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• WATCH: Tiny stowaway octopus returned to ocean

  05-04-2023 23:52
  
  A tiny stowaway octopus that attached itself to a diver's gear was safely returned to the ocean after being discovered inside a car.
  
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• McCarthy meets with Taiwan's president as China vows retaliation

  05-04-2023 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen are set to meet in California on Wednesday despite threats of retaliation from China.
  
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• Newcastle hit five at West Ham to pile pressure on Moyes

  05-04-2023 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newcastle capitalise on poor West Ham defending to hit five goals at London Stadium and pile more pressure on David Moyes.
  
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• Barcelona 0-4 Real Madrid (1-4 agg): Karim Benzema hat-trick sends visitors to Copa del Rey final

  05-04-2023 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Karim Benzema scores a second-half hat-trick as Real Madrid rout Barcelona to reach the Copa del Rey final.
  
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• Baltimore’s Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says

  05-04-2023 23:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Maryland's top prosecutor accused Catholic Church officials in Baltimore on Wednesday of engaging in a yearslong cover-up of the sexual abuse of 600-plus children, some of whom were “preyed upon by multiple abusers over decades."
  
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• Federal civil rights probe opened after police fatally shoot a Black teenager in Washington, D.C.

  05-04-2023 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal prosecutors and the FBI have launched a civil rights investigation into the fatal police shooting of Black teenager Dalaneo Martin in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Karen McDougal: The second woman in Trump case

  05-04-2023 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former Playboy model is mentioned in support of the indictment against the former president.
  
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• Cash App founder Bob Lee killed in San Francisco stabbing

  05-04-2023 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bob Lee, a technology executive who founded the mobile payment company Cash App and previously worked at Square, died Tuesday after he was stabbed near downtown San Francisco, according to his family.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Iga Swiatek says tennis could have done better 'from the beginning'

  05-04-2023 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A ban on Russian and Belarusian players by tennis authorities would have sent a strong message, says world number one Iga Swiatek.
  
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• North Dakota advances record-setting 10 anti-LGBTQ bills in one day, advocates say

  05-04-2023 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Dakota’s Legislature advanced 10 bills Tuesday that advocates say target the state’s LGBTQ community, setting a single-day record for such legislation.
  
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• Exonerated Central Park Five member mocks Trump with ad of his own after indictment

  05-04-2023 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam issued a statement on social media mimicking a full-page ad that Donald Trump issued 34 years ago that has become a flashpoint in Trump's political rise.
  
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• At least 5 killed as tornado slices through southeastern Missouri

  05-04-2023 22:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  A tornado hit Bollinger County in southeastern Missouri, killing at least 5 people. The tornado created widespread damage in the rural area south of St. Louis.
  
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• Delaware judge willing to force Rupert Murdoch to testify in Fox News-Dominion trial

  05-04-2023 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  The Delaware judge overseeing the Fox News-Dominion defamation trial says that he’s willing to force Rupert Murdoch to testify after Dominion asked the court to push for testimonies from him. NBC’s Jane Timm reports. 
  
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• Donald Trump calls for defunding federal police after his arrest in New York

  05-04-2023 22:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump is egging on Republicans in Congress to “defund” the Justice Department and FBI following his arrest.
  
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• A liberal just won the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Republicans are already talking about impeaching her.

  05-04-2023 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Liberal Janet Protasiewicz just won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But she could face impeachment attempts with a GOP supermajority in the state Senate.
  
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• Frank Lampard: Chelsea set to name ex-manager as boss until end of the season

  05-04-2023 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard is set to be appointed interim Chelsea manager until the end of the season - just over two years after the club sacked him.
  
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• Judge willing to force Rupert Murdoch to testify in the Fox News-Dominion trial

  05-04-2023 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dominion Voting Systems wants a judge to force Fox Corp. executives Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in its suit against Fox News and Fox Corp.
  
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• Cat jumps on imam leading Ramadan prayers in Algeria

  05-04-2023 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A video shows a cat jumping on the shoulders of an imam during Taraweeh prayers inside a mosque.
  
