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• The self-proclaimed kingdom that doesn't recognise Germany

  09-12-2022 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Money, ID cards, flags, and even their own king: meet the Germans who refuse to recognise the state.
  
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• Prosecutors lay out motive for why lawyer Alex Murdaugh allegedly killed his wife and son

  09-12-2022 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alex Murdaugh was so desperate to "escape the accountability" for a string of financial crimes that he fatally shot his wife and son last year, state prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• The seven-day-a-week life of a maid for Qatar's royal and rich

  09-12-2022 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Maids in Qatar often work long hours without a day off, despite changes to employment law.
  
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• Gay man blasts his GOP lawmaker aunt who cried during gay marriage 'no' vote

  09-12-2022 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A GOP congresswoman went viral Thursday for tearfully begging her colleagues to vote against a bill that would protect same-sex marriage nationwide.
  
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• Sam Ryder: A surfing accident changed my life

  09-12-2022 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  After he almost drowned, the star refocused on his music career and ended up singing at Eurovision.
  
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• New York City 'strongly' urges masks amid 'high levels' of COVID, flu, RSV

  09-12-2022 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The New York City Department of Heath issued an advisory on Friday urging residents to wear a mask in certain situations amid "high levels of COVID-19, flu and RSV." In a Friday press release, the New York City Department of Heath said that "high-quality masks" should be worn when "indoors and in crowded outdoor settings." The advisory states that "everyone should wear a mask" when "in an indoor public setting, including inside stores, offices, lobbies, hallways, elevators, public transportation
  
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• Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, liberal media members denied ‘shadow banning’ prior to Elon Musk leak

  09-12-2022 23:29 via foxnews.com
  
  CEO Jack Dorsey and top Twitter employees, as well as members of the liberal media, have repeatedly claimed over the years that the social media company did not "shadow ban" users or secretly censor conservative accounts. Yet, the second installment of the "Twitter Files" released Thursday revealed a comprehensive system and internal communications in which the social media site created secret "blacklists" that applied to certain users and tweets, many of which leaned right politically. Accordin
  
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• Kenny Chesney honors his late dog Ruby with release of song 'Da Ruba Girl'

  09-12-2022 23:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Kenny Chesney is honoring his late dog Ruby with the release of his song "Da Ruba Girl." The singer-songwriter first posted on Instagram about the passing of his pup on Sunday. "Today we lost Da Ruba Girl. Ruby lived her life never holding anything against anybody...You were a very good girl. We loved you and thank you for teaching us how to love unconditionally. You were one heaven of a dog," Chesney said in his Instagram post. KENNY CHESNEY CONTINUES SHOW AS HIS BLEEDING FINGER GETS BANDAGED T
  
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• Luke Bryan and his wife Caroline celebrate their 16th anniversary: 'I've loved you since the second I saw you'

  09-12-2022 23:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Luke Bryan and wife Caroline are happier than ever on their 16th wedding anniversary. The couple celebrated their love for each other on Instagram, with each posting loving messages and celebrating how far they've come in their relationship.  Bryan's post featured the two of them posing for the camera in silly outfits, with him wearing a mullet wig and big sunglasses and her wearing a colorful sun visor. "Happy 16th anniversary love. It is so amazing sharing this life with you. Thank you fo
  
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• California lawmaker condemns racial slurs used during a meeting addressing racism

  09-12-2022 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  The Board of Supervisors in the once-solid Republican stronghold of Orange County, California, put forth a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. The resolution was unanimously adopted, but was met with contempt by some audience members in attendance, with at least one heard on video yelling an ethnic slur. CNN's Josh Campbell reports.
  
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• Air Force laying groundwork for changes to bomber fleet

  09-12-2022 23:01 via foxnews.com
  
  With the debut of the long-anticipated B-21 Raider last week, the first new strategic bomber in more than 30 years, the U.S. Air Force is preparing for alterations to its bomber fleet.  In an email to Fox News Digital Friday, a spokesperson confirmed the Air Force would transition its three-bomber fleet to a two-bomber fleet of B-21s and modernized B-52s.  The B-1s and B-2s will continue to provide capacity until the Air Force fields the B-21 Raider, which will be the backbone of its f
  
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• Mike Pence blasts Biden for 'ill-advised' trade of Russian arms dealer for Brittney Griner's release

  09-12-2022 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted the prisoner swap President Biden negotiated with Russia for the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Pence said Friday on "America Reports" that during his tenure in the Trump administration, they were not in the business of an "uneven trade." "You have to understand, we are constantly working to bring Americans home from captivity, but what we did in the Trump-Pence administration, was turn our diplomats loose and use the economic power of t
  
