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• Damar Hamlin: How anti-vaxxers exploited player's collapse

  04-01-2023 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The football star's case has become the latest rallying point for anti-vaccination lobby.
  
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• House without a speaker as McCarthy fails to secure majority in six rounds of voting – live

  04-01-2023 23:58 via theguardian.com
  House adjourns until 8pm ET as Republicans remain deadlockedSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailUS Capitol police officer Michael Fanone, who testified to the January 6 committee, visited McCarthy’s office today to highlight McCarthy’s failure to secure his House speaker vote.While posing outside of McCarthy’s office, Fanone said he visited McCarthy to “rub it in”, referring to McCarthy’s election failure. Continue reading...
  
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• Australia news live: defence force deployed to Kimberley floods; bushfire warning for south-west WA

  04-01-2023 23:57 via theguardian.com
  Western Australia’s Fitzroy Crossing, as well as 50 small remote Indigenous communities, could be isolated for weeks. Follow the day’s news liveGet our free app or daily news podcastA wind turbine west of Goulburn in NSW has caught fire, with authorities saying that though the fire is out of reach, it poses no risk to surrounding properties.The Rural Fire Service said there was a fire at the top of the turbine at Breadalbane.Crews have also created an exclusion zone around the base o
  
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• GOP lawmaker: Dangerous option could lead to a Democratic speaker

  04-01-2023 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) describes to CNN's Jake Tapper how the House of Representatives could end up with a Democratic Speaker of the House if lawmakers opt for a plurality vote.
  
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• Shortage of cough and cold medicines in UK is government’s fault, say pharmacists

  04-01-2023 23:46 via theguardian.com
  Pharmacy leaders citeministers’ ‘lack of planning’ amid problems obtaining common productsA shortage of cough and cold medicines in the UK is a result of ministers’ “lack of planning”, according to pharmacy leaders.Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were accused of “being in denial” as supply chain problems worsen, with pharmacists reporting shortages of once-common cold and flu medicines. Continue reading...
  
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• Arizona county blames human error for discrepancies in attorney general race

  04-01-2023 23:44 via theguardian.com
  The county found hundreds of additional votes during a mandatory statewide recountThe third-largest county in Arizona is blaming human error and poorly-trained staff for the hundreds of additional votes it found during a state-mandated recount, which narrowed the already close race for state attorney general.In a meeting Wednesday morning, Pinal county officials laid out various human errors and training lapses that led to a discrepancy of more than 500 votes between the canvassed results and th
  
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• House adjourned after McCarthy fails to win speakership on second day of voting

  04-01-2023 23:36 via theguardian.com
  Republican leader’s prospects dim as he continues to fall short after six rounds of voting over two daysThe House remained paralyzed on Wednesday, after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed for the sixth time to capture the speaker’s gavel as his critics stood firm in their opposition to his candidacy. After the House adjourned for a few hours, McCarthy and his allies went into negotiations with the Republican holdouts without a clear path forward to end the standoff.The House hel
  
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• WATCH: Dog rescued from frozen Quebec lake

  04-01-2023 23:35
  A family heroically rescued a dog that fell through thin ice into a frozen Quebec lake, safely pulling it from the freezing water and returning the dog to its owners.
  
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• ‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’

  04-01-2023 23:31 via theguardian.com
  PM makes five pledges for public to judge him against, but gives little detail or timescaleAnalysis: Sunak strives to be reassuring but is five-point plan all sleight of hand?Rishi Sunak has asked the public to judge him on results as he revealed his strategy for the run-up to the next general election, hinting at pay rises in the public sector next year and vowing to get the economy growing.The prime minister staked his premiership on a five-point plan to get through to polling day, expected in
  
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• Labour will not open ‘big government chequebook’, Starmer to say

  04-01-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Party leader’s new year speech to promise ‘national renewal’ if elected but stress role of private sector tooLabour will not open the “big government chequebook” in an attempt to repair Britain’s faltering public services if it wins the next election, Keir Starmer will warn. In a new year speech in London on Thursday, setting out his principles for government, the Labour leader will promise a “decade of national renewal” if the party returns to gov
  
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• Postal Service can continue delivering abortion pills: DOJ

  04-01-2023 23:21
  The Department of Justice wrote an opinion that the U.S. Postal Service is not violating any laws by delivering prescription abortion pills and can continue to do so.
  
