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• Analysis: Why we know the winners of most races but can't yet say who will control Congress

  10-11-2022 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  What's taking so long to determine which party has control of the US House and Senate? Blame California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and the whole vote-by-mail West Coast, really.
  
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• Analysis: Why we can't say who will control Congress

  10-11-2022 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  What's taking so long to determine which party has control of the US House and Senate? Blame California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and the whole vote-by-mail West Coast, really.
  
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• US sending Ukraine another $400 million weapons package, bringing total to over $19 billion

  10-11-2022 23:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The Pentagon announced another $400 million weapons package for Ukraine on Thursday as Russia ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure with winter getting closer.  The new aid includes four Avenger air defense systems, missiles for HAWK air defense systems, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, artillery rounds, and hundreds of grenade launchers.  It comes one week after the Pentagon announced a separate $400 million package, bringing the total aid that the Biden ad
  
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• Opinion: The most underestimated president in recent history

  10-11-2022 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has been consistently underestimated. Democrats performed exceptionally well by historical standards on Tuesday and Biden walks away having fared better than any other President in his first midterm since George W. Bush in 2002. "It was a good day for democracy," the president declared on Wednesday.
  
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• A look at the brain like you've never seen it before

  10-11-2022 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  At the brain bank in Denmark's Bispebjerg Hospital, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the chance to examine a full healthy brain and a brain that received a lobotomy. Warning: Images of the brains might be disturbing for some viewers.
  
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• The annoying responses to Jennifer Aniston's IVF revelation

  10-11-2022 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  As a teen, I remember watching “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston host “Saturday Night Live” back in 2004.
  
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• Jesus Christ, Trump, LeBron: Fake Twitter accounts surge after paid verification introduced

  10-11-2022 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Donie O'Sullivan shows how paid verification on Twitter has led to a rise in fake accounts on the platform and the consequences users could face for exploiting the tool.
  
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• Iran-linked militia group claims responsibility for murder of American aid worker in Iraq

  10-11-2022 22:21 via foxnews.com
  
  An Iranian-backed Iraqi militia group is being linked to the murder of a U.S. citizen gunned down in Baghdad on Monday. The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Tennessee native Stephen Troell. At a press conference on Tuesday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani condemned the attack and issued a warning to those who may be planning on carrying out violence in the country: "This was a cowardly crime against an American citizen and resident of our country who is known among t
  
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• Syria's lack of medical care and poor water quality exacerbates cholera outbreak

  10-11-2022 22:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Poor access to safe water has exacerbated a cholera outbreak rampaging across Syria's war-battered provinces, where local authorities are struggling to contain the spread with chlorine tablets and vaccines. More than 35,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported across the country, according to the United Nations’ children's agency. UNICEF said only approximately 2,500 have been tested, of which nearly half were confirmed positive. "Finding a single case of cholera means you've got
  
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• 'We are in trouble here in Daytona': Coastal homes collapse into the ocean

  10-11-2022 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Homes and buildings are crumbling into the ocean and authorities have issued warnings to evacuate some areas after Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in southeast Florida.
  
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• Three US tourists found dead in Mexico City Airbnb from carbon monoxide

  10-11-2022 22:05 via theguardian.com
  Friends, who were there to celebrate Day of the Dead holiday, died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning last week, officials sayThree American tourists were found dead last week in a Mexico City Airbnb apartment they were renting after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, Mexican authorities confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday.Friends Kandace Florence, Jordan Marshall and Courtez Hall were visiting the Mexican capital to celebrate the Day of the Dead holiday, according to US news site WAVY, base
  
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• Newly discovered Egyptian tunnel could be link to Cleopatra's long-lost tomb

  10-11-2022 21:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Egyptian archeologists say they’ve discovered a previously hidden ancient tunnel that some believe could lead to the long-lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced last week that an Egyptian Dominican archeological mission of the University of San Domingo discovered the roughly 4,300-foot tunnel about 40 feet below the ground at the Temple of Taposiris Magna ruins near Alexandria, Egypt. Speculation has arisen that the tunnel could lead to th
  
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• Brazil military finds no fraud in election, but refuses to rule it out

  10-11-2022 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil's military has found no sign of vote-rigging in the country's 2022 elections, according to a new report released this week. Yet worries persist that the report could fuel tensions among supporters of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro, who repeatedly made unfounded claims about potential fraud on the campaign trail.
  
