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• California braces for more downpours, with millions of people still under flood alerts

  11-01-2023 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Northern California braced for more downpours Wednesday as southern and central regions of the state got a break from torrential rains and prepared for another strong system just days away.
  
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• Republican-controlled House pushes for new abortion restrictions

  11-01-2023 23:53 via theguardian.com
  Bills not expected to advance in Senate but underscore Republican majority’s legislative priorities ahead of 2024 electionThe Republican-led House on Wednesday pressed ahead with a pair of anti-abortion measures, despite warning signs that the issue had galvanized the opposition in the wake of the supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade last year.Voting mostly along party lines, Republicans first approved a bill that would compel doctors to provide care for an infant who surv
  
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• Jill Biden has cancerous lesions removed, White House doctor says

  11-01-2023 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  First lady Jill Biden had two cancerous lesions removed Wednesday, the White House doctor said in a memo.
  
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• Dual British-Iranian citizen sentenced to death for spying for UK

  11-01-2023 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the United Kingdom, according to Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan on Wednesday.
  
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• Call to end forced installation of UK prepayment meters after millions suffer without power

  11-01-2023 23:15 via theguardian.com
  Report shows 3.2m people disconnected last year as they ran out of credit‘I’m already sitting in the dark most of the time’: disabled yet pursued over gas billMinisters are being urged to stop the forced installation of prepayment meters after revelations that 3.2 million people – the equivalent of one person every 10 seconds – were left with cold and dark homes last year as they ran out of credit.As energy prices surged this winter, suppliers have stepped up the us
  
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• Tatjana Patitz, one of the original '90s supermodels, dies at 56

  11-01-2023 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Tatjana Patitz, who rose to fashion fame in the '90s as an animal-loving supermodel with a piercing gaze, has died, her agent confirmed to CNN. She was 56.
  
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• Biden legal team finds another batch of government records at second location

  11-01-2023 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The White House on Wednesday refused to answer a number of critical questions about the classified documents from Joe Biden's time as vice president discovered inside a private office last fall, citing an ongoing Department of Justice review.
  
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• Exclusive: more than 70 US and Brazilian lawmakers condemn Trump-Bolsonaro alliance

  11-01-2023 23:04 via theguardian.com
  Congresswoman Ilhan Omar leads joint statement focused on Sunday’s riots in Brasília and January 6 insurrectionBrazil’s failed coup is the poison flower of the Trump-Bolsonaro symbiosisMore than 70 progressive US and Brazilian lawmakers have condemned the collaboration between the Bolsonaro family and Trumpists in the US aimed at overturning elections in both countries, and called for those involved to be held to account.“As lawmakers in Brazil and the United States, we
  
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• Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience a harmful event, study finds

  11-01-2023 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 1 in 4 patients admitted to a hospital experienced an adverse event, most of which were linked to medications or surgery.
  
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• Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78

  11-01-2023 23:01 via theguardian.com
  Beck rose to fame with the Yardbirds before fronting the Jeff Beck Group and making forays into the jazz-fusion sound he pioneeredJeff Beck, the celebrated guitarist who played with the Yardbirds and led the Jeff Beck Group, has died aged 78, his representative has confirmed.Beck died on Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis”, the representative confirmed. “His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss,” they added. Continue reading
  
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• Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans term 'Latinx' on her first day in office

  11-01-2023 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Within hours of being sworn in as the new Republican governor of Arkansas on Tuesday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order banning the term Latinx.
  
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• Katie Porter is a solid Senate candidate, but her run could be a disaster for Democrats

  11-01-2023 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The congresswoman would make a solid Senate candidate, but leaving her House seat to run may come at a potentially high cost to the Democratic Party.
  
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• Russia has replaced the general in charge of war in Ukraine in another military shuffle, as criticism mounts over its handling of the stalled campaign

  11-01-2023 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Wagner shock troops served up to rescue Ukraine campaign
  
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• 'Most poisoned of chalices': Russia replaces general in charge of war in Ukraine again

  11-01-2023 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Wagner shock troops served up to rescue Ukraine campaign
  
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• Analysis: Gerasimov handed 'the most poisoned of chalices'

  11-01-2023 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's Defense Ministry announced yet another realignment of the commanders leading the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, as criticism mounts over its handling of the stalled campaign.
  
