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• People reportedly trapped in parking garage collapse in downtown New York City, officials say

  18-04-2023 23:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities are responding after a parking garage collapsed in New York City's Financial District on Tuesday afternoon, with officials saying people are reportedly trapped in the structure.
  
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• Former NFL defensive end Chris Smith dies at 31

  18-04-2023 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former NFL defensive lineman and current XFL player Chris Smith has died at 31, officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Dominion and Fox News reach $787.5 million settlement in defamation lawsuit

  18-04-2023 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems said Tuesday that they have reached a settlement agreement just moments before opening arguments were set to begin.
  
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• More audio coming of taped Okla. leaders discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people

  18-04-2023 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  The small-town Oklahoma newspaper that made national news by secretly recording local leaders in rural McCurtain County talking about killing reporters and lynching Black residents will be releasing more of that audio on Thursday, the publication’s lawyer confirmed.
  
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• 84-year-old Missouri man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl has surrendered to police

  18-04-2023 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  An 84-year-old Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly went to the wrong home surrendered to police, officials said.
  
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• Pakistan: Lorries crushed and buried in deadly landslide

  18-04-2023 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least two people died as dozens of vehicles were engulfed while en route to Afghanistan.
  
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• NYC officials defend pace of investigation into deaths of two gay men

  18-04-2023 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  John Umberger, 33, and Julio Ramirez, 25, were found dead after they visited gay bars in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen last year.
  
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• Mystery spiral captivates aurora spectators in Alaska

  18-04-2023 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alaskan skywatchers were stunned by a mysterious spiral connected to SpaceX rocket launch.
  
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• Some content creators are going viral, thanks to ChatGPT

  18-04-2023 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  For some creators, integrating ChatGPT into their online content has proven, at times, to be a recipe for viral success.
  
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• United Nations issues rare rebuke of United States over leaked documents

  18-04-2023 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  Weeks after a trove of classified US intelligence documents were posted on social media, the United Nations issued a rare rebuke of the United States after reports that those documents allegedly revealed the US was spying on the Secretary-General and other high ranking UN officials.
  
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• 4 fatally shot in a Maine home and 3 others wounded after gunfire erupts on a highway

  18-04-2023 21:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Maine State Police said shootings at a home and on a highway are connected. Four bodies were found in the home a short time before three people were shot in their vehicles.
  
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• Judge appoints special master to investigate Fox News in Dominion defamation case

  18-04-2023 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The judge overseeing Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News has appointed a special master to investigate how Fox handled court-ordered discovery.
  
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• Michelle Yeoh set to return as Emperor Philippa Georgiou in new 'Star Trek' movie

  18-04-2023 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Live long and prosper, Michelle Yeoh.
  
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• Hear secret audio of Oklahoma county officials' racist remarks

  18-04-2023 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  Audio obtained by The McCurtain Gazette-News in Oklahoma reveals racist remarks made by officials following a Board of Commissioners meeting on March 6. CNN's Rosa Flores reports on the outrage the audio has sparked.
  
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• Biden issues executive order to make child and home care cheaper

  18-04-2023 20:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden will sign an executive order to advance affordable caregiving and support workers, as the White House sharpens its pitch to voters ahead of an expected re-election announcement.
  
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• 1 in 4 teens in some schools may be abusing ADHD meds, study says

  18-04-2023 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  At some middle and high schools in the United States, 1 in 4 teens report they've abused prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the year prior, a new study found.
  
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• Senate Democrats eye a hearing on Clarence Thomas as Republicans shrug off gift revelations

  18-04-2023 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democrats eye a hearing in response to revelations about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas receiving gifts and luxury travel from billionaire Harlan Crow.
  
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• Caught short at 35,000ft: plane forced to turn back after toilets malfunction

  18-04-2023 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Five of eight toilets broke down on Austrian Airlines flight carrying 300 people from Vienna to New YorkAn Austrian Airlines plane had to return two hours into a flight from Vienna to New York after five of its eight toilets broke down.About 300 people were onboard Monday’s eight-hour, Boeing 777 flight. The crew decided to turn around after finding a technical problem was preventing the toilets from flushing properly, a spokesperson for the airline told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. Co
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin and Zelenskiy visit troops near frontline

  18-04-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog has now closed, you can read more of out Ukraine war coverage hereYou may have seen that we are testing a new feature across some of the Guardian’s live blogs, including the Ukraine live blog, which allows you to contact some of our live bloggers directly. This is for people who want to message us, they are not public comments.If you have something you’ve seen you think I’ve missed, or you have questions or comments about the war or our coverage, or have spotted one o
  
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• Supreme Court hears Christian postal worker's religious claim

  18-04-2023 19:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court weighs a Christian mail carrier’s discrimination claim in a case that could force employers to do more to accommodate religious practices of workers.
  
