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• Biden expected to announce more Ukraine aid, including sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles

  05-01-2023 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration is expected to announce a new round of military assistance for Ukraine that will include equipment the U.S. has not previously provided.
  
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• NFL player Hamlin showing 'remarkable improvement'

  05-01-2023 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Buffalo Bills player is "neurologically intact" after collapsing on the pitch after a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City: Riyad Mahrez goal moves champions within five points of Arsenal

  05-01-2023 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Champions Manchester City move to within five points of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League with a win at Chelsea.
  
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• 'Footballers are not robots' - Ten Hag on Sancho

  05-01-2023 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says he will be patient reintroducing Jadon Sancho to his team as "footballers are not robots".
  
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• Hear why David Axelrod says Republicans voting against McCarthy 'have won'

  05-01-2023 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Former Obama adviser, David Axelrod, weighs in on the vote for Speaker of the House as Kevin McCarthy appears to lose the 7th round of voting.
  
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• ChatGPT banned from New York City public schools’ devices and networks

  05-01-2023 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  New York City's Department of Education announced a ban on the popular chatbot ChatGPT from its schools’ devices and networks.
  
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• Analysis: The most obvious solution is also the most radical

  05-01-2023 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  It's the easiest, most elegant and simple solution to Rep. Kevin McCarthy's failure to bring Republicans together.
  
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• Damar Hamlin: Recovering footballer asks doctors who won the game

  05-01-2023 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Doctors say the football player is still critically ill but has been communicating by writing.
  
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• Prince Harry makes series of sensational claims in new memoir

  05-01-2023 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Harry claims William physically attacked him, and says he urged his father not to marry Camilla.
  
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• El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzmán-López, arrested amid violence

  05-01-2023 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Gunfire and burning cars follow the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán-López, son of a notorious drug kingpin.
  
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• US approves world’s first vaccine for declining honey bees

  05-01-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The vaccine targets a disease known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae.
  
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• Aeromexico says a plane was hit by gunfire, no reported injuries

  05-01-2023 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  Mexican airline Aeromexico said a plane in Culiacán, Sinaloa was hit by gunfire. Authorities had arrested cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, son of "El Chapo" Guzmán.
  
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• Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Putin's 'trivial' Christmas truce

  05-01-2023 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Putin orders a 36-hour Orthodox Christmas ceasefire, which Ukraine says is mere propaganda.
  
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• As speaker fight drags on, patience is wearing thin

  05-01-2023 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Kevin McCarthy came up short once again on Thursday as he lost the ninth House vote to elect a new speaker -- the same number of voting rounds needed in 1923, which is the last time multiple ballots took place for the speakership.
  
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• Evacuations ordered in California as deadly storm slams into coast

  05-01-2023 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The storm is bringing deadly flooding, landsides, winds and power outages affecting millions.
  
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• Toni Morrison's creative process takes the spotlight in a Princeton University exhibit

  05-01-2023 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  In a 1993 interview with The Paris Review about her writing practice, Toni Morrison spoke of how she achieved the literary feat that is her novel "Jazz."
  
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• Putin calls on Kyiv to observe 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine for Russian Orthodox Christmas

  05-01-2023 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Vladimir Putin has instructed his military to observe a cease-fire in Ukraine for 36 hours to mark Russian Orthodox Christmas.
  
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• Lazio racism: Fans' chants mean part of stadium to be closed

  05-01-2023 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Lazio are ordered to close part of their stadium for their next match after racist abuse was directed at two Lecce players.
  
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• Watch this color changing BMW in action

  05-01-2023 21:50 via cnn.com
  Automaker BMW unveiled a pair of concept cars under the name BMW i Vision Dee during its CES 2023 event. The cars interact with drivers through color-changing panels and a front display that creates something like facial expressions.
  
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• Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in ‘bid to control content’

  05-01-2023 21:40 via theguardian.com
  Administrators jailed for 32 years, and eight years, as activists warn of ploy to infiltrate website Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed in the US for spying for the Saudis.One administrator was jailed for 32 years, and another was sentenced to eight years, the activists said. Continue reading...
  
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• Utah shooting: A man killed his family after wife filed for divorce

  05-01-2023 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Police found eight people, including five children, dead in a Utah home during a welfare check.
  
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• Facebook weighs letting Trump back on the platform in a changed social media landscape

  05-01-2023 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  After Facebook banned then-President Donald Trump in January 2021 following the Capitol attack, the company said it would reconsider his status on the platform
  
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• Kevin McCarthy makes new concessions to rebels as third day of voting looms

  05-01-2023 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Could fresh concessions by Kevin McCarthy to the rebels give him the Speaker votes he needs?
  
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• Iran arrests celebrity chef in crackdown on protests

  05-01-2023 20:32 via theguardian.com
  Detainment of Navab Ebrahimi is speculated to be linked to post about cutlets, a possible taunt over general’s deathIran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer, known for his videos promoting Persian cooking, in its crackdown on nationwide protests, human rights groups and supporters have said.Navab Ebrahimi was arrested in Tehran on Wednesday and taken to the city’s Evin prison, the Human Rights Activists News Agency said. Continue reading...
  
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• This L'Oreal device aims to help people with limited mobility apply makeup

  05-01-2023 20:17 via cnn.com
  
  Many of us swipe on our favorite lipstick, mascara or blush in an easy breezy manner, without much physical effort. But there are millions of people for whom applying makeup poses a much bigger challenge.
  
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• Up to half of the world's glaciers could disappear even if ambitious climate targets are hit, study finds

  05-01-2023 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  Glaciers are set to lose substantially more ice and contribute more to sea level rise than current scientific estimates project, according to a new report. Using new satellite data to model different climate change scenarios, researchers found that up to half of glaciers could be lost by the end of the century, even if the world's ambitious global climate targets are met.
  