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• Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly half a billion dollars to Sandy Hook families in additional damages

  10-11-2022 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  A Connecticut judge on Thursday ordered right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay an additional $473 million in punitive damages over the lies he told about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
  
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• Egyptian prison authorities intervene medically after imprisoned activist escalates hunger strike

  10-11-2022 21:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike and stopped drinking water, his family said Thursday, demanding his release. The drama surrounding his fate is coinciding with Egypt’s hosting of the U.N. climate summit. With the family scrambling for details on Abdel-Fattah's condition, officials at the prison refused to allow a lawyer for the family to visit him, despite approval by th
  
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• Midterm election results live updates: Where the outstanding Senate races stand

  10-11-2022 21:09 via abcnews.go.com
  ABC News is providing live updates on the 2022 midterm elections, one of the most consequential in the nation's history.
  
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• Senior members of Twitter's privacy, security teams exit company

  10-11-2022 21:04 via abcnews.go.com
  Senior members of Twitter's privacy and security teams have exited the company, according to an internal company message obtained by ABC News.
  
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• Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

  10-11-2022 21:04 via abcnews.go.com
  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company have been ordered to pay an extra $473 million to families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax
  
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• World's tallest woman takes her first flight after the airline modifies several seats

  10-11-2022 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  Rumeysa Gelgi, the world's tallest living woman, recently boarded an airplane from her home country of Turkey to San Francisco.
  
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• With Russia's retreat from Kherson, Russia and Ukraine have an opportunity to negotiate peace

  10-11-2022 20:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia's announced retreat from Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine that it seized early in the war, and a potential stalemate in fighting over the winter could provide both countries an opportunity to negotiate peace, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday. He said as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians and "well over" 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war, now in its ninth month. "Same thing probably on the Ukrainian si
  
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• Joe Biden indicates he’ll run in 2024, following Democrats’ midterms wins

  10-11-2022 20:31 via theguardian.com
  President says he’ll announce decision in early 2023, while two-thirds of midterm voters said they wouldn’t like to see him runTo those who do not want to see the US president run for re-election, Joe Biden has a message: “Watch me.”A self-assured Biden, riding high from Democrats’ history-defying showing in this year’s midterm elections, said at a post-election press conference that he intends to seek another term, but that it was ultimately a “family d
  
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• USPS ready for holiday crush after influx of mail-in ballots

  10-11-2022 20:17 via abcnews.go.com
  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the postal service gave a solid performance in delivering mail-in ballots for the midterm elections and is ready to dive into the crush of holiday deliveries
  
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• Watch Jason Momoa strip down on live TV to show off his Hawaiian malo

  10-11-2022 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  During Jason Momoa's visit to "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the host asked him about his malo, a traditional Hawaiian loincloth. To prove how much he likes it, Momoa stripped down to show off the garment.
  
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• Infowars host Alex Jones ordered to pay $473m more to Sandy Hook families

  10-11-2022 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Conspiracy theorist must pay punitive damages on top of nearly $1bn jury verdict for falsely claiming 2012 shooting was hoaxA Connecticut judge on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $473m in punitive damages, on top of a nearly $1bn jury verdict against him for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was staged.More details soon … Continue reading...
  
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• EU commission president announces $250 million support package for Moldova to offset energy crisis

  10-11-2022 20:09 via foxnews.com
  
  European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid an official visit to Moldova Thursday, where she announced a 250 million-dollar support package to help the small nation overcome an acute winter energy crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. The EU chief said that Moldova, which neighbors Ukraine, will receive 100 million euros in grants and the same amount again in loans from the 27-nation bloc to help it meet its gas needs this winter, starting Jan. 1. An additional 50 million
  
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• Grant Shapps writes to Twitter to ‘remind’ it to comply with UK law

  10-11-2022 20:07 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Business secretary acts after Elon Musk announces sudden job cuts including staff at British operationsThe business secretary, Grant Shapps, has written to Twitter to ensure it is complying with UK law after the US company’s new owner Elon Musk announced hundreds of its British staff would be fired.Musk took control of the social media platform at the end of October, and within days launched deep job cuts, with as many as 3,700 redundancies expected worldwide. Continue reading..
  
