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• Officer fired after dragging woman to jail entrance

  28-12-2022 23:57 via abcnews.go.com
  A Tampa police officer has been fired after dragging a woman on the ground to a jail entrance.
  
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• 3 dead from falling through ice on frozen lake

  28-12-2022 23:15 via abcnews.go.com
  Two men and a woman were found dead after they fell through the ice on a frozen lake in Arizona.
  
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• Guns temporarily banned from Brazil's capital ahead of Lula da Silva's inauguration

  28-12-2022 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Wednesday issued a four-day ban on carrying firearms in the capital as a precautionary measure ahead of the January 1 inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva.
  
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• New York prosecutor looking into Rep.-elect George Santos, citing 'fabrications and inconsistencies'

  28-12-2022 22:51
  
  George Santos, the congressman-elect from New York who's admitted to "embellishing" his résumé, is being investigated by a New York prosecutor. "The numerous
  
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• Parents 'clearly' know more about missing 11-year-old, police say

  28-12-2022 22:43 via abcnews.go.com
  The parents of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari know more about her whereabouts or disappearance than they’ve told investigators, local police said on Tuesday.
  
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• A look back at the beloved internet-famous animals who died in 2022

  28-12-2022 22:39
  
  People online mourned Noodle the pug, P-22 and other beloved animals who died this year.
  
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• Australia news live: Surfers Paradise drowning adds to tragic holiday toll after call to avoid alcohol near water

  28-12-2022 22:20 via theguardian.com
  Drinking was a factor in more than a quarter of drowning deaths last summer, lifesavers say. Follow the day’s news liveWestern Australia Police have confirmed that two people have been rescued off the coast of Port Kennedy overnight, after two children were found by a member of the public, at a boat ramp last night. Police say the children, aged 11 and five, were found at the the Port Kennedy Boat Ramp, off Port Kennedy Drive, where they told the man their parents had left on a jet ski hou
  
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• US to require arrivals from China to provide negative Covid test

  28-12-2022 22:10 via theguardian.com
  Other countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led to surge in casesThe US has announced all travellers from China must provide a negative Covid-19 test to enter the country, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections.The increase in cases across China follows the rollback of the nation’s strict anti-virus controls. Beijing’s “zero Covid” policies had kept the c
  
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• New entry requirement comes after US officials expressed deep concerns about China's lack of transparency surrounding most recent surge in cases

  28-12-2022 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  The United States will require all travelers from China to show a negative Covid-19 test result before flying to the country as Beijing's rapid easing of Covid-19 restrictions leads to a surge in cases.
  
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• US ‘bomb cyclone’ to cause wet and windy weather in UK, says Met Office

  28-12-2022 22:03 via theguardian.com
  Storm that sent US temperatures plunging triggers yellow weather warning for heavy rain over Scotland on FridayThe deadly bomb cyclone that has sent temperatures plunging in the US is also causing the UK to experience wet and windy weather, the Met Office has said.On Wednesday, the forecaster issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain from 3am on Friday for 15 hours for much of Scotland, including Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling. The Met Office said heavy rain could bring some flooding and t
  
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• WATCH: Adorable ring bearer doesn’t know what to do with ring at alter

  28-12-2022 21:49 via abcnews.go.com
  He really doesn’t want to mess up his big moment.
  
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• ‘Do you have no shame?’: Tulsi Gabbard grills congressman-elect George Santos

  28-12-2022 21:41 via theguardian.com
  The former presidential candidate called resume-inflating Santos’s claims ‘blatant lies’ in Fox News interviewIn a Fox News interview with former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday, Republican congressman-elect George Santos claimed he is not a “fraud” when questioned about the recent revelations – and his eventual admission – that his claims about his career and identity are riddled with lies and fabricated records.The Fox interview came th
  
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• Woman in Wales arrested after death of child, 8, linked to strep A

