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• WATCH: Man builds a snack tower on pregnant woman's belly

  19-12-2022 23:21 via abcnews.go.com
  John Adamczak decided to invent a new game when he stacked snack boxes on his pregnant niece's belly.
  
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• Key takeaways from a historic day on Capitol Hill, as the bipartisan panel referred charges including insurrection and obstruction against the ex-president

  19-12-2022 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  The January 6 committee used its final public meeting Monday to summarize its 17-month investigation with a simple closing statement: All roads lead to Donald Trump.
  
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• Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to DOJ on 4 criminal charges

  19-12-2022 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  • What criminal referrals against Trump mean
  • Analysis: The fateful question the Jan. 6 committee left hanging over the US
  • Opinion: Trump represents our founders' worst fears
  
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• The Jan. 6 committee referred Trump to the Justice Department. That was a mistake.

  19-12-2022 22:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to Justice Department for possible criminal charges. But Congress should legislate, not prosecute.
  
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• Gunman in Toronto slayings claimed condo building was making him sick

  19-12-2022 22:39 via theguardian.com
  Francesco Velli, 73, had history of harassing neighbours before killing three members of the condo board and two othersThe man who shot and killed five people at a suburban Toronto condominium on Sunday evening had spent years harassing his neighbours and threatening the building’s condo board over a belief that the building’s electrical room was making him sick.At a news conference on Monday, York region police chief James MacSween identified the gunman in Sunday night’s attac
  
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• First legislative response to Capitol attack nears passage

  19-12-2022 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Lawmakers reached an agreement to include in must-pass legislation a measure aimed at making it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, marking the first legislative response to the US Capitol insurrection and then-President Donald Trump's relentless pressure campaign to stay in power despite his 2020 loss.
  
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• Australian, Taiwan authorities foil alleged plot to smuggle meth into Australia using 3D printers

  19-12-2022 22:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities foiled a plot by two men alleged to be senior members of an international crime syndicate to smuggle methamphetamine into western Australia hidden inside 3D printers. Two men, ages 36 and 33, were arrested in July and October in Taiwan after one of them came to the attention of the Australian Federal Police during Operation Ironside, an Australian law enforcement mission that intercepted communications on a platform used by criminal organizations.  "Intelligence indicates he and
  
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• Ex-Trump insiders react to criminal referral for former president

  19-12-2022 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  Former Trump administration aides Stephanie Grisham, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Olivia Troye and Sarah Matthews discuss the January 6 committee's criminal referral of Donald Trump to the Justice Department.
  
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• Putin lands in Belarus to pressure ally to join the offensive in Ukraine war

  19-12-2022 21:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Monday along with his defense and foreign ministers, fanning fears in Kyiv that he intends to pressure his ex-Soviet ally to join a fresh ground offensive that would open a new front against Ukraine. Putin, whose troops have been driven back in Ukraine's north, northeast and south since invading in February, is taking a more public role in the war. He visited his operation headquarters on Friday to sound out military commanders. His trip for ta
  
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• What's in the House January 6 committee report summary

  19-12-2022 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has concluded that former President Donald Trump was ultimately responsible for the insurrection, laying out for the public and the Justice Department a trove of evidence for why he should be prosecuted for multiple crimes.
  
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• Tourists trapped by Peru protests at Machu Picchu evacuated by helicopter

  19-12-2022 21:14 via theguardian.com
  Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo had blocked train tracks near Inca citadel with rocksTourists visiting Peru’s Inca citadel of Machu Picchu have been evacuated by helicopter to the nearby city of Cusco where flights to the capital, Lima, are operating normally, the country’s tourism ministry said on Monday.Scores had been trapped in and around the Inca ruin after protesters had used rocks to block trains that run to Cusco since Tuesday, forcing some tourists to hike to t
  
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• Hope Hicks describes conversation with Trump in newly released video

  19-12-2022 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  A new video clip played by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol shows Hope Hicks, who previously served as a top aide to former President Donald Trump, reference Trump's baseless claims of election fraud.
  
