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• Trump attacks American Jews, says they must 'get their act together' on Israel 'before it's too late'

  16-10-2022 23:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump attacked Jews in the U.S. on his Truth Social platform Sunday, writing that they need to “get their act together” and “appreciate”
  
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• Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

  16-10-2022 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St.
  
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• Kari Lake refuses to say whether she would accept loss in Arizona election

  16-10-2022 21:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake repeatedly declined to say Sunday whether she would accept the results of the election if she loses.
  
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• No 10 chief of staff’s position untenable amid lobbying claims, says Labour

  16-10-2022 20:52 via theguardian.com
  Mark Fullbrook accused of trying to change UK policy by arranging for ministers to meet Libyan politicianLabour has claimed Mark Fullbrook’s position as Downing Street chief of staff is no longer tenable after it was revealed that before his appointment he tried to change UK foreign policy by arranging for two cabinet ministers to meet Fathi Bashagha, a Libyan politician with links to the Russian Wagner Group.The Guardian had previously reported that Fullbrook, as chief executive of Fullbr
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion jokes about her many aliases on 'SNL'

  16-10-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  The rapper showcased her comedy chops while pulling double duty as host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live".
  
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• 'Genius' Mo Salah goal earns Liverpool much-needed win over Manchester City

  16-10-2022 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  Much of the pre-match talk ahead of Liverpool's English Premier League clash against Manchester City had been about City's goal machine Erling Haaland, and rightly so given the striker's record-breaking form.
  
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• Hear the grim warning that got Xi Jinping a roaring applause during speech

  16-10-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  Xi Jinping vowed to steer China through grave challenges toward national rejuvenation during his two-hour speech at the opening ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. CNN's Selina Wang reports on the significance of the speech.
  
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• Hear grim warning that got Xi roaring applause during opening ceremony

  16-10-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  Xi Jinping vowed to steer China through grave challenges toward national rejuvenation during his two-hour speech at the opening ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. CNN's Selina Wang reports on the significance of the speech.
  
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• TikTok star Emmanuel the emu is sick with avian influenza, caretaker says

  16-10-2022 19:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok star Emmanuel, the emu sick with Avian Influenza, caretaker says
  
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• Analysis: There's potential for a GOP blowout in the House

  16-10-2022 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  • Kari Lake doesn't commit to accepting Arizona election result if she loses• Buttigieg more in demand than Harris in midterms as Democrats see signs of 2024
  
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• Real Madrid defeats Barcelona in El Clásico to go top of La Liga

  16-10-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Real Madrid and Barcelona both took to the field unbeaten in La Liga this season, with Barça leading its rival on points difference at the top of the league.
  
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• Brown comedians in the mid-2000s had to mock their cultures for laughs. That’s no longer true.

  16-10-2022 18:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  A generation raised in the comment sections of Lilly Singh's and Jus Reign’s videos are having their turn in the comedic spotlight.
  
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• Jan. 6 committee will figure out what comes next if Trump refuses to testify, members say

  16-10-2022 18:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two House Jan. 6 committee members said Sunday that the panel has not yet determined its next steps if former President Donald Trump refuses to comply with the
  
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• China's having its most important event in the political calendar — and the world is watching closely

  16-10-2022 18:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  China is holding its Communist Party Congress in Beijing, with President Xi Jinping set to be granted a third term in power. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• Putin is building in the Arctic. Climate change explains why

  16-10-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Angus King (I-ME) says the United States has fallen behind in securing the Arctic, which he argues could soon become the center of a global showdown -- and potentially -- the stage for a nuclear show of force by Russian President Vladimir Putin. CNN's Boris Sanchez reports.
  
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• NYT columnist says this could be Putin's 'Hail Mary'

  16-10-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  New York Times columnist and author Tom Friedman predicts what Russian President Vladimir Putin's next moves could be in his invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• As the Arctic melts, Russia owns 50% of coastline. Why the US should be worried

  16-10-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Angus King (I-ME) says the United States has fallen behind in securing the Arctic, which he argues could soon become the center of a global showdown -- and potentially -- the stage for a nuclear show of force by Russian President Vladimir Putin. CNN's Boris Sanchez reports.
  
