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• Grand jury indicts the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his Virginia teacher

  10-04-2023 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The parent of a six-year-old student who shot his first grade teacher earlier this year has been indicted by a grand jury in Virginia, a local prosecutor said.
  
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• WATCH: Dad jamming with daughters at Taylor Swift concert is the joy we need this week

  10-04-2023 23:45
  
  Carol Martin filmed her husband Bret singing and dancing along to Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" at the singer's concert with his three daughters.
  
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• Mother of 6-year-old who shot Virginia teacher is charged

  10-04-2023 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boy shot his first-grade teacher at a Virginia school in January - with his mother's gun.
  
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• Barcelona 0-0 Girona: Xavi's side held at home but extend La Liga lead to 13 points

  10-04-2023 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona miss the chance to go 15 points clear at the top of La Liga as they are frustrated at home by Girona.
  
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• State Department designates Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained by Russia

  10-04-2023 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday made the formal determination that journalist Evan Gershkovich is being wrongfully detained in Russia.
  
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• China-Taiwan: How Beijing calibrates its Taiwan response

  10-04-2023 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beijing has again carried out drills but the island's upcoming election has tempered their intensity.
  
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• Rory McIlroy withdraws from PGA Tour's RBC Heritage event

  10-04-2023 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy pulls out of this week's PGA Tour event at Hilton Head in South Carolina.
  
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• Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him asking a boy to 'suck my tongue'

  10-04-2023 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans’ 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologized on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” at a public event.
  
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• DA Bragg's office criticizes House GOP's planned Manhattan crime hearing

  10-04-2023 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Manhattan District Attorney's office criticized Republicans after the House Judiciary Committee for a planned crime hearing in New York.
  
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• Netanyahu reverses decision to fire Israel defence minister after protests

  10-04-2023 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Dismissal of Yoav Gallant triggered unprecedented surge of protest against plan to disempower judiciaryAs Israel faces a surge in violence on almost every front, the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reversed his decision to fire the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, for warning that his judicial overhaul was harming the military.In a televised speech late on Monday, Netanyahu said Gallant would stay in his position, two weeks after he dismissed the minister. Continue reading...
  
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• Prosecutors in Lori Vallow murder trial say her husband's ex-wife, Tammy Daybell, died of asphyxiation

  10-04-2023 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Prosecutors said at Lori Vallow’s murder trial Monday that her husband's ex-wife, Tammy Daybell, died of asphyxiation.
  
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• Fox Corp. settles 2020 election lawsuit as Dominion defamation case heads to trial

  10-04-2023 20:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fox Corp. privately settled a defamation case with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil last week, according to a letter to the federal judge overseeing the case.
  
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• IPL 2023: Lucknow Super Giants beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by one wicket on the final ball

  10-04-2023 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Pooran hits the fastest 50 of the 2023 Indian Premier League as Lucknow Super Giants claim a final-ball win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.
  
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• President Joe Biden says he plans to run for second term in 2024

  10-04-2023 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president told NBC News he plans to run but was not ready to announce the bid yet.
  
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• UK-Israeli mother dies after West Bank shooting

  10-04-2023 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lucy Dee had been in a coma since the suspected Palestinian attack which killed her two daughters.
  
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• Sprint car driver Justin Owen, 26, dies after crash in Indiana race

  10-04-2023 19:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sprint car driver Justin Owen of Harrison, Ohio, died from injuries he suffered when his car crashed during a race in southeastern Indiana, the U.S. Auto Club announced.
  
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• Mother of British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting dies

  10-04-2023 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Lucy Dee sustained critical injuries in attack on Friday that killed her daughters Maia and RinaThe mother of two British-Israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank has died from injuries sustained in the incident.Maia and Rina Dee, 20 and 15, were killed on Friday when their car was shot at by a suspected Palestinian gunman. Their mother, Lucy (also known as Leah), 45, who was in the car with them, sustained critical injuries and was left in a coma. Continue reading...
  
