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• Supreme Court throws out lower court ruling that allowed undated ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania judicial race

  11-10-2022 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lower court ruling that said undated mail-in ballots in a Pennsylvania judicial race had to be counted, a decision that could eventually impact the commonwealth's closely watched US Senate race.
  
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• McConnell ignores Trump's attacks and says 'I have the votes' in quest to make history

  11-10-2022 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  It's become a throwaway line at former President Donald Trump's campaign rallies: GOP senators must boot Mitch McConnell from the leadership position he's held longer than any Republican in American history.
  
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• The Statue of Liberty's Crown reopens for the first time in more than 2 years

  11-10-2022 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  The public can once again enter the crown portion of the Statue of Liberty -- the first time since it closed its doors in March 2020 because the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson told CNN.
  
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• Biden says Putin 'totally miscalculated' by invading Ukraine but is a 'rational actor'

  11-10-2022 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "rational actor" who nonetheless badly misjudged his ability to invade Ukraine and suppress its people.
  
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• ‘It’s about ethics’: Nigeria urges British Museum to follow US and repatriate bronzes

  11-10-2022 22:19 via theguardian.com
  Culture minister says UK institution ‘should learn from what has happened’ as Smithsonian returns 29 Benin artefactsThe culture minister of Nigeria has urged the British Museum to follow the example of the Smithsonian Institution, which on Tuesday returned ownership of 29 Benin bronzes to Nigeria at a celebratory event in Washington.Lai Mohammed praised the move by the US National Museum of African Art, which follows a recent restitution agreement with Germany that included the hando
  
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• DOJ urges Supreme Court to stay out of Mar-a-Lago documents fight

  11-10-2022 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject former President Donald Trump's request that it intervene in the dispute over classified documents seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last summer.
  
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• Angela Lansbury, beloved star of 'Murder, She Wrote,' dead at 96

  11-10-2022 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Angela Lansbury, who enjoyed an eclectic, award-winning movie and stage career in addition becoming America's favorite TV sleuth in "Murder, She Wrote," has died, according to a statement from her family provided to NBC, which was the network home of the long-running series. She was 96.
  
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• Murder She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies at 96

  11-10-2022 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Angela Lansbury, star of the US TV crime series Murder She Wrote, has died at the age of 96.
  
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• Obituary: Angela Lansbury

  11-10-2022 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Award winning British actress whose long career included the role of Jessica Fletcher in Murder she Wrote
  
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• Copenhagen 0-0 Manchester City: Pep Guardiola's 10-man side made to wait on last-16 place

  11-10-2022 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Ten-man Manchester City miss a penalty and have a goal ruled out as they are made to wait to reach the last 16 of the Champions League by Copenhagen in a VAR-dominated contest.
  
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• First funerals held for Irish explosion victims

  11-10-2022 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Jessica Gallagher, 24, and Martin McGill, 49, were two of the 10 people who died in an explosion.
  
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• Biden’s move on cannabis is big for communities of color. But this would be bigger.

  11-10-2022 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Governments must actively consider how to keep the price of legal cannabis sales from dropping and then invest that revenue into marginalized communities.
  
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• Angela Lansbury, 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Beauty and the Beast' star, dies at 96

  11-10-2022 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Angela Lansbury, one of the greatest stars of stage and screen history, dies at TK.
  
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• Pork is on the Supreme Court's legal menu in California animal welfare case

  11-10-2022 21:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court weighs whether a California animal welfare measure that bans the sale of pork when breeding pigs are housed in confined spacesimpermissibly regulates farmers in other states.
  
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• Prosecutors drop all charges against 'Serial' podcast subject Adnan Syed

  11-10-2022 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man who spent over two decades behind bars for the killing of his ex-girlfriend and whose murder case was featured in the landmark podcast "Serial."
  
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• The DART mission successfully changed the motion of an asteroid

  11-10-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos when the NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into the space rock on September 26, according to the agency.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg reveals new Quest Pro VR headset

  11-10-2022 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook-owner Meta has revealed a new VR headset as part of its continued metaverse push.
  