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• 'Avatar' director James Cameron disses Marvel Films, says special effects aren't 'even close' to his sequel

  09-12-2022 22:58 via foxnews.com
  
  James Cameron doesn't think Marvel movie special effects are "even close" to what moviegoers will see while watching "Avatar: The Way of Water." "I just want to say ahead of time that I’m not going to dis the Marvel or DC Universe," Cameron began his comments to ComicBook.com. However, he then went on to compare the Marvel films special effects to his upcoming movie. "Obviously the big comic book films have been driving the sheer volume of the industry," Cameron said. "The rising tide of t
  
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• NBC News issues correction after reporting Biden had a ‘choice’ between Griner or Whelan in prisoner swap

  09-12-2022 22:55 via foxnews.com
  
  NBC News issued an embarrassing correction after initially reporting President Biden could have received Paul Whelan, instead of WNBA star Brittney Griner, in the White House’s controversial prisoner swap this week. Griner was freed from Russian detention on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange with Russia, who got back notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death." When NBC News covered the story, it indicated he had the option to instead bring home
  
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• WATCH: Rare bird found inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

  09-12-2022 22:53 via abcnews.go.com
  The akeake, or band-rumped storm petrel, are heard but rarely seen.
  
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• University of Washington sued for withholding docs detailing professor's alleged role in DHS disinfo campaign

  09-12-2022 22:46 via foxnews.com
  
  The University of Washington is facing a lawsuit over its alleged failure to release documents detailing the alleged coordination between one professor and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) disinformation project.  Independent watchdog Protect the Public’s Trust filed a lawsuit in its pursuit of documents from professor Kate Starbird about her work on the advisory committee for the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).  The comm
  
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• Putin floats possibility of nuclear 'first use'

  09-12-2022 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  • Watch: New video reveals what Brittney Griner endured inside Russian penal colony
  • Why Russia refused to release Paul Whelan
  
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• For second time this week, Russian President suggests Moscow may change doctrine that it won't be first to deploy nuclear weapons in a conflict

  09-12-2022 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the second time this week, floated the possibility that Russia may formally change its military doctrine of not being the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict, days after he warned of the "increasing" threat of nuclear war.
  
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• AOC hits Sinema for leaving Democratic Party, registering as an independent: 'People deserve more'

  09-12-2022 22:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. is criticizing Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after she announced her decision to leave the Democratic Party and register as an independent on Friday. Sinema announced the decision in an Arizona Republic op-ed published on Friday, criticizing America's two party system. "Americans are told that we have only two choices – Democrat or Republican – and that we must subscribe wholesale to policy views the parties hold, views that have been pulled furthe
  
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• DOJ and Trump attorneys had closed-door hearing on request to hold ex-president in contempt

  09-12-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Donald Trump arrived Friday at a courthouse in Washington, DC, for a closed-door hearing on a Justice Department request to hold the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena issued this summer ordering him to turn over classified records.
  
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• The fatal flaw in 'Harry & Meghan'

  09-12-2022 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced in early 2020 that they were stepping back from their roles as "senior" royals, effectively quitting the royal family, they described a culture of familial tension, relentless scrutiny and certain misogyny. They no longer wished to be trailed by the media, obsessed over, watched. Harry didn't want to be constantly reminded of his mother's tragic death every time he and Meghan were photographed; Meghan didn't want to be tabloid fodder for what she wor
  
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• ‘It’s absurd’: Indonesians react to new law outlawing sex outside marriage

  09-12-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Six people in Indonesia share their views on the controversial legislation and what it means for themThe news that Indonesia’s parliament has passed new legislation outlawing sex outside marriage – as part of a wider overhaul of the country’s criminal code – has triggered concern from human rights activists and prompted protests in the capital Jakarta.Here, six people in Indonesia share their views on the controversial legislation, and what it may mean for their personal
  
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• Ankylosaurs used their sledgehammer tails to fight each other

  09-12-2022 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  Armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs might have wielded sledgehammer-like tail clubs against one another in conflict, in addition to warding off predators like the Tyrannosaurus rex.
  
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• Former Minneapolis police officer who helped restrain George Floyd sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison

  09-12-2022 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  A former Minneapolis police officer who assisted in the fatal restraint of George Floyd was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison Friday for his role in the killing.
  
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• King Charles and Camilla meet Ryan Reynolds in Wrexham

  09-12-2022 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  King Charles III and the Queen Consort visited Wrexham to mark its new city status.
  
