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• WATCH: Cute critters get into the Easter spirit

  09-04-2023 22:51
  
  Lots of zoos are offering the animals a chance to have a special day.
  
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• What does a 19th-century 'anti-vice' law have to do with the abortion pill ruling?

  09-04-2023 17:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S.
  
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• Ousted Tennessee lawmakers say they felt targeted by GOP since Day 1

  09-04-2023 17:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The two Black Democrats who were ousted from the Tn. state House said that GOP legislators had "put a target" on their backs the day they entered the chambers.
  
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• Pope Francis prays for Ukrainian and Russians in Easter address

  09-04-2023 16:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  ROME —Amid blue skies and sunshine, Pope Francis made his way through thousands of worshippers to deliver his Easter address at the Vatican Sunday, where he prayed for both Russians and Ukrainians and called for a resumption of dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.
  
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• Two killed in Russian strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia

  09-04-2023 16:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter were killed after Russian forces struck a residential building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Sunday, authorities said.
  
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• Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of Masters

  09-04-2023 16:17
  
  Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional
  
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• Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian people, refugees

  09-04-2023 16:17
  
  Pope Francis has invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people in his Easter message
  
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• Maia and Rina Dee: Funerals of sisters killed in occupied West Bank to take place

  09-04-2023 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maia and Rina Dee, who used to live in Britain, were shot on their way to a family holiday.
  
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• Tiger Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of Masters

  09-04-2023 15:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round because of an injury Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional.
  
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• Trump's legal priority will be seeking to dismiss his indictment, his attorney says

  09-04-2023 15:16
  
  Trump’s attorney Jim Trusty's priority is focusing on a dismissal of Trump's indictment rather than his heated rhetoric about the Manhattan judge and prosecutor
  
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• King Charles joined by family for first Easter service as monarch

  09-04-2023 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The service in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle is his first as monarch.
  
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• Trial date set for John Carter, suspect in fiance Katelyn Markham's murder

  09-04-2023 15:03
  
  With the trial of John Carter, suspect in the murder of his fiance, to begin in the June 2024, the victim’s father said he hoped to close a dark chapter in his life.
  
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• Dundee Utd beat Hibernian to end 11-match winless run

  09-04-2023 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jamie McGrath tucks in a late penalty as Dundee United beat Hibernian 2-1 at Tannadice to boost hopes of Scottish Premiership survival.
  
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• Gay youths are more than twice as likely to have sleep trouble, study finds

  09-04-2023 14:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 1 in 3 gay, lesbian and bisexual youths reported having trouble falling or staying asleep, according to a study published in the journal LGBT Health.
  
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• Tensions simmer in Jerusalem after Israel responds to rocket attacks with strikes on targets in Syria

  09-04-2023 14:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel's military said it struck targets in Syria Sunday after rare rocket fire from its northeastern neighbor as tensions simmered at a volatile Jerusalem shrine important to both Jewish and Muslim worshippers.
  
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• Germany: Hamburg fire smoke halts trains, generates warning

  09-04-2023 14:32
  
  Police have warned people in Hamburg, Germany, to close their windows early after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city
  
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• Tiger Woods withdraws from Masters with leg injury

  09-04-2023 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five-time champion Tiger Woods withdraws from the Masters because of injury, hours before the resumption of the third round on Sunday.
  
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• Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets

  09-04-2023 14:02
  
  Israeli warplanes and artillery have struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from its northeastern neighbor
  
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• High risk, high reward: Startups are still keen to mine space rocks

  09-04-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Asteroid mining has the potential to be wildly lucrative, but for decades companies have tried and failed to make it a reality.
  
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• Maia and Rina Dee named as British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting

  09-04-2023 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maia and Rina Dee's father tells the BBC his daughters were "wonderful" and "beautiful".
  
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• Yemen war: Saudi-Houthi talks bring hope of ceasefire

  09-04-2023 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The talks in Yemen could mean that the eight-year war is coming to an end.
  
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• 3 people, suspect killed after domestic violence incident in Orlando, Florida

  09-04-2023 13:01
  
  Three people and one suspect are dead after a suspected domestic violence incident turned deadly in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday morning, police said.
  