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• Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals

  10-11-2022 20:02 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Call for FSM income cap to be raised as children in England come to school with mouldy bread or even nothing​​• How families on the breadline are ineligible for FSMs
  •​ Hungry children miss out on FSMs – and schools can’t help
  • ‘The benefit is massive’: the school offering FSMs to all
  Children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps and in some cases nothing at all, according to te
  
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• ‘Rain bursts’ over Sydney have intensified 40% over last two decades, research finds

  10-11-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  New analysis of weather data suggests potential for severe flash flooding has increased far beyond predictionsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRapid rain bursts over the greater Sydney region have intensified by at least 40% over the last two decades, new research shows.Analysis of weather radar data by scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes suggests that the intensity of rain bursts – extreme downpours that occur for a perio
  
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• Labour would ditch Tory ban on new onshore windfarms, says Starmer

  10-11-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Leader says easing planning curbs would be part of its plan to tap economic potential of wind powerA Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of onshore windfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower, the Guardian has learned.Keir Starmer admitted that he would have to “persuade some communities to get on board” after Rishi Sunak reinstated a ban, dropped by Liz Truss, on new onshore projects amid fears of local obje
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Russian booby traps turning Kherson into ‘city of death’, says Ukraine official – as it happened

  10-11-2022 19:56 via theguardian.com
  This live blog has now closed, you can read more about this story hereRussian president, Vladimir Putin, may take part in an upcoming summit of the G20 group of nations in Bali via video link, Russian state news agency RIA said on Thursday, citing the Russian embassy in Indonesia.“The format of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s participation is being worked out,” the agency quoted a diplomat as saying. “It is possible that he will take part in the summit via video conference
  
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• ‘Whisper list’ contains 40 politicians never to accept a drink from, MP claims

  10-11-2022 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Names of people known for ‘bullying or sexual misconduct’ are shared around Westminster, says Charlotte NicholsA Labour MP has claimed there is a “whisper list” of roughly 40 politicians to keep at arm’s length in Westminster – including two former cabinet ministers.Charlotte Nichols, the MP for Warrington North, said she was warned of colleagues to never accept a drink from or be alone with. The list, which is not written down, includes people known for &ldqu
  
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• US midterm elections 2022: Senate and House remain in balance as counting continues – live

  10-11-2022 19:45 via theguardian.com
  Latest updates and results after Biden hails ‘good day’ for democracy as Democrats outperform expectations in US midtermsUS midterm elections results 2022 – liveSheera Frenkel and Steven Lee Myers report for the New York Times that researchers who study election disinformation said most efforts to stoke doubt about the results of the midterms had failed to spread widely. They write:The major social media platforms all struggled to combat misinformation and disinformation online
  
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• Trump urged to delay announcement on 2024 run until after Georgia runoff

  10-11-2022 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Trump cautioned to wait until after crucial Senate race as candidates he endorsed were defeated in midterm electionsDonald Trump, reeling from another electoral setback, is facing pressure to delay his announcement of a new bid for the White House until after a crucial Senate race next month.Trump-endorsed candidates slumped to defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections, leaving the former president at arguably his weakest standing in the party since the riot at the US Capitol last year. Contin
  
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• Inflation cools but stays near 40-year high

  10-11-2022 19:32 via abcnews.go.com
  October inflation data arrived after the Fed's fourth straight jumbo-sized rate hike.
  
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• Twitter's cybersecurity chief quits amid company turmoil

  10-11-2022 19:21 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter's chief information security officer announced their resignation on Thursday, vacating one of the company's most critical roles just as scrutiny is mounting over Twitter's future and the erratic decisions of its new owner, Elon Musk.
  
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• KFC apologises for Kristallnacht chicken and cheese promotion

  10-11-2022 19:15 via theguardian.com
  Firm messaged German customers to suggest they ‘commemorate’ Nazi atrocity by eating its foodKFC has apologised for a push notification sent out via its app inviting German customers to celebrate the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews by ordering fried chicken and cheese.It sent the message to its customers on Wednesday, the 84th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass in which Nazis led gangs in the torching, vandalising and ransacking of Jewish shops, busine
  
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• 'Never smelled anything like that': Scientist finds gator inside 18-foot python

  10-11-2022 19:14 via cnn.com
  
  A python's last big meal was a doozy. Look what scientists found when they opened him up. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• Imprisoned activist’s lawyer denied access at Egyptian jail during climate summit – as it happened

  10-11-2022 19:09 via theguardian.com
  British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for months, stopped drinking water when Cop27 beganThis liveblog is closedWe promised you the full story on fossil fuel lobbyists, and here it is.There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis.While the average delegation at Cop1 was 88% male and 12% female, this has shifted over time.
  