  28-12-2022 21:37 via theguardian.com
  Dyfed-Powys police made arrest of 33-year-old on suspicion of child neglect after sudden death of eight-year-old in LampeterA woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect in Wales over the death of an eight-year-old linked to the strep A infection.According to the BBC, a 33-year-old woman was arrested by Dyfed-Powys police on 23 December after the “sudden death” of a child the day before in Lampeter, Ceredigion and has been released as inquiries continue. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Second grader steals the show with his impressive moves at school’s winter concert

  28-12-2022 21:27 via abcnews.go.com
  Jaden Williams couldn’t wait for the winter concert!
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 308 of the invasion

  28-12-2022 20:51 via theguardian.com
  Putin bans supply of oil to countries participating in price cap; heavy fighting continues in southern and eastern UkraineSee all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...
  
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• See moment waitress receives $1,000 tip on Christmas Day

  28-12-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  Callie Blue, a waitress at a diner outside Madison, Wisconsin, never expected one of her customers to leave her a generous tip. Then she met Michael Johnson on Christmas Day. CNN affiliate Spectrum News Madison has more.
  
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• Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker pleads not guilty to state charges

  28-12-2022 20:19 via abcnews.go.com
  David DePape, the man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer, pleaded not guilty to state charges on Wednesday.
  
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• Congress passes bill to cap 'predatory' prison phone calls

  28-12-2022 20:17 via abcnews.go.com
  The Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act will allow for the price of intrastate inmate phone calls to be regulated by the FCC
  
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• Investigators seek video in sabotage of Washington power grid

  28-12-2022 20:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Four power substation facilities were vandalized in Pierce County, Washington, on Christmas morning, knocking out power to more than 14,000 customers.
  
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• 'Have you no shame': Congressman-elect Santos grilled after admitting to 'embellishing' resume

  28-12-2022 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Republican New York congressman-elect George Santos was grilled on Fox News about fabricating parts of his resume.
  
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• National guard check door-to-door in Buffalo after storm that killed 34

  28-12-2022 19:57 via theguardian.com
  Officials fear more fatalities may be found after high winds and record snowfalls ravage western New YorkMembers of the US national guard went door-to-door in some neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday to check on residents who lost power during a winter storm earlier this week that killed nearly three dozen residents of the region.As the national guard made their way from house to house, members were confronted with the bleak possibility of encountering still more victims in frigid h
  
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• Kherson residents told to evacuate as bombardment intensifies; Bakhmut ‘covered with blood’, says Zelenskiy – as it happened

  28-12-2022 19:57 via theguardian.com
  Ukraine official says Kherson is ‘one of the most dangerous cities’; Ukrainian president says only few civilians remain in Bakhmut. This live blog is closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceAn “official” channel of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) – one of the areas of Ukraine that Russia claimed to have annexed in September – has posted on Telegram to say in the last 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have fired at seven of the settlements the DP
  
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• Tent processing center for migrants going up in El Paso, expected to increase capacity by 1,000

  28-12-2022 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  In response to the increased number of migrants crossing the border in El Paso, US Customs and Border Protection is erecting a soft-sided tent facility to increase migrant processing capacity by about 1,000, according to Landon Hutchens, US Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.
  
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• CNN reporter reveals surprising moment he came face-to-face with Russians on battlefield

  28-12-2022 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Matthew Chance reflects on his key takeaways covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict.
  
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• CNN reporter reveals 'shocking experience' covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine

  28-12-2022 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Matthew Chance reflects on his key takeaways covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict.
  
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• Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack pleads not guilty to state charges

  28-12-2022 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  In a short court hearing Wednesday, David DePape entered a second not guilty plea to state charges stemming from an attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in late October. A second arraignment for felony charges is customary in California following a preliminary hearing in which a defendant is held to answer to all charges.
  
