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• Analysis: Democrats have these Americans to thank for a strong midterm performance

  12-11-2022 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  Democrats have done a lot better in the midterm elections than a lot of pundits and analysts had anticipated. They're favored to hold on to the Senate and look to have kept their losses in the House to a minimum.
  
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• People rescued from cars after floods hit Valencia, Spain

  12-11-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Firefighters helped people who were trapped after heavy rain in Valencia.
  
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• Expected vote tallies from the state's two most populous counties will help bring clarity to a matchup that could determine Senate control

  12-11-2022 23:25 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• Vintage military aircraft collide mid-air at Dallas air show

  12-11-2022 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
  
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• Holocaust survivor left on a bench as a baby finds new family at 80

  12-11-2022 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  When Alice Grusová was a baby, her parents left her on a train station bench, with no idea of what would become of her.
  
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• Georgia man holds suspected kidnapper at gunpoint until police arrive

  12-11-2022 20:52 via foxnews.com
  
  A Georgia man acted heroically when he heard a child in distress and rushed to help, holding an adult suspect at gunpoint until police arrived at the scene.  Kelcey Willis had stopped for an oil change at a Walmart in Warner Robins, Ga., on Nov. 6 when he witnessed what appeared to be a kidnapping. Following a gut instinct, he followed the child's cries into the woods and intervened in what police say was an assault.  "As buddy was filling us in to get our oil change, we heard a little
  
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• Republican-controlled Texas and Florida labeled ‘laboratories of autocracy’ by worried MSNBC panel

  12-11-2022 20:50 via foxnews.com
  
  On MSNBC Saturday morning, host Ali Velshi and his guests, NYU history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat and author Joanne Freeman, expressed relief that Democrats weren’t crushed in the midterms but claimed that Republicans are continuing to grow in authoritarianism. During the segment, Ben-Ghiat claimed that Republican success in Texas and Florida proved those states are "laboratories of autocracy," and mentioned her fear of Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., whom she called a "smoother extremist" than f
  
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• Astros extend reliever who turned his career around with three-year deal: reports

  12-11-2022 20:38 via foxnews.com
  
  The Houston Astros have locked up a key cog in their bullpen. The team and reliever Rafael Montero agreed to a three-year, $34.5 million deal just a week after the reliever helped the Astros win their second World Series title, according to multiple reports. Montero had by far the best season of his career, pitching to a 2.37 ERA out of the pen. In his 10 appearances in the postseason, the first of his career, he allowed just two earned runs in 9.1 innings (1.93 ERA). CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS
  
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• Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Tulsa King’ co-star Max Casella says he didn't hit puberty until late 20s: 'Horror show'

  12-11-2022 20:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Max Casella is opening up about his prepubescent years.  The now 55-year-old actor shockingly revealed he didn’t hit puberty until the age of 27. During an interview with Page Six, he explained he had pituitary dwarfism – a growth hormone deficiency characterized by unusually short height – according to the media outlet. 'TULSA KING' STAR SYLVESTER STALLONE ON BEING 'LEFT OUT EVERY TIME' FOR A MOB ROLE: 'GANGSTERS HAVE THIS AURA' "I was given testosterone," he said. "I was
  
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• Ahead of the holidays, here's how to build charcuterie boards that are 'super festive'

  12-11-2022 20:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Lifestyle expert Carey Reilly joined "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Saturday to demonstrate how to build some trendy and delicious food boards ahead of this year's holiday season. "As many plan their Thanksgiving menu, perhaps a charcuterie board is on the list," said co-host Pete Hegseth. Although charcuterie is a French word referring to various types of cooked meat products, the term charcuterie board has more or less evolved in the United States to refer to any sort of decoratively arranged
  
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• NFL committed to 'at least' four regular-season games in Germany through 2025, commish says

  12-11-2022 20:26 via foxnews.com
  
  One day before the NFL kicks off its first-ever game in Germany, the league announced its plans for more games there over the next three years. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in Munich on Saturday that the league will stage "at least" four games in Germany through 2025. The terms of the current deal, which includes Sunday's Buccaneers-Seahawks game, states that the NFL will play an annual game in Germany over the next three seasons as part of its International Series. Munich and Frankfurt will
  
