food trend that's literally spreading.
  
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• 'Utter ferocity': See the devastating scene in a newly-liberated Ukrainian town

  29-09-2022 19:06 via cnn.com
  
  As Ukrainian forces make further gains in the eastern region of Donetsk, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports from a newly-liberated monastery town in the region, where local residents spent seven months underground while Russian forces occupied their homes.
  
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• Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate

  29-09-2022 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The time and cause of Elizabeth II's death have been revealed by Scottish authorities.
  
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• US Army doctor and anesthesiologist charged with conspiring to provide US military medical records to Russian government

  29-09-2022 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  A wife and husband from Maryland have been charged with conspiring to provide the Russian government with personal medical records from the US government and military, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.
  
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• Putin to host ceremony annexing occupied Ukrainian territories on Friday, Kremlin says

  29-09-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  The Kremlin will host a ceremony on Friday at which agreements will be signed on the entry of occupied Ukrainian territories to the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told reporters on Thursday.
  
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• Tensions soar in Brazil as presidential election approaches

  29-09-2022 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil's upcoming presidential election has been shrouded by an unprecedented climate of tension and violence. As the Oct. 2 vote approaches, episodes of harassment and attacks have intensified, with even neutral players like poll institutes turning into targets.
  
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• Brazil's presidential vote is just days away. Voters are comparing it to 'war'

  29-09-2022 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil's upcoming presidential election has been shrouded by an unprecedented climate of tension and violence. As the Oct. 2 vote approaches, episodes of harassment and attacks have intensified, with even neutral players like poll institutes turning into targets.
  
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• WATCH: Group rescues elderly man from flooded vehicle during Hurricane Ian

  29-09-2022 18:36
  The man's vehicle was submerged in floodwaters in Bonita Springs, Florida, with the door wedged shut.
  
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• Webb, Hubble space telescopes share images of DART slamming into an asteroid

  29-09-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  Two of the most powerful telescopes in space watched as a NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into an asteroid this week.
  
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• Young non-smokers told not to take up vaping by experts

  29-09-2022 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  But the findings do show that vaping is far safer than cigarettes, so smokers should switch.
  
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• PGA Tour launches LIV Golf lawsuit counterclaim

  29-09-2022 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The PGA Tour launches a counterclaim lawsuit against the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, saying it enticed players to breach contracts and help 'sportswash' the nation's human rights record.
  
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• Antonio Conte it is 'embarrassing for everybody' after fan threw banana at Richarlison

  29-09-2022 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Tottenham boss Antonio Conte says that in 2022 it is "embarrassing for everybody" that a banana was thrown at Richarlison during a friendly between Brazil and Tunisia on Tuesday.
  
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• Quiz of the week: Whose crystal flute did Lizzo play?

  29-09-2022 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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