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• West Virginia's high-stakes Senate race turns into a GOP proxy war

  09-04-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some of the most powerful forces in Republican politics are on course for an explosive — and expensive — collision in West Virginia’s Senate primary.
  
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• Tottenham vs Brighton: Refereeing body admits Brighton should have had penalty

  09-04-2023 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Refereeing body PGMOL admits Brighton should have had a penalty for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's tackle on Kaoru Mitoma against Tottenham.
  
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• Deadly bacteria linked to eyedrops has grown resistant to nearly all treatments, CDC says

  09-04-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The bacteria linked to recalled eyedrops causing infection and blindness had never been seen in the U.S. until 2022, the CDC says Almost 70 infections have been linked to the recalled eyedrops in 16 states.
  
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• China simulates striking Taiwan on second day of military drills

  09-04-2023 10:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China’s missile forces.
  
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• 2 Wisconsin police officers killed in traffic stop shooting

  09-04-2023 10:16
  
  Two Wisconsin police officers were killed in a shooting during a traffic stop on Saturday
  
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• Israel hits multiple targets in Syria after rockets fired into Golan Heights

  09-04-2023 09:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country said it was responding to six rockets being fired at the occupied Golan Heights from Syria.
  
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• Israel hits multiple targets in Syria after rocket attacks overnight

  09-04-2023 09:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country said six rockets were fired towards the Golan Heights from sites inside Syria.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: two killed in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia; Ukraine children returned from Russia, rights group says

  09-04-2023 09:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Man and his young daughter killed after forces struck a residential building in the southeastern city; 31 children reunited with families says Save UkraineWhat we know on day 410 of the warThirty-one children were reunited with their families in Ukraine after a long operation to return them from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, according humanitarian organisation Save Ukraine.Kyiv estimates nearly 19,500 children have been taken by Russia since the start of the war, in what it condemns as ille
  
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• NBA to investigate why Dallas Mavericks left out key players for defeat

  09-04-2023 09:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Dallas Mavericks are facing an NBA investigation after leaving out key players against the Chicago Bulls despite still being in play-off contention.
  
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• China simulates hitting 'key targets' on Taiwan

  09-04-2023 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US says it is "monitoring Beijing's actions" as China's military drills round Taiwan continue.
  
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• Landlords demanding renters send photo, CV and character references

  09-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prospective tenants are being asked to provide personal details in order to secure a contract, raising fears of discriminationRenters are being subjected to extreme vetting procedures by letting agents and landlords who are demanding personal statements – and even photographs – to choose between prospective tenants.Amid the worst rental market conditions to date, campaigners say that letting agents and landlords are increasing the potential for discrimination by telling renters to su
  
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• Government retreats from Brexit bill plan to ditch EU laws

  09-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Climbdown likely after cross-party Lords revolt threatens to defeat Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Retained EU Law BillMinisters have begun a full-scale retreat over post-Brexit plans to ditch thousands of EU laws by the end of this year, after Tory peers warned they would join a mass cross-party revolt in the House of Lords.The Observer can reveal that the government has dropped plans to hold the report stage of the Brexiters’ retained EU law bill in the Lords soon after Easter, apparently to pr
  
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• China sends dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan as US urges restraint amid military drills

  09-04-2023 08:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Show of force comes after Taiwanese president Tsai met US House speaker McCarthy this week, despite Beijing warning against itChina-Taiwan tensions explained in 30 secondsChina has sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan for a second day of military drills, launched in retaliation to the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, meeting the US House Speaker during a brief visit to the US.Taiwan’s defence ministry said it was monitoring the movements of China’s missile forces, as the US
  
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• U.S. officials believe 'leaked' classified documents about Ukraine war strength may be real

  09-04-2023 08:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. officials think classified documents about Ukraine's war effort that appeared on-line are likely real and were leaked, but may have been altered before posting.
  
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• Rutland village to return Somme crucifix after 107 years

  09-04-2023 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British parson is thought to have salvaged the cross from the rubble of a destroyed village.
  