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• Up to half of the world's glaciers could disappear even if ambitious climate targets are hit, new study finds

  05-01-2023 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  Glaciers are set to lose substantially more ice and contribute more to sea level rise than current scientific estimates project, according to a new report. Using new satellite data to model different climate change scenarios, researchers found that up to half of glaciers could be lost by the end of the century, even if the world's ambitious global climate targets are met.
  
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• Father identified as the suspect in the murder-suicide of a Utah family of 8

  05-01-2023 19:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Enoch City, Utah, man fatally shot his family of seven in a home Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself, authorities said.
  
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• Gas station completely crumples from high winds in California

  05-01-2023 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Stephanie Elam reports from Daly City, California, an area just south of San Francisco, where a severe storm and high winds knocked over a gas station roof.
  
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• Row between head coach Gregg Berhalter and Reyna family 'a sad and pathetic day for US soccer'

  05-01-2023 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The "soap opera" involving US head coach Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family is "a pathetic day for US soccer," says ex-international Heather O'Reilly.
  
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• Biden border plan clamps down on illegal crossings

  05-01-2023 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  More migrants will be expelled back to Mexico, but the plan allows some to apply to enter legally.
  
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• Man accused of smuggling cocaine to Australia internally in chocolate toy capsules

  05-01-2023 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  An Irish national is facing drug charges in Australia after allegedly importing about 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of cocaine inside six, internally concealed Kinder Surprise capsules, according to authorities.
  
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• Man accused of smuggling cocaine to Australia in chocolate toy capsules

  05-01-2023 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  An Irish national is facing drug charges in Australia after allegedly importing about 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of cocaine inside six, internally concealed Kinder Surprise capsules, according to authorities.
  
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• Iran closes French institute over Charlie Hebdo's Khamenei cartoons

  05-01-2023 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Tehran protests at "sacrilegious" caricatures of the supreme leader published by a French magazine.
  
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• Russia's leader ordered a 36-hour ceasefire. A Ukrainian official called it 'hypocrisy' and said Russia must leave occupied territory first

  05-01-2023 18:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Exclusive: Iranian drone found to contain parts from over dozen US firms
  • Video: Moment of explosion at Russian ammo depot
  
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• Tens of thousands attend Pope Benedict funeral in St. Peter's square

  05-01-2023 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI in a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners at St. Peter's Square. CNN's Delia Gallagher reports.
  
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• Adidas takes fashion house to court, saying striped motif 'imitates' its brand

  05-01-2023 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  Adidas and fashion house Thom Browne are facing off in a New York court after the sportswear giant claimed that the house's use of parallel bars on its apparel infringed on Adidas' trademarked "Three Stripes."
  
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• Adidas takes fashion house Thom Browne to court over striped motif

  05-01-2023 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  Adidas and fashion house Thom Browne are facing off in a New York court after the sportswear giant claimed that the house's use of parallel bars on its apparel infringed on Adidas' trademarked "Three Stripes."
  
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• Hear why Putin ordered a temporary truce in Ukraine

  05-01-2023 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to let Christians celebrate Orthodox Christmas starting January 6. CNN correspondent Scott McLean has the details.
  
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• Scientists decode symbols in Ice Age cave paintings

  05-01-2023 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Lines, dots and other symbols painted in caves during the last Ice Age may be the earliest example of proto writing -- symbols that communicate a small amount of information like an emoji.
  
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• Mexican authorities arrest son of notorious drug lord 'El Chapo'

  05-01-2023 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzmán, son of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, in an operation in the state of Sinaloa on Thursday, a source from the federal government of Mexico told CNN.
  
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• Court documents released in case against Idaho student killings suspect

  05-01-2023 17:53 via cnn.com
  
  Bryan Kohberger could make an initial court appearance on Thursday in Idaho, where he faces four counts of murder and one count of burglary in the killings of four University of Idaho undergraduate students.
  
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• Ales Bialiatski: Nobel Prize-winning activist stands trial in Belarus

  05-01-2023 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Ales Bialiatski been held without trial since he was arrested during anti-government protests in 2021.
  
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• Family of 8, including 5 children, shot dead in Utah home

  05-01-2023 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  A family of three adults and five children were found shot to death Wednesday inside a home in rural southwest Utah, officials said.
  
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• Family of 8, including 5 children, found shot to death in Utah home

  05-01-2023 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  Three adults and five children were found shot to death Wednesday inside a home in rural southwest Utah, officials said.
  
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• Spam-eating two-legged fox delights homeowners

  05-01-2023 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  We're not pulling your leg, it's a two-legged fox that eats Spam. Jeanne Moos talked to the woman who saw the "weirdest thing I've seen in my life."
  
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• 'I couldn't believe me eyes': Homeowner spots two-legged fox in the UK

  05-01-2023 17:48 via cnn.com
  We're not pulling your leg, it's a two-legged fox that eats Spam. Jeanne Moos talked to the woman who saw the "weirdest thing I've seen in my life."
  
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• 'I couldn't believe me eyes': Homeowner spots two-legged fox

  05-01-2023 17:48 via cnn.com
  We're not pulling your leg, it's a two-legged fox that eats Spam. Jeanne Moos talked to the woman who saw the "weirdest thing I've seen in my life."
  
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• Andretti Global combines with General Motors to enter F1

  05-01-2023 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The American Andretti Global team join forces with US car giant General Motors with the intention of entering Formula 1.
  
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• WhatsApp to enable messaging in internet blackouts

  05-01-2023 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Instant-messaging service WhatsApp is letting users connect via proxy servers so they can stay online.
  
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