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• Former CIA chief doesn't think Putin is planning a nuclear strike. Here's why

  07-10-2022 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is warning that the world faces the highest prospect of nuclear war in 60 years. CNN's Jake Tapper talks with Steve Hall, a former CIA Chief of Russia Operations, who says Putin is likely not planning a nuclear launch.
  
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• Brother of suspect in killing of kidnapped California family arrested

  07-10-2022 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The brother of a man suspected of kidnapping and killing four members of the same central California family was arrested in connection with the horrific crime,
  
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• Dow drops over 600 points, as job gains remain steady, complicating Fed effort to lower prices

  07-10-2022 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Stocks fell on Friday as traders evaluated September’s jobs report, which showed the unemployment rate continuing to decline.
  
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• The real 'Green New Deal': Late night jokes about Biden's weed pardons

  07-10-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he's pardoning all federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. More than 6500 people are potentially exonerated, but it's the late night hosts who were having the most fun with it.
  
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• Opinion: Biden's fist bump turned slap in the face

  07-10-2022 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  So much for cozying up to the Saudis -- President Joe Biden's much-hyped fist bump with Mohammed bin Salman during a trip to the Middle East back in July has turned into something of a slap across the face from the crown prince.
  
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• Biden's fist bump turned slap in the face

  07-10-2022 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  So much for cozying up to the Saudis -- President Joe Biden's much-hyped fist bump with Mohammed bin Salman during a trip to the Middle East back in July has turned into something of a slap across the face from the crown prince.
  
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• Biden's fist bump turned into a slap in the face

  07-10-2022 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  So much for cozying up to the Saudis -- President Joe Biden's much-hyped fist bump with Mohammed bin Salman during a trip to the Middle East back in July has turned into something of a slap across the face from the crown prince.
  
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• Anthony Rapp fights back tears during testimony in sex abuse trial against Kevin Spacey

  07-10-2022 22:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Star Trek: Discovery" star Anthony Rapp appeared to fight back tears as he testified in federal court Friday about the "incredibly frightening and very
  
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• Why the U.S. ordering a $290 million supply of a radiation sickness drug is no cause for alarm

  07-10-2022 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Although President Joe Biden warned of nuclear "Armageddon," that's not why the U.S. purchased a supply of a radiation sickness drug, the federal health agency said.
  
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• Chris Pratt's 'Mario' voice has the internet talking

  07-10-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Chris Pratt's voice for a film version of the iconic video game character Super Mario has arrived, and many on the internet have some thoughts.
  
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• Purdue University student told police he used knife to kill roommate as he was sitting in a chair, affidavit says

  07-10-2022 22:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Purdue University student suspected in the killing of his roommate in their dorm room this week confessed to police he stabbed him to death, according to an affidavit.
  
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• Why Russia but not China faces human rights action

  07-10-2022 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The UN has examined allegations of repression and human rights violations in both countries.
  
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• Uvalde school district suspends entire police department over shooting fallout

  07-10-2022 20:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  The police department for the Uvalde, Texas, school district has been suspended "for a period of time" amid fallout from the response to the May 24 Robb Element
  
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• Iran's 'women's revolution' could be a Berlin Wall moment

  07-10-2022 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  The Islamic regime in Iran has ruled for decades with fear and intimidation.
  
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• Ukraine war: World must act now to stop Russia nuclear threat - Zelensky

  07-10-2022 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Ukraine's president tells the BBC "they are not ready to do it... But they begin to communicate".
  
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• NYC Mayor declares state of emergency over influx of migrants

  07-10-2022 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to help respond to the city's migrant crisis, which he told reporters Friday will cost the city $1 billion this fiscal year.
  
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• Haiti government asks for international military assistance

  07-10-2022 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  Haiti's government has asked for international military assistance as it grapples with interlocked health, energy and security crises, according to a statement from Jean-Junior Joseph, advisor to Haiti's Prime Minister.
  
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• Officers fired 38 shots at 20-year-old Black man experiencing mental health crisis, police say

  07-10-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  A 20-year-old Black man was experiencing a mental health crisis when he was killed this week after five Detroit police officers fired 38 shots at him in roughly three seconds, according to police.
  