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• ExxonMobil launches legal challenge to EU’s windfall tax on energy firms

  28-12-2022 18:57 via theguardian.com
  US oil firm contests legal authority for ‘solidarity contribution’ to raise funds to offset soaring energy pricesExxonMobil has launched a legal challenge against the EU in an attempt to derail the bloc’s windfall tax on the profits of energy producers.In a high-stakes political battle as countries across Europe and the wider western world struggle with soaring energy costs and sky-high inflation, the US oil firm said it believed the EU had overreached its powers with the windf
  
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• WATCH: Puppy adorably watches neighbor from across the street

  28-12-2022 18:43 via abcnews.go.com
  Sapir Ben Yosef was tidying up her kitchen when she noticed the furry admirer.
  
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• Ukrainian who walked 140 miles to safety to feature in London exhibition

  28-12-2022 18:34 via theguardian.com
  Story of Igor Pedin’s escape from Mariupol is one of about a dozen in an exhibition entitled What Would You Take?The secret to Igor Pedin’s survival had been his invisibility, the 61-year-old had said.With his dog, Zhu-Zhu, the former ship’s cook banked on being ignored by the trigger-happy Russian soldiers and their killing machines when he took the first step of a 140-mile journey from his home in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on 23 April, before stealing out i
  
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• WATCH: Great Dane learns how to wipe her mouth after drinking water

  28-12-2022 18:33 via abcnews.go.com
  After Mini drinks water from a bowl she politely wipes her mouth on a snuffle mat.
  
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• Michigan governor kidnap plot: man sentenced to over 19 years in prison

  28-12-2022 18:29 via theguardian.com
  Barry Croft Jr, the co-leader of the stunning plot to abduct the governor from her vacation home, is the final defendant in the caseA Delaware trucker described as a co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.Barry Croft Jr was the fourth and final federal defendant to learn his fate, a day after ally Adam Fox was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The two men were convicted in August of conspiracy charges at a second trial in
  
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• The world's 'best' villages for tourism have been announced

  28-12-2022 18:28 via cnn.com
  
  Travel has changed in many ways since the pandemic started, but one change for the better is the new push towards rural tourism. Where before we were intent on ticking off yet another city break, in lockdown we started dreaming of the great outdoors -- and that still hasn't changed.
  
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• Woman sent family video of blizzard conditions. She was later found dead in her car

  28-12-2022 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  Anndel Taylor, 22, was found dead over the holiday weekend in Buffalo after being trapped in her car by the blizzard paralyzing western New York, her family told CNN on Tuesday. CNN's Athena Jones reports.
  
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• Velvet sofas and opulent curtains: the Sunaks’ makeover of No 10 flat revealed

  28-12-2022 18:07 via theguardian.com
  PM and Akshata Murty got rid of ‘very tired’ decor largely installed for former chancellor George OsborneRishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, undertook a makeover of the No 10 flat with opulent curtains and velvet sofas in jewel colours at their own expense, according to a new profile of the couple in the society magazine Tatler.John Challis, the upholsterer behind the transformation, told the magazine that the redesign got rid of the “very tired” decor largely instal
  
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• NASA images showcase eerie beauty of winter on Mars

  28-12-2022 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  Mars may seem like a dry, desolate place, but the red planet transforms into an otherworldly wonderland in winter, according to a new video shared by NASA.
  
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• No 10 ‘concerned’ MPs engaged in ‘sex and heavy drinking’ on trips abroad

  28-12-2022 18:01 via theguardian.com
  Downing Street says reports of raucous behaviour of all-party trips are a matter for parliamentNo 10 has said it is “very concerning” that MPs were reportedly met by sex workers in their hotel rooms and engaged in raucous drinking while on parliamentary trips abroad.The prime minister’s deputy official spokesperson said the oversight of trips taken by all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) was a matter for parliament but expressed concern about some of the behaviour reported by
  
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• Convicted member of plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison

  28-12-2022 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  A Michigan federal judge sentenced a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to nearly 20 years in prison Wednesday.
  
