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• Trump says mass shootings are not 'a gun problem' as 2024 GOP hopefuls pledge loyalty to the NRA

  14-04-2023 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump vowed to defend and expand gun-owners' rights in a speech to the National Rifle Association's annual meeting here Friday.
  
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• Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians

  14-04-2023 23:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Tens of thousands of Iranians, some chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," marched in the capital of Tehran on Friday to mark Jerusalem Day, an annual show of support for the Palestinians. Senior Iranian officials attended the rally, including President Ebrahim Raisi. Since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, the rallies marking what is also known as al-Quds Day have typically been held typically held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Al-Quds is the Arabic name f
  
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• Senegal gas deal drives locals to desperation, prostitution

  14-04-2023 23:29 via foxnews.com
  
  When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside Senegalese town found reason to hope. Fishing has long been the community’s lifeblood, but the industry was struggling with climate change and COVID-19. Officials promised the drilling would soon bring thousands of jobs and diversification of the economy. Instead, residents say, the rig has brought only a wave of problems, unemployment and more poverty. And it's forced some women to turn to prostitution to sup
  
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• WATCH: Play of the day: Meet Yuba City Police Department's 'Wellness Officer Percy'

  14-04-2023 23:23
  
  Yuba City Police Department's therapy bunny Wellness Officer Percy helps reduce stress
  
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• 5 Austrian officials stand trial for harboring Syrian war criminal at Mossad's request

  14-04-2023 23:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Five former Austrian officials went on trial in Vienna on Friday accused of granting asylum to a suspected Syrian war criminal in Austria at the request of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The five are accused of abusing their positions by bringing Khaled Halabi, a former Syrian general, to Austria in 2015 and arranging asylum for him. Four are former intelligence officials and one is a former asylum agency official. Halabi led the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate in Raqqa from
  
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• Global food giant Cargill cuts ties with slaughterhouse cleaning firm PSSI that hired migrant kids

  14-04-2023 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Global food giant Cargill cut its ties with Packers Sanitation Services Inc. after a federal probe found PSSI had hired more than 100 children to clean slaughterhouses.
  
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• Disney’s casting of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ character prompts colorism debate

  14-04-2023 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Following news that “Lilo & Stitch” will be the latest Disney classic to get the live-action treatment, fans of the 2002 animated movie were abuzz with predictions and desires for who would take on the iconic Native Hawaiian roles.
  
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• Montana on cusp of becoming first state to block TikTok downloads

  14-04-2023 23:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Montana lawmakers passed a bill Friday blocking downloads of TikTok, the most significant action by a state yet against the app.
  
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• Anheuser-Busch CEO says Bud Light partnership with trans influencer wasn't meant to divide

  14-04-2023 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Anheuser-Busch's chief executive on Friday responded to the backlash against Bud Light's partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, saying its intention wasn't to divide Americans.
  
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• The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan dies aged 46

  14-04-2023 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Irish rock band said Sheehan died in hospital on Friday after a brief illness.
  
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• Billie Jean King Cup 2023 results: Katie Boulter loses to Caroline Garcia, Harriet Dart beaten by Alize Cornet

  14-04-2023 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain face an uphill task to reach the Billie Jean King Cup Finals after Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart lose against France.
  
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• Supreme Court pauses restrictions on abortion pill mifepristone

  14-04-2023 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ruling is the latest development in a legal battle over the use of drug mifepristone in the US.
  
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• France pension reforms: Constitutional Council clears age rise to 64

  14-04-2023 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Constitutional Council backs the thrust of President Macron's reforms despite weeks of protests.
  
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• Joe Biden in Ireland: Biden remembers late son in emotional Mayo visit

  14-04-2023 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president meets a priest who gave Beau Biden the last rites and views a plaque in his honour.
  
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• What to know about the legal fight over the abortion pill mifepristone

  14-04-2023 22:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone hangs in the balance after a federal judge in Texas ruled that the FDA approval of the drug would be paused.
  
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• Lisandro Martinez: Manchester United defender out for rest of season with fractured foot

  14-04-2023 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez will miss the rest of the season after fracturing a metatarsal bone in his foot against Sevilla on Thursday.
  
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• Michelle Yeoh brings Oscar 'home' to her mom and to her late dad's grave

  14-04-2023 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Michelle Yeoh has followed through on her promise to bring her new Oscar home to her mom in Malaysia.
  
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• Still haven't filed your taxes? Here's what you need to know

  14-04-2023 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  So far this tax season, the IRS has received more than 90 million income tax returns for 2022.
  
