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• Valley Fever is spreading outside of the Southwest. It could have devastating consequences.

  30-01-2023 23:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Valley fever is a fungal infection that typically occurs in the dry desert regions of the Southwest. Climate change could spread the fungi's range, putting more people at risk.
  
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• Questions are swirling around Andrea Riseborough's Oscar nomination

  30-01-2023 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  Andrea Riseborough may not be a name that rings many bells for the average moviegoer.
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro applies for six-month tourist visa to stay in US

  30-01-2023 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-Brazil president who has been in Florida since 30 December is being investigated for attempt to topple country’s governmentBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing investigation as part of an inquiry into an alleged attempt to topple the country’s government, has filed a request for a six-month visitor visa to stay in the US.The former leader is understood to have entered the US on an A-1 visa reserved for sitting heads of state, which would expire on Tuesday,
  
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• What is postpartum psychosis? Rare condition is in the spotlight after the killing of three children in Massachusetts

  30-01-2023 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman accused of killing her three children has put a spotlight on a rare condition that advocates say is shrouded in shame, often preventing treatment.
  
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• How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps

  30-01-2023 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC has seen evidence of how officers pose as dates online to seek out and arrest their targets.
  
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• Hear Boris Johnson describe how he says Putin threatened him

  30-01-2023 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims in an upcoming BBC documentary that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile. CNN correspondent Clare Sebastian has more.
  
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• Pakistan mosque attack kills more than 60 people

  30-01-2023 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  A blast inside a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday has left at least 17 people dead and 83 more injured, according to Mohammad Aijaz Khan, Peshawar police chief.
  
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• Why everyone is talking about Andrea Riseborough's Oscar campaign

  30-01-2023 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Andrea Riseborough may not be a name that rings many bells for the average moviegoer.
  
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• More than 800 US flights canceled as winter weather snarls travel

  30-01-2023 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  More than 500 US flights have been canceled on Monday as winter weather bears down on a wide swath of the United States.
  
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• A dire forecast: Scientists used AI to find planet could cross critical warming threshold sooner than expected

  30-01-2023 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  The planet could cross critical global warming thresholds sooner than previous models have predicted, even with concerted global climate action, according to a new study using machine learning.
  
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• With a finch and a fish, this scientist has changed our understanding of the tree of life

  30-01-2023 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  On the Galapagos Islands, a ground finch that usually munched on small, soft seeds was forced, during a drought, to eat harder, larger ones.
  
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• Can't say no to sweets and snacks? It could be a sign of food addiction.

  30-01-2023 20:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Am I addicted to food? About 1 in 8 adults over 50 show signs of food addiction, particularly when its comes to highly processed foods like chips, cookies and fast food.
  
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• Prospect for passing policing legislation in Congress remains low

  30-01-2023 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  The prospect for new bipartisan negotiations on Capitol Hill for legislation overhauling policing laws remains very low, despite calls from the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus and others for congressional action in the wake of the brutal police beating and death of Tyre Nichols.
  
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• Straight out of a Hollywood script, actor Ryan Reynolds gripped by soccer thriller

  30-01-2023 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  As the saying goes, it's the hope that kills you as a soccer fan -- just ask Ryan Reynolds.
  
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• Priscilla Presley is contesting validity of Lisa Marie Presley's will

  30-01-2023 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  Priscilla Presley is challenging the validity of her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley's will.
  
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• NASA orbiter captures image of a bear's face on Mars

  30-01-2023 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  As a NASA orbiter turned its camera to the Martian surface, the face of a bear seemed to be looking back.
  
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• 4-foot-long snake beats the heat by hiding out in an inconvenient place

  30-01-2023 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  A snake catcher in Australia calmly removed the tree snake after a man found it in his toilet.
  
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• Tommy Fury says baby with Molly-Mae won't affect Jake Paul training

  30-01-2023 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boxer, who's revealed the birth of his child with Molly-Mae Hague, says his training won't suffer.
  
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• Pope to visit two fragile African nations

  30-01-2023 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where protracted conflicts have left millions of refugees and displaced people grappling with hunger.
  
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• School where 6-year-old shot his teacher set to reopen

  30-01-2023 19:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher has reopened with stepped-up security and a new administrator
  
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• Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, dies at 84

  30-01-2023 19:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Hull helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final.
  
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• Mysterious 'whirlpool' appears in the night sky above Hawaii

  30-01-2023 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An observatory captured video of the spiral formation flying through the night sky in January.
  
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• Hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion Bobby Hull has died at 84

  30-01-2023 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Bobby Hull, hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion, died Monday at 84, the Chicago Blackhawks announced.
  
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• 6th officer involved in Tyre Nichols' death relieved of duty

  30-01-2023 18:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A sixth Memphis police officer involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols has been relieved of duty.
  
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• This unique Giacometti chandelier was bought for $309. It's now expected to sell for millions

  30-01-2023 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  A chandelier bought for just £250 ($309) from a London antique store looks set to sell for millions at an auction at Christie's.
  
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• A chandelier bought for $309 is expected to fetch up to $3.7 million at auction

  30-01-2023 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  A chandelier bought for just £250 ($309) from a London antique store looks set to sell for millions at an auction at Christie's.
  
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• Ex-publisher of National Enquirer set to meet with prosecutors investigating Trump

  30-01-2023 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  David Pecker, the former head of the company that publishes the National Enquirer, is expected to meet with Manhattan prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump, people familiar with the matter said, indicating the probe is escalating.
  