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• Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location

  11-01-2023 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used
  
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• Over 100 people missing from Mexican town where El Chapo's son was captured in fierce firefight: reports

  11-01-2023 22:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Residents of the Mexican town where cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, the son of notorious drug kingpin El Chapo, was arrested last week say that over 100 people have disappeared from the town since the arrest. Residents of the city of Jesus Maria in the Mexican state of Sinaloa protested outside a government palace on Monday claiming that 140 people have disappeared since Guzman was captured in a violent and deadly clash between Mexican government forces and the Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexico News Dail
  
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• 2 Palestinians killed in separate violent confrontations with Israelis in the West Bank

  11-01-2023 22:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Palestinians were killed Wednesday in separate violent confrontations with Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said, one during an Israeli military arrest raid in the territory's north and another after stabbing and wounding an Israeli civilian at a southern settlement. Wednesday's violence was the latest in a surge in attacks in the West Bank, following the deadliest year for Palestinians in the territory in 18 years. During a pre-dawn Israeli military incursion into
  
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• White House calls GOP probe into Biden family 'political stunt' to 'get attention on Fox'

  11-01-2023 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  In one of his first moves as House Oversight Chairman, Rep. James Comer is seeking information from the Treasury Department about the Biden family's financial transactions and calling on a handful of former Twitter executives to testify at a public hearing. CNN's Sara Murray provides more details on the probe.
  
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• A look at Putin's war and a $47B Russian deficit in 2022

  11-01-2023 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  As the one-year mark of Russia's war in Ukraine grows closer, CNN's Clare Sebastian examines President Vladimir Putin's actions and the grave impacts on Russia's economy.
  
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• National security bill may have ‘chilling effect’ on investigative journalism in UK

  11-01-2023 22:41 via theguardian.com
  Guy Black, deputy chair of Telegraph newspapers, says draft legislation sets too low a bar on what constitutes spyingThe UK’s proposed national security bill could have a “chilling effect” on investigative journalism because it sets too low a bar on what constitutes spying, the deputy chair of the Telegraph newspapers has warned.Guy Black told the House of Lords that he was concerned the draft legislation could “potentially criminalise” reporters and whistleblowers
  
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• Ezra Miller agrees to plea guilty in Vermont burglary case

  11-01-2023 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Ezra Miller is expected to plea guilty to a lesser charge of trespassing in Vermont after being accused of stealing several bottles of alcohol from
  
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• Canadian woman dies in emergency room after seven-hour wait; husband says she was 'neglected'

  11-01-2023 22:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A Canadian woman died after waiting seven hours in the emergency room, with her family blaming complications and shortcomings in the country's health care system for the death.  "I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family of the patient who died at Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre," Canadian Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson wrote in a statement released Monday. "This is a tragic loss, and my heart goes out to them. I understand they want answers. "Nova
  
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• Wisconsin man's retrial begins in wife's antifreeze death

  11-01-2023 22:22
  The trial comes nearly two years after a judge vacated his previous conviction.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet

  11-01-2023 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope can add another cosmic accomplishment to its list: The space observatory has been used to confirm the existence of an exoplanet for the first time.
  
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• White House refuses to answer key questions about classified documents in Biden's private office

  11-01-2023 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  The White House on Wednesday refused to answer a number of critical questions about the classified documents from Joe Biden's time as vice president discovered inside a private office last fall, citing an ongoing Department of Justice review.
  
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• German police surround and crack down on camp of anti-coal protesters

  11-01-2023 22:10 via foxnews.com
  
  German police continued a crackdown on anti-coal protesters who are camped out in an abandoned town slated to be demolished for the expansion of coal production. A large force of German police surrounded the western German town of Luetzerath on Wednesday and continued blocking any new protesters from coming into the village. The police then moved in to continue forced evacuations of anti-coal protesters encamped there, according to a report from France 24. "They took the first aid team out of th
  
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• House’s Republican majority gets to work with two abortion measures – as it happened

  11-01-2023 22:05 via theguardian.com
  House to vote on medical protections for ‘babies that survive an attempted abortion’ and ‘attacks on pro-life’ groups and churchesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailVenture to certain corners of conservative media today and you’ll find lots of discussion of gas stoves. The Guardian’s Alaina Demopoulos explains why: After Joe Biden’s administration announced it was considering regulating – or banning – gas stoves
  
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• Supermodel Tatjana Patitz dies at age 56

  11-01-2023 21:55
  Famed German supermodel Tatjana Patitz died on Jan. 11 in Santa Barbara, California.
  