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• Objection by DRC sours ‘paradigm-changing’ Cop15 biodiversity deal

  19-12-2022 20:57 via theguardian.com
  The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s last-minute bid for additional funds was dismissed on a legal technicalityIt was almost a special moment in the early hours of Monday morning in the Palais des congrès in Montreal. China and Canada, two squabbling adversaries, had united for the good of the planet to help the world at Cop15 forge a once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems.From the emphasis on indigenous rights to conserving 30% of Earth for natu
  
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• Former deputy FBI director on how the DOJ is receiving Trump criminal referral

  19-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe explains how the Department of Justice is receiving the criminal referral of former President Donald Trump by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US capitol.
  
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• Former deputy FBI director on how the DOJ is receiving referral

  19-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe explains how the Department of Justice is receiving the criminal referral of former President Donald Trump by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US capitol.
  
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• ‘We didn’t accept it’: DRC minister laments forcing through of Cop15 deal

  19-12-2022 20:32 via theguardian.com
  Democratic Republic of the Congo’s environment minister says country has not agreed to ‘30 by 30’ dealThe Democratic Republic of the Congo’s environment minister has said her country has not agreed to a deal to halt the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems, prompting behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to keep the agreement alive just hours after it was adopted.Ève Bazaiba, the DRC’s environment minister, said her country would be writing to the UN se
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried returns to prison as Bahamas hearing ends in confusion

  19-12-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried Monday morning arrived in court in the Bahamas where he is expected to drop his extradition fight, clearing a significant hurdle to return him to US soil to be prosecuted on multiple charges of fraud and conspiracy.
  
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• Takeaways from Monday's Jan. 6 committee meeting

  19-12-2022 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  The January 6 committee used its final public meeting Monday to summarize its 17-month investigation with a simple closing statement: All roads lead to Donald Trump.
  
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• 2 endangered Javan rhino calves spotted in Indonesia

  19-12-2022 20:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Indonesia has welcomed two baby Javan rhinoceroses to a family of one of the world's most endangered species, the environment and forestry ministry said. Hidden camera footage released by the ministry at the weekend showed a small rhino trudging alongside another almost three times its size in the muddy terrain of the protected Ujung Kulon National Park on the western tip of Java island. Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar said the births would ensure rhino populations keep risi
  
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• COVID remains to be Spain’s leading cause of deaths in 2022

  19-12-2022 19:37 via foxnews.com
  
  The number of deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic fell by almost a third in Spain in the first half of this year from a year ago, but the illness provoked by the virus remained the leading cause of fatalities, official data showed on Monday. Spain's statistics agency INE said 20,915 people died from COVID-19 in the first half of 2022, according to provisional data, down from 29,300 during the same period in 2021. In all of last year, COVID-19 killed 39,444 people, a 35% drop from 2020,
  
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• Massive freak wave sweeps South Africa beach, kills 3 and injures 17

  19-12-2022 19:32 via foxnews.com
  
  South Africa’s coastal city of Durban has closed its North Beach after three people died when they were hit by a large wave, emergency officials said on Sunday. The Emergency Medical Services "responded to reports of a freak wave that swept a group of beachgoers against the pier causing multiple injuries," EMS spokesman Njabulo Dlungele said. "Unfortunately three people, including a teenager, were declared deceased at the scene." At least 17 people were also taken to various medical facili
  
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• More than 100 new designs discovered in Peru’s ancient Nazca plain

  19-12-2022 19:29 via theguardian.com
  Findings this month of geoglyphs, which date back more than 2,000 years, are smaller and can be seen from the groundMore than 100 new designs discovered in and around Peru’s ancient Nazca plain and surrounding areas could bring new information to light about the mysterious pre-Columbian artworks that have intrigued scientists and visitors for decades.Following two years of field surveys with aerial photos and drones, Peruvian and Japanese researches from Yamagata University earlier this mo
  
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• Reaction to Messi lifting the World Cup trophy wearing a bisht shows cultural fault lines of Qatar 2022

  19-12-2022 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  • Video: Argentina won the World Cup. See the reaction in Buenos Aires
  
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• Reaction to Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup trophy wearing a bisht shows cultural fault lines of Qatar 2022

  19-12-2022 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  • Video: Argentina won the World Cup. See the reaction in Buenos Aires
  
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• Black ice, wintery conditions disrupts travel in Germany

  19-12-2022 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Black ice and freezing rain caused disruption in parts of Germany on Monday as a lengthy freeze gave way to milder and wetter weather, with trains traveling at reduced speed, cancellations at the country's busiest airport and a spate of traffic accidents. The German Weather Service warned of widespread black ice across the country, except in the south and west. ARCTIC BLAST TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING COLD TO MUCH OF US AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS, FORECASTERS WARN National railway operator Deutsche Bahn s
  
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• Dutch prime minister apologizes for the Netherlands' role in the slave trade

  19-12-2022 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday for the Netherlands' "slavery past," which he said continues to have "negative effects."
  