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• How Eleanor Williams’s lies about grooming and abuse unravelled

  04-01-2023 23:20 via theguardian.com
  With one horrific viral post, a young woman set off a domino run that derailed lives, damaged community relations and created fear among the Asian community in BarrowIt was around the halfway mark in Eleanor Williams’s trial for perverting the course of justice when Mohammed Ramzan found himself at Preston crown court, waiting to give evidence.A number of young women were there too, summonsed after Williams told police that they, like her, had been trafficked by an Asian grooming gang and
  
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• Wisconsin man gets life term for killing relative with ax

  04-01-2023 23:03
  A Wisconsin man convicted of killing his step-grandfather and badly injuring two other relatives with an ax has been sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 120 years
  
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• 'Varsity Blues' mastermind Rick Singer sentenced to 42 months in prison

  04-01-2023 22:54
  William "Rick" Singer's sentencing will all but mark the end of "Operation Varsity Blues."
  
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• US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees

  04-01-2023 22:50 via theguardian.com
  Hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollinationThe world’s first vaccine for honeybees has been approved for use by the US government, raising hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination.The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional license for a vaccine created by Dalan Animal Health, a US biotech company, to help protect honeybees from Am
  
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• The House speaker vote makes clear the GOP plans to feast on chaos and extremism

  04-01-2023 22:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  A small but unwavering group of hardened MAGA Republicans spell trouble for Kevin McCarthy and any glimmer of bipartisanship hopes for voters.
  
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• Kevin McCarthy's House speakership fiasco tells us what we can kiss goodbye

  04-01-2023 22:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  A small but unwavering group of hardened MAGA Republicans spell trouble for Kevin McCarthy and any glimmer of bipartisanship hopes for voters.
  
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• Why Tesla stock plummeted 12% in a single day

  04-01-2023 22:11
  The losses at Tesla wiped nearly $50 billion from the company's value and elicited scrutiny of CEO Elon Musk.
  
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• Rare footage shows the ocean from an endangered whale's point of view

  04-01-2023 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Footage from a camera attached to a North Atlantic right whale provides a glimpse into the southern migration of one of the world's most endangered whales.
  
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• EU wants travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests

  04-01-2023 21:56 via theguardian.com
  Bloc recommends negative coronavirus tests from all arrivals despite warnings from Beijing of retaliationThe European Union wants all travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests, in response to surging levels of the virus after Beijing hastily abandoned strict controls.EU officials meeting on Wednesday in the “integrated political crisis response” format said there should be a requirement for a negative Covid test from all travellers from China, despite warnings from Beij
  
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• Severe weather causes havoc across the US

  04-01-2023 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Flooding, strong winds and tornadoes have caused destruction and power outages in recent days.
  
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• Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ cartoons depicting supreme leader Ali Khamenei

  04-01-2023 21:46 via theguardian.com
  Publication by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ‘will not go without effective response’, says Tehran foreign ministerIran has summoned the French ambassador over publication of caricatures of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.The weekly magazine published dozens of cartoons ridiculing the highest religious and political figure in the Islamic republic as part of a competition it launched in December in support o
  
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• Israel unveils controversial plans to overhaul judicial system

  04-01-2023 21:21 via theguardian.com
  Critics warn changes will weaken supreme court and undermine country’s democracy Benjamin Netanyahu’s justice minister has unveiled the new government’s long-promised overhaul of the judicial system that aims to weaken the supreme court. Critics say the plan will undermine Israel’s democracy by giving absolute power to the most rightwing coalition in the country’s history.The justice minister, Yariv Levin, a confidant of Netanyahu’s and a longtime critic of th
  
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• Shannon Sharpe confronts Skip Bayless about tweet made after Damar Hamlin collapsed

  04-01-2023 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  After a one-day absence, Shannon Sharpe returned to "Undisputed" and immediately got into an argument with co-host Skip Bayless, who sought to defend a controversial tweet he made after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a game.
  
