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• Hear why this Disney movie is under review by a Florida school district

  29-03-2023 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  "Ruby Bridges," afilm about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South, is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie's use of slurs and argued it could teach students that "White people hate Black people," according to school officials and documents obtained by CNN. CNN's Leyla Santiago has the story.
  
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• Philippines: The 70s nuclear relic that may open at last

  29-03-2023 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Finished in 1986, the Bataan plant in the Philippines has never produced a kilowatt of electricity.
  
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• UK claims some 220,000 Russian casualties in war as Ukraine prepares counteroffensive

  29-03-2023 22:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.K.’s top defense official Wednesday said Russia has seen some 220,000 deaths and injuries since the war began in an estimate that more than doubled figures released less than six months ago.  Defense Secretary Ben Wallace made the pronouncement while speaking with his Swedish counterpart during a London press event, citing figures provided by a U.S. assessment. Though the Pentagon has not released a casualty estimate quite this high, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ge
  
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• Pope Francis to be hospitalized for several days with respiratory infection

  29-03-2023 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend "a few days" in the hospital, the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement on Wednesday.
  
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• Actress Melissa Joan Hart describes helping children flee campus after shooting

  29-03-2023 22:52 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Actress Melissa Joan Hart says she was near Nashville's Covenant School soon after Monday's deadly shooting of six people, including three children, and helped some students get away from the scene.
  
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• Trump made claim about endorsing DeSantis. Fact checker sets the record straight

  29-03-2023 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks multiple claims by former President Donald Trump about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  
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• Cyprus to crack down on fan violence at sporting events

  29-03-2023 22:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Cyprus’ justice minister on Wednesday unveiled a host of measures to combat fan violence at sporting events, including pre-game drug and alcohol tests, increased body searches and tougher policing. The measures come days after opposing fans at a basketball playoff game between rivals Anorthosis and Apollon fought inside and outside the Tassos Papadopoulos stadium in the capital Nicosia, setting fire to public transport offices outside the venue. Justice minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou sa
  
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• Assad overhauls Syrian Cabinet as country's economy tanks

  29-03-2023 22:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad replaced several Cabinet ministers Wednesday amid a sharp increase in prices and worsening economic conditions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, state media reported. The state news agency said Assad replaced the ministers of oil, internal trade, industry and social affairs and labor. SANA did not give a reason for the government reshuffle, but it comes amid harsh public criticism over rising prices and food shortages during Ramadan, when observant Muslims
  
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• Fox News chief's messages made public as part of Dominion lawsuit

  29-03-2023 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott internally sounded the alarm about the financial fallout that the right-wing network would suffer if it continued fact-checking then-President Donald Trump's lies after the 2020 election, according to messages that became public Wednesday.
  
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• Watch tense exchange between Sanders and GOP senator during hearing

  29-03-2023 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questioned former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on the company's union-busting tactics and engaged in a tense exchange with Republican colleague Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
  
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• Doctor explains new over-the-counter medicine that's a 'complete antidote to opioids'

  29-03-2023 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan. Dr. Leana Wen explains.
  
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• Pope Francis hospitalized for several days with respiratory infection, Vatican says

  29-03-2023 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend "a few days" in the hospital, the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement on Wednesday.
  
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• Russia lists member of dissident women's punk group as wanted criminal

  29-03-2023 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian authorities have put a member of the Pussy Riot punk group on a wanted list for criminal suspects as the Kremlin works to stifle political dissent. Russian news outlet Mediazona discovered an entry for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the Russian Interior Ministry's database of wanted individuals on Wednesday. The entry, also reviewed by The Associated Press, said Tolokonnikova faces criminal charges, but it didn't specify what the charges are. FORMER PUTIN SPEECHWRITER, OTHERS ADDED TO RUSSIA'
  
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• Actor brings special treat for Fallon to taste on 'Tonight Show'

  29-03-2023 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  British actor Nicholas Hoult will be starring alongside Nicolas Cage in the new film "Renfield," where Hoult's character gains special powers from eating bugs. The actor brought some of these special treats to NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon."
  
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• Fabio Paratici: Tottenham MD banned worldwide - Spurs seek clarification

  29-03-2023 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tottenham managing director Fabio Paratici may have to step away from his role after Fifa extended his ban worldwide.
  
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• Saudi Arabia grows closer to Beijing with step toward membership in China-led security bloc

  29-03-2023 21:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a China-led security bloc, in a sign of its deepening ties with Beijing. Per the state-owned Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi cabinet approved a memorandum granting the kingdom "dialogue partner status," a first step before being awarded full membership in the SCO. Formed in 2001 by Russia, China and former Soviet states in central Asia, the SCO is a political and security union that a
  
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• Bangladeshi journalist jailed for 'spreading false news'

  29-03-2023 21:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in Bangladesh arrested a journalist for an influential newspaper on Wednesday on charges of spreading false news under the contentious Digital Security Act, authorities said. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Samsuzzaman Shams was arrested for a report published in the newspaper, Prothom Alo, on March 26, Independence Day. The report, written by Shams, quoted a day laborer as saying that the country's independence didn't mean much to him while he struggles to survive because of high inf
  