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• Nevada Senate race to come down to 20K-30K Clark County ballots, Laxalt says

  12-11-2022 20:20 via foxnews.com
  
  The race for the prized Nevada Senate seat has come down to the wire as Republican candidate Adam Laxalt looks to hold on to his waning lead Saturday. "Here is where we are — we are up only 862 votes," he said in a Saturday tweet. "The race will come down to 20-30K Election Day Clark drop off ballots." Laxalt, who is facing off against incumbent Democrat Sen. Cortez Masto, said the narrow margins were down to mail-in ballots dropped off in Clark County, home to Las Vegas residents, an
  
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• Lee Corso missing in action for third straight week: 'Still recuperating'

  12-11-2022 20:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Analyst Lee Corso has been a part of college football Saturdays since 1987.  Corso, famous for dressing as the mascot of the team he picks to win each week, was absent from ESPN’s "College GameDay" Saturday morning for the third consecutive week as the show appeared live in Austin, Texas, for a game between No. 4 TCU and No. 18 Texas."College Gameday" host Rece Davis provided an update on Corso, who is reportedly dealing with a health issue.  COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 11 PREVIEW: ALL
  
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• JonBenet's father reacts to Boulder police update in daughter's unsolved 1996 murder case: 'More of the same'

  12-11-2022 19:47 via foxnews.com
  
  JonBenet Ramsey's father John has some hope that his deceased six-year-old daughter's 1996 murder case could take a turn after the Boulder Police Department on Wednesday announced a new path to finding her killer — but he doesn't think it will be enough. BPD said it will consult the Colorado Cold Case Review Team in sometime in 2023 — 26 years after Ramsey found his daughter murdered in the basement of their family home on Dec. 26, 1996. John Ramsey, 78, said the police department's
  
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• Playbill leaves Twitter, saying the site 'expanded tolerance for hate'

  12-11-2022 19:11 via cnn.com
  
  Playbill, a news outlet and guide for the Broadway theater community and theatergoers, said Friday it left Twitter after Elon Musk took over the platform.
  
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• Banksy unveils mural in Ukrainian town liberated from Russians

  12-11-2022 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest artwork in an Instagram post -- a mural in the liberated Ukrainian town of Borodianka.
  
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• Beachfront homes in Florida washed away by Hurricane Nicole

  12-11-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Trip Valigorsky's beachfront home in a tight-knit community in Volusia County, Florida had been in his family for nearly 15 years before it was washed away this week, as the dangerous storm surge and powerful winds caused by Hurricane Nicole swept across Florida.
  
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• Florida beachfront homes covered in sand following Hurricane Nicole

  12-11-2022 17:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Homes along the northeastern Florida coast were left buried under several feet of sand following the impact of Hurricane Nicole.  The Flagler County Emergency Management Office shared photos on Friday showing the extent of the damage there, which they estimated to amount to $23.7 million. Of that total, $13.3 million was recorded in Flagler Beach and $1.2 million in Beverly Beach. Three photos shared of a home on Rollins Drive in "The Hammock" neighborhood, showed sand nearing the top of a
  
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• Applications for student loan forgiveness no longer accepted

  12-11-2022 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a second federal court shut down the program. “Courts have
  
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• Ivan Toney double stuns Manchester City, two days after exclusion from England's World Cup squad

  12-11-2022 17:21 via cnn.com
  
  Brentford defeated Manchester City 2-1 on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium, ending City's run of 16 consecutive home victories with a breathtaking breakaway goal in the 98th minute that sealed victory.
  