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• The new 'Avatar' drew me in, despite my better instincts

  04-01-2023 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  In the runup to the release of "Avatar: The Way of Water," director James Cameron slapped back at critics and viewers who'd expressed doubts about the franchise's continued relevance: "The trolls will have it that nobody gives a sh*t and they can't remember the characters' names or one damn thing that happened in the movie," he barked to UK movie magazine "Empire." "Then they see the movie again and go, 'Oh, okay, excuse me, let me just shut the f**k up right now.' So I'm not worried about that.
  
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• 'You want to die': Edward Norton learns details about slaves one of his ancestors owned

  04-01-2023 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  During an episode of the PBS documentary series, "Finding Your Roots," actor Edward Norton discovered one of his ancestors owned slaves and that he was a direct descendent of Pocahontas.
  
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• Labour dismisses Rishi Sunak’s five new pledges as mostly ‘so easy it would be difficult not to achieve them’ – as it happened

  04-01-2023 20:28 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’. This blog is now closed‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’Lucy Powell, the shadow culture secretary, has issued a statement welcoming the government’s proposal to abandon the privatisation of Channel (without actually putting it in those terms). She says the government should never
  
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• Apple is raising the price of iPhone battery replacements

  04-01-2023 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  Apple is raising the price of battery replacements for all out-of-warranty iPhone models prior to the current iPhone 14 lineup, the company confirmed on its website.
  
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• Sunak strives to be reassuring but is five-point plan all sleight of hand?

  04-01-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  PM plans a ‘no tricks’ reset but with an inflation fall already expected this is more about hanging on at an electionUK politics live – latest news updatesIn his first big speech since taking over at No 10, Rishi Sunak promised “no tricks, no ambiguity” as he announced his five promises to reset the government after a difficult year.The prime minister said he would be focusing on halving inflation, growing the economy, reducing debt, cutting NHS waiting lists, and s
  
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• Head of Ukraine military intelligence tells Kremlin to expect strikes ‘deeper and deeper’ into Russia – as it happened

  04-01-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  Kyrylo Budanov says he expects fighting to be ‘hottest’ in March, with a Ukraine counter attack in the spring. This blog is now closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceThe city administration in Kyiv has said that 160 million passengers used the city’s subway in 2022, compared with 319 million passengers the previous year. It also said that about 5.200 people used the network for shelter on New Year’s Eve. In a statement posted to Telegram, the city authority said:On new year
  
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• Six-day illegal rave sees 5,000 people descend on Spanish village

  04-01-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Residents watched in amazement as tents, caravans and seven stages set up near village centreThe music blared for days, thumping through dozens of speakers hastily erected in the dusty fields. Against the backdrop of Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains, thousands of revellers danced while others perused stands selling homemade soap, piercings and slices of pizza from a makeshift mud oven.The illegal rave began on Friday, choking off traffic and leaving pulsating beats wafting over the nearby v
  
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• CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies

  04-01-2023 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found inside a single Iranian drone downed in Ukraine last fall, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment obtained exclusively by CNN.
  
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• Jeremy Renner thanks his fans for their sympathies in his first social media post after accident

  04-01-2023 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Jeremy Renner thanked fans from his hospital bed Tuesday as he continued to recover from two surgeries following being injured by a snowplow machine in what officials described as "a tragic accident."
  
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• The shipping container wall is coming down

  04-01-2023 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  With a new governor in office, Arizona is deconstructing a border wall made of shipping containers.
  
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• Meta dealt blow by EU ruling that could result in data use ‘opt-in’

  04-01-2023 19:16 via theguardian.com
  Irish regulator fines Facebook owner €390m after EU rejects argument for use of data to drive personalised adsThe business model of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta empire has been dealt a blow following a ruling that its legal justification for targeting users with personalised ads broke EU data laws.Campaigners said the move could force the Facebook and Instagram owner to ask users to “opt in” to having their data used for targeted ads. Continue reading...
  