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• Toddler crawls through White House fence and prompts Secret Service response

  18-04-2023 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  A tiny intruder infiltrated White House grounds Tuesday, prompting a swift response from the US Secret Service.
  
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• Warring generals and Western interests: Here's what to know about the battle for power in Sudan

  18-04-2023 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A deadly conflict has suddenly erupted for control of Sudan, raising fears it could spiral into a bitter civil war.
  
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• Alabama birthday girl says she begged dying brother to 'stay with me'

  18-04-2023 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The shooting left Alexis Dowdell’s 18-year-old brother, Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell, and three others dead, along with another 32 injured, some critically.
  
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• U.S. Secret Service officers respond to a White House breach — by a toddler

  18-04-2023 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  A toddler breached the White House fence Tuesday, triggering Secret Service agents who reunited the child with his parents.
  
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• T. rex skeleton sells for more than $6m

  18-04-2023 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "spectacular" skeleton, sold to a private buyer, is nearly 12m long and 4m tall.
  
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• 2 teens accused of fatally beating their Spanish teacher over a bad grade plead guilty

  18-04-2023 18:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale, the Iowa teens charged in the death of Nohema Graber, their Spanish teacher at Fairfield High School, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday.
  
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• Ugandans rage over roads: 'Not a pothole but a pond'

  18-04-2023 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Using #KampalaPotholeExhibition, residents have been sharing images of the umpteen potholes.
  
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• Ukraine criticises Brazil’s peace efforts and invites Lula to see invasion’s effects

  18-04-2023 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv accuses Brazilian president’s initiative for giving equal weight to ‘the victim and the aggressor’Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has condemned the “violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity” by Russia and again called for mediation to end the war, as he came under fire for his previous comments on the conflict.Speaking at a lunch on Tuesday with Romanian president Klaus Iohannis, Lula said a group of neutral nations must come toge
  
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• UK should not ‘pull the shutters down’ on China, says James Cleverly

  18-04-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: British foreign secretary says failing to engage ‘closely and regularly’ with Beijing would be ‘really counterproductive’Britain should not “pull the shutters down” on China, as it would be counterproductive to the national interest, the foreign secretary has told the Guardian.In a warning to Conservative hawks, James Cleverly insisted there was not a binary choice to be made between treating China as either a threat or an opportunity, and said the
  
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• Long accused of Indigenous misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change

  18-04-2023 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Boy Scouts of America recently asked members whether it’s time to change century-long traditions and practices that critics say misappropriate Native American culture.
  
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• Rep. Paul Gosar's newsletter links to an antisemitic website

  18-04-2023 17:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican Rep. Paul Gosar linked to an article referencing “Jewish warmongers” from a website with a history of antisemitic content in his newsletter Sunday.
  
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• This Coachella costume change might go down in history

  18-04-2023 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  Bringing the second day of this year's Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became the first Asian act to ever headline the festival. To a crowd of, reportedly, over 125,000 people, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé used the ground-breaking moment to pay homage to Korean heritage by arriving onstage in hanboks: a traditional type of dress.
  
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• Artist rejects photo prize after AI-generated image wins award

  18-04-2023 17:27 via cnn.com
  
  A German artist has rejected an award from a prestigious international photography competition after revealing that his submission was generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  
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• N.Y. man is accused of fatally shooting woman who pulled into the wrong driveway

  18-04-2023 17:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New York man was accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman after her friend pulled into the driveway of a home that they mistakenly believed belonged to another friend, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Chinese-Australians face fewer racist insults than at height of diplomatic tensions with Beijing, survey finds

  18-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lowy Institute poll indicates one in five Chinese-Australians were called offensive names in 2022, down 10 points from 31% in 2020Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChinese-Australians have continued to experience racist insults but at a lower rate than when diplomatic tensions between Canberra and Beijing erupted in 2020, a new study has found.Polling commissioned by the Lowy Institute indicates one
  
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• UK imposes sanctions on art collector accused of financing Hezbollah

  18-04-2023 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Nazem Ahmad, who has owned works by Picasso and Warhol, suspected of laundering money for militant groupA high-profile art collector has been put on a Treasury sanctions list and charged in the US over claims that he uses his collection, which has included masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Antony Gormley and Andy Warhol, to launder money for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.Nazem Ahmad, a diamond and art dealer who once posed in his Beirut penthouse for a glossy magazine and featured in a piec
  
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• A low-level airman is accused of using his top-secret clearance to leak the nation's secrets. Is the system broken?