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• People around the world are rallying around this woman with Alzheimer's

  09-12-2022 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  Ever since they met in the fifth grade, Bob Pettit said his wife has always been the life of the party, a social butterfly and a caring mother.
  
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• Ozempic diabetes drug faces shortage after endorsements by celebs

  09-12-2022 19:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Ozempic, a diabetes drug that can help people lose weight, is facing shortages following demand and global supply constraints.  The company said that while the product continues to be manufactured and shipped, patients in some areas of the country will experience delays with certain doses and instructed anyone concerned with continuity of treatment to contact their health care provider. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said the 1 mg and 2 mg doses of Ozempic are currently available for patient
  
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• Pentagon: Some 'concern' about Viktor Bout release

  09-12-2022 19:53 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • 'Who started it?' Putin defends assault on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure
  
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• Croatia through to the semifinals after an agonizing penalty shootout

  09-12-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil, the favorite to win this year's World Cup, is out of Qatar 2022 after losing to Croatia on penalties 1-1 (4-2) in Friday's dramatic quarterfinal.
  
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• 2024 Watch: John Bolton says if he runs for president, ‘it'll be to win it’

  09-12-2022 19:51 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE – Former national security adviser John Bolton says that if he decides to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, "I would get in to win it, not simply to make a point." Bolton’s comments, in an exclusive interview Friday with Fox News Digital, come four days after he said on social media that he’s "prepared" to get into the White House race if other potential Republican contenders don’t "repudiate" former President Donald Trump’s co
  
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• Why Russia refused to release Paul Whelan

  09-12-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Russia refused to release Paul Whelan alongside Brittney Griner unless a former colonel from Russia's domestic spy organization currently in German custody was also released as part of any prisoner swap, US officials told CNN, even as the US offered up the names of several other Russian prisoners in US custody that they would be willing to trade.
  
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• Review: The 2023 Toyota Sequoia is a huge hybrid SUV that can haul

  09-12-2022 19:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Cars named after animals and airplanes and other fast things make plenty of sense, but an ancient tree? In one case, it is very appropriate. The Toyota Sequoia has proven to be one of the most durable vehicles on the road. A recent study by iseecars.com found that a higher percentage of the trucks with 300,000 miles behind them are still on the road than any other vehicle. The last generation also lasted a long time in showrooms, running from 2008 to 2022 without a major redesign. That has chang
  
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• CBS’ Gayle King rips ‘very messy' T.J. Holmes, Amy Robach affair at ABC

  09-12-2022 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King called the ongoing cheating scandal inside rival ABC News "very messy and very sloppy," and expressed concern for the children involved in T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach’s extramarital affair.  Bravo's Andy Cohen noted to King on Thursday that "all hell is breaking loose" at ABC over the lovebirds, who were sidelined this week from their dayside show "GMA3" as the network figures out how to manage blowback. "Oh, gosh. Of all the questions I was hopin
  
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• Ron Perlman compares acting to having sex: 'It’s very intimate'

  09-12-2022 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Ron Perlman reflected on his upcoming projects during a recent interview when he compared the art of acting to having sex.  The 72-year-old actor sat down with Variety for an interview while visiting Saudi Arabia for the screening of his latest film, "How I Got There," directed and written by Zeyad Alhusaini.  "Acting's a very intimate form of discovery," Perlman said. "It's something that happens in stages. First, you read it, to try to understand the world you're entering into, and y
  
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• Ex-Twitter counsel James Baker's wife registered voters for Hillary Clinton in 2016, posts reveal

  09-12-2022 19:39 via foxnews.com
  
  The wife of James Baker, Twitter's former deputy general counsel, who Elon Musk fired on Tuesday following his role in handling the Hunter Biden laptop story, helped register Hillary Clinton voters and was involved in other Democratic activism, posts reveal. Fox News Digital discovered Baker's wife, Darsie Cahall, from archived White House documents showing that she and Baker attended a November 1999 event with former President Clinton, who mentioned them by name during his r
  
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• Maria Butina, Russian state TV praise Putin for Bout-Griner prisoner swap: 'Capitulation by America'

  09-12-2022 19:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian state media and lawmakers praised President Vladimir Putin after Moscow sent WNBA star Brittney Griner to the U.S. for convicted Russian arms dealer Vitkor Bout, hailing the prisoner swap as a "capitulation by America." Russian state TV host Yevgeny Popov wrote on his Telegram account that the life of Bout, who arrived back in Russia late last night -- "is only beginning," according to Reuters. "Everyone will forget about Griner tomorrow," Popov added. Maria Butina, who served 18 mo
  
