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• Hae Min Lee's family demands appellate court reinstate Adnan Syed's murder conviction

  02-02-2023 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lawyers for the family of Hae Min Lee, the Baltimore high schooler whose slaying was profiled on the hit podcast “Serial,” asked appellate judges Thursday to reinstate a murder conviction against the man once blamed for her death.
  
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• Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US

  02-02-2023 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  The Pentagon is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, a senior defense official said on Thursday.
  
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• Eyedrops linked to bacterial infections and vision loss have been recalled by manufacturer

  02-02-2023 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The maker of eyedrops sold under the brand name EzriCare has recalled its product after the CDC linked the eyedrops to bacterial infections, vision loss and one death.
  
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• Low immunity, overwhelmed hospitals fuel Covid-19 deaths in ageing Japan

  02-02-2023 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deaths in the country, which for long had one of the lowest Covid death rates, peaked earlier this month.
  
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• How many times can you wear pajamas, jeans and other clothes without washing them? Experts weigh in

  02-02-2023 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  The number of times it's appropriate to wear clothing items without washing them often seems based more on folklore or a person's upbringing than professional advice.
  
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• Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S.

  02-02-2023 22:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The government has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. and officials have discussed shooting it down.
  
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• Patrons of NYC gay bar incapacitated and robbed of thousands via facial recognition on their phones

  02-02-2023 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three men visiting The Eagle NYC were incapacitated and then robbed of between $1,000 and $5,000, the NYPD said Thursday.
  
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• Groundhog Day: Does Punxsutawney Phil have competition?

  02-02-2023 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC crunches the data to settle the matter once and for all - which weather-predicting critter is most accurate?
  
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• Israel and Sudan finalize text of peace agreement, says Israeli FM

  02-02-2023 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Israel and Sudan have finalized the text of a peace agreement to be signed "later this year," Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced on Thursday.
  
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• Family of double amputee killed by police call police encounter a 'murder'

  02-02-2023 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The family of a double amputee who was gunned down by police in Southern California took initial action Thursday to sue the city that employs the officers.
  
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• No escape! World's former murder capital opens impenetrable prison as part of major gang crackdown

  02-02-2023 22:01 via foxnews.com
  
  El Salvador has doubled its prison capacity after opening a 40,000-person facility this week in an effort to further crack down on the country's gang violence problem.  "All those home boys, those terrorists in the organization that made our beloved Salvadoran people suffer, will be housed and subjected to a severe regimen," El Salvador’s Prisons Director Osiris Luna said on state television.  El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said the country’s "Terrorism Confinement Cent
  
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• Canadian groundhog Fred la Marmotte found dead before planned prediction

  02-02-2023 21:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Status of spring undetermined in northern Quebec after rodent prognosticator discovered dead in burrow during festivitiesA Canadian woodchuck has cast a different type of shadow over Groundhog Day: just hours before he was due to predict spring’s arrival, Fred la Marmotte was found dead.The groundhog showed “no vital signs” when the organizer of the annual 2 February tradition in Val-d’Espoir, Quebec, tried to wake him from hibernation, local media reported. Continue read
  
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• Memphis police chief behind the Scorpion unit ran a similarly aggressive squad in Atlanta

  02-02-2023 21:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis is under scrutiny for her oversight of Atlanta’s Red Dog anti-crime unit, after officers with the similar Scorpion unit killed Tyre Nichols.
  
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• Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio's heat

  02-02-2023 21:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Rio de Janeiro's brutal summer heat has reached 122 degrees Fahrenheit on some recent days, sending locals to cool off in the ocean. There weren't many options for residents of the city's zoo, however, until a team of experts started offering them exotic frozen treats. The flavors of ice given to the zoo's carnivores aren't found at your average summer hotspot: Chicken, minced meat and bovine blood. But 14-year-old lion Simba and the 3-year-old black jaguar Poty lap it up. "This is a part of our
  
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• Jean-Pierre Jabouille: First Renault driver to win a Formula 1 grand prix dies, aged 80

  02-02-2023 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who was a key figure in Renault's entry into Formula 1 and claimed their maiden victory, dies aged 80.
  
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• Dutch government reports 1 case of mad cow disease on farm

  02-02-2023 21:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a rare case of the cattle illness that can cause a fatal brain disease in people who eat tainted beef. The farm where the cow died has been sealed off, Agriculture Minister Piet Adema said in a letter to lawmakers. He added that the infected animal "did not get into the food chain and does not constitute a risk to food safety." Formally called bovine spongiform
  
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• From ants to bats, Ozzy Osbourne's crazy life on the road

  02-02-2023 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  As recently as last year, Ozzy Osbourne had no plans to hang up his cloak. The Prince of Darkness said he had another tour, even with the Parkinson's diagnosis he received in 2003.
  