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• Fetterman says his stroke recovery 'changes everything,' but that he’s fit to serve as senator

  11-10-2022 20:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in a crucial Pennsylvania Senate race, still struggles to understand what he hears and to speak clearly following a
  
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• See baby get crowd-surfed to 'The Rock'

  11-10-2022 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is use to getting gifts from fans. This time a dad crowd-surfed his baby to Johnson during a "Black Adam" tour event.
  
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• Kevin Spacey's lawyer gets Anthony Rapp to admit discrepancy in his reason for coming forward

  11-10-2022 20:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Anthony Rapp, the "Star Trek: Discovery" actor who has accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of climbing on top of him at a party in 1986, conceded under
  
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• Scholar breaks down what the Iranian regime fears most

  11-10-2022 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  Reza Aslan, author of "An American Martyr in Persia," talks to Christiane Amanpour about the history of protests in Iran and the little-known American man who lost his life siding with revolutionaries in the early 1900s.
  
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• How one American became idolized in Iran

  11-10-2022 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  Reza Aslan, author of "An American Martyr in Persia," talks to Christiane Amanpour about the history of protests in Iran and the little-known American man who lost his life siding with revolutionaries in the early 1900s.
  
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• Chinese technology poses major risk - GCHQ Chief

  11-10-2022 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Jeremy Fleming says the country's leadership is aiming to manipulate technology to gain influence.
  
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• Zelensky asks G7 for 'air shield' as rockets rain down on Ukraine

  11-10-2022 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  As deadly Russian airstrikes continued into a second day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday asked the Group of 7 nations to help his country establish an "air shield" against aerial attacks.
  
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• Adnan Syed: All charges dropped in Serial podcast case

  11-10-2022 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Syed has spent 23 years in prison for the murder of Hae Min Lee, but has long maintained his innocence.
  
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• When my 9-year-old asks why Russia is bombing us -- this is what I say

  11-10-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  On Monday, Russian missiles scorched a children's playground in Kyiv that my family calls "our playground," leaving behind a gaping crater. Later, people gathered to take photos of the rocket's footprint in the upturned soil, where bits of twisted metal lay scattered just a few feet from the brightly-painted climbing frame and merry-go-round.
  
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• Opinion: The day a Russian missile hit 'our playground'

  11-10-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  On Monday, Russian missiles scorched a children's playground in Kyiv that my family calls "our playground," leaving behind a gaping crater. Later, people gathered to take photos of the rocket's footprint in the upturned soil, where bits of twisted metal lay scattered just a few feet from the brightly-painted climbing frame and merry-go-round.
  
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• Coronation of Britain’s King Charles to be held next May

  11-10-2022 19:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey next May in a ceremony set to follow the traditional pageantry used for anointing
  
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• IMF warns rising prices will be worse in UK

  11-10-2022 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Slovakia is the only eurozone country expected to have higher inflation than the UK by the end of next year.
  
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• Prosecutor drops charges against Adnan Syed in 1999 murder of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee

  11-10-2022 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Baltimore City State Attorney's Office dropped charges Tuesday against Adnan Syed in the 1999 murder of former girlfriend Hae Min Lee, weeks after his murder conviction was overturned.
  
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• Buckingham Palace sets date for coronation of King Charles III

  11-10-2022 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  The coronation of King Charles III will take place on May 6 next year at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.
  
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• Anthony Rapp testifies he 'could not escape' his memory of incident with Kevin Spacey

  11-10-2022 18:53 via cnn.com
  
  Anthony Rapp testified Tuesday in a civil trial against Kevin Spacey about the emotional distress he says the actor has caused him.
  
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• Families mourn victims of Thailand mass shootings and stabbings

  11-10-2022 18:51 via theguardian.com
  Mourners attend cremation ceremonies after policeman kills 36 people, 24 of them childrenHundreds of mourners and victims’ families have gathered to watch flames burn from rows of makeshift furnaces at cremation ceremonies for the young children and others who died in last week’s mass killings in Thailand’s rural northeast.Families bid their final goodbyes at a Buddhist temple a short distance from the Young Children’s Development Centre in the town of Uthai Sawan, where
  
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• Stunning footage shows volcano's lava stretching to the sea

  11-10-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  Residents of Italy's Stromboli island have been urged to stay at home following the volcano eruption.
  