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• Sweden's top court rejects extradition request for journalist wanted by Turkey

  19-12-2022 18:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Sweden's top court on Monday rejected an extradition request for a man wanted by Turkey, saying the Scandinavian country does not criminalize the act he is accused of committing. In a statement, the Swedish Supreme Court said there were "obstacles to extradition because it is a matter of so-called political crimes, i.e. crimes that are directed against the state and that are political in nature." The court in Stockholm said there was "a risk of persecution based on the person’s political v
  
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• Executive director of UN World Food Program to step down

  19-12-2022 18:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, which won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago, says he will step down at the end of a six-year term heading the world's largest humanitarian organization. David Beasley, a Republican, served one term as South Carolina’s governor from 1995 to 1999. In a statement Saturday, Beasley said he will exit his role at the conclusion of his term in April 2023. "Serving in this capacity has been the greatest joy and deepest heartache of
  
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• Woman arrested after breaking into Robert De Niro's home in New York City, source says

  19-12-2022 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Police in New York City arrested a woman who broke into Robert De Niro's home early Monday, according to a law enforcement source.
  
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• High Court rules UK's Rwanda asylum plan is lawful

  19-12-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  The UK's controversial policy to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed lawful by the country's High Court. CNN's Nada Bashir reports.
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried set to drop extradition fight

  19-12-2022 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried Monday morning arrived in court in the Bahamas where he is expected to drop his extradition fight, clearing a significant hurdle to return him to US soil to be prosecuted on multiple charges of fraud and conspiracy.
  
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• Suspect who killed 5 in 'horrendous' Canada condo shooting is 73, police say

  19-12-2022 17:33 via cnn.com
  
  Five people were killed in a shooting at a condominium in a Toronto suburb Sunday night, police said.
  
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• The Ukrainian Air Force says it shot down most of the Iranian-made drones early Monday morning but some still damaged infrastructure, particularly in Kyiv

  19-12-2022 17:11 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • One dead in strikes on Russian region near Ukraine
  
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• Company creates candy that contains 96% real fruit and vegetables

  19-12-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Amy Keller, the CEO of Climate Candy, shares why her company turns unharvested produce and other food waste into edible candy and how it can help protect the planet.
  
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• Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising, study finds

  19-12-2022 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  Homicide is a leading cause of death for children in the United States, a new study says, and the overall rate has increased an average of 4.3% each year for nearly a decade.
  
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• Amber Heard says she has settled defamation lawsuit with Johnny Depp

  19-12-2022 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  Amber Heard has settled the defamation lawsuit with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, according to a statement posted on her verified Instagram account.
  
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• 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games to pay $520 million in record-breaking FTC settlement

  19-12-2022 16:47 via cnn.com
  
  Epic Games, maker of the hit video game "Fortnite," has agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle US government allegations that it misled millions of players, including children and teens, into making unintended purchases and that it violated a landmark federal children's privacy law.
  
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• WATCH: Lizards wrestle in Australia's Northern Territory

  19-12-2022 16:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Two grappling sand goannas, a type of lizard, wrestled through an office in Australia's Northern Territory, tumbling out of the doorway and scurrying off.
  
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• WATCH: Friends prank roommate by wrapping room in Christmas paper

  19-12-2022 16:41 via abcnews.go.com
  A group of friends pulled a prank on their roommate who was away for the weekend by wrapping her room in Christmas gift wrap.
  
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• Top Biden adviser's end-of-year memo celebrates president's 'strong jolt of momentum' heading into 2023

  19-12-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  As 2022 comes to a close, President Joe Biden's top adviser Mike Donilon has a rosy outlook on the president's political durability: Biden heads into the new year with a "strong jolt of momentum," he says.
  
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• Tom Cruise thanks fans for supporting 'Top Gun: Maverick' -- while free-falling from a plane

  19-12-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  When it comes to Tom Cruise's daredevil stunts, the sky is literally the limit.
  
