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• Islamic State accused of killing truffle hunters in Syria

  17-02-2023 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 53 people have been killed by the jihadists in the province of Homs, state media says.
  
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• Irregular sleeping habits may increase risk of heart disease, study finds

  17-02-2023 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Irregular sleep is associated with atherosclerosis, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
  
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• Dog vs shark standoff thrills tourists on Bahamas boat tour

  17-02-2023 23:26 via foxnews.com
  
  The sight of a massive hammerhead shark was a rare treat for 32 travelers on a tour boat in the Bahamas this week. But then, something stranger still: A dog dove from a nearby dock to confront the monstrous sea creature. Tourists aboard the four-hour excursion can be heard shouting and pleading with the dog to turn back, in a video circulating on social media. "Oh my god!" and "Get out baby!" and "Stop going after it!" The dog ignored them and paddled after the 12-foot shark, which thrashed as t
  
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• Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders

  17-02-2023 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Victims – among them environmental defender Edwin Chota – were tortured before their deaths in Peruvian Amazon in 2014Five illegal loggers in Peru have been given 28-year jail sentences for the murder of four Indigenous leaders, among them the prominent anti-logging campaigner Edwin Chota, in a rare win for environmental justice.Nearly eight years after the 2014 quadruple murder, a court in Pucallpa in the Peruvian Amazon found the loggers, Eurico Mapes Gómez and the brothers
  
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• Distrust deepens over US-China balloon row

  17-02-2023 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's not only widened the rift between the two, but also threatens to polarise the global community.
  
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• Tiger Woods apologises after giving Justin Thomas a tampon during Genesis Invitational round

  17-02-2023 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods apologises for any offence he caused by handing Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving his playing partner at the Genesis Invitational.
  
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• Chilli crab: The woman behind Singapore's beloved dish

  17-02-2023 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cher Yam Tian, who created what is now a world-famous culinary delight, dies at 90.
  
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• Heavily armed gunmen injure Filipino governor, kill 4 bodyguards

  17-02-2023 22:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Gunmen wounded a provincial governor and killed four of his bodyguards in an attack on their convoy Friday in a southern Philippine region with a long history of violent political conflicts and Muslim rebellion, officials said. Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr. was shot in the waist, an aide was injured in the feet, and four bodyguards were killed by heavily armed men as their convoy passed through a village on the boundary of Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon provinces, police said. Ad
  
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• Sassuolo 0-2 Napoli: Serie A leaders move 18 points clear after routine victory

  17-02-2023 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serie A leaders Napoli move 18 points clear at the top of the table thanks to a routine away victory over Sassuolo.
  
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• Canada's use of emergency powers justified - report

  17-02-2023 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Probe calls use of emergency powers to end last year's trucker protests drastic but not dictatorial.
  
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• Doctors Without Borders suspends Burkina Faso operations after fatal shooting

  17-02-2023 22:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Aid group Doctors Without Borders said Friday it’s suspending non-emergency services in Burkina Faso after gunmen killed two of its staff there. "This measure, necessary for the time of mourning, is essential to analyze the risks to which our teams are currently exposed," the group said on Twitter, adding that it will only respond to life-saving emergencies in Burkina Faso for an indefinite period. Earlier this month gunmen fired on a vehicle carrying a medical team in the western region o
  
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• Retaliating against Austria, Russia expels 4 diplomats

  17-02-2023 22:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Moscow has asked four Austrian diplomats to leave Russia in retaliation for the expulsion earlier this month of four Russian diplomats from Vienna. Austria had accused the Russian diplomats of spying, and Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Friday defended their Feb. 2 expulsion. He said Austria would not watch idly "while espionage occurs in our country and hospitality is abused." AUSTRIA'S GOVERNMENT ORDERS 4 RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY In announcing the expulsion of the Austrian diplomats
  
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• Biden's false claim on Trump and the national debt

  17-02-2023 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has made another series of inaccurate claims in an economic speech.
  
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• 6 people shot, killed in series of shootings in Mississippi; suspect in custody

  17-02-2023 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  Six people are dead in Tate County, Mississippi, after a series of shootings on Friday, according to reporting from CNN affiliate WMC.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: England and India prepare for decisive group stage encounter

  17-02-2023 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Sophia Dunkley says they are "ready and excited" for their crunch match against India at the Women's T20 World Cup on Saturday.
  
