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• The VW ID.2all is a $26,500 electric car the U.S. might not get

  15-03-2023 23:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Volkswagen unveiled the ID.2all electric concept car Wednesday, previewing a model it plans to sell for less than 25,000 Euros ($26,500) starting in 2025. The subcompact is about 10 inches shorter in length than a VW Golf but has just as much interior space, thanks to the long wheelbase provided by its purpose-built battery-powered platform. The front-wheel-drive four-door has a 223-horsepower powertrain and can accelerate to 60 mph in less than seven seconds. Its range is estimated at 280 miles
  
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• Everything we know about the US drone that crashed in the Black Sea

  15-03-2023 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Everything we know (and don't know) so far about a US drone that crashed in the Black Sea.
  
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• Personal info from data breach that affected lawmakers appears on hacker site

  15-03-2023 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sensitive information has been posted online from last week’s data breach of a health insurance marketplace site that affected members of Congress.
  
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• US seeks migrant workers to repay millions in lost wages

  15-03-2023 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Some 13,000 Mexican migrant workers are owed $6.5 million in unpaid wages, according to a tweet from the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which announced a joint effort with Mexico to locate and compensate the workers.
  
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• Russian leadership approved aggressive actions of jets that damaged U.S. drone, U.S. officials say

  15-03-2023 23:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said the highest levels of the Kremlin approved the aggressive actions of Russian jets against a U.S. drone over the Black Sea.
  
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• Judge appears sympathetic to abortion pill challenge in consequential Texas hearing

  15-03-2023 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a case challenging the FDA approval of abortion pills, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk heard arguments for and against taking one medication, mifepristone, off the market.
  
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• US drone downing: Russia will try to retrieve remnants of drone

  15-03-2023 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US surveillance drone plunged into the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian jets on Tuesday.
  
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• Economist weighs in on the health of large US financial institutions

  15-03-2023 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Shares in Credit Suisse dropped more than 20%, falling to a record low. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics, adds context to the situation.
  
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• Ke Huy Quan says Oscars speech was a chance to 'publicly' thank his refugee parents

  15-03-2023 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  After his big win at the Oscars on Sunday, Ke Huy Quan of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” looked back on his early days as a refugee fleeing Vietnam — a journey that would ultimately put him on a path toward Hollywood history.
  
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• WATCH: Snow caves in roof of Minnesota mall

  15-03-2023 22:04
  
  Part of the roof caved in at a mall in Duluth, Minnesota, amid heavy snowfall. No injuries were reported.
  
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• Swiss central bank says it is ready to provide support to Credit Suisse

  15-03-2023 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE: Europe markets close sharply lower as bank shares plunge
  • Unlike US, Europe kept banks on tight rein post-2008. That was smart
  
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• Aaron Rodgers: Green Bay Packers quarterback says he intends to join New York Jets

  15-03-2023 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aaron Rodgers plans to end his 18-year association with the Green Bay Packers by joining the New York Jets.
  
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• Relations between the countries have routinely scraped bottom for decades. So what to make of the downing of a US Reaper drone over the Black Sea?

  15-03-2023 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  On Tuesday, a Russian Su-27 fighter forced down a US MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea.
  
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• How Russia's Black Sea drone downing compares with worst moments of confrontation with US

  15-03-2023 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  • Why was the US flying a drone in this region?
  • Retired maj. general thinks Putin made call to down US drone. Here's why
  
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• How Russia's Black Sea drone downing compares with the worst moments of its confrontation with the US

  15-03-2023 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  On Tuesday, a Russian Su-27 fighter forced down a US MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea.
  
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• How drone downing compares with worst moments of US-Russia confrontation

  15-03-2023 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  • Why was the US flying a drone in this region?
  • Retired maj. general thinks Putin made call to down US drone. Here's why
  
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• Idaho is pushing to change its borders and absorb more than half of Oregon

  15-03-2023 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Matt McCaw cringes if you say the word "secessionist" around him.
  