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• Bob Lee dead: Cash App founder dies after San Francisco stabbing

  05-04-2023 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old tech guru died after being stabbed on a San Francisco street, his family says.
  
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• Women's Finalissima: Arsenal team-mates leading their countries at Wembley

  05-04-2023 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal team-mates Leah Williamson and Rafaelle Souza will go up against each other as they lead their countries at a sold-out Wembley in the Women's Finalissima between England and Brazil.
  
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• Pence will not fight the order that he testify before special counsel grand jury

  05-04-2023 20:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a federal judge’s order that he testify in the federal special counsel probe of former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Curran defends 16 off final over as Punjab beat Rajasthan in IPL

  05-04-2023 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England all-rounder Sam Curran defends 16 off the final over as Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by five runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
  
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• Will Donald Trump face a gag order, and what happens next in his case?

  05-04-2023 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump's lawyers have vowed to try everything possible to get the case thrown out before trial.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's husband arrested in finance probe

  05-04-2023 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.
  
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• Elite Russian security officer who defected calls Putin a paranoid ‘war criminal’

  05-04-2023 20:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  A former officer with President Vladimir Putin’s elite security unit has defected and labeled the Russian leader a paranoid “war criminal” who has lost his grip on reality.
  
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• Horror in Winnipeg as another Indigenous woman’s body found in landfill: ‘It keeps happening’

  05-04-2023 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Remains of Linda Mary Beardy, 33, spotted by staff at Canadian garbage dump amid crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous womenPolice in Canada say the body of another Indigenous woman has been found at a Winnipeg landfill, in the latest grim episode of the country’s crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.The body of Linda Mary Beardy, a 33-year-old mother from Lake St Martin First Nation, was spotted on Monday by staff at the Brady landfill. Continue reading...
  
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• Britain spends three times more aid on housing refugees than it sends to Africa

  05-04-2023 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign Office figures show aid to Africa fell to £1.1bn in 2022, compared with £3.7bn of budget spent on refugees in UKThe UK spent more than three times its overseas aid budget on housing refugees in Britain than on helping to alleviate poverty in Africa in 2022, figures from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office show.The official provisional figures for 2022 show that spending on refugees increased from £597m in 2020 to £1bn in 2021 and reached £3.7bn
  
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• Video captures tornado ripping through Iowa corn field

  05-04-2023 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several US states have been devastated by severe weather and tornadoes with more to come.
  
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• Benin bronzes made from metal mined in west Germany, study finds

  05-04-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Brass used for west African artworks was acquired from manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the slave tradeScientists have discovered that some of the Benin bronzes were made with metal mined thousands of miles away in the German Rhineland.The Edo people in the Kingdom of Benin, modern Nigeria, created their extraordinary sculptures with melted down brass manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the transatlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries. Continue reading...
  
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• Snake on a plane forces South African pilot to make emergency landing

  05-04-2023 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Rudolph Erasmus praised for ‘great airmanship’ after discovery of deadly cobra in cockpit of private planeA South African pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after a 5ft deadly cobra slithered past his side and curled up under his seat.Rudolph Erasmus was flying four passengers in a private plane at 11,000ft when he said he felt a “cold sensation” on his hip. Thinking that his water bottle might have been leaking, Erasmus looked down instead at the sight of a hi
  
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• Ukraine war: Poland pledges more jets to Ukraine as Zelensky visits

  05-04-2023 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Polish president said the country also firmly supported Kyiv's bid to join Nato.
  
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• North Carolina state lawmaker switches parties, handing GOP veto-proof majorities

  05-04-2023 19:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  A North Carolina state Democrat announced Wednesday that she has switched to the Republican Party, giving the GOP a veto-proof majority in the state House.
  
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• Macron and von der Leyen: Europe’s good cop and bad cop to meet Xi Jinping

  05-04-2023 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Macron and von der Leyen will send a message of unity and talk tough on Ukraine - will China listen?
  
