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• Lithuanian gas pipeline hit by large explosion

  13-01-2023 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Latvia's defence minster says sabotage could not be ruled out as a cause of the blast near its border.
  
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• Prince Harry: Family would never forgive me if I told all

  13-01-2023 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  In a new interview with the Daily Telegraph, the prince says he wants an apology for his wife, Meghan.
  
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• Newport News: Staff were alerted six-year-old may have had a weapon

  13-01-2023 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  School chief says at least one staff member was alerted the child had a gun before the shooting.
  
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• Japan’s PM vows to modernise military for new era of threats

  13-01-2023 23:15 via theguardian.com
  Fumio Kishida outlines step change in US-Japan security alliance after White House meeting with Joe BidenJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has pledged to modernise his country’s military alongside US president Joe Biden, warning that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had opened a dangerous new era and could embolden China.Welcoming Kishida at the White House, Biden hailed the Japanese government’s announcement last month that it will double defence spending over the next
  
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• Judge rules against LGBTQ students in Title IX college discrimination suit

  13-01-2023 23:08
  
  A federal judge dismissed on Thursday a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ students who allege the Department of Education doesn't protect them against discrimination from
  
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• Soledar: Russia claims victory in battle for Ukraine salt mine town

  13-01-2023 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia says it has captured the salt-mine town after a long battle, but Ukraine says fighting continues.
  
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• #CoreCore videos are becoming more popular on TikTok. What exactly are they?

  13-01-2023 22:35
  
  "CoreCore," a video-editing style that some have likened to a form of visual poetry, is popping up more frequently on some “For You” pages on TikTok.
  
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• Supreme Court takes up property 'theft’ dispute over unpaid taxes

  13-01-2023 22:25
  
  The Supreme Court will decide a property rights dispute on whether government entities violate the Constitution when they seize homes for failure to pay taxes.
  
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• Supreme Court takes up convicted stalker’s plea to decide what constitutes a 'true threat'

  13-01-2023 22:23
  
  The Supreme Court agreed to decide what constitutes a “true threat” that can be criminally prosecuted with regard to online harassment.
  
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• Supreme Court takes up Christian postal worker's religious claim

  13-01-2023 22:23
  
  The Supreme Court will hear a Christian mail carrier's employment discrimination claim over the accommodation of his religious practices.
  
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• Manchester United sign striker Wout Weghorst on loan for the rest of season

  13-01-2023 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United sign Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst on loan for the rest of the season.
  
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• House Judiciary Committee launches investigation into Biden documents

  13-01-2023 22:07
  
  The House Judiciary Committee announced Friday it's opened an investigation into the Obama-era classified documents that were found in President Joe Biden's Del
  
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• One more thing for Democrats to fix: the Republican Party

  13-01-2023 21:44
  
  At some point, the GOP will be in charge. That is why we must do everything we can to ensure a more moderate, saner version of it is in place when that happens.
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley will be buried at Graceland next to son Benjamin Keough

  13-01-2023 21:40
  
  Lisa Marie Presley’s final resting place will be at Graceland, the Memphis, Tennessee, estate that her late father, Elvis Presley, called home.
  
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• Bodycam captures police encounter with BLM co-founder's cousin before he died

  13-01-2023 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  Bodycam footage from the Los Angeles Police Department shows an encounter with Keenan Anderson, the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, before his death.
  
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• Black rappers call out double standard of using hip-hop lyrics as evidence in Young Thug's criminal trial

  13-01-2023 21:19
  
  As the high-profile criminal trial of rapper Young Thug began this week, Black rappers who have had their lyrics used against them by prosecutors as evidence
  
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• Surging egg prices mean record profits for largest US egg producer

  13-01-2023 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  A spike in egg prices has squeezed customers. But even with rising costs of its own, the leading US egg supplier has found that it can make even more money out of every egg.
  
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• Usain Bolt: Investigation opened after ex-Olympic champion spots 'discrepancies' in investments

  13-01-2023 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  An investigation is looking into allegations of fraud at a company that looks after Usain Bolt's investments.
  
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• Russian agency clears Olympic figure skater in its review of doping scandal

  13-01-2023 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) found figure skater Kamila Valieva violated anti-doping rules but bore no "fault or negligence" for the transgression, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
  
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• Release of Bolsonaro spending records shows love of high living and … ice-cream

  13-01-2023 21:07 via theguardian.com
  Brazilian government overturns former president’s 100-year ban to publish credit card recordsBrazil’s new government has released the personal spending accounts of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, revealing the far-right leader’s apparent penchant for expensive hotels, big meals out – and ice-cream.Bolsonaro, who lost his re-election bid in October, once boasted he did not withdraw “a single penny” from the corporate credit cards given to him and his close
  
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• Four unanswered questions about the Biden classified documents

  13-01-2023 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Pressure is mounting on the president to give further details about material found at his home and former office.
  
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• CDC identifies possible 'safety concern' for certain people receiving COVID vaccines

  13-01-2023 20:58 via foxnews.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine "safety signal" has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates an increased risk of ischemic stroke in people 65 and older. In the Friday statement, the CDC said that the preliminary signal hasn't been identified with the Bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. "Following the availability and use of the updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines, CDC’s Vaccine S
  
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• High school football players hospitalized in Texas after grueling, pushup-filled workout

  13-01-2023 20:54
  
  A high school football coach in Texas was taken off the job this week after multiple student-athletes had to be hospitalized following a strenuous off-season
  
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• At least 9 dead with toll expected to grow after tornadoes tore through the Southeast

  13-01-2023 20:54
  
  At least nine people are dead and the toll is expected to grow after more than a dozen tornadoes tore through the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday.
  