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• Bulgarian police find 18 people dead in abandoned truck

  17-02-2023 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four people have been arrested in what is believed to be the deadliest incident involving migrants in Bulgaria.
  
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• Biden team faces challenges to fill top job with a complicated set of duties

  17-02-2023 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Finding a campaign manager for President Joe Biden’s re-election remains a problem for his top aides, according to multiple sources.
  
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• Hugh Jackman: Inevitable that Australia will become a republic

  17-02-2023 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The X-Men star said the move would be "natural", but he still had respect for the UK's Royal Family.
  
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• 'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' star Jen Shah reports for prison sentence

  17-02-2023 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah arrived at a federal prison camp in Texas on Friday to begin her 6 1/2-year sentence for running a telemarketing scheme that targeted vulnerable, elderly victims, a prison spokesperson said.
  
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• Bulgarian police find 18 migrants dead in abandoned truck

  17-02-2023 21:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in Bulgaria on Friday discovered an abandoned truck containing the bodies of 18 migrants, who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. Bulgarian Health Minister Assen Medzhidiev said most of the survivors were in very bad condition. TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER CHAOS: 51 M
  
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• ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ star on Tom Cruise’s Christmas cake: ‘It’s literally like getting a trophy’

  17-02-2023 21:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Once you’re on Tom Cruise’s famous Christmas cake list, you know you’ve made it in Hollywood. His "Top Gun: Maverick" co-star Jay Ellis opened up about the honor of receiving the special treat on "The Jennifer Hudson Show," Friday. "The cake is coveted in this town," Ellis explained. "It's literally like getting a trophy. We get the cake every year. It's always a surprise when you get it, because you're so excited to get it — and you wanna make sure you're still on the gi
  
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• Lee Mason: Official leaves referees' body PGMOL after VAR error

  17-02-2023 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lee Mason leaves referees' body PGMOL by mutual consent and will no longer officiate in the Premier League.
  
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• Padres' Manny Machado says he will opt out of contract; third baseman has five years, $150M left on deal

  17-02-2023 21:12 via foxnews.com
  
  San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado revealed Friday that he intends to opt out of his contract once the 2023 season comes to an end. Despite signing a 10-year deal worth $300 million with the Padres prior to the 2019 season, the 30-year-old said he has taken notice of other the big money contracts that have been given out across the MLB. "There's a lot of money out there," Machado told reporters. "As a player about to opt out, it's pretty good to see." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS CO
  
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• Norfolk Southern, rail company at center of East Palestine disaster, spreads donations to both parties

  17-02-2023 21:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers has called for a congressional probe into the Ohio train derailment that could put its operator, Norfolk Southern, under Congress' spotlight, where they evenly spread their political donations. Earlier this month, a Norfolk Southern Railroad train carrying vinyl chloride, a dangerous colorless gas, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, a small community located along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Norfolk Southern opted to release the gas from the
  
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• Harris mocked for new word salad, saying spy balloon 'not helpful' for U.S.-China relations: 'Master of words'

  17-02-2023 21:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Twitter users mocked Vice President Kamala Harris for another meandering, wordy answer that ended with her claiming that the Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. shot down in its airspace was "not helpful" for U.S.-China relations. Puzzled internet users berated the Vice President for the awkward and soft phrasing she used to describe a major geopolitical threat to the United States. Harris’ latest bit of eyebrow-raising rhetoric happened during a recent MSNBC exclusive interview with MSNBC a
  
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• CNN flies with Ukrainian attack helicopter

  17-02-2023 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  CNN spent time embedded with the Sikorsky Brigade in eastern Ukraine operating from a secret base where they conduct combat missions against Russian forces. CNN's Sam Kiley reports.
  
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• Storm Otto lashes Scandinavia closing the Oresund bridge

  17-02-2023 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gale force winds prompt the Oresund bridge to close and leave transport services badly hit.
  