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• Cash App founder was fatally stabbed after argument about suspect's sister, court docs show

  14-04-2023 22:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cash App founder Bob Lee was fatally stabbed by an IT consultant near downtown San Francisco after the two men got into an argument over the suspect's sister.
  
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• Ukraine war: Civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukraine homes

  14-04-2023 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A toddler is among those killed in a strike on houses and flats in Slovyansk, officials say.
  
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• 'Top secret' access, leak searches and the Espionage Act - Jack Teixeira's charges in full

  14-04-2023 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira faces up to 15 years' imprisonment for the leak US documents.
  
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• Why alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira had top secret access aged 21

  14-04-2023 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Increased intelligence sharing after the 9/11 attacks may have made leaks more likely.
  
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• El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

  14-04-2023 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US has announced charges against members of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel over fentanyl production.
  
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• Dutch prosecutors investigate activist who desecrated Quran

  14-04-2023 21:01 via foxnews.com
  
  An anti-Islam activist who tore pages out of the Quran and called it a "fascist book" in front of the Dutch parliament building in January is being investigated on suspicion of insulting Muslims, prosecutors said Friday. The action by Edwin Wagensveld, leader of the Dutch branch of the far-right Pegida movement, and a Danish far-right activist's burning of the Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm the same month sparked protests in several predominantly Muslim countries around the world
  
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• Experts doubt Mexico's pledge to protect endangered porpoise

  14-04-2023 20:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexico's Environment Department promised to do more to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise Thursday, to head off trade sanctions by the international wildlife body CITES. The department said several steps will be taken, including controlling illegal gillnet fishing that can trap and kill the vaquita, which is the world's most endangered marine mammal. But experts had misgivings, saying Mexico has made almost exactly the same promises in the past and failed to fulfill them, and has eve
  
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• Harry Brook: England batter hits his first IPL century for Sunrisers Hyderabad

  14-04-2023 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Brook becomes the first centurion of this year's Indian Premier League with a stunning knock for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
  
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• Top French council paves way for Macron to raise retirement age

  14-04-2023 20:20 via foxnews.com
  
  France’s Constitution Council on Friday paved the way for French President Emmanuel Macron to officially raise the country's age of retirement from 62 to 64 following months of protests over the controversial pension reform.  The Council approved the plan that Macron’s government pushed through parliament last month with some changes, though the body kept the increase for the age of retirement, which has been the main motivator behind the nationwide protests.  Macron now ha
  
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• What we know about leak suspect Jack Teixeira

  14-04-2023 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old US National Guard airman led a chat group on the social platform Discord.
  
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• US intelligence leaks suspect hears charges in court

  14-04-2023 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Airman Jack Teixeira, 21, is charged over the leak of classified documents on a gaming chat server.
  
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• Tonga volcano explosion equalled most powerful ever US nuclear test

  14-04-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists calculate 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano released 1,000 times more energy than Hiroshima bombA huge underwater volcanic event in Tonga last year was of a magnitude comparable with the most powerful nuclear detonation by the US, researchers have revealed.Scientists have used eye and earwitnesses accounts, along with data from tide gauges, satellites, evidence of broken windows and other sources, to calculate that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’
  
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• Kenya chess: Male player dons disguise to compete as woman

  14-04-2023 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bold gambit of dressing in a burka was exposed when the Kenyan's winning streak raised eyebrows.
  
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• Air National Guardsman is detained by judge on charges of leaking classified documents

  14-04-2023 19:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Massachusetts Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested in connection to the leak of classified documents, made his first appearance before a federal judge in Boston on Friday.
  
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• Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement

  14-04-2023 19:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he would suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing "corruption" among some of his followers. A group within his Sadrist movement, which has dubbed itself the "Owners of the Cause," believes that al-Sadr is Imam Mahdi, a Shiite religious leader said to have vanished more than 1,000 years ago and who is expected to return leading an army of the faithful to defeat evil in the world. On Friday, Ira
  
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• 3 Pakistani children killed while playing with unexploded bomb

  14-04-2023 19:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Three children were killed on Friday while playing with an unexploded bomb at an abandoned house in southwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border, police said. According to police official Shabir Ahmed, the explosion took place in the border town of Chaman in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, some 90 miles from the provincial capital of Quetta. Afghan refugees had previously lived in the house, but it was unclear how the bomb got there, he said. Police were investigating, Ahmed said. TALIBA
  
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• Spain releases man charged with terrorism for sending letter bombs