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• Good Friday Agreement: Sunak calls for Stormont return ahead of Biden visit

  10-04-2023 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak says "there is work to be done" 25 years on from Northern Ireland's historic peace deal.
  
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• Saudi Arabia makes peace proposal for Yemen after Houthi talks

  10-04-2023 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Key players in Yemeni coalition government ready to go along with minimum eight-month ceasefireSaudi Arabia has persuaded the key players in the Yemeni coalition government to go along with a minimum eight-month ceasefire with Houthi rebels in parallel with talks on the future of the country that may take as long as two years, as it rushes to capitalise on its new relationship with Iran.Saudi and Houthi leaders met on Sunday for the first time in public in the Houthi-held capital, Sana’a,
  
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• Strident or restrained: China's juggling act as it decides how to confront the U.S. over Taiwan

  10-04-2023 18:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  China held military drills around Taiwan as it tried to balance outrage over the Tsai-McCarthy meeting with its ambitions as a global diplomatic power.
  
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• Guardiola's nemesis & Chelsea deja vu - Champions League returns

  10-04-2023 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thomas Tuchel and Pep Guardiola go head to head in the Champions League quarter-finals, with Frank Lampard hoping to keep up a Chelsea tradition.
  
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• WATCH: Entire building collapses onto road in Mexico

  10-04-2023 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities in Tijuana say the building is the second to collapse in the area following a landslide.
  
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• Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi's condition is progressively improving, doctor says

  10-04-2023 17:46 via foxnews.com
  
  The condition of former Italian premier Silvio Berlucsconi, hospitalized in intensive care for a lung infection, is progressively improving, allowing for "cautious optimism," his doctors said Monday. Berlusconi, 86, was taken Wednesday to the intensive care unit at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. Doctors revealed that the media tycoon and three-time premier has had a chronic form of leukemia for some time. Monday’s new health bulletin, signed by Berlusconi’s doctors Alberto Zang
  
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• Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank refugee camp

  10-04-2023 17:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Teenager killed and two others wounded during Israeli arrest operation amid escalating tensions Israeli troops have fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded two other people during an arrest operation in a West Bank refugee camp, as tensions continued to escalate in the occupied territories.Mohammed Balhan was shot in the head, chest and abdomen in the Aqabat Jabr camp near Jericho, according to local Palestinian official Hani Obeidat, who called it an “unjustifiable crime&rd
  
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• Swimming pools of the rich driving city water crises, study says

  10-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Pools and well-watered gardens at least as damaging as climate emergency or population growthThe swimming pools, well-watered gardens and clean cars of the rich are driving water crises in cities at least as much as the climate emergency or population growth, according to an analysis.The researchers said the vast difference in water use between rich and poor citizens had been largely overlooked in seeking solutions to water shortages, with the focus instead on attempts to increase supply and hig
  
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• 78-year-old Missouri woman arrested on bank robbery charges

  10-04-2023 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bonnie Gooch, found in her car with cash strewn on the floor, has two past bank robbery convictions.
  
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• Fear grows as ship carrying 400 migrants goes adrift in Mediterranean Sea

  10-04-2023 16:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  A ship carrying 400 migrants that has gone adrift could capsize in the Mediterranean Sea after losing fuel, according to volunteer rescue organizations.
  
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• Fifth body found in French Alps after avalanche

  10-04-2023 14:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  French rescue services have found a fifth body following an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, local authorities said on Monday.
  
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• They bought an abandoned 'ghost house' in the Japanese countryside

  10-04-2023 14:22 via cnn.com
  
  He'd spent years backpacking around the world, and Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama was finally ready to return home to pursue his long-held dream of opening up a guesthouse.
  
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• In Franklin, Tennessee, an LGBTQ pride festival meets fierce resistance

  10-04-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The fight over Franklin Pride near Nashville, Tennessee, echoes earlier battles over LGBTQ acceptance and comes amid a backlash against transgender rights.
  