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• NY Times faces backlash from celebs, staffers for transgender coverage: They'll have to 'bend the knee'

  17-02-2023 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  After a group of Hollywood celebrities and pro-LGBTQ advocacy groups joined the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in criticizing the New York Times over its recent coverage of transgender issues, Executive editor Joe Kahn and editor Kathleen Kingsbury defended the paper's coverage of transgender issues and warned employees not attack other colleagues over the issue. On "The Faulkner Focus" Friday, Strive Asset Management executive Vivek Ramaswamy responded to the
  
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• Charlene Tilton reveals 'Dallas' co-star Larry Hagman, church saved her from temptations of fame

  17-02-2023 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Charlene Tilton was just 17 when she began filming "Dallas" – one of the most popular shows on TV – and her co-stars made sure she was well prepared to tackle overnight fame. "I was planted in a really good church when I was on ‘Dallas,’" the actress and star of "Heaven Sent," told Fox News Digital. "I also had great people around me," she said. "There were other people in the church that were successful in the entertainment industry, like Donna Summer. They were all wond
  
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• 6-year-old Florida girl shoots grandmother from backseat of moving vehicle

  17-02-2023 20:58 via foxnews.com
  
  A 6-year-old Florida girl accidentally shot her grandmother Thursday in a moving vehicle, according to North Port police, The girl got a hold of her 57-year-old grandmother's gun in the backseat of her vehicle and shot the passenger seat, striking her grandmother in the lower back around 3 p.m. Thursday on the 2400 block of Tollefson Avenue, the North Port Police Department said in a press release. The gun "was originally located in a holster, tucked in the back pocket of the driver seat, beneat
  
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• Young stars create celestial spiderwebs in new Webb telescope images

  17-02-2023 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths.
  
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• This wheelchair-using councilman had to drag himself on to a debate stage

  17-02-2023 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Chris Hinds, who is paralyzed from the waist down, was participating in a political debate at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance facility in Denver.
  
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• North Carolina courts director stepping down, top deputy to replace him

  17-02-2023 20:54 via foxnews.com
  
  The North Carolina court system's top administrator is stepping down soon to join a law firm, and his top deputy will succeed him. Andrew Heath became Administrative Office of the Courts director in early 2021 as Chief Justice Paul Newby was sworn in following his election the previous November. In news releases Friday, the Nelson Mullins firm said Heath would join its Raleigh office and the court system said Newby had appointed deputy AOC director Ryan Boyce as Heath's replacement effective Apr
  
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• Chinese spy balloon recovery operation has concluded

  17-02-2023 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Recovery operations have concluded for the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month, the US military said in a statement Friday.
  
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• Adriana Kuch death: NJ parents, students erupt at school board meeting after bullied teen’s suicide

  17-02-2023 20:54 via foxnews.com
  
  This story may contain details that are disturbing. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. One by one, students and parents at a New Jersey school board meeting recounted how they or their children were tormented by bullies like the ones who attacked Adriana Kuch, who took her own life, while district officials did nothing.  But new superintendent Douglas Corbett said before Thursday night's meeting that he d
  
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• Slovenia fireworks company explosion kills 1, injures 2

  17-02-2023 20:52 via foxnews.com
  
  An explosion at a fireworks company in central Slovenia has killed at least one person and seriously injured two, police said on Friday. The blast occurred shortly before noon in Vrhinika, a town southwest of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana. Videos from the scene showed huge amounts of smoke billowing from the site. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. The explosion at the production area caused a fire that spread to the warehouse at the compound, officials said. BUS OVERTURNS IN SLOV
  
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• US military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris off ocean floor

  17-02-2023 20:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon, U.S. officials said Friday. Officials said the U.S. believes that Navy, Coast Guard and FBI personnel collected all of the balloon debris off the ocean floor. U.S. Northern Command said in a statement that the recovery operations ended Thursday and that final pieces are on their w
  
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• Former Afghan female lawmaker’s killer arrested by Kabul police

  17-02-2023 20:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Security forces have arrested a man allegedly behind the killing of former Afghan female lawmaker Mursal Nabizada, a Taliban spokesman said Friday. Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the capital Kabul's police chief, claimed that the arrested man had "confessed to his crime" of killing Nabizada and her bodyguard earlier this year. The police investigation was ongoing, he added. Nabizada was among the few female parliamentarians who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Nabizad
  
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• How MI5 caught UK embassy spy selling secrets to Russia

  17-02-2023 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Home Affairs correspondent explains what David Smith did, and how he was stopped.
  