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• Cop27: US ‘totally supportive’ of moves to address loss and damage, says Kerry – as it happened

  12-11-2022 17:01 via theguardian.com
  US climate envoy John Kerry has said his country is ready to discuss the loss and damage at Cop27After six years as the big cheese of UN climate negotiations, Patricia Espinosa has been enjoying walking the halls of power not quite as an ordinary Joe and apparently isn’t closely following the negotiations. “It has felt just amazing. I knew that as the [UNFCCC] executive secretary that I was missing so much, and it’s been a really wonderful experience.”Espinosa might not b
  
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• FTX investigating possible $473 million hack hours after bankruptcy filing

  12-11-2022 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which filed for bankruptcy Friday, is investigating whether crypto assets were stolen and has moved all its digital assets offline, it said Saturday. The assets could be worth more than $400 million, said crypto risk management firm Elliptic.
  
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• Ros Atkins on... Is the 1.5C climate target still possible?

  12-11-2022 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's analysis editor looks at whether the UN's target to limit global warming can still be reached.
  
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• Sen. Mark Kelly's Arizona win puts the Democrats one seat away from keeping control of the US Senate. Now the focus turns to a tightening race in Nevada.

  12-11-2022 15:46 via cnn.com
  
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• Ukraine forces receive rapturous welcome in Kherson

  12-11-2022 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Footage from social media shows a Ukrainian soldier shouting "Greetings from Kherson".
  
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• Bus falls into canal in Egypt's Nile Delta, killing 21

  12-11-2022 14:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Egypt's health ministry says a bus fell into a canal in Egypt’s Nile River Delta region killing at least 21 people, including three children
  
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• Police: No powder in envelope reported by candidate's office

  12-11-2022 14:37 via abcnews.go.com
  Police say there was no powder in an envelope that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona
  
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• Austria: 9 injured in hot air balloon crash in eastern Alps

  12-11-2022 14:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Nine people have been injured in a hot air balloon crash on the eastern edge of the Alps in Austria
  
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• Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai says he believes Kyrie Irving 'does not have any beliefs of hate towards Jewish people'

  12-11-2022 14:22 via cnn.com
  
  Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai says he believes Nets star Kyrie Irving "does not have any beliefs of hate towards Jewish people."
  
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• Russian oligarchs and companies under sanctions are among lobbyists at Cop27

  12-11-2022 14:10 via theguardian.com
  The heavy presence of lobbyists from Moscow suggests Russia is using the climate talks to drum up businessCop27 live – latest news updatesRussian oligarchs and executives from multiple companies under international sanctions are among the lobbyists currently attending Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh.Among those listed as part of the Russian delegation at the pivotal climate talks are the billionaire and former aluminium magnate Oleg Deripaska, who is under UK sanctions, and the billionaire Andrey
  
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• Why were the midterm elections close? Exit polls offer clues.

  12-11-2022 14:00 via cnn.com
  
  A set of countervailing political forces may have contributed to the closeness of this year's midterm elections, according to the​ current results of the national exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. It remains uncertain which party will control either the Senate or the House of Representatives next year, with votes still being counted and key races too early to call.
  
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• New Zealand defeat England in record-breaking women's Rugby World Cup final

  12-11-2022 14:00 via cnn.com
  
  Finals can often be sluggish affairs, stifled by the weight of the occasion and the all-encompassing pressure that accompanies them.
  
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• Exit polls offer clues: Why were the midterm elections close?

  12-11-2022 14:00 via cnn.com
  
  A set of countervailing political forces may have contributed to the closeness of this year's midterm elections, according to the​ current results of the national exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. It remains uncertain which party will control either the Senate or the House of Representatives next year, with votes still being counted and key races too early to call.
  