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• Peter Bol: Australian runner's doping row could have global impact

  05-04-2023 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian sporting hero Peter Bol's case could cast doubt on some anti-doping tests, experts say.
  
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• Chief of top Canadian grocery chain gets $1.2m raise amid criticism over prices

  05-04-2023 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Raise brings Galen Weston of Loblaw Companies’ pay to $11.79m last year amid outcry for raising prices during record inflationThe billionaire head of Canada’s largest grocery chain has been given a C$1.2m (US$890,000) raise, in a move likely to prompt controversy as grocery executives have faced sharp criticism for raising their prices amid record inflation.The raise for Galen Weston, chairman and president of grocer Loblaw Companies, brought his total pay last year to C$11.79m. Deta
  
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• WATCH: Animals at London zoo receive Easter treat surprise

  05-04-2023 18:36
  
  Zookeepers surprised animals at a London zoo with Easter eggs filled with treats—leading to colorful playtime for tiger cubs, meerkats and squirrel monkeys.
  
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• Trump indictment: What happened when other countries prosecuted ex-leaders?

  05-04-2023 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is the first ex-US president to face charges but ex-leaders elsewhere have stood trial.
  
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• Virginia YouTuber shot during prank video

  05-04-2023 18:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tanner Cook, a YouTuber who uploads videos for his channel Classified Goons, was shot Sunday while filming a prank video.
  
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• Axe attack at Brazilian pre-school leaves four children dead and five injured

  05-04-2023 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  President Lula deplores ‘act of hate and cowardice’ as police arrest 25-year-old man after killings in southern state of Santa Catarina Four children have been killed and at least five others injured after a 25-year-old man armed with a small axe attacked a pre-school in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare center on Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said. C
  
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• New York City's newest weed dispensary opens with a Black woman at its helm

  05-04-2023 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The opening of Good Grades cannabis dispensary in Queens, New York, on Thursday made many historic firsts.
  
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• Ticketmaster's 'Kafkaesque' arbitration process is rigged, lawyers say

  05-04-2023 17:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ticketmaster’s arbitration process is rigged, lawyers say
  
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• Brazil man kills 4 children with hatchet at daycare center

  05-04-2023 16:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said.
  
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• Sutherland Springs victims say they've reached $144.5M settlement with DOJ

  05-04-2023 16:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The victims of a 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, that killed 26 people said they have a "tentative agreement" with the Department of Justice to end a years-long lawsuit.
  
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• Colleges ask Supreme Court to halt $6B student loan debt settlement

  05-04-2023 16:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Colleges challenging a settlement that could lead to canceling student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers asked the Supreme Court to halt the case.
  
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• Masters 2023: Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Scottie Scheffler among players at Augusta National

  05-04-2023 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are two of the favourites as the world's best golfers prepare to start the 87th Masters at Augusta National on Thursday.
  
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• South Africa snake on plane: Deadly cobra in cockpit forces emergency landing

  05-04-2023 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "I felt this cool sensation crawling up my shirt" before spotting the snake, the pilot tells the BBC.
  
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• Haberman reveals why Trump attacked judge and his family in speech

  05-04-2023 15:30 via cnn.com
  
  CNN political contributor Maggie Haberman explains the reasoning behind Donald Trump's attacks on the judge and his family during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort after he was arraigned on felony charges.
  
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• Senators ask 27 CEOs to make sure their companies comply with child labor laws

  05-04-2023 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the wake of federal probes and NBC News stories about children cleaning slaughterhouses, two senators sent letters to 27 CEOs demanding responses about their companies' compliance with child labor laws.
  
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• Password-hacking network shut down in global police raids

  05-04-2023 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Genesis Market allowed online fraudsters to buy passwords and other personal data for less than $1.
  
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• Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi in hospital ICU

  05-04-2023 14:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Silvio Berlusconi, who was Italian prime minister four times, is in intensive care in a cardiac unit at Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital, political sources said on Wednesday.
  
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