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• Ukraine pushes allies for air defense help in the wake of deadly Russian strikes

  11-10-2022 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new wave of Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine on Tuesday as President Zelenskyy pushed G-7 allies for air defense help.
  
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• Giant roadside Cheeto attracts a crowd

  11-10-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  A giant Cheeto with massive fingers coated in orange dust becomes a roadside attraction. CNN's Jeanne Moos eats her way through the story.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard, who sought 2020 Democratic nomination, says she's leaving party

  11-10-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard says she's leaving Democratic Party

  11-10-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party.
  
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• Iran protests: Women around the world cut their hair

  11-10-2022 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Women around the world are protesting against the Iranian government by cutting their hair.
  
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• Russia confirms Meta's designation as extremist

  11-10-2022 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram have been banned since March for alleged Russophobia.
  
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• Uganda Ebola outbreak: First death recorded in capital Kampala

  11-10-2022 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Nineteen people have now died in this outbreak but there are no other recorded cases in Kampala.
  
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• 'That is art!': Damien Hirst has begun burning thousands of his own paintings

  11-10-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Smoke rose from artist Damien Hirst's London gallery on Tuesday, as 1,000 of his signature "spot" paintings went up in flames. Thousands more will be reduced to ashes before the month is out.
  
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• Hockey Canada’s board and CEO resign amid fallout from sexual abuse scandal

  11-10-2022 18:12 via theguardian.com
  Ice hockey body had secret fund to deal with abuse allegationsPoliticians and sponsors have attacked handling of claimsThe head of Hockey Canada and its entire board of directors have resigned amid a growing scandal over how the sport’s governing body failed to address allegations of sexual assault.On Tuesday morning, Hockey Canada announced its CEO, Scott Smith, was leaving the embattled organization. Continue reading...
  
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• White House says Biden will work with Congress to 're-evaluate' Saudi relationship

  11-10-2022 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden feels that the US' relationship with Saudi Arabia needs to be re-evaluated in the wake of the OPEC+ decision last week to decrease oil production, a National Security Council spokesman said .
  
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• Mississippi teen dies days after being shot by police

  11-10-2022 18:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Black teenager in Mississippi has died days after local police shot him in the head outside a discount store, and his relatives are questioning officers’
  
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• Carbon monoxide leak at Pennsylvania day care center sends 27 to hospitals, officials say

  11-10-2022 17:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than two dozen people were rushed to hospitals in Eastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday following an apparent carbon monoxide leak at a day care center, officials said.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war: G7 countries will back Kyiv 'for as long as it takes'

  11-10-2022 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The group also warned that any attack on Western infrastructure would face a "determined response".
  
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• Family of man who died in Israeli detention rejects claim about deal

  11-10-2022 17:49 via theguardian.com
  Relatives of Palestinian Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad, 78, say no settlement has been reached with Israeli defence ministryThe family of an elderly Palestinian-American man who died after being forcibly detained by Israeli soldiers has disputed a claim from Israel’s defence ministry that the parties have reached a compensation settlement.In a rare case of compensation for a Palestinian claim of wrongdoing by Israeli forces, on Sunday the defence ministry said in a statement that it had rea
  
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• British Museum urged to drop BP sponsor deal for Egypt exhibition

  11-10-2022 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Brian Eno, Ahdaf Soueif and Miriam Margolyes sign open letter about exhibition opening shortly before Cop27Campaigners including the musician Brian Eno, the author Ahdaf Soueif and the actor Miriam Margolyes have criticised BP’s sponsorship of an exhibition of Egyptian artefacts at the British Museum.The exhibition opens shortly before the critical Cop27 climate summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh this November. Continue reading...
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard announces she's leaving the Democratic Party

  11-10-2022 17:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced she's leaving the Democratic Party, which she said is controlled by an "elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness."
  
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