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• Blinken under pressure to push China on role in lethal fentanyl trade when he visits Beijing

  02-02-2023 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  Members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure China to do more to curb the flow of fentanyl and synthetic opioids into the United States on his visit to the country which is expected to take place in the next few days.
  
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• Andrew Tate intimidated, deceived 6 women to 'transform them into slaves,' prosecutors say

  02-02-2023 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Prosecutors have accused former kickboxing star and right-wing personality Andrew Tate, 36, of intimidating and deceiving six women to "transform them into slaves." Bucharest court officials released a 61-page document covering a hearing from Dec. 30, 2022, one day after Tate and his 34-year-old brother Tristan were arrested on human trafficking and rape charges in Romania, Reuters reported. The document reportedly contained dozens of WhatsApp messages Tate sent to at least one of the women invo
  
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• Netanyahu told he must not involve himself in judiciary overhaul

  02-02-2023 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel’s attorney general said to PM it would amount to a conflict of interest over his corruption trial, according to letterIsrael’s attorney general has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he must not be involved in an overhaul to the country’s judicial system proposed by his government because it would amount to a conflict of interest over the prime minister’s corruption trial, according to a letter made public Thursday.Netanyahu’s new far-right government has made chan
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams GOP in heated floor speech

  02-02-2023 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  After House lawmakers voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) denounced House Republicans for what she sees as a "continued attack" against women of color.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse wrongful death lawsuit can proceed, a federal judge rules

  02-02-2023 20:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.
  
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• Boy, 15, found with car belonging to one of three missing Michigan rappers

  02-02-2023 20:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police near Detroit found a car belonging to one of three missing rappers who have not been seen for nearly two weeks, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Vienna court convicts alleged accomplices in 2020 Islamic State shooting

  02-02-2023 20:25 via foxnews.com
  
  An Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020. Two of the men were sentenced to life in prison by the Vienna state court on Wednesday night and the others to 20 and 19 years, respectively, the Austria Press Agency reported. Another two defendants were acquitted of the main charges, but were convicted of membership in IS and spreadin
  
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• WATCH: Woman caught on camera stealing puppy, attacking owner

  02-02-2023 20:23
  
  The attack was captured by a surveillance camera in Bell Gardens, California.
  
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• Hungarian foreign minister claims US ambassador's opinion is 'completely irrelevant'

  02-02-2023 20:22 via foxnews.com
  
  The Hungarian foreign minister accused the United States ambassador to Budapest on Thursday of trying to interfere in Hungary’s internal affairs, amid a growing diplomatic rift between the U.S. and the Central European country. At a news conference in Budapest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto lashed out at comments in Politico this week in which Ambassador David Pressman referred to Hungary’s approach to the war in neighboring Ukraine as pushing "policies endorsed by (Russian Presid
  
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• EU-backed court upholds most convictions of 2 Kosovo veterans

  02-02-2023 20:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court on Thursday upheld most of the convictions of two leaders of a Kosovo war veterans’ association who were found guilty last year of witness intimidation and obstructing justice. The appeals panel of the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers overturned one conviction of Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj but upheld four others. Their original sentences of four and a half years were reduced by three months. In the ruling Thursday, judges said tha
  
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• Ex-principal at Va. school where boy shot teacher was not told the child had a gun, her lawyer says

  02-02-2023 20:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  The former principal at the Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot his first-grade teacher last month was not warned that the child may have had a gun on campus that day, her lawyer said Thursday.
  
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• Germany drops to 2nd biggest WHO donor despite new pledge of $140 million

  02-02-2023 20:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Germany will give $141.87 million to the World Health Organization this year, its health minister said on Thursday following a meeting with the U.N. health agency's head. However, the announcement was not enough to return it to the top donor spot after Berlin temporarily overtook the main historical contributor Washington in the last funding period 2020-2021 due to Trump-era funding cuts, WHO data showed. "We are happy to contribute 130 million Euros to WHO this year," Karl Lauterbach told repor
  
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• 40 countries 'could boycott 2024 Olympics'

  02-02-2023 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poland sports minister Kamil Bortniczuk says up to 40 countries could boycott the 2024 Olympics in Paris, making the Games "pointless".
  
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• Family of activist decapitated by swinging gate at Utah park is awarded $10.5M

  02-02-2023 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  The United States will pay family members of Esther Nakajjigo, a Ugandan human rights activist killed in an accident at Arches National Park more than $10 million in damages, a federal judge ruled Monday.
  