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• WHO working with China to manage COVID risks during Lunar New Year festivities

  11-01-2023 21:51 via foxnews.com
  
  The World Health Organization said it is working with China to manage the risks of COVID-19 surging again as people travel for Lunar New Year celebrations but the country's response continues to be challenged by a lack of data. COVID-19 is spreading unchecked in China after the country lifted its zero-COVID policy in December, but the WHO said it still does not have enough information from China to make a full assessment of the dangers of the surge. That is also an issue in working with China on
  
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• McCarthy says embattled Rep. Santos should not be seated on top committees

  11-01-2023 21:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that embattled freshman GOP Rep. George Santos, who is facing calls to resign, should not be seated on top committees.
  
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• Grandfather of Karon Blake, 13-year-old shot to death in D.C., calls for swift arrest

  11-01-2023 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The grandfather of a 13-year-old middle school student who was shot and killed by a man who suspected him of breaking into cars in a Washington, D.C.
  
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• A 'green' comet is on approach for a flyby of Earth

  11-01-2023 21:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will pass near Earth and the sun this month and could be bright enough for skywatchers to see through telescopes and binoculars.
  
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• Jewish objects that were hidden in Poland during WWII discovered

  11-01-2023 21:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The discovery in central Poland of hundreds of objects that were most likely hidden by their Jewish owners during World War II provided a rare and precious find, officials said Wednesday. Around 400 items, including silver-plated menorahs, hanukkiahs, tableware and daily use items were uncovered in the city of Lodz last month during the renovation of a house and yard. "Those residents who buried these items did so most likely thinking that they would one day return for them, that they would be a
  
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• Spanish judge orders jail without bail for 2 women repatriated from Syria

  11-01-2023 21:16 via foxnews.com
  
  A Spanish judge on Wednesday ordered jail without bail for two women repatriated from Syria for their suspected involvement with the Islamic State group. The pair should be held because they are considered to be a flight risk and of their long alleged connections with IS, the judge said in a statement issued by the National Court. The women are under investigation for the crime of belonging to a terrorist organization. The court considers the women as part of the so-called Al-Andalus Brigade bas
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Zelenskyy adviser on Putin's war: 'It must end with the defeat of the Russian Federation'

  11-01-2023 21:01 via foxnews.com
  
  KYIV, Ukraine — As the war grinds into its 11th month, the Ukrainian government argues it’s lost too much to meet somewhere in the middle.  "It must end with the defeat of the Russian Federation," Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told Fox News. Sitting in his office in the presidential palace in Kyiv, Podolyak was calm and firm.  "We have to get to the end. We will do it for the people who died, who paid the ultimate price,".&nb
  
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• Iran sentences former senior defense official to death after he was convicted of spying for Britain

  11-01-2023 21:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran has sentenced a former senior defense official to death after convicting him on charges of spying for Britain, state-linked media reported on Wednesday. The judiciary said Ali Reza Akbari, who was deputy defense minister until 2001, was a "key spy" for British intelligence, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported. It said Iranian intelligence unmasked the spying by feeding him false information. Tasnim also reported that he had spied on past nuclear talks between Iran and Western power
  
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• NY Republican leaders call on Rep. Santos to resign over campaign lies

  11-01-2023 20:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nassau County GOP officials called on newly elected Rep. George Santos, the Republican who admitted to lying about key details of his background, to resign.
  