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• Civil service union warns of possible strikes by junior doctors and teachers

  28-12-2022 18:01 via theguardian.com
  General secretary Mark Serwotka predicts ‘coordinated and synchronised’ action from JanuaryThe head of the largest civil servants union has warned ministers that “coordinated and synchronised” strike action across the economy will “significantly escalate” from January.Mark Serwotka, the general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), was speaking as his members employed in passport control for Border Force set up picket lines at Britain&rs
  
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• Western US battles rain and flooding as ‘atmospheric river’ storm hits

  28-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Portions of northern California, Oregon and Washington could see an inch of rain an hour, spurring mudslides and debris flowsSeveral western US states are battling heavy rain, wind and flooding as a powerful storm system sweeps across the region.This system, called an “atmospheric river”, bore down on portions of northern California, Oregon and Washington on Tuesday. The deluge could also spur mudslides and debris flows, according to the New York Times. Continue reading...
  
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• Insurers end war-risk cover for shipping in Ukraine invasion zone

  28-12-2022 17:58 via theguardian.com
  Move comes as a result of reinsurers exiting the region in the face of heavy financial lossesShip insurers are cancelling war-risk coverage across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus from January, leaving cargo and freight companies liable for major losses linked to the ongoing conflict.At least 12 of the 13 Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs - which cover 90% of the world’s ocean-going ships, including those from the UK and the US - said they would no longer be able to provide coverage to c
  
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• Jordan king says he's prepared for conflict if Jerusalem status changes

  28-12-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  Jordan's king says he is prepared for conflict should the status of Jerusalem's holy sites change as Israel prepares to swear in what is likely to be the most right-wing government in its history.
  
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• Kherson maternity hospital hit as Russia continues bombardment

  28-12-2022 17:44 via theguardian.com
  Recaptured city comes under renewed shelling as Russia also reinforces eastern town targeted by Ukraine forces Russia-Ukraine war: latest news updatesRussian forces are continuing their bombardment of the recently liberated city of Kherson, launching numerous strikes against the city on Tuesday and Wednesday that hit targets including the maternity ward of a hospital.Thirty-three strikes were launched on Kherson in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning, according to the Ukrainian military’s
  
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• Government refuses to disclose whether Prevent strategy will be redacted

  28-12-2022 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Whitehall sources claim the Home Office is fighting with Michael Gove over whether Islamist extremists’ details should be removedNo 10 has refused to say if its review of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy will be redacted, amid reports it has been delayed by a row between Michael Gove and the Home Office over whether to reveal the names of suspected Islamist extremists.The Prevent review was handed over to the Home Office by William Shawcross, a former head of the Charity Commission,
  
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• Conservative Supreme Court once again looms as threat to Biden agenda in 2023

  28-12-2022 17:18
  
  The conservative-majority Supreme Court will have a major say over whether President Joe Biden is able to accomplish some of his most ambitious agenda items in
  
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• Biden administration renews commitment to free Paul Whelan on fourth anniversary of his detention in Russia

  28-12-2022 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration on Wednesday renewed its commitment to secure the release of American Paul Whelan on the fourth anniversary of his wrongful detention in Russia, as Whelan's family expressed hope that he would not mark yet another milestone in Russian prison.
  
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• Throwback tech continues to fascinate us. Do we want an analog future?

  28-12-2022 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  In 2022, we're more plugged in than ever.
  
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• Video shows over 200 cars involved in pileup on bridge

  28-12-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  The major incident happened on a bridge in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou and was caused by extreme fog, according to Reuters.
  
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• Fog blamed for deadly 200-vehicle pileup. See the stunning footage

  28-12-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  The major incident happened on a bridge in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou and was caused by extreme fog, according to Reuters.
  
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• Netanyahu government makes West Bank settlement expansion its priority

  28-12-2022 16:57 via theguardian.com
  Hardline coalition vows to legalise dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territoryBenjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hardline government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities on Wednesday, vowing to legalise dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with its ultranational allies.The coalition agreements, released a day before the government is to be sworn into office, also included lan
  
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• Jordan king says prepared for conflict if Jerusalem status changes

  28-12-2022 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Jordan's king says he is prepared for conflict should the status of Jerusalem's holy sites change as Israel prepares to swear in what is likely to be the most right-wing government in its history.
  
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