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• Suspected NYC baseball bat attacker released on $7,500 bail day after brutal assault

  09-12-2022 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The baseball bat-wielding suspect in a brazen attack in New York City was released less than 24 hours after his arrest, Fox News has confirmed. Karim Azizi, 36, was arrested Wednesday and charged in connection to an attack on a man in broad daylight that was captured on video. He was arraigned that afternoon and released from jail early Thursday morning after his girlfriend made bail, according to his attorney "He posted the entire bail amount of $7,500, and is at liberty," Azizi's attorney Jaso
  
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• Excitement and apprehension as China loosens zero-Covid measures

  09-12-2022 19:18 via theguardian.com
  Some people are keen to enjoy their new freedoms, but others are fearful of a major wave of infectionsChina’s scaling back of its zero-Covid regime has left its population reeling. Some are embracing their new freedoms, while others are struggling to overcome their fears of being infected after three years of tough restrictions.Frustration at protracted lockdowns and mass testing boiled over in late November into widespread protests, the biggest show of public discontent in decades. Contin
  
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• Inside the violent history of notorious cartel hitman 'La Barbie' that dropped off US prison rolls

  09-12-2022 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexican authorities have expressed concern after a notorious cartel hitman seemingly disappeared from U.S. prison rolls without a trace.  The drug kingpin, known as "La Barbie," was serving a nearly 50-year prison sentence in Florida for cocaine trafficking and is suspected of other horrific crimes, including orchestrating murders, beheadings and torture.But just who is "La Barbie?"  Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 49, was born and raised in a middle-class suburb in Laredo, Texas. Family memb
  
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• 4 lawsuits filed against Maine priest that claims he abused 3 men, a woman

  09-12-2022 19:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Four people in Maine have filed lawsuits with claims that they were sexually abused by Catholic priests as children. Three men sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court. The men allege they were abused by priests as children decades ago. Another lawsuit is from a woman who sued the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Eastern Province in U.S. District Court in Bangor. Her lawsuit alleges that she was sexually abused by priests in the 1950s at a
  
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• DOJ and Trump attorneys in closed-door hearing on request to hold ex-president in contempt

  09-12-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Donald Trump arrived Friday at a courthouse in Washington, DC, for a closed-door hearing on a Justice Department request to hold the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena issued this summer ordering him to turn over classified records.
  
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• Neymar equals Pele's scoring record but it isn't enough for Selecao

  09-12-2022 18:58 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil, the favorite to win this year's World Cup, is out of Qatar 2022 after losing to Croatia on penalties 1-1 (4-2) in Friday's dramatic quarterfinal.
  
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• A fake Romeo charmed more than 100 women with promises of romance, then scammed them. Now he's going to prison

  09-12-2022 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  Patrick Giblin was like the American version of the "Tinder Swindler" -- but without the private jets.
  
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• Watch brown bear walk free after 20 years of being caged in a restaurant

  09-12-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  After decades in a cage, Albania's last "restaurant bear" has been freed, according to a non-profit.
  
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• Taylor Swift set to make her feature directorial debut

  09-12-2022 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift's about to yell action!
  
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• Elton John is quitting Twitter, saying platform's policy shift will let misinformation flourish

  09-12-2022 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  Elton John has become the latest celebrity to say they are leaving Twitter, following Elon Musk's takeover of the social media platform.
  
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• Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin jailed for eight and a half years

  09-12-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  A Moscow court on Friday sentenced Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to eight years and six months imprisonment, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti, in a blow to what's left of the country's opposition.
  
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• 'Who started it?' Putin sips champagne as he defends assault on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure

  09-12-2022 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  President Vladimir Putin made rare public comments specifically addressing the Russian military's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure Thursday, while clutching a glass of champagne at a Kremlin reception.
  
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• 'Tis the season for family Christmas projects and gifts that give back

  09-12-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Whether you're hoping to do something more meaningful with your kids than just hitting the mall, or if you're just looking for some gifts that give back, here are some ideas that could bring more joy this holiday season.
  
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• Canada: hopes rise for landfill search where Indigenous women’s bodies believed to be buried

  09-12-2022 17:18 via theguardian.com
  Manitoba site pauses operations, raising prospect that search for bodies of Long Plain First Nation women could be possibleOperations have paused at a Canadian landfill where the bodies of at least two Indigenous victims of an alleged serial killer are believed to be buried, amid mounting frustration that authorities are not doing enough to recover the bodies.Police in Winnipeg announced last week they had charged Jeremy Skibicki, 35, with the murder of Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39, and Marcedes M
  
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