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• Pakistani man sentenced to die for killing ex-wife from US

  12-11-2022 13:53 via abcnews.go.com
  The ex-husband of an American woman of Pakistani origin has been convicted of murdering her in a property dispute and sentenced to death
  
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• China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reported

  12-11-2022 13:48 via abcnews.go.com
  Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou has been ordered to undergo virus testing while a major city in the southwest closed schools as another rise in infections was reported
  
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• UN climate talks near halftime with key issues unresolved

  12-11-2022 13:39 via abcnews.go.com
  As the U.N. climate talks in Egypt near the half-way point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they’ll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial result by the end
  
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• Cop27: protests in Sharm el-Sheikh as climate summit’s focus turns to farming – live

  12-11-2022 13:28 via theguardian.com
  As the UN climate conference reaches the end of its first week, activists around the world are calling for stronger climate actionAfter six years as the big cheese of UN climate negotiations, Patricia Espinosa has been enjoying walking the halls of power not quite as an ordinary Joe and apparently isn’t closely following the negotiations. “It has felt just amazing. I knew that as the [UNFCCC] executive secretary that I was missing so much, and it’s been a really wonderful exper
  
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• Germans ‘disgusted’ by Iran protest crackdown, says chancellor

  12-11-2022 13:27 via theguardian.com
  Olaf Scholz says responsibility for violence lies solely with regime and pledges new sanctionsThe German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has strongly criticised the Iranian government for its brutal crackdown on protests and said Germany stood “shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people”.Scholz said the protests sparked by the death on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her detention by Iran’s morality police were no longer “merely a question of dress codes” b
  
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• German chancellor condemns crackdown on protests in Iran

  12-11-2022 13:27 via theguardian.com
  Olaf Scholz says Berlin stands ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Iranian people and pledges new sanctionsThe German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has strongly criticised the Iranian government for its brutal crackdown on protests and said Germany stood “shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people”.Scholz said the protests sparked by the death on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her detention by Iran’s morality police were no longer “merely a question of dre
  
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• Bus crash kills 19 and injures six in northern Egypt

  12-11-2022 13:26 via theguardian.com
  Vehicle carrying 35 people came off road and fell into canal in Aga, 70 miles north of CairoNineteen people were killed and six others were injured when a bus drove into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, the country’s health ministry said.The bus was carrying 35 people when it came off a highway and fell into Mansoura canal in Aga, in the northern Dakahlia region, according to security sources. Continue reading...
  
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• An-ex California police sergeant faces multiple allegations of sexual assault

  12-11-2022 13:15 via nbcnews.com
  An ex-California police sergeant was charged with more than a dozen crimes, including multiple allegations of sexual assault, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Midterm elections results: This is where the races stand

  12-11-2022 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Control of Congress remains in the balance as the final results of the 2022 midterms trickle in.
  
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• Thawing permafrost is the biggest wild card in the climate crisis

  12-11-2022 13:06 via cnn.com
  
  Four years ago, Morris J. Alexie had to move out of the house his father built in Alaska in 1969 because it was sinking into the ground and water was beginning to seep into his home.
  
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• Belching lakes, mystery craters, 'zombie fires': How the climate crisis is transforming the Arctic permafrost

  12-11-2022 13:06 via cnn.com
  
  Four years ago, Morris J. Alexie had to move out of the house his father built in Alaska in 1969 because it was sinking into the ground and water was beginning to seep into his home.
  
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• Biden pledges US will work with Southeast Asian nations

  12-11-2022 13:01 via abcnews.go.com
  President Joe Biden says the United States will work with a strategically vital coalition of southeast Asian nations to build a region that is free, stable, prosperous and secure
  
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• Trump and Biden are circling each other, but governors wait in the 2024 wings

  12-11-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are at the moment their parties’ leading candidates for 2024.
  
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• Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump have officially launched their battle of the egos

  12-11-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump rant against DeSantis is sign 2024 elections have launched with a GOP slugfest.
  
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• Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis might destroy each other — and save America

  12-11-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump rant against DeSantis is sign 2024 elections have launched with a GOP slugfest.
  
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• 'We feel free': CNN on the ground as Kherson celebrates liberation

  12-11-2022 12:57 via cnn.com
  CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson spoke to newly liberated residents in the Ukrainian city of Kherson after Russian forces retreated in one of the biggest setbacks for President Vladimir Putin since his invasion began.
  
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• 'Power Slap': UFC president launches new open-handed striking venture

  12-11-2022 12:43 via cnn.com
  
  UFC president Dana White is getting into the slap game.
  
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