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• Italian government endorses lab-grown food ban

  29-03-2023 21:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Italy’s government has endorsed legislation that would outlaw laboratory-grown food and allow stiff fines for those who make it or sell it, a proposal that is part of Premier Giorgia Meloni's crusade to protect "made in Italy" products. Meloni celebrated with farmers after her Cabinet on Tuesday evening approved measures that provide for fines as high as 60,000 euros ($60,000) and for the confiscation of "synthetic food." The proposed penalties, which the Italian Parliament would need to t
  
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• Musk's proposed AI pause means China would 'race' past US with 'most powerful' tech, expert says

  29-03-2023 21:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Elon Musk’s proposed temporary halt in AI development would give China the freedom to surpass the U.S. and develop "the most powerful tool" in the 21st century, according to an industry expert.  "We need artificial intelligence to automate and manage so much of the existing technology, as well as open the ability for us to manage a significantly larger population," Sultan Meghji, a professor at Duke University’s Pratt Engineering School, told Fox News Digital. "We will not be ab
  
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• Poland promises relief as Ukrainian grain floods market, sinks prices

  29-03-2023 21:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Poland’s agriculture minister promised financial support from the government and the European Union and easier rules for constructing grain storage as he met Wednesday with farmers angered by falling grain prices. Farmers in Poland blame the drop in prices on the market glut from the inflow of huge amounts of Ukrainian produce that was supposed to go to Africa and the Middle East. Bulgarian farmers also staged a border protest Wednesday over the issue. Poland and other countries in the reg
  
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• Watch: King Charles speaking German in Berlin

  29-03-2023 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The King joked with his hosts as he impressed with his language skills at a lavish banquet.
  
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• UAE man fatally jumps off balcony after killing wife, 2 kids

  29-03-2023 21:08 via foxnews.com
  
  A man in the United Arab Emirates' sheikhdom of Sharjah jumped off a balcony to his death after killing his wife and two children, police said Wednesday. Officers found the man, whom police only described as an Asian in his 30s, with a paper in his clothing that contained an apparent confession that he committed the slayings, Sharjah police said. US ARMY SPECIALIST HOPES TO RESCUE HELPLESS PUPPY FOUND OVERSEAS: 'STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE' Investigators entered his apartment and discovered "that the
  
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• San Francisco's self-driving cars have a hit-and-run problem. Usually, they're the victims.

  29-03-2023 21:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cruise, a subsidiary of GM, operates a nightly driverless taxi service in San Francisco, and Waymo, has a similar service in Phoenix.
  
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• Pope Francis hospitalized for 'respiratory infection,' will require treatment

  29-03-2023 20:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis was hospitalized after having difficulty breathing recently and tests revealed a respiratory inspection, a Vatican spokesman said. "The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical therapy," Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on Wednesday. Bruni said that Francis doesn't have COVID-19. The spokesman said that Francis will require several days of medical treatment. POPE FRANCIS TO VISIT HUNGARY AT THE END OF APRIL, WILL FO
  
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• Pope Francis hospitalized for a respiratory infection, Vatican spokesperson says

  29-03-2023 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend "a few days" in the hospital, the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement on Wednesday.
  
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• Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners needed to transport giant dinosaur to UK

  29-03-2023 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  In the venerated halls of London's Natural History Museum, one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth is about to make its debut.
  
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• Meet the titanosaur: Dinosaur giant goes on display in Europe for the first time

  29-03-2023 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  In the venerated halls of London's Natural History Museum, one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth is about to make its debut.
  
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• Meet the titanosaur: Dinosaur giant goes on display in Europe

  29-03-2023 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  In the venerated halls of London's Natural History Museum, one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth is about to make its debut.
  
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• Washington divided on how to stop mass shootings

  29-03-2023 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  While Republicans link mass shootings to mental health, US President Biden blames assault weapons.
  
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• Breakups suck, but our behavior doesn't have to

  29-03-2023 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  In my early 20s, I agreed to accompany a man on a cruise to Iceland on a whim. At the 11th hour, I wavered. I wasn't romantically interested in him, and it occurred to me, embarrassingly late in the day, that embarking on such a trip might constitute a mixed signal. I vacillated and sent awkward, non-committal responses to his messages. To his credit, he called me on it. "Just say you're not interested," he said. "I can take it."
  
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• Jeremy Renner talks tragedy and triumph with Diane Sawyer

  29-03-2023 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  Jeremy Renner has sat down for his first interview since the New Year's Day accident that could have killed him.
  
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• Elon Musk and other tech leaders call for pause in 'out of control' AI race

  29-03-2023 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  Some of the biggest names in tech are calling for artificial intelligence labs to stop the training of the most powerful AI systems for at least six months, citing "profound risks to society and humanity."
  
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• Melissa Joan Hart: I helped kids flee shooting

  29-03-2023 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sabrina The Teenage Witch actress says she was near Monday's deadly Nashville school shooting.
  