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• The tech industry’s latest reckoning: Should it be blamed for SVB’s failure?

  15-03-2023 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  After Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed, the tech industry got what it wanted when the government committed to back the bank's depositors. But at what price?
  
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• Russian spy network accused of sabotage arrested in Poland

  15-03-2023 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The group of foreign citizens were arrested in Poland accused of a sabotage plot.
  
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• Workers dismantle Florida ride where Missouri 14-year-old fell to his death

  15-03-2023 21:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Almost a year after a Missouri teen fell to his death, a 400-foot amusement ride was being dismantled this week in central Florida’s tourism corridor.
  
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• Israel believes roadside bombing suspect crossed from Lebanon

  15-03-2023 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israeli forces shot dead the suspect hours after a man was wounded by a bomb blast on Monday.
  
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• Violent clashes erupt in Naples ahead of Napoli's Champions League match against Frankfurt

  15-03-2023 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Violent clashes erupted in the Italian city of Naples on Wednesday as ticketless German soccer fans descended on the city for a key Champions League match which they had been banned from attending.
  
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• Nasa reveals new spacesuit for anticipated moon landing

  15-03-2023 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This modernised suit will make exploration easier for astronauts during upcoming missions.
  
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• Texas judge considers revoking FDA approval of abortion pill in US

  15-03-2023 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The drug, mifepristone, can be taken at home and is used in more than half of US abortions.
  
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• WATCH: Magpies annoy panda by plucking her hair to warm their nests

  15-03-2023 21:06
  
  Female giant panda Zheng Zheng was enjoying a relaxing day in the sun at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in China -- until magpies teamed up to pluck her hair for nesting.
  
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• NBA suspends Ja Morant 8 games for having a gun in a video

  15-03-2023 20:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant eight games without pay, after determining that his holding a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was “conduct detrimental to the league.”
  
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• A blob twice the width of the US is heading towards the Gulf of Mexico

  15-03-2023 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Rosemary Church interviews a leading scientist about a massive seaweed blob twice the size of the US that's headed for the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• A blob twice the width of the US is forming in the Atlantic Ocean

  15-03-2023 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Rosemary Church interviews a leading scientist about a massive seaweed blob twice the size of the US that's headed for the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• Future NASA moonwalkers will sport sleeker spacesuits

  15-03-2023 20:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade.
  
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• Baton Rouge police arrest man wanted for questioning in death of Georgia man found in rolled-up rug

  15-03-2023 20:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police arrested a man wanted for questioning in the death of Nathan Millard, who was found dead in a rolled-up rug more than a week after he vanished during a business trip.
  
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• White House hopes Biden's relationship with Xi can defuse U.S.-China tensions

  15-03-2023 20:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the U.S. and China rivalry grows, President Joe Biden's belief in personal diplomacy faces the ultimate test.
  
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• Trump-aligned super PAC calls for Florida ethics investigation into DeSantis political activity

  15-03-2023 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  A super PAC closely aligned with former President Donald Trump is demanding Florida ethics investigators probe whether Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent political activity is violating state law.
  
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• 'Revolutionary act of resistance': See why Black men are frolicking on TikTok

  15-03-2023 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  A lighthearted social media trend encourages Black men to skip gleefully through open fields, backyards and parks. The idea sounds silly, but one expert claims it is a needed activity to combat mental health issues and societal expectations.
  
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• 'What You Won't Do for Love' singer Bobby Caldwell dies at 71

  15-03-2023 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bobby Caldwell, the singer-songwriter who mastered a variety of genres, died Tuesday, said his wife, Mary.
  
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• Ke Huy Quan shares the career advice Cate Blanchett gave him on next steps post-Oscar

  15-03-2023 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Newly crowned Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan is thoroughly aware that success doesn't come easy, and is open to ideas on how to make his good fortune last.
  