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• Detroit officers fired 38 shots at a 20-year-old Black man experiencing a mental health crisis, police say

  07-10-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  A 20-year-old Black man was experiencing a mental health crisis when he was killed this week after five Detroit police officers fired 38 shots at him in roughly three seconds, according to police.
  
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• New York City declares asylum seeker state of emergency, Mayor Adams blasts Texas Gov. Abbott as 'untrustworthy'

  07-10-2022 19:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  New York Mayor Eric Adams declared a city emergency on Friday in the wake of a "humanitarian crisis" that has brought thousands ofasylum-seekers to the five boroughs.
  
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• Jada Pinkett Smith to write memoir discussing her ‘complicated marriage’ to Will Smith

  07-10-2022 19:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed she will be writing a memoir that shares details about her difficult journey in Hollywood and her “complicated marriage” to Will
  
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• U.S. aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new export rules

  07-10-2022 19:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration on Friday published a sweeping set of export controls, including a measure to cut China off from certain semiconductor chips made
  
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• Look of the Week: Why the internet is cooing over Sarah Jessica Parker's pigeon purse

  07-10-2022 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  On Wednesday, paparazzi shots of Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis filming scenes from the second season of the HBO Max series "And Just Like That..." ricocheted across the internet. (HBO Max is owned by CNN's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.)
  
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• UN body reaches long-term aviation climate goal of net zero by 2050

  07-10-2022 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Decision described as a compromise by several European countries who wanted a more ambitious targetA United Nations body has agreed to a long-term aspirational goal for aviation of net-zero emissions by 2050, despite challenges from China and Russia, as countries aligned overwhelmingly with airlines amid pressure to curb pollution from flights.Nevertheless, environmentalists criticised the non-binding nature of the agreement as toothless. Continue reading...
  
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• Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants

  07-10-2022 19:09 via theguardian.com
  New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentenceA New York City man faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly attempting to smuggle three large snakes across the US-Canada border – in his pants.Queens resident Calvin Bautista, 36, is accused of hiding three Burmese pythons while on a bus crossing into the US at the Champlain port of entry in New York state on 15 July 2018, the Associated Press reported. Continu
  
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• Rare ‘fancy vivid pink’ diamond sells for £52m in Hong Kong auction

  07-10-2022 18:38 via theguardian.com
  Williamson Pink Star sets world record highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auctionAn extremely rare “fancy vivid pink” diamond has sold for 453m Hong Kong dollars (£52m) – more than double its estimated price – and set a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction.The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, which is named after another pink diamond given to Queen Elizabeth II as a wedding gift, was sold to an undisclosed bu
  
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• Kanye West on shirt decision: 'Idea of me wearing it was funny'

  07-10-2022 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  In an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Kanye West discussed his decision to wear a "White Lives Matter" shirt. HLN's Melissa Knowles has the highlights.
  
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• Suspect, brother in custody after kidnapped family members found dead

  07-10-2022 18:34 via abcnews.go.com
  Four family members, including an 8-month-old, were kidnapped Monday in Northern California.
  
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• Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer

  07-10-2022 18:26 via abcnews.go.com
  It was the nation’s deadliest shooting rampage.
  
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• Mahsa Amini did not die from blows to body, Iranian coroner says amid widespread protests

  07-10-2022 18:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  A young woman whose death triggered weeks of violent unrest in Iran did not die due to blows to the head and limbs but from multiple organ failure, a coroner's
  
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• 2 killed, 6 hurt in Vegas stabbings; suspect ID'd

  07-10-2022 18:17 via abcnews.go.com
  Two people are dead and three are in critical condition from a series of stabbings in Las Vegas.
  
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• Ukraine's progress in Kherson is sparking rare criticism of Moscow's war effort

  07-10-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Ukrainian military has recaptured 2,400 square kilometers of territory in Kherson region in the south of the country "since the beginning of the full-scale war," a senior Ukrainian official said Friday.
  
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• Official says forces have recaptured nearly 1,000 square miles of territory, much of it in the past two weeks

  07-10-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Ukrainian military has recaptured 2,400 square kilometers of territory in Kherson region in the south of the country "since the beginning of the full-scale war," a senior Ukrainian official said Friday.
  