  18-04-2023 16:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Young National Guardsman Jack Teixeira had a top-secret security clearance and access to documents meant for Pentagon leaders, raising questions in and outside government.
  
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• Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis spent the Covid-19 lockdown together

  18-04-2023 16:40 via cnn.com
  
  It's sourdough bread and handstands for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis.
  
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• Quarterback Jalen Hurts signs record-breaking five-year extension with Philadelphia Eagles

  18-04-2023 16:37 via cnn.com
  
  The Philadelphia Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts have agreed to a five-year extension of the star's contract, the NFL team announced Monday.
  
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• Northern Irish man dies and Indian man missing on Annapurna climb in Nepal

  18-04-2023 16:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Noel Hanna died during descent of world’s 10th highest mountain, say expedition organisersA Northern Irish climber has died and an Indian climber is missing after falling into a crevasse in separate incidents on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th highest mountain.Another Indian climber fell ill on the way down from the 8,091-metre (26,540ft) summit but survived after spending the night in harsh conditions on the mountain. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli police say two men shot near Jewish tomb in Jerusalem in suspected 'terror attack'

  18-04-2023 16:23 via cnn.com
  
  Two men have been wounded in what Israeli police say was a suspected "terror attack" that took place near the Shimon Hatzadik tomb in East Jerusalem early Tuesday local time.
  
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• 'I have never seen that before': Snooker the latest sport disrupted by activists

  18-04-2023 16:17 via cnn.com
  
  A protester disrupted the World Snooker Championship on Monday by climbing onto the table and throwing a bag of orange powder paint over the playing surface.
  
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• New 'pristine' coral reef discovered in Galapagos Islands

  18-04-2023 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, the country's environment ministry said on Monday.
  
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• Black doctors can increase the life expectancy of Black patients by 10%. Hear how

  18-04-2023 16:07 via cnn.com
  
  A new study shows that having Black doctors in a majority-Black community can increase the life expectancy of Black patients by 10%. Doctor Kameelah Phillips joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss the new findings.
  
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• UK company mining gold in Amazon on disputed land

  18-04-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  London-listed Serabi Gold extracting gold without approval of Brazilian land registry and Indigenous communitiesA London-listed company has been mining gold in the Amazon rainforest without approval from the Brazilian land agency or the consent of nearby Indigenous communities, according to an investigation by the Guardian and partners.Serabi Gold has been blasting 4.5 metre-wide tunnels and trucking ore from the Coringa project site in Pará state. But interviews with land agency official
  
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• India and Russia in ‘advanced talks’ over free trade agreement

  18-04-2023 15:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Deal would build closer economic ties as most western states push to isolate Moscow over UkraineIndia and Russia have entered “advanced negotiations” over a free trade agreement that aims to build closer economic ties as most western governments push to isolate Moscow over the war in Ukraine.In a development likely to add to tensions in Washington, London and EU capitals, Russia and India’s trade ministers said on Monday the two countries were in talks to strike a free trade de
  
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• Draymond Green ejected for stamp on chest of Domantas Sabonis in Game 2

  18-04-2023 15:14 via cnn.com
  
  Golden State forward Draymond Green was ejected for an apparent stamp on the chest of Sacramento forward Domantas Sabonis in the Warriors' Game 2 loss to the Kings in the NBA playoffs on Monday.
  
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• Tunisia bans meetings at opposition offices after detaining leader

  18-04-2023 14:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Police close headquarters of main opposition coalition as fears mountparty will be bannedTunisian authorities have banned meetings at all offices of the opposition Ennahda Islamist party and police have closed the headquarters of the Salvation Front main opposition coalition.Ennahda fears the move will pave the way for banning the party. It came a day after police detained the leader of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of President Kais Saied and three senior officials, the
  
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• Canada shuts baby eel fishery after string of attacks on harvesters

  18-04-2023 14:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials announce 45-day ban on harvesting elvers in provinces of Nova Scotia and New BrunswickCanada has temporarily shut down its baby eel fishery following a string of attacks on harvesters, as well as mounting concerns over widespread poaching of the threatened fish.Officials from the department of fisheries and oceans on Saturday announced a 45-day ban on harvesting the young eels, called elvers, in the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, shuttering the lucrative C$50m (£30m)
  
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• Urgent care or ER? Here's how you decide

  18-04-2023 14:10 via cnn.com
  
  When you're feeling unwell it can be hard to figure out just what to do. Stay home? Call your doctor? Go to the ER? Dr. Heather Viola breaks down what symptoms to look for and when you should consider seeking outside help.
  
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