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• Myanmar is a failing state, led by a junta fuelled by Russian arms, says UN rights envoy

  15-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Civilians are being killed by Russian weapons just like in Ukraine, says special rapporteur Tom Andrews in call for global actionMyanmar is a “failing state” and the crisis is getting exponentially worse, a UN special rapporteur for the country has warned, urging countries to adopt the same unified resolve that followed the invasion of Ukraine.“The same types of weapons that are killing Ukrainians are killing people in Myanmar,” Tom Andrews, special rapporteur on the situ
  
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• Ohio man who falsely claimed to be Ghanaian prince sentenced to 20 years in prison

  15-03-2023 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  An Ohio man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for pretending to be a Ghanaian prince and swindling more than a dozen victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  
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• Napoli v Eintracht Frankfurt: Football fans throw chairs at Naples riot police

  15-03-2023 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police respond with tear gas as Eintracht Frankfurt fans charge through the streets.
  
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• Man builds 12-foot-tall snow tunnel to get out of home

  15-03-2023 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  A man tunneled out after up to 12 feet of snow enveloped his home near Lake Tahoe, California.
  
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• Argentina’s inflation rate soars past 100%, its worst in over 30 years

  15-03-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Annual rate of 102.5% is denting purchasing power, savings, economic growth and government’s chances in elections next yearArgentina’s annual inflation rate tore past 100% in February, the country’s statistics agency announced, the first time it has hit triple figures since a period of hyperinflation in 1991, over three decades ago.Inflation over 12 months clocked in at 102.5% in the second month of the year, according to government data released on Tuesday, with a higher-than-
  
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• Federal and state investigators probe Santos' role in luxury yacht sale

  15-03-2023 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  Federal and state investigators are probing Republican Rep. George Santos' role in the sale of a $19 million yacht involving two of his wealthy donors, according to a law enforcement official.
  
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• Brazilian researchers find 'terrifying' plastic rocks on remote island

  15-03-2023 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  The geology of Brazil's volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this remote turtle refuge is sparking alarm.
  
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• Turkey floods: Truck overturned by surge of water in earthquake zone

  15-03-2023 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deadly floods in southern Turkey follow February's earthquakes that killed more than 44,000 people.
  
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• Senate confirms Eric Garcetti as U.S. ambassador to India after rocky nomination

  15-03-2023 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate voted to advance President Joe Biden's nomination of Eric Garcetti to be U.S. Ambassador to India, setting up final confirmation later in the day.
  
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• Wellesley College students vote to admit trans men and nonbinary students

  15-03-2023 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Students at Wellesley College, the elite Massachusetts women's school that counts Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright among its alumnae, voted Tuesday night to make transgender men and nonbinary students eligible for admission in a nonbinding ballot initiative.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival 2023: Energumene wins Champion Chase again for Brighton's Tony Bloom

  15-03-2023 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Energumene, ridden by Paul Townend for trainer Willie Mullins and owner Tony Bloom, wins the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham for the second year running.
  
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• The world's best airports for 2023, according to Skytrax

  15-03-2023 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  A light-filled, green haven that brands itself as a "destination in itself," Singapore's Changi Airport has reclaimed its spot at the top of Skytrax's annual ranking of the world's best airports.
  
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• Reality TV star Todd Chrisley's son charged with aggravated assault in Tennessee

  15-03-2023 18:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  SMYRNA, Tenn. — Kyle Chrisley, the son of reality TV star Todd Chrisley of the show “Chrisley Knows Best,” has been charged with aggravated assault in Tennessee, authorities said.
  
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• Argentina heatwave has 'no similarities in history'

  15-03-2023 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  Argentina is grappling with an unprecedented late-summer heatwave as temperatures soar to record-breaking levels -- causing crops to wither, helping wildfires spread and adding huge pressure to a country already facing an economic crisis.
  
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• Texas announces takeover of Houston's public school district, one of the largest in the U.S.

  15-03-2023 18:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.
  
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