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• Climate change: World aviation agrees 'aspirational' net zero plan

  07-10-2022 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  UN member states pledge to decarbonise air travel, but green groups say the deal is weak and non-binding.
  
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• Teen's mother disputes Iran, says she died of blows to head

  07-10-2022 17:58 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities said she fell to her death from a high building.
  
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• NYC Mayor Eric Adams declares state of emergency over influx of migrants

  07-10-2022 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to help respond to the city's migrant crisis, which he told reporters Friday will cost the city $1 billion this fiscal year.
  
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• Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants

  07-10-2022 17:56 via abcnews.go.com
  New York City’s mayor has declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states
  
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• Watch: Sacred statues damaged after volcano fire

  07-10-2022 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  Easter Island's towering stone heads and other archaeological elements have been charred by a fire, according to local Indigenous and Chilean authorities.
  
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• Why Saudi Arabia defied the US over OPEC oil supply cut

  07-10-2022 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  Saudi Arabia's energy minister once famously said that the kingdom "derives pleasure from keeping everyone on their toes."
  
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• Thailand in mourning after children killed in mass stabbing and shooting

  07-10-2022 17:40 via theguardian.com
  Nation in shock after 37 people, mostly children, killed by former police officer who was due in court on drug chargeThailand was in a state of mourning on Friday after a gun and knife attack at a nursery left dozens dead and prompted calls for gun control and a crackdown on illicit drugs.Thirty-seven people were killed when a former police officer opened fire and stabbed children as they slept at the preschool in Uthai Sawan, a town 310 miles north-east of Bangkok on Thursday. Continue reading.
  
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• Some Putin allies appear to have a scapegoat for Russia's military failures in Ukraine

  07-10-2022 17:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Who’s to blame for Russia’s military failures in Ukraine? The Kremlin blame game has settled on Putin's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu.
  
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• Human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus share Nobel Peace Prize

  07-10-2022 17:31 via cnn.com
  
  Human rights groups from Russia and Ukraine -- Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties -- have won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022, along with the jailed Belarusian advocate Ales Bialiatski.
  
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• Parents mourn twins killed in daycare massacre

  07-10-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  The Thailand daycare center massacre is the country's most murderous rampage in recent history. CNN's Anna Coren spoke to some of the families of the mostly young victims and was allowed inside the scene of the crime.
  
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• The Justice Department believes Trump might have more White House documents

  07-10-2022 16:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Department of Justice suspects former President Donald Trump still possesses documents that he took from the White House, sources familiar with the matter said.
  
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• This is how pythons can devour enormous prey

  07-10-2022 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  The expression "so hungry I could eat a horse" might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least.
  
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• CNN rides along with mental health crisis response team

  07-10-2022 16:46 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta rides along with HEART, a pilot program in North Carolina using mental health clinicians to assist in emergency situations.
  
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• WATCH: Space station welcomes 1st Native American woman

  07-10-2022 16:38 via abcnews.go.com
  A SpaceX capsule carrying a crew of astronauts, including Nicole Mann, the first Native American woman in space, docks to the International Space Station.
  
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• WATCH: Cow saved by motorists after tumbling from trailer on highway

  07-10-2022 16:38 via abcnews.go.com
  When this calf fell out of a moving trailer amid busy traffic on Interstate 95 in Massachusetts, concerned motorists rushed to help.
  
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• ‘I saw my grandson’s name and I fainted’: grief engulfs town after Thailand nursery attack

  07-10-2022 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Families tell of the moment they heard about gun and knife attack that killed 37 people, most of them childrenOn Friday morning, in the baking sun, grieving parents filed in a line to leave flowers outside the Uthai Sawan nursery school in northern Thailand. Women dressed in black and with heads bowed each placed a white rose on the entrance steps.A mother, standing at the side, clutched her son’s red blanket and his milk bottle, still half-full. Continue reading...
  
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• Binance hacked to the tune of $100 million or more

  07-10-2022 16:31 via abcnews.go.com
  Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, may have lost more than $100 million following a hack of its Binance Smart Chain blockchain network
  
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