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• Kavanaugh touts 'great relations' among justices on divided Supreme Court

  26-01-2023 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Justice Brett Kavanaugh said in a speech at Notre Dame that believes the Supreme Court is not as divided as members of the public might think.
  
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• Lethal Israeli raid marks deadliest day in over a year

  26-01-2023 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and wounded several others in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, prompting the Palestinian Authority to suspend its security coordination with Israel.
  
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• US extends safe haven program for Hong Kong residents

  26-01-2023 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration will continue to grant safe haven to certain Hong Kong residents, extending a program to allow them to remain in the United States without fear of deportation for another two years.
  
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• AI wrote a bill to regulate AI. Now Rep. Ted Lieu wants Congress to pass it.

  26-01-2023 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Ted Lieu uses ChatGPT to write a bill that would recommend new federal regulations for artificial intelligence.
  
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• U.S. military raid in northern Somalia kills a senior ISIS leader and 10 ISIS fighters

  26-01-2023 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  On Wednesday night a U.S. military operation in northern Somalia killed a senior ISIS leader and 10 other ISIS fighters, according to two senior U.S. officials.
  
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• Arizona’s GOP legislators vote to shield themselves from public records laws

  26-01-2023 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Arizona’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a measure this week exempting itself from the state’s public records law.
  
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• Arizona’s GOP lawmakers vote to shield themselves from public records laws

  26-01-2023 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Arizona’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a measure this week exempting itself from the state’s public records law.
  
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• Protests reach Haiti airport and Prime Minister's residence over police killings

  26-01-2023 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Protesters and some police officers protested at the official residence of Haiti's prime minister in the capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday, decrying recent killings of police, according to one of his advisors.
  
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• What we know -- and still don't know -- about what led to Tyre Nichols' death

  26-01-2023 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  It's been almost three weeks since a traffic stop in Memphis led to a violent arrest and, three days later, the death of the 29-year-old Black driver.
  
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• Selfies, karaoke and Chick-fil-A: Rep. George Santos is reveling in the spotlight despite investigations

  26-01-2023 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Embattled Rep. George Santos appears to be relishing his moment in the spotlight despite multiple investigations into his lies.
  
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• Swimming in cash, Chevron plans a $75 billion slap in the face to drivers

  26-01-2023 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  While most blue-chip companies were reporting losses last year, Big Oil was having a moment. Crude prices surged, thanks in part to high demand and reduced supply. All of that helped make Chevron the top-performing Dow stock of last year, with shares surging more than 50%.
  
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• US military operation kills senior ISIS leader in Somalia

  26-01-2023 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  A US military operation killed a senior ISIS leader and 10 members of the terror group in northern Somalia on Wednesday, two senior Biden administration officials said on Thursday.
  
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• Gunfire reported near Haiti PM’s home after rebel police rampage through capital

  26-01-2023 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Police protesting the killings of fellow officers by gangs stormed the airport and surrounded the prime ministerExplainer: How did the Haiti crisis get so bad?Disgruntled police officers have rampaged through the streets of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, blocking roads and forcing their way into the country’s main airport where they briefly prevented prime minister Ariel Henry from leaving. Later there were reports of heavy gunfire near his official residence.Police are protestin
  
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• TikTok tries to sell ‘Project Texas’ as it fights for survival in the U.S.

  26-01-2023 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok is going on the offensive in Washington, D.C., in a stepped-up effort to counter calls to ban the app in the U.S. over its Chinese ownership.
  
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• North Carolina couple accused of performing 'exorcism' on child, 4, who died

  26-01-2023 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  A North Carolina couple is accused of performing an amateur exorcism on their 4-year-old son who later died.
  
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• Nikole Hannah-Jones makes a case for reparations with ‘The 1619 Project’ series

  26-01-2023 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Hulu series carefully builds a case for reparations by providing a historic and contemporary analysis of the impact of slavery.
  
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• Toronto public transport to get more police as random attacks hit ‘crisis level’

  26-01-2023 22:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Police chief says 80 officers will be immediately dispatched to subways and stations as attacks bring city to ‘crisis point’Toronto police has announced plans to deploy more officers on the city’s public transport system as a transit workers’ union warned that a string of random attacks on passengers had brought Canada’s largest city to “crisis point”.The city’s police chief, Myron Demkiw, said on Thursday that 80 officers would be immediately disp
  
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• 5 ex-Memphis police officers are charged with murder in Tyre Nichols' death

  26-01-2023 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Five former Memphis police officers were indicted Thursday on murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, whose beating after a traffic stop was captured on video that “sickened” a top Tennessee law enforcement official.
  
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• Biden bashes 'MAGA economic plan' in speech targeting House Republicans

  26-01-2023 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden criticized House Republicans in his first major economic remarks of the year, arguing GOP proposals would lead to higher inflation.
  
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• Cameras show tornado ripping through Texas town

  26-01-2023 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The CCTV footage reveals the moment a tornado touched down and tore through Deer Creek.
  
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• Fireball whisky-maker accused of false advertising on miniature drink bottles

  26-01-2023 21:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  If you've ever been confused by miniature bottles branded as Fireball Cinnamon, the popular cinnamon-flavored drink found in gas stations and supermarkets, you're not alone — and now there's a lawsuit over the matter.
  
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• Former NFL player Jessie Lemonier dies at 25

  26-01-2023 21:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jessie Lemonier, a defensive end who played for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions, has died at the age of 25, the Lions announced Jan. 26.
  
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• The decision by Western countries to send battle tanks seemed unrealistic just months ago. But are F-16s feasible -- and would they help?

  26-01-2023 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  The decision by Germany, the United States, and others to send main battle tanks to Ukraine has gone further than many thought realistic just months ago.
  
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• Analysis: Could fighter jets be next for Ukraine?