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• San Jose police union director fired over attempted opioid import charges

  09-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Joanne Segovia, 64, dismissed following internal investigation into charges filed against herThe director of the San Jose police union who was charged with attempting to import synthetic opioids has been fired from the organization.On Friday, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association fired Joanne Segovia after it completed the first phase of the internal investigation that it launched into the charges filed against her. Continue reading...
  
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• Please Please Us: Lost tape of Beatles school gig could be saved for the nation

  09-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sixty years ago, a little-known Liverpudlian band took to the stage at Stowe school in Buckinghamshire• Samira Ahmed: A tape that takes us back to an era of optimismIt was a sweet slice of cultural history and, at the same time, evidence of an unlikely clash of English social classes. The discovery of a tape recording of an early Beatles concert made in 1963 at a Buckinghamshire private school last week has astonished music experts and fans alike.And now the crackling, hissing 60-year-old t
  
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• ‘People want change’: Lib Dems on mission to hurt Tories in local elections

  09-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ed Davey’s party are fielding the highest proportion of candidates per seats fought since 2007 – while Tory numbers fallThe Liberal Democrats claim to be in pole position to hurt the Tories in many of next month’s local elections as figures show they are fielding the highest proportion of candidates since 2007 while Tory numbers have fallen markedly.Official data shows that the Lib Dems have increased their proportion of candidates to the equivalent of 60% of seats being fought
  
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• Misogyny and Northern Ireland's peace process

  09-04-2023 07:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twenty-five years on from the Good Friday Agreement, is the role of women being sidelined?
  
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• Good Friday Agreement: The view from the Republic 25 years on

  09-04-2023 07:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From constitutional change to the strife of Brexit, the deal still wields major influence in Ireland.
  
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• 1 dead, roughly 10 injured after crash involving 13-year-old in stolen car, police say

  09-04-2023 07:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  A police pursuit of a vehicle with a 13-year-old boy behind the wheel ended with one person dead and nearly a dozen injured in a fiery crash in California, police said Saturday.
  
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• Israel launches strikes on Syria after rocket fire as violence flares

  09-04-2023 07:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Attacks come amid sharply increased Israel-Palestinian tensions following Israeli raids this week on al-Aqsa mosque in JerusalemIsraeli jets hit Syrian military targets in response to rockets launched towards Israeli-controlled territory overnight, Israel’s military said, as violence flared again after cross-border exchanges of fire during the week.State media in Syria reported explosions in the vicinity of the capital Damascus as Israel said its forces continued to hit Syrian territory af
  
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• Aurélien Pradié: The rising star shaking up French politics

  09-04-2023 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aged 37, Aurélien Pradié has exploded onto France's political stage after ruining Macron's plans.
  
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• Albanese says yes campaign ‘factored in’ Dutton’s opposition to Indigenous voice to parliament

  09-04-2023 05:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister confirms AFL, NRL and cricket stars are lined up for ad blitz, and he expects businesses and faith groups to add supportGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says the government has “factored in” the prospect of Peter Dutton’s Liberal party campaigning against the Indigenous voice, and it doesn’t mean the referendum will fail.He has confirmed that the yes campaign will soon feature sports stars from the NR
  
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• 3 taken to hospital after Delaware mall shooting

  09-04-2023 04:46
  
  A shopping mall in Delaware has been evacuated and closed because of a shooting.
  
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• Penny Wong condemns escalating violence and calls for calm in Middle East

  09-04-2023 03:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign minister’s comments follow rocket attacks fired into Israel, and police raids on a Jerusalem mosqueGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s foreign minister, Penny Wong, has condemned escalating violence and terror attacks in the Middle East.Her comments follow rocket attacks fired into Israel from Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Continue reading...
  
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• Police: Fleeing father dropped toddler who died in brook

  09-04-2023 03:16
  
  Cops say the man was fleeing the scene of a car crash in northwest Massachusetts
  
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• L.A. school district workers approve labor deal after strike

  09-04-2023 03:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Los Angeles Unified School District workers have approved a labor deal following a three-day strike over wages and staffing that halted education for students in one of the nation’s largest school systems.
  
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