  14-04-2023 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  A Spanish magistrate on Friday ordered the conditional release of a man charged with terrorism for sending six letters containing explosives to high-profile diplomatic and government targets. The National Court magistrate said Pompeyo González Pascual, 74, must appear in court each week, relinquish his passport and remain in Spain as conditions for getting and remaining out of jail. In deciding to release him, the court considered that González Pascual had no previous criminal reco
  
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• US, Israel must stand united on Iran nuclear issue to avoid '9/11 with nuclear bombs'

  14-04-2023 19:13 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX - Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that the U.S. will face a nuclear escalation across the Middle East if Iran obtains nuclear weapons – which could then end up in the hands of terrorists.  "If America doesn't want to see a 911 with nuclear bombs, (it) needs to stand strong with Israel on our battle to block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," Bennett told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.  "Iran is now on the verge of acquiring nu
  
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• US forces in Ukraine spark questions over what happens if Russia accidentally kills an American soldier

  14-04-2023 19:03 via foxnews.com
  
  The revelation this week that there is a small contingent of U.S. forces operating out of the American embassy in Kyiv has sparked questions over what would happen if an American soldier were killed during a Russian strike.  White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told Fox News that these soldiers "are not fighting on the battlefield" and are there to help monitor the support Washington is providing to Ukraine, though their presence in Kyiv is not without risk. Russia rou
  
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• Beatriz Flamini: Athlete emerges after 500 days living in cave

  14-04-2023 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beatriz Flamini spent two birthdays in the cave, and kept busy drawing and knitting woolly hats.
  
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• Satellite images show the re-emergence of Tulare Lake

  14-04-2023 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Satellite images taken over the past six weeks have captured the re-emergence of Tulare Lake in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
  
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• Spanish climber leaves underground cave after 500 days of isolation

  14-04-2023 18:43 via foxnews.com
  
  A Spanish mountain climber emerged Friday from a cave 230 feet underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world. Beatriz Flamini, 50, of Madrid, left the cave in southern Spain shortly after 9 a.m. after being told by supporters that she had completed the feat she set out to accomplish on Nov. 21, 2021. Spanish media said the spell underground set a new world record, but the claim could not be immediately confirmed. The Spanish state news agency Efe later reported Flamini as
  
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• See what Fox News tried to redact in the Dominion defamation case

  14-04-2023 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Take a look at what Fox News wanted to keep redacted in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case, and what was eventually revealed.
  
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• US charges 28 members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel including El Chapo’s sons

  14-04-2023 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Charges filed against cartel leaders, alleged chemical suppliers, lab managers, traffickers and others in fentanyl investigationThe US justice department has charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation.The attorney general, Merrick Garland, announced the charges on Friday alongside the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief, Anne Milg
  
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• Monte Carlo Masters: Stefanos Tsitsipas & Daniil Medvedev fall to quarter-final defeats

  14-04-2023 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas and third seed Daniil Medvedev are knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters in the quarter-finals.
  
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• 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java and Bali islands

  14-04-2023 18:29 via foxnews.com
  
  A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and tourist island of Bali on Friday, causing panic but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.0 quake was centered 59.8 miles north of Tuban, a coastal city in East Java province, at a depth of 369 miles. Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency said there was no danger of a tsunami but warned of possible aftershocks. The age
  
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• Red Cross announces exchange of nearly 900 prisoners in Yemen war

  14-04-2023 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  International Committee of the Red Cross organises swap between Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels as ceasefire talks continueAn “emotional and precious” exchange of nearly 900 prisoners involved in Yemen’s long-running war began on Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.The exchange, the largest since 2020, is likely to be staged over three days, and includes politicians, journalists and soldiers. On Friday, four flights carrying a total of 318
  
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• 'Love you too, dad': Document leak suspect makes 1st court appearance

  14-04-2023 18:05
  
  The 21-year-old arrested in connection with the leaked documents probe made his first appearance in court Friday.
  
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• Vojislav Buzakovic: Alleged Serbian war criminal found hiding in Ireland

  14-04-2023 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vojislav Buzakovic is found by Irish police 16 years after being charged with war crimes in Croatia.
  
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• El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

  14-04-2023 18:02
  
  The Justice Department has charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation
  
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• America's first heroes: Revolutionary War soldiers reburied

  14-04-2023 17:54
  
  Historians and archeologists in South Carolina are preparing to rebury 12 unknown U.S. Revolutionary War soldiers who died in the 1780 battle at Camden
  
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• Yemen war: Major prisoner swap raises hopes

  14-04-2023 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds held by the warring sides are being freed, as momentum builds for an end to the conflict.
  
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