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• Second caregiver is arrested after the disappearance of a 4-year-old Oklahoma girl

  13-01-2023 20:49
  
  A second person was arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma, authorities announced Friday.
  
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• Just how bad was the war in Ukraine for Europe's biggest economy last year?

  13-01-2023 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  Germany's economy grew slightly last year despite battling an energy crisis sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine.
  
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• Lützerath: Greta Thunberg joins 'Pinky' and 'Brain' tunnel protest

  13-01-2023 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The activist condemns police as German protesters try to stop a coal mine from swallowing up a village.
  
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• Dallas Zoo closes to search for a clouded leopard that escaped from enclosure

  13-01-2023 20:16
  
  A search is underway for a clouded leopard that escaped from its habitat at the Dallas Zoo Friday morning, officials said.
  
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• Steve Bannon must find new lawyers to advise him in 'We Build the Wall' criminal fraud case

  13-01-2023 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  A New York judge has given Steve Bannon until the end of February to find new lawyers to advise him in a criminal fraud case after the former Donald Trump aide's attorney said there were "irreconcilable differences" and communications have broken down.
  
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• Lionel Messi: No Saudi Arabia offer for Paris St-Germain forward, says Guillem Balague

  13-01-2023 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has not been approached by Al Hilal and would not consider a move to Saudi Arabia, Spanish football expert Guillem Balague says.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 324 of the invasion

  13-01-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Soledar is ‘Verdun for 21st century’, says Ukraine; hundreds of civilians trapped, including 15 childrenSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...
  
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• Biden to deliver his State of the Union address on Feb. 7

  13-01-2023 20:09
  
  President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address before Congress on Feb. 7.
  
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• Aid chief lays blame for women bans at Taliban supreme leader's feet

  13-01-2023 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council talks about meeting with the Taliban in an attempt to reverse the ban on women working for aid groups.
  
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• U.S. to hit debt limit next week, Yellen warns Congress

  13-01-2023 19:49
  
  The U.S. is expected to hit the debt ceiling next Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned in a letter Friday to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
  
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• Backpack of 6-year-old boy was searched prior to Virginia school shooting after tip about weapon

  13-01-2023 19:42
  
  A school administrator in Newport News, Virginia, was alerted to a possible weapon on a 6-year-old boy on the day a first-grade teacher was shot, but a search of the student's bookbag that morning turned up empty.
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis' only child, dies at 54

  13-01-2023 19:39
  
  Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock icon Elvis Presley, died Thursday, her mother said.
  
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• UFO reports by US troops skyrocket to over 500

  13-01-2023 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of encounters has climbed from the 144 compiled by a top US spy agency in its 2021 report.
  
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• Yellen warns 'extraordinary measures' needed to keep US from defaulting on debt as soon as next week

  13-01-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  The Treasury Department said Friday the US will reach the debt limit on January 19 -- months before other estimates projected -- and "extraordinary measures" will need to be taken, setting up one of the first major battles on Capitol Hill after Republicans took control of the House.
  
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• Competing claims over situation in Soledar, which could be Moscow's first significant victory in months

  13-01-2023 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces have taken the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, according to Russia's defense ministry, in what would be Moscow's first significant victory in months.
  
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• Manchester City star found not guilty of six counts of rape

  13-01-2023 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester City football player Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at Chester Crown Court, an official from Chester Crown Court confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Greek charges dropped for 24 who rescued migrants

  13-01-2023 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Volunteers who saved migrants will not be tried for espionage - but other charges remain.
  
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• Hanged Erdogan effigy protest in Sweden angers Turkey

  13-01-2023 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Sweden's PM says the effigy protest in Stockholm is an attempt to sabotage Sweden's Nato bid.
  
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• COP28: Why has an oil boss been chosen to head climate summit?

  13-01-2023 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The UAE has named state oil company chief Sultan Al Jaber as president of the UN climate conference.
  
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• Trump Organization fined $1.6m for tax fraud

  13-01-2023 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Jurors had found the Trump Organization guilty of fraud and falsifying business records last month.
  
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• Ezra Miller: The Flash star pleads guilty to trespass but avoids jail

  13-01-2023 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The Flash star avoids being sent to prison after agreeing a plea deal over an alleged burglary.
  
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• Kamila Valieva: Russia clears figure skater over doping case

  13-01-2023 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Figure skater Kamila Valieva bore "no fault or negligence" for a positive doping test, Russia's anti-doping agency finds.
  
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• See Miss Ukraine's war-themed costume

  13-01-2023 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  During the national costume segment of the Miss Universe competition, some contestants chose to make political statements including Miss Ukraine, Viktoria Apanasenko, who made an impact with her reference to the ongoing war.
  
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• Carrying a concealed loaded gun without a permit may soon be legal in most states

  13-01-2023 18:25
  
  Florida could soon become the 26th state to allow individuals to carry concealed loaded guns anywhere without permits.
  
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• Robbie Bachman, drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dead at 69

  13-01-2023 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  Robbie Bachman -- the drummer of Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- has died at age 69, his brother and bandmate Randy Bachman announced via Twitter on Thursday.
  
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• Delphi murder suspect appears in court as judge rules trial will remain in county, gag order continues

  13-01-2023 17:58
  
  The man charged with murder in the 2017 deaths of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, appeared in court Friday, where a judge ruled the high-profile case
  
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