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• Bolsonaro attended meeting about plot to keep him in power, senator says

  02-02-2023 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Senator says he was asked to get justice to make compromising comments on tape as Bolsonaro ‘sat in silence’A close ally of Jair Bolsonaro has turned against Brazil’s former president, claiming that an aide to the far-right leader tried to “coerce” him into joining a conspiracy to annul the October elections and keep Bolsonaro in power.Senator Marcos do Val claimed at a news conference on Thursday that he was invited to a meeting on 9 December with the then presiden
  
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• Ukrainian President Zelenskyy tells Fox News Russian offensive has already started

  02-02-2023 19:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he believes Russia has already begun the anticipated offensive in the east, but also noted it’s a "complicated" situation. "The situation on the frontline is complicated," he said in a sit-down interview with Fox News’ Trey Yingst. "Russia is preparing for the rematch. We can feel this." "I believe that it has already started or not fully. We will see that in the nearest weeks," Zelenskyy added.  RUSSIA WARNS ISRAEL AGAI
  
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• Attempted rape charges dropped against Manchester United player

  02-02-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  Charges of attempted rape and assault against Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood were dropped on Thursday due to the withdrawal of key witnesses, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced. A charge of controlling and coercive behavior was also dropped, according to the CPS.
  
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• Italian mob suspect arrested in France after being on the run for 16 years

  02-02-2023 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ‘ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years, Interpol and Italian police said on Thursday. Italy's ANSA news agency reported that the 63-year-old had been working for the past three years as a pizza-maker in Saint Etienne, where he had lived since 2014. An Interpol statement said French police, with help from Italian colleagues, arrested Edgardo Greco in Saint-
  
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• Attempted rape charges against Man Utd's Greenwood dropped

  02-02-2023 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Manchester United footballer says he is "relieved" after charges were discontinued by prosecutors.
  
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• Italian fugitive Edgardo Greco tracked down as pizza maker after 16 years

  02-02-2023 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Edgardo Greco was wanted for the grisly murder of two brothers in Italy in 1991.
  
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• Green comet seen from Earth for first time since Stone Age

  02-02-2023 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  A recently discovered green comet passed Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last visible in the night sky during the Stone Age.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders to deliver Republican State of the Union response

  02-02-2023 18:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Arkansas governor and former Trump White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech next week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday.
  
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• Jo Johnson resigns as director of firm linked to Adani allegations

  02-02-2023 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Former UK PM’s brother quits board of Elara Capital days after it was accused of using funds to manipulate share pricesJo Johnson, the younger brother of the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has resigned as a director of a London-based investment bank allegedly linked to the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s crisis-ridden business empire.Lord Johnson, a former Conservative minister who was given a peerage by his brother in 2020, resigned from the board of Elara Capital on Wednesd
  
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• How Tennessee axed millions in HIV funds amid scrutiny from far-right provocateurs

  02-02-2023 18:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tennessee decided to scrap $8.3 million in federal grants to combat HIV after Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro took aim at gender dysphoria treatment for minors.
  
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• GOP-led House votes to remove Democrat Ilhan Omar from powerful committee

  02-02-2023 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  The Republican-led House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.
  
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• How an unproven rumour about Tyre Nichols fits a larger victim-blaming pattern

  02-02-2023 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say there is a pattern of false allegations directed towards victims of police brutality.
  
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• FBI to soon search Mike Pence's home and office for classified materials

  02-02-2023 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  The FBI is expected to search former Vice President Mike Pence's house in Indiana and office in Washington for additional classified materials soon, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
  
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• A 319-million-year-old brain has been discovered. It could be the oldest of its kind

  02-02-2023 18:27 via cnn.com
  
  A scan of the skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish has led to the discovery of the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain, shining a new light on the early evolution of bony fish.
  
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• SE Cupp: America has pulled back the curtain on Trump's political wizardry

  02-02-2023 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  In the latest episode of "Unfiltered," SE Cupp argues former President Donald Trump, now a 2024 presidential hopeful, is struggling to build momentum around his campaign -- finding that his old tactics no longer resonate the way they once did.
  
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• What ChatGPT and artificial intelligence could mean for the future of medicine

  02-02-2023 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  Without cracking a single textbook, without spending a day in medical school, the co-author of a preprint study correctly answered enough practice questions that it would have passed the real US Medical Licensing Examination.
  
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• Paging Dr. AI? What ChatGPT and artificial intelligence could mean for the future of medicine

  02-02-2023 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  Without cracking a single textbook, without spending a day in medical school, the co-author of a preprint study correctly answered enough practice questions that it would have passed the real US Medical Licensing Examination.
  
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• WATCH: Watch this little girl nail all the steps in this workout routine

  02-02-2023 17:55
  
  We wish we were as coordinated!
  
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• Quiz of the week: Michael Jackson's biopic will star which relative?

  02-02-2023 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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