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• Suicide bomber kills at least 44 at mosque in Pakistan

  30-01-2023 18:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said.
  
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• WHO says COVID still a threat but pandemic is 'probably at a transition point'

  30-01-2023 18:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The WHO said in a statement Monday COVID-19 is still a public health emergency but that the pandemic "is probably at a transition point."
  
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• Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for mosque blast that killed more than 60 people

  30-01-2023 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  A blast inside a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday has left at least 17 people dead and 83 more injured, according to Mohammad Aijaz Khan, Peshawar police chief.
  
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• Volvo Group North America faces $130M civil penalty

  30-01-2023 18:23 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Volvo failed to recall vehicles quickly enough in a consent order.
  
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• Met police urged to prosecute Iranian accused of backing Rushdie fatwa

  30-01-2023 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers are reviewing a dossier accusing Sayed Ataollah Mohajerani, who lives in London, of encouraging terrorismThe Metropolitan police is being urged to crack down on Iranian terrorism in the UK by prosecuting a former senior Iranian government official accused of advocating the fatwa against Sir Salman Rushdie.The Metropolitan police has been studying a legal dossier accusing Sayed Ataollah Mohajerani, who lives in Britain, of encouraging terrorism contrary to the 2006 Terror Act. He denies
  
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• Audi's new concept vehicle is two cars in one. See it in action

  30-01-2023 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  Audi's Activesphere is an electric concept vehicle that uses augmented reality to give its passengers layers of information and can operate fully autonomously
  
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• After Tesla price cut, Ford follows suit with Mustang Mach-E

  30-01-2023 18:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ford is cutting prices on its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV by as much as $6,000 just weeks after market leader Tesla made similar moves
  
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• New US ambassador to Moscow meets with Russian deputy FM

  30-01-2023 18:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  New U.S. ambassador to Moscow Lynne Tracy arrived last week amid high tensions.
  
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• Shares in 888 fall as it removes CEO and suspends Middle East VIP accounts

  30-01-2023 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Online betting firm finds best practices not followed in some areas, including anti-money laundering processesOnline betting group 888 has removed its chief executive and suspended VIP customer accounts in the Middle East amid an internal investigation into a failure to follow anti-money laundering processes.Shares in the Gibraltar-headquartered group, which last year acquired William Hill’s operations outside the US in a £2.2bn deal, plunged by more than a quarter as investors fuell
  
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• US skier Kyle Smaine killed in avalanche in Japan aged 31

  30-01-2023 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  US skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan aged 31, according to a post from his wife on Instagram.
  
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• Legendary Motown artist dies at 81

  30-01-2023 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Record's first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum.
  
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• 'Extremely dangerous' kidnapping suspect has evaded capture for nearly a week, officials say

  30-01-2023 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  A sweeping multi-day manhunt continues for a suspect accused of brutally beating and kidnapping a woman in Oregon who remains in critical condition, according to police.
  
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• Barrett Strong, Motown singer and songwriter, dead at 81

  30-01-2023 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Record's first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum.
  
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• Fed, set to impose smaller hike, may hint of fewer increases

  30-01-2023 17:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is poised this week to raise its benchmark interest rate for an eighth time since March
  
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• James May calls Jeremy Clarkson's Meghan column 'too creepy'

  30-01-2023 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster says he would not have written the comments his colleague made about Meghan Markle.
  
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• More than 500 US flights canceled as winter weather moves in

  30-01-2023 17:00 via cnn.com
  
  More than 500 US flights have been canceled on Monday as winter weather bears down on a wide swath of the United States.
  
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• Woman rides out tornado with her grandson in the car. Her dashcam captured the terrifying moments

  30-01-2023 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  Video taken by a dashboard camera during a tornado in Pasadena, Texas, shows the harrowing moments a woman, her daughter and grandson spent trapped in their vehicle as the twister passed. CNN affiliate KHOU has more.
  
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• Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams actress, has died

  30-01-2023 16:30 via cnn.com
  
  Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original "The Addams Family" sitcom, has died at the age of 64.
  
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• See Lisa Loring play the original Wednesday Addams

  30-01-2023 16:22 via cnn.com
  
  The actress, best known as the first to play Wednesday Addams in the original "The Addams Family" sitcom has died at the age of 64, according to her longtime agent.
  
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• Ashley Judd says she needed to go back into therapy after seeing her mother's death scene in media

  30-01-2023 16:13 via cnn.com
  
  Ashley Judd says she had to re-enroll herself in trauma therapy to cope with the recent media coverage of her mother's death.
  
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• Blinken visit reaches new urgency as Israeli, Palestinian tensions boil

  30-01-2023 15:57 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Israel and the West Bank may have been in the works for weeks, but it couldn't come at a more pressing time.
  
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• Biden visit to Baltimore highlights rail tunnel project

  30-01-2023 15:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Joe Biden is heading to Baltimore to visit an aging rail tunnel that's slated to be replaced with help from bipartisan infrastructure legislation he signed in 2021
  
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• House Republicans to outline investigation campaign against Biden – live updates

  30-01-2023 15:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Oversight committee chair James Comer will outline plans which may borrow from January 6 panel’s tacticsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailIn addition to House oversight chair James Comer, another Republican who will be leading the investigation campaign against the Biden administration is Jim Jordan.The judiciary committee chair is one of the best known conservatives in the chamber, and made headlines earlier this month by leading the creation of a subcommit
  
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