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• Coronation coach has electric windows and air con

  10-04-2023 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The procession route will be much shorter than the Queen's was, Buckingham Palace reveals.
  
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• King Charles III coronation: A look at the golden royal coaches

  10-04-2023 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Gold State Coach is one of the coaches and has been used in every coronation since the 1830s.
  
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• Weather tracker: Severe storms rock Australia and Canada

  10-04-2023 11:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Tropical cyclone brews off the Kimberley while freezing rain causes chaos in Quebec and OntarioAt the weekend a tropical low that was situated in the Timor Sea moved west-south-west into waters north of the Kimberley, Western Australia. Deepening as it moved, the low developed into a tropical cyclone on Sunday night that brought gale-force winds of up to 56 mph (90km/h) to the coast. Squally thunderstorms across northern parts of the region produced strong winds and heavy rain.The tropical cyclo
  
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• African film-makers reimagine folktales as dark fantasy dramas for Netflix

  10-04-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The six films include the tale of an ogre who preys on women, a sci-fi Nigeria taken over by AI, and a girl on a mission to end droughtTraditional African tales of monsters, genies and malevolent spirits have been reworked for a contemporary audience in a new Netflix series.Film-makers from Tanzania, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritania and Uganda have turned six traditional stories into dark fantasy dramas that cover topics including domestic violence, suicide and child marriage. Continue r
  
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• India now has 3,167 tigers, its latest census shows

  10-04-2023 10:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India is estimated to be home to more than 70% of the world's tigers.
  
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• Dalai Lama apologises after kissing boy and asking him to ‘suck my tongue’

  10-04-2023 10:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Interaction at temple in India seen in video that has gone viral condemned as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘scandalous’The Dalai Lama has apologised after he faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour after kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “suck his tongue” at a public event in India.The interaction, which took place in late February at the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamshala, was attended by about 100 young students who had just graduated from
  
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• Ukraine war: Who leaked top secret US documents - and why?

  10-04-2023 09:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost 100 US defence department documents have been leaked - and it is unclear who will benefit.
  
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• Qatargate: Andrea Cozzolino's lawyer speaks to the BBC

  10-04-2023 06:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An MEP allegedly took bribes to sway EU lawmakers. His lawyer says prosecutors want to "crack" him.
  
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• Leak of 'highly classified material' is being assessed by interagency team, Pentagon says

  10-04-2023 03:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The Pentagon said on Sunday that an interagency task force is assessing the validity and impacts of "sensitive and highly classified material" that was leaked on various social media sites this week.  "Over the weekend, U.S. officials have engaged with Allies and partners and have informed relevant congressional committees of jurisdiction about the disclosure," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a statement. "The Department of Defense’s highest priority is the defen
  
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• NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spots runaway black hole creating ‘trail of stars’

  10-04-2023 03:40 via foxnews.com
  
  NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has accidentally captured images of a "runaway" black hole barreling through space, leaving behind a contrail of newborn stars.  The black hole, weighing as much as 20 million suns, is traveling through space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes, according to NASA.  The 200,000-light-year "contrail" of stars that the black hole is leaving behind is approximately twice the diameter of the Mi
  
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• LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey silences post-championship 'noise': 'We're on top of the world'

  10-04-2023 03:39 via foxnews.com
  
  LSU Women's Basketball coach Kim Mulkey joined "Sunday Night In America" to discuss her team's first NCAA women’s basketball National Championship, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes last weekend, 102-85.  "There's no way I could tell you that I saw this coming in two years," Mulkey told host Trey Gowdy. Mulkey, who had previously won championships as both a player and an assistant coach, returned to her home state of Louisiana to take over the program at LSU in 2021 after leading the Baylor
  
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• Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi shares emotional tribute to late mother