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• HarperCollins union workers go on strike over pay ‘for as long as it takes’

  10-11-2022 19:03 via theguardian.com
  Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversityStephanie Guerdan started working in the children’s book department of HarperCollins Publishers six years ago. It was a dream job – just not a dream paycheck. The $33,500-a-year (£28,750) salary was well below a livable wage in New York City, but Guerdan didn’t ask for more. “I was terrified that I was not going to get that job if I negotiated
  
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• 'Plastic Man' has a mission: Cleaning up Senegal

  10-11-2022 19:02 via foxnews.com
  
  On a beach in Senegal with so much plastic trash that much of the sand is covered, one man is trying to raise awareness about the dangers of plastics—by wearing many of the bags, cups and other junk that might just as soon be part of trash piles. Environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call "Plastic Man," wears his uniform — "it's not a costume," he emphasizes — while telling anybody who will listen about the problems of plastics. As he walks, strands and chunks of p
  
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• Crypto crash and gold sell-off show there's no place for investors to hide

  10-11-2022 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  The spectacular implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, a so-called unicorn startup that was recently valued at $32 billion, is just the latest bit of bad news for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other digital assets. But 2022 was already an awful year for crypto before the FTX-Binance soap opera.
  
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• Chipboard firm fined £2m after Scottish worker dies from catastrophic burns

  10-11-2022 18:55 via theguardian.com
  Norbord Europe employee was asked to clear out hot ash from a gas duct over a wood dryerA chipboard firm has been fined more than £2m after a worker at its Scottish plant died from catastrophic burns sustained while cleaning hot ash from machinery.Norbord Europe, one of the world’s largest chipboard makers, was found guilty of two health and safety breaches at its plant in Cowie, Stirlingshire, in a unanimous verdict by a jury at Perth sheriff court in early November. Continue readin
  
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• Thousands of Scottish teachers to strike on Thursday 24 November

  10-11-2022 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Teachers to take action in nearly all Scotland’s schools after EIS union members reject 5% pay offerTens of thousands of Scottish teachers are to take strike action later in November after union leaders won an overwhelming mandate to intensify a long-running wage dispute.The EIS, Scotland’s largest teachers’ union, said teachers would strike in nearly all Scotland’s schools on Thursday 24 November, in the first national stoppage by the union for almost 40 years, in pursui
  
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• Russia flew stolen Western cash and weapons to Iran: Report

  10-11-2022 18:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia sent cash and stolen Western weapons to Iran in August, the first glimpse of what Tehran has been getting in exchange for helping the Russian war effort in Ukraine. "As always, there’s no free lunch in international politics and not least among the likes of Moscow and Tehran," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. "Not only does Iran get to use Ukraine as another testing ground for its unmanned aerial threats, but it g
  
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• KFC Germany apologizes for advertising a Kristallnacht promotion

  10-11-2022 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  KFC Germany apologized for an "unacceptable" message sent to customers on Wednesday, which appeared to tie a sales promotion to the annual commemoration of Kristallnacht.
  
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• France to let migrant rescue ship dock as it criticises Italy’s refusal to help

  10-11-2022 18:50 via theguardian.com
  Ocean Viking will bring 234 people to Toulon amid deepening row with Rome over Mediterranean rescuesFrance is to open its southern port of Toulon to a charity-operated ship carrying hundreds of asylum seekers rescued from the central Mediterranean, saying it is an “exceptional” move and criticising Italy’s new far-right government for its “incomprehensible” refusal to help the vessel.The Ocean Viking rescue ship, operated by the European charity SOS Méditerra
  
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• WATCH: Princess of Wales gives 3-year-old Remembrance Day poppy from her coat

  10-11-2022 18:49 via abcnews.go.com
  Kate gave 3-year-old Akeem her pin following a visit to a children’s center in West London.
  
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• UK set for new wave of strikes as civil servants and train drivers vote for action – as it happened

  10-11-2022 18:49 via theguardian.com
  This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereAccording to Pat Leahy, political editor of the Irish Times, the Irish government is doubtful about the prospect of a breakthrough in the coming weeks in the talks on the Northern Ireland protocol.In his Sky News interview Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary, also suggested that large number of politicians in parliament are voting for Matt Hancock to perform “grim” tasks on I’m A Celebrity. My co
  
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• The world's largest plane is going to be rebuilt

  10-11-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  For avgeeks, the destruction of the world's largest commercial plane was one of the key images at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In February, the Antonov AN-225 was attacked at its base in Hostomel, near Kyiv.
  
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• WATCH: Alligator takes its time crossing the road

  10-11-2022 18:46 via abcnews.go.com
  An alligator took its sweet time crossing the road.
  
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