  26-01-2023 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  The decision by Germany, the United States, and others to send main battle tanks to Ukraine has gone further than many thought realistic just months ago.
  
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• WATCH: Huge iceberg breaks away in Antarctica

  26-01-2023 20:27
  
  A huge iceberg some 600 square miles — approximately the size of Oklahoma City — is seen calving from an ice shelf.
  
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• Human activity and drought ‘degrading more than a third of Amazon rainforest’

  26-01-2023 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5m sq km of forest, says studyHuman activity and drought may have degraded more than a third of the Amazon rainforest, double the previous estimate, according to a study that heightens concerns that the globally important ecosystem is slipping towards a point of no return.Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages, have weakened the resilience of up to 2.5m sq km of the forest, an area 10 times the size of
  
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• Egypt archaeology: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries

  26-01-2023 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mummy was found inside a sarcophagus that has remained unopened for 4,300 years.
  
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• Man smashes vehicle into Colorado police station

  26-01-2023 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The driver has been charged with several offences, including attempted murder.
  
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• Elaine Chao issues rare rebuke of Trump over his racist attacks on her

  26-01-2023 19:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao called out former President Donald Trump amid his racist broadsides aimed at her and his other anti-Asian rhetoric.
  
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• ChatGPT passes exams from prestigious law and business schools

  26-01-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams -- though not with particularly high marks.
  
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• ChatGPT passes exam at Ivy League business school

  26-01-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams -- though not with particularly high marks.
  
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• Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home

  26-01-2023 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After training women on the beach and in a garage, Osama has now moved to a professional centre.
  
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• Newly discovered asteroid to make one of closest approaches of Earth ever recorded

  26-01-2023 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  An asteroid the size of a box truck is about to make one of the closest passes of planet Earth ever recorded.
  
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• Here's who FTX owes money to

  26-01-2023 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  Newly unsealed bankruptcy documents revealed thousands of creditors to whom FTX owes money after the once-mighty crypto exchange collapsed in November.
  
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• Neighbors claim terrorizing turkey is 'literally taking over our life'

  26-01-2023 19:02 via cnn.com
  
  A turkey named 'Gladis' is terrorizing a neighborhood in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and has residents living in fear of getting chased, pecked and followed by the wild bird. CNN affiliate WCCO reports.
  
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• Key Republican says new gun legislation is unlikely despite California shootings

  26-01-2023 18:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican Sen. John Cornyn said he doesn't expect to see new legislative action on gun violence despite the mass shootings in California.
  
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• Humans can understand apes' sign language, new study finds

  26-01-2023 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  From pointing to animated arm movements and nodding, people regularly employ gestures to accompany and create language.
  
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• Diva bear can't stop taking selfies on wildlife cam

  26-01-2023 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  A Colorado bear bares all in 400 bear "selfies." CNN's Jeanne Moos explains how it strikes a pose.
  
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• Hate crime investigation as effigy of Real Madrid star hanged from bridge ahead of derby

  26-01-2023 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  Spanish national police have opened an investigation "for a possible hate crime," after an effigy of Real Madrid star Vinícius Junior was hanged from a bridge in Madrid, the national police's press office for the Madrid region told CNN on Thursday.
  
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• Effigy of Black soccer star Vinícius Jr. hanged from bridge in Madrid

  26-01-2023 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  Spanish national police have opened an investigation "for a possible hate crime," after an effigy of Real Madrid star Vinícius Junior was hanged from a bridge in Madrid, the national police's press office for the Madrid region told CNN on Thursday.
  
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• We finally know whom FTX owes money to

  26-01-2023 18:27 via cnn.com
  
  Newly unsealed bankruptcy documents revealed thousands of creditors to whom FTX owes money after the once-mighty crypto exchange collapsed in November.
  
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• Box truck-size asteroid to make one of the closest approaches of Earth ever recorded

  26-01-2023 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  An asteroid the size of a box truck is about to make one of the closest passes of planet Earth ever recorded.
  
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• Turkey says Sweden was complicit in burning of Quran amid tension over NATO membership bid

  26-01-2023 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  The Swedish government was complicit in the burning of the Quran at a protest in Stockholm last weekend, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reportedly said Thursday.
  
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• Pandemic-era stigma cost Asian restaurants $7.4B in lost revenue, new study finds

  26-01-2023 18:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Stigma against Chinese cuisine in the first year of the pandemic cost Asian restaurants in the United States an estimated $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020, a recent study found.
  
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• Ukraine has been promised dozens of tanks to fight Russia. Now what?

  26-01-2023 18:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. and German decision to send tanks to Ukraine may not move it any closer to a decisive victory, military analysts have warned.
  
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• Opinion: Why tanks will be decisive in the next battle for Ukraine

  26-01-2023 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Going into the war in Ukraine a year ago, conventional wisdom suggested that tanks had seen the best of their days -- outflanked and vulnerable to drones or fire-and-forget missiles.
  
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• FBI seizes website used by notorious ransomware gang

  26-01-2023 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI has seized a website that a notorious ransomware gang, which has extorted more than $100 million from victim organizations, has used to shame its victims, according to a posting on the website.
  
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• Colorado bear takes hundreds of 'selfies' on wildlife camera trap

  26-01-2023 17:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  A curious bear has become the surprise star of wildlife cameras set up in Boulder, Colorado, taking hundreds of "selfies" in an apparent impromptu photoshoot, local officials said.
  
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• WATCH: Joey peeks from mother's pouch

  26-01-2023 17:31
  
  After six months developing in its mother's pouch, a rare tree kangaroo joey is beginning to peek outside at its home in the Chester Zoo.
  
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• John Legend shares picture of new baby girl

  26-01-2023 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  John Legend shared his first photo with newborn daughter, Esti, on social media.
  
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