  10-04-2023 03:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi is continuing to be open about the grief process in losing her mother. Lattanzi shared a post showcasing photos of Newton-John, including a smiling headshot and pics with Lattanzi as a baby.  The framed photos were also surrounded by other mementos, including gold ring with a green stone and what appears to be a small pink urn. "I can’t explain the waves," the 37-year-old wrote in the caption. "I don’t know how to swim in this o
  
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• Austin DA says it's 'deeply troubling' that Texas Gov Abbott wants to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder

  10-04-2023 03:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Travis County District Attorney José Garza hit back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the weekend, saying it is "deeply troubling" that the governor wants to pardon Sgt. Daniel Perry after he was convicted of murder for shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter protester during the violent 2020 riots.  Perry was found guilty on Friday of murdering Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran who was carrying an AK-47 during a protest in downtown Austin in July 2020. Attorneys for Perry argued t
  
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• Leaked Pentagon document says Russia almost took down British spy plane near Ukraine

  10-04-2023 02:55 via foxnews.com
  
  A British spy plane flying over Ukraine was nearly shot down by a Russian fighter jet, according to a leaked Pentagon document circulating on social media. The surveillance plane was flying off the Crimean coast on September 29. Such spy planes are usually used to collect electronic messages, such as radio transmissions.  According to the document, it was nearly taken down by a missile shot by a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet. Shooting down the British plane could have been momentous
  
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• WATCH: Grandfather surprised to learn newborn named after him

  10-04-2023 02:49
  
  A man began to tear up the moment he learned his newly-born granddaughter was named after him when he noticed a blanket and a sign with the baby's name, Adaline Terry.
  
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• 'SNL' takes on Angel Reese drama, makes 'All Teams Matter' joke

  10-04-2023 02:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The controversy surrounding LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese over the last week made its way to "Saturday Night Live" and the "Weekend Update" desk. Reese was thrust into the spotlight when her celebratory gestures aimed at Iowa’s Caitlin Clark during the Tigers’ national championship victory. The Most Outstanding Player of the women’s tournament then laughed off a request from first lady Jill Biden, who suggested LSU and Iowa both celebrate at the White House. CLI
  
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• Florida sheriff's office charges one of its own with burglary, police say

  10-04-2023 02:32 via foxnews.com
  
  A Pinellas County, Florida, deputy faces burglary with battery charges after allegedly barging into his ex-wife’s home and injuring her, police said. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a domestic dispute at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and when they arrived, they learned one of their own, Corporal Michael Deerman II, 35, was involved. After an investigation, detectives learned that Deerman, who was hired by the sheriff’s office in April 2017, allege
  
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• Canada’s privacy watchdog opens investigation into OpenAI, ChatGPT over complaint

  10-04-2023 02:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Canada’s privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the California-based company behind the explosive artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.  Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said Tuesday his office was investigating OpenAI after receiving complaints alleging "the collection, use and disclosure of personal information without consent."  "A.I. technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office," Dufresne said in a statement. "We need to keep
  
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• Expelled Tennessee lawmakers ripped for blaming racism on expulsion: 'Threw you out for violating the rules'

  10-04-2023 02:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Former state representative Justin Jones, one of the expelled Tennessee House representatives, could be back in office as soon as Monday as Nashville's metro council moves to reappoint him, so he can reclaim his seat.  Jones and fellow Democratic lawmaker Justin Pearson were ousted by the Republican-controlled state House for their role in a protest calling for gun control after the March 27 Nashville Covenant School shooting.  State Rep. Gloria Johnson, D., who also participated in th
  
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• FBI documents associate internet slang like 'based' and 'red pill' with 'extremism'

  10-04-2023 02:00 via foxnews.com
  
  New documents released Monday warned that common internet lingo is being associated with "Violent Extremism" by the FBI. The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project said it used a Freedom of Information Act request to expose FBI documents that include glossaries showing that common internet slang has been flagged as an indication of "Involuntary Celibate Violent Extremism" or "Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism." Part of the document refers specifically to "incels," or those "inv
  
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