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• Iran says four dead in Evin prison fire as relatives gather outside

  16-10-2022 18:21 via theguardian.com
  Family members and protesters demand answers over blaze that state media reports left 61 injured Family members and protesters gathered outside the notorious Evin prison in Tehran on Sunday after a fire engulfed some of the building the night before, leading to the deaths of at least four prisoners and injuring a further 61.The official death toll was released by Iranian state news agencies, which said the four died from smoke inhalation. Ten of the injured were hospitalised. Continue reading...
  
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• More than 1,000 teddy bears left in Queen Elizabeth tribute will be donated to children's charity

  16-10-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  More than 1,000 teddy bears left in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II will be donated to a children's charity, Buckingham Palace announced.
  
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• Goats are all over California, and firefighters couldn't be happier

  16-10-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  You may have seen goats roaming your neighborhood. Well, localities are realizing they're the furry, fun and sustainable way to landscape large areas and help with wildfire prevention, all without pesticides and gas-guzzling machines. Here's how goats are using their four-chamber stomachs and voracious appetites to help firefighters and communities clean things up.
  
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• This meat has unreal tenderness from being wrapped in clay, Stone Age style

  16-10-2022 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  Get ready to get your hands dirty and eat heartily. An Italian chef in southern Italy is resurrecting an ancient cooking method that makes the most tender, fall-apart lamb.
  
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• Fareed's take: Winning the economic war with Russia

  16-10-2022 17:38 via cnn.com
  As the West wages an economic war on Russia, Fareed explains the risks may not be nuclear but they are "sky high."
  
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• Climate change exposes lack of US preparedness in defending Arctic Ocean interests, US senator says

  16-10-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  Climate change is unlocking a new crossroads and potential center of conflict: the Arctic. But one key lawmaker is warning the US has lagged behind in securing the region, as other powers move in, adding he believes the Arctic may soon be a stage for a nuclear show of force by Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Biden will wait for Congress to return before taking any major steps on US-Saudi relationship, national security adviser says

  16-10-2022 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's reassessment of the United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia will happen "methodically" and will include bipartisan consultations, and there will be no major changes until after Congress returns from recess, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
  
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• 'Where's the evidence?': Bash pushes back on Kari Lake's 2020 election claim

  16-10-2022 16:45 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Dana Bash presses Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona Kari Lake about her claim that there was election fraud in the 2020 election.
  
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• UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks

  16-10-2022 16:26 via abcnews.go.com
  British Prime Minister Liz Truss has only been in office for six weeks
  
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• Swedish party official suspended after Anne Frank posting

  16-10-2022 16:21 via abcnews.go.com
  An official from the far-right Sweden Democrats has been suspended from her duties for making degrading comments about Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank
  
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• Fire erupts at notorious prison in Iran, killing four, as unrest spreads

  16-10-2022 16:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least four people were killed and 61 others were injured after a large fire broke out at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government
  
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• Cub cam offers a unique glimpse into the early days of a vulnerable species

  16-10-2022 16:13 via cnn.com
  
  Nestled in their heated den, the newborn cheetah cubs at Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute spend their days doing what just about any young animal does — a lot of sleeping. What makes these cubs special, however, is their dedicated online audience, checking in from all over the world to monitor the growing babies and experience their developmental milestones.
  
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• 8 people shot near Virginia's James Madison University: Police

  16-10-2022 16:08 via abcnews.go.com
  At least eight people were injured early Sunday near the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, when gunshots were fired into a crowd.
  
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• Trump testifying live before Jan. 6 committee would require 'negotiation': Kinzinger

  16-10-2022 16:00 via abcnews.go.com
  The House Jan. 6 committee would negotiate with Donald Trump if he offered to testify live in response to a subpoena, Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday
  
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• ‘I write what they tell me to’: Iran’s crackdown on journalists intensifies

  16-10-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Independent media and human rights groups report arrests and physical assault as authorities try to suppress news of protestsAs nationwide protests enter their fourth week in Iran, the government is increasing its crackdown on activists and journalists. On 22 September Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist, was arrested after posting a picture she took of the parents of Mahsa Amini hugging each other in a Tehran hospital on the day of their daughter’s death. Amini, 22, died in police cust
  
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• How the filmmakers behind 'Till' depicted Black trauma without showing violence

  16-10-2022 15:49 via cnn.com
  
  Chinonye Chukwu didn't want to make a movie about Black trauma.
  