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• Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest is an imperfect metaphor for a brutal reality

  04-01-2023 19:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest adds to NFL reality for fans after Week 17 Monday Night Football injury adds to 2022's season of brutal lowlights
  
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• Record warm winter in parts of Europe forces closure of ski slopes

  04-01-2023 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Resorts open hiking trails and lifts for mountain bikes amid unseasonably high temperatures and lack of snowEurope’s record-breaking warm winter weather has closed ski slopes and forced resorts to open summer trails or shut altogether, as grass and mud replace seasonal snow from Chamonix in France to Innsbruck in Austria.Eight countries across the continent have recorded their warmest January day ever, with temperatures in parts of Switzerland and southern Germany exceeding 20C and 90 moni
  
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• Man saved from being pulled under moving train in India

  04-01-2023 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A soldier from India's Railway Protection Force rescued a man who fell from a train.
  
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• Ukraine war: Defying Russian onslaught in city 'at the end of the world'

  04-01-2023 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  People in Bakhmut, at the epicentre of the war, live in defiance under constant Russian bombardment.
  
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• Well-behaved canine bus riders go viral

  04-01-2023 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  Who picks the seat when dogs in Alaska ride their very own doggie bus? CNN's Jeanne Moos explains what the "licky puppy corner" is.
  
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• Doggie daycare bus goes viral on TikTok

  04-01-2023 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  Who picks the seat when dogs in Alaska ride their very own doggie bus? CNN's Jeanne Moos explains what the "licky puppy corner" is.
  
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• Coinbase reaches $100m settlement with New York regulators

  04-01-2023 18:03 via theguardian.com
  Agreement caps regulator’s investigation into cryptocurrency’s compliance with requirements to prevent money laundering US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reached a $100m settlement with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), the exchange and the regulator said in statements on Wednesday.The settlement, which includes a $50m penalty, caps the regulator’s investigation into the firm’s compliance with requirements to prevent money laundering. Co
  
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• Vietnamese boy trapped in 35-metre concrete pillar dies

  04-01-2023 17:58 via theguardian.com
  Ten-year-old who fell into a narrow open shaft on New Year’s Eve at construction site confirmed dead A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pillar at a construction site on New Year’s Eve has been confirmed dead, state media said on Wednesday.Rescuers spent nearly 100 hours trying to free Ly Hao Nam from the 35-metre-long support pillar driven into the ground, but without success, online newspaper VnExpress cited a local government official as
  
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• Iranian authorities release prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti on bail

  04-01-2023 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  One of Iran's best-known actresses, who was arrested after she criticized the execution of a man involved in nationwide protests, was released on bail on Wednesday, state-aligned ISNA said.
  
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• The world's most punctual airlines in 2022 were...

  04-01-2023 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  This week we've seen air passengers stranded in the Philippines after a power outage, flight delays in Florida and Denver, as well as the ongoing saga of Southwest Airlines' winter holiday meltdown.
  
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• The man trying to quietly lock down votes for McCarthy

  04-01-2023 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  As House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy struggles to secure votes within his party to secure speakership of the chamber, he has tapped a longtime Republican lawmaker to quietly try and lock down votes among the GOP holdouts.
  
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• Prosecutors call for France’s former spy chief to stand trial

  04-01-2023 17:23 via theguardian.com
  Bernard Squarcini and 10 others await magistrates’ decision on hearing charges including influence peddling and forgeryFrench prosecutors have called for the former head of the country’s internal intelligence agency to stand trial on charges of influence peddling and forgery.Bernard Squarcini, who was head of the DCRI agency – the French equivalent of MI5 – until 2012, is also accused of complicity in breaches of professional and judicial secrecy. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Man surfs behind car after heavy downpour hits Northern California

  04-01-2023 16:49
  This man made the most of the bad weather.
  
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• Sharon Osbourne reveals daughter Kelly has welcomed her first child

  04-01-2023 16:24 via cnn.com
  
  Sharon Osbourne revealed that her daughter Kelly Osbourne has quietly welcomed a baby, her first, with her boyfriend, Sid Wilson.
  
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• Dionne Warwick says she and Dolly Parton have a gospel duet planned

  04-01-2023 15:51 via cnn.com
  
  Two living legends have a special collaboration in the works.
  
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