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• Storm-ravaged California scrambles as fresh atmospheric river rolls in

  11-01-2023 20:47 via theguardian.com
  Newest round of storms expected to produce torrential downpours and gale force winds along the northern coastCalifornia is facing a new round of brutal storms that will bring torrential downpours and gale force winds in the north as the state scrambles to clean up and repair widespread damage amid a break in the weather.The state has been ravaged by a relentless string of storms that have killed at least 17 people – a number the governor warned was likely to grow. The bout of extreme weath
  
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• The mysteries of the bodies buried in Europe's bogs unraveled by new research

  11-01-2023 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  In 1984, a peat cutter discovered human remains in a bog in Cheshire, England. They belonged to a man who died a brutal death some 2,100 years ago before being placed in the bog — examination of his well-preserved mummy revealed blows to the head, a possible stab wound and a broken neck. Twisted sinew found still wrapped around his neck may have also been a garotte.
  
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• The mysteries of the bodies buried in Europe's bogs unraveled

  11-01-2023 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  In 1984, a peat cutter discovered human remains in a bog in Cheshire, England. They belonged to a man who died a brutal death some 2,100 years ago before being placed in the bog — examination of his well-preserved mummy revealed blows to the head, a possible stab wound and a broken neck. Twisted sinew found still wrapped around his neck may have also been a garotte.
  
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• The 6-year-old accused of shooting his teacher shouldn’t be punished under the law

  11-01-2023 20:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 6-year-old boy in Virginia used a gun legally purchased by his mother to intentionally shoot his teacher, according to police. Can he be rehabilitated?
  
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• Michael Flatley diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ form of cancer

  11-01-2023 20:21 via theguardian.com
  Riverdance star has undergone surgery and is in care of doctors, according to Instagram accountMichael Flatley, best known for his Riverdance show, has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of cancer.A post on the Irish dancer and director’s Instagram account said: “Michael Flatley has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He has undergone surgery and is in the care of an excellent team of doctors.” Continue reading...
  
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• George Santos says he won’t resign as fellow Republicans call on him to quit

  11-01-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  Chair of Nassau county committee says Santos ran ‘a campaign of deceit, lies and fabrication’ to win third districtThe Republican George Santos said on Wednesday he would not resign from Congress less than a week after being sworn in, despite calls to do so from the chairman of his district committee and a fellow New York representative, amid continuing scrutiny of Santos’s mostly made-up résumé and growing calls for campaign finance investigations.In a tweet, San
  
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• Officers plead not guilty in Randy Cox case, the man paralyzed in police custody

  11-01-2023 20:13
  The five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers charged in the case of Randy Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while being transported in custody, pleaded not guilty.
  
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• Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Senate

  11-01-2023 20:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Senate in California in 2024.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Putin replaces general in charge of Russian forces in Ukraine – as it happened

  11-01-2023 20:01 via theguardian.com
  This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story herePolitico reports that Germany is facing pressure from France and Poland to supply Ukraine with the powerful Leopard 2 tanks.Politico reports:Supplying modern western tanks such as the Leopard 2 would be a big boost for Ukraine’s military, as Kyiv’s allies have so far only been willing to send older Soviet-era tanks that had still been in the stocks of eastern European countries, as well as other weapon systems such as
  
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• ‘Cool’: nine-year-old finds rare, ancient shark tooth on Maryland beach

  11-01-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Molly Sampson found an Otodus megalodon shark species tooth at a beach near her home in Maryland while hunting for fossilsFor Christmas, nine-year-old Molly Sampson and her sister Natalie, 17, asked their parents for one thing: insulated waders, to “go shark’s-tooth hunting like professionals”, said Molly’s mother, Alicia Sampson.When the waders arrived from Santa, Molly told the Guardian, she declared that she would be looking “for a Meg”, or megalodon tooth,
  
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• Russia replaces general in charge of Ukraine war in latest military shake-up

  11-01-2023 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Valery Gerasimov to replace Sergei Surovikin, who was appointed in October, as Zelenskiy mocks claims of Russian victory in SoledarRussia has appointed Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff, as its overall commander for the war in Ukraine, in the latest of several major shake-ups of Moscow’s military leadership during the stumbling invasion of its neighbour.In a statement on Wednesday, the defence ministry said that Gerasimov’s appointment constituted a “raising of the s
  
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• Watch reporters swarm George Santos as NY GOP leaders call for his resignation

  11-01-2023 19:34 via cnn.com
  
  Leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party have called for Rep. George Santos, elected to represent New York's 3rd Congressional District in November, to resign from office over his lies to voters and fabrications about his personal life.
  
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