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• Despite 'defunding' claims, police funding has increased in many US cities

  16-10-2022 15:19 via abcnews.go.com
  While some politicians say crime is up because Democrats defunded police, an ABC analysis shows that out of 109 cities examined, most have increased their police budgets.
  
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• Was this the biggest upset in postseason history? Padres stun Dodgers to reach National League Championship Series

  16-10-2022 15:03 via cnn.com
  
  Was this the biggest upset in postseason history? The Los Angeles Dodgers were on a winning streak like no other -- but it is the San Diego Padres who are on their way to the National League Championship Series (NLCS).
  
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• Ahead of the midterms, Black women voters most concerned about costs of living

  16-10-2022 14:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new national poll of Black women voters reveals a demographic that is highly motivated to vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
  
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• The spookiest cities in the US -- and why they still scare us

  16-10-2022 14:53 via cnn.com
  
  Several locales across the US claim to be king when it comes to Halloween. But three in particular -- Savannah, Georgia; New Orleans and Salem, Massachusetts -- have the haunting histories to truly earn the title.
  
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• Trump's all-caps rage is back. Has America changed?

  16-10-2022 14:39 via cnn.com
  
  Poetry's genius is that it offers both an endless supply of words and a fresh way of looking at everything under the sun. As an example, the word "majusculation" -- from the noun "majuscule," meaning upper case or capital lettering (the inverse of "miniscule") -- in poetry refers to the capitalization of the first letter in every line of a poem.
  
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• 4 prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran's Evin prison, state media reports

  16-10-2022 14:27 via cnn.com
  
  • Iranian police looking into incident involving woman surrounded by officers in street
  
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• Nikolas Cruz has avoided the death penalty. Here's what's next for him now

  16-10-2022 14:25 via cnn.com
  
  Here's what we know: Nikolas Cruz, the now 24-year-old who admitted to killing 17 people in Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, has avoided the death penalty.
  
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• Horrors emerge from liberated Ukrainian city

  16-10-2022 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  • Ukraine claims Chechen armed forces are controlling part of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
  • Ukrainian commanders show video of drone strikes on Russian targets
  
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• A Russian airstrike killed entire families living in an apartment complex in Izium. Survivors reveal the horrors of the attack.

  16-10-2022 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Gunmen kill at least 11 people in attack on Russian military recruits
  
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• A Russian airstrike killed entire families living in an apartment complex in Izium. Survivors recall the shocking attack.

  16-10-2022 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Gunmen kill at least 11 people in attack on Russian military recruits
  
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• 'A genocide of the Ukrainian nation': Horrors emerge from Izium airstrike

  16-10-2022 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  • Gunmen kill 11, wound 15 in attack on Russian military recruits
  • Video: Ukrainians show video of drone strikes on Russian targets
  
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• Evin prison fire: Several dead after fire at Iran's notorious detention centre

  16-10-2022 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  It is unclear if the fire is linked to recent protests, but many protesters are being held at Evin prison.
  
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• T20 World Cup: Namibia shock Sri Lanka and Netherlands beat UAE on opening day

  16-10-2022 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Namibia shock Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka and the Netherlands edge past United Arab Emirates as the Men's T20 World Cup starts in spectacular fashion.
  
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• 3 dead, 1 injured in Pittsburgh shooting

  16-10-2022 14:05 via abcnews.go.com
  Three people were killed in a shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday night, officials said.
  
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• Claressa Shields beats Savannah Marshall in historic fight to unify world titles

  16-10-2022 13:59 via cnn.com
  
  Claressa Shields became the undisputed world middleweight champion, defeating her bitter rival Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision at the O2 Arena in London.
  
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• Belgorod shooting: Gunmen kill 11 in attack on Russian trainee soldiers

  16-10-2022 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Two attackers opened fire on recruits who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine, local media report.
  
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• Tesla investors try to look past Elon Musk's many, many distractions

  16-10-2022 13:30 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk now wants to buy Twitter after all. While that's good news for Twitter's long-suffering shareholders, Tesla investors hope he still has some time for them. They need a little help, too.
  
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