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• He's behind you - man hides from police on roof

  29-03-2023 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Etmond Lika was hiding on a roof as a police officer looked out of a skylight inches below him.
  
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• Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack on Colombia's military

  29-03-2023 19:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Militants in Colombia killed at least nine soldiers and injured another nine in an attack early Wednesday on a military post in a troubled region near the country’s border with Venezuela, authorities said. The military gave no details of the assault in El Carmen in the state of Norte de Santander, but said a preliminary assessment indicated it was carried out by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, the country’s last active guerrilla group. It would be the most serious attack by the
  
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• Swedish court finds woman guilty of war crimes for posing with severed heads in Syria

  29-03-2023 19:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A Swedish court on Wednesday found a 35-year-old woman guilty of war crimes for posting photos of herself with severed heads that were on display in a Syrian city in 2014. Fatosh Ibrahim who pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to three months in prison. The Goteborg District Court said Fatosh Ibrahim "on two occasions published photographs of severed heads impaled on the fence" of a Raqqa roundabout, placed there by Islamic State group militants. Ibrahim used her cell phone to take photos of herse
  
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• American shot at Mexico tourist hotspot amid spring break travel fears

  29-03-2023 19:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A U.S. tourist was reportedly shot while vacationing at a popular Mexico spring break area, where the State Department has been warning Americans to "exercise increased caution due to crime and kidnapping."  The tourist, who has not been publicly identified, was shot in the leg by unknown assailants in the town of Puerto Morelos outside of Cancun, The Associated Press is reporting, citing prosecutors in the state of Quintana Roo.  The man was approached by several suspects ar
  
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• WATCH: Watch the heartwarming moment this injured deputy walked his daughter down the aisle

  29-03-2023 18:49
  
  Master Deputy Harold ‘Hal’ Davis of Florida was left temporarily paralyzed after an accident last year, but was able to be there for his daughter on her big day following intense physical therapy.
  
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• Fifa: Indonesia stripped of right to host Under-20 World Cup

  29-03-2023 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifa has stripped Indonesia of hosting rights for the Under-20 World Cup.
  
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• WATCH: Alabama bridge collapses after heavy rain and flooding

  29-03-2023 18:24
  
  A man in Alabama stopped driving and started recording when he noticed the ground was gone beneath a bridge—just in time for it to crumble into the creek below.
  
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• Mexican immigration guards didn't release migrants as deadly fire raged, video appears to show

  29-03-2023 18:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The families of nearly 40 migrant men who died in a fire at a detention facility in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez on Tuesday say that guards at the facility neglected to release the men, contributing to the high death toll.Mexican authorities said the inferno started in the men's section of the facility after detained migrants set fire to their mattresses in protest over rumors that they would be deported back to South and Central America. Surveillance video released Tuesday sh
  
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• Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other tech leaders call for pause in 'out of control' AI race

  29-03-2023 18:18 via cnn.com
  
  Some of the biggest names in tech are calling for artificial intelligence labs to stop the training of the most powerful AI systems for at least six months, citing "profound risks to society and humanity."
  
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• SE Cupp: What Candace Owens' attack on a Skims ad reveals

  29-03-2023 18:13 via cnn.com
  
  In this week's episode of "Unfiltered," SE Cupp argues that right-wing commentator Candace Owens' criticism of a Skims ad featuring a model in a wheelchair is an attack on capitalism itself, which is ironic since Owens claims to believe capitalism is far superior to socialism.
  
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• Ukraine war: Orthodox clerics say they will not leave Kyiv monastery

  29-03-2023 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Top clergy in Ukraine's Orthodox Church's are suspected of continuing ties with Russia's Orthodox Church.
  
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• Watch: Bald eagle builds nest to protect a rock

  29-03-2023 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  Eagle shows great dad skills ... except he's trying to hatch a rock rather than an egg. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• 'He's very protective of the rock': Eagle thinks rock is an egg

  29-03-2023 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  Eagle shows great dad skills ... except he's trying to hatch a rock rather than an egg. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• Bald eagle builds nest to protect a rock

  29-03-2023 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  Eagle shows great dad skills ... except he's trying to hatch a rock rather than an egg. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• The Lamborghini Revuelto is a 1,001 horsepower hybrid supercar flagship

  29-03-2023 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  Soon, you'll be able to plug in your Lamborghini.
  
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• Will Serial's Adnan Syed go back to jail?

  29-03-2023 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Maryland appeals court has reinstated Adnan Syed's murder conviction, months after his release.
  
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• ‘They’re killing us’: anger grows after deadly fire at Mexican migrant center

  29-03-2023 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Protesters call for justice as blaze at detention facility in Ciudad Juárez highlights tough US immigration policiesA loud voice cut through the thick quiet of the night: “¡Justicia! ¡Justicia! ¡Justicia!” Frark Martín Pérez Pérez, 32, chanted angrily, and hundreds followed.Justice is what the crowd of about 400 migrants from Latin America gathered to protest about on Tuesday outside the migrant processing centre in Ciudad Juárez,
  
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