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• Spain orders extradition of British alleged hacker to US

  17-02-2023 20:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Spain’s National Court has agreed to the extradition to the U.S. of a British citizen who allegedly took part in computer attacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Gates. A court statement Friday said requirements had been met for handing over Joseph James O’Connor to U.S. authorities for 14 charges covering crimes such as revelation of secrets, membership of a criminal gang, illegal access to computer s
  
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• Florida man sentenced in New Mexico pile-up that killed 4

  17-02-2023 20:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida man who New Mexico authorities say drove recklessly before causing a pile-up that killed four people has been sentenced. The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico announced Thursday that 50-year-old Alexis Riego, of Merritt Island, Florida, received a sentence of five years and 10 months for the 2019 crash. He will then serve three years of supervised release. FLORIDA MAN SEEN ON VIDEO 'PEEKING INTO' WOMAN'S WINDOW, FLEEING INTO SWAMP, POLICE SAY A federal jury convicted him in
  
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• Amazon to require office workers to show up in person at least three days a week

  17-02-2023 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon is ordering thousands of its workers back to the office for at least three days per week, according to a company memo by CEO Andy Jassy on Friday.
  
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• 33 million children in sub-Saharan Africa vaccinated for polio

  17-02-2023 20:43 via foxnews.com
  
  More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday. About 80 million drops of the inoculation have been placed in the mouths of children across Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe since the launch of an emergency response in March last year, WHO said in a sta
  
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• Ukrainian pilots take the fight to Russia

  17-02-2023 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  The horizon disappears for a moment as the nose of the helicopter rears. There's a faint thump as rockets trailing brown smoke arc ahead. The aircraft banks as if flicked on its side by an outside force.
  
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• Their ancient Soviet-era helicopters are priority prey for Russian missiles. But pilots at this secret base say 'we're never going to stop'

  17-02-2023 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  The horizon disappears for a moment as the nose of the helicopter rears. There's a faint thump as rockets trailing brown smoke arc ahead. The aircraft banks as if flicked on its side by an outside force.
  
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• Outgunned Ukrainian pilots take the fight to Russia in ancient Soviet-era helicopters

  17-02-2023 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  The horizon disappears for a moment as the nose of the helicopter rears. There's a faint thump as rockets trailing brown smoke arc ahead. The aircraft banks as if flicked on its side by an outside force.
  
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• Outgunned Ukrainian pilots take the fight to Russia

  17-02-2023 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  The horizon disappears for a moment as the nose of the helicopter rears. There's a faint thump as rockets trailing brown smoke arc ahead. The aircraft banks as if flicked on its side by an outside force.
  
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• Michigan nurse who allegedly let toddler die while on meth loses license

  17-02-2023 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  A western Michigan woman who was allegedly under the influence of methamphetamines when a 3-year-old girl died while under her care has lost her nursing license, state officials said. Judith Maria Sobol's registered nursing license was revoked by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for "violating the public health code," Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Friday. The South Haven woman was also fined $150,000. NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO OVERDOSED AT IOWA HOSPITAL SEXUALLY
  
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• Feds search Pence's DC office and don't find any new classified docs, aide says

  17-02-2023 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  Federal investigators searched former Vice President Mike Pence's Washington, DC, office on Friday for classified information and did not turn up any new classified documents, a Pence spokesman said.
  
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• 'Star Trek: Picard' actors reunite for final season, Patrick Stewart says Jean Luc 'not the same person'

  17-02-2023 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  "Live long and prosper." "Star Trek" fans can bask in nostalgia, as the cast of the iconic science fiction series has reunited. After more than two decades, "Star Trek: Nemesis" actors, including Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart, revealed the decision to reprise their famous roles and what it was like working together on the spacecraft again on "Star Trek: Picard." 'STAR TREK' STAR GEORGE TAKEI RIPS WILLIAM SHATNER'S TRIP TO SPACE ON JEFF BEZOS' DIME: 'I DID IT F
  
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