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• Five injured after 'severe turbulence' on United Airlines flight into Houston

  19-12-2022 16:30 via cnn.com
  
  Turbulence on a United Airlines flight traveling into Houston Monday morning sent at least five people to the hospital, airport authorities said in an email to CNN.
  
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• Patriots' leads to Raiders win and NFL fans are left stunned: 'I can't stop laughing'

  19-12-2022 16:14 via foxnews.com
  
  The Las Vegas Raiders defeated the New England Patriots in one of the wildest endings to a game ever. With the game tied at 24 apiece, Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson found a hole in the Raiders secondary. Instead of sliding or letting himself get tackled to bring the tied game into overtime, Stevenson decided he wanted to make a play out of nothing and maybe score a touchdown. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Stevenson lateralled the ball back to wide receiver Jakobi
  
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• Amber Heard settles defamation case with Johnny Depp for $1M

  19-12-2022 16:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Amber Heard has agreed to pay Johnny Depp $1 million to settle his defamation claim against her, a source familiar with the agreement told Fox News Digital. Heard, 36, has agreed to cough up the seven-figure sum to put an end to their acrimonious courtroom wrangling. "After a great deal of deliberation, I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex-husband in Virginia," she wrote on Instagram Monday.  AMBER HEARD FILES 16-POINT GROUNDS FOR A
  
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• 'Woke' London museum to change name of Christmas exhibit to 'Winter Festival'

  19-12-2022 16:06 via foxnews.com
  
  London's iconic Museum of the Home is renaming its traditional Christmas exhibit to the "Winter Festival" in an attempt to be more inclusive to other holidays. "Britain’s museum sector has been completely captured by the woke cult," Toby Young, the founder of the U.K.'s Free Speech Union, told The Sun in a report Sunday. Young's comments come as the Museum of the Home in London announced that it will "celebrate Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Lunar New Year and learn how they are marked at ho
  
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• Pope Francis reveals he has written a resignation letter in case of health issues

  19-12-2022 16:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis revealed he has written a resignation letter in case medical problems prevent him from carrying out his duties.  Francis, speaking to the Spanish newspaper ABC, said he wrote the letter shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 and handed it to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who then was the Vatican secretary of state. Cardinal Pietro Parolin is now in that role and Francis believes he is in possession of the instruction.  "I signed it and said: ‘If I should become imp
  
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• 'Punisher' writer's comic book about vigilante border agent pulled from Kickstarter after woke backlash

  19-12-2022 16:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Woke critics are pushing to cancel a comic book about a border agent who hunts down fentanyl dealers, with Kickstarter removing the creator from its platform and one Daily Kos article slamming the comic as "racist propaganda." Mike Baron, author of "The Private American," deconstructed the outrage Monday on "Fox & Friends First," defending its place as a vigilante story that tackles a real-world issue. "There's nothing wrong with [taking on drug cartels]. It's a classic vigilante story in th
  
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• CNN investigative reporter Drew Griffin dies at 60 after fight with cancer

  19-12-2022 16:01 via foxnews.com
  
  CNN investigative reporter Drew Griffin died Saturday after a long battle with cancer. He was 60.  "We have some very sad news to tell you," Don Lemon told viewers Monday on "CNN This Morning," telling them about Griffin's work with CNN's investigative unit starting in 2004 and his expertise on issues like sports, politics and corporate malfeasance. Griffin won a Peabody Award for his investigation into delays in care at Veterans Affairs hospitals, which turned into a major Obama administra
  
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• Defense bill not perfect, but should result in stronger, more effective US military

  19-12-2022 16:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Having passed both chambers of Congress by wide margins, the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is now headed to the president. Though delayed through mis-prioritization of the legislative process, the final bill accomplishes its most important task: authorizing funding and providing a policy framework to strengthen the nation’s defenses. While not perfect, the bill represents a clear win for those who support a strong U.S. military.  The bill’s foremost achievement
  
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• World Cup commentator goes viral for emotional reaction

  19-12-2022 15:54 via cnn.com
  
  Andres Cantor, Chief World Cup commentator for Telemundo Deportes, shares what was going through his mind when he broke down in tears after Argentina beat France in a thrilling World Cup final.
  
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