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• Taliban kill mastermind of Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members

  25-04-2023 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The mastermind of the deadly August 2021 attack at Kabul International Airport, which claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members and more than 150 Afghans seeking to flee the country, has been killed.
  
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• Gemini Shankaran: The Indian trapeze artist who became a circus legend

  25-04-2023 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gemini Shankaran, a circus performer-turned-owner who died recently, had an action-packed life.
  
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• At least 89 rounds fired during Sweet 16 shooting in Alabama that left 4 dead

  25-04-2023 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  DADEVILLE, Ala. — At least 89 rounds were fired in the shootout that killed four people at a girl's Sweet 16 party in Alabama, a witness testified Tuesday.
  
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• Sudan: A drive through Khartoum streets wrecked by fighting

  25-04-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A journey through the once-vibrant capital city of Khartoum after fighting broke out in the country ten days ago.
  
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• Proud Boys blame Trump as defendants prepare to find out fate in sedition trial

  25-04-2023 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Attorneys for the Proud Boys placed blame for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Donald Trump during closing arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial.
  
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• Portugal should apologise for role in slave trade, says its president

  25-04-2023 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa makes rare acknowledgement of centuries of forced transportation of millions of AfricansPortugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has said his country should apologise and take responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, the first time a leader of the southern European nation has suggested such a national apology.From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported across the Atlantic by Portuguese vess
  
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• Florida GOP files proposal to clear the way for a DeSantis 2024 bid

  25-04-2023 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  A GOP Florida state senator on Tuesday filed an amendment that would help clear the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to launch a campaign.
  
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• Apparent U.S. spying on South Korea will not hurt 'ironclad' relationship, President Yoon says

  25-04-2023 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  A recent leak of classified Pentagon documents will not affect the relationship between the two countries, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said.
  
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• Arraignment delayed for man accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee

  25-04-2023 22:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The arraignment for the man accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee has been delayed a week, until May 2.
  
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• Woman shot in the arm while lying in bed sues Mississippi Capitol Police

  25-04-2023 22:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Latasha Smith, who says she was shot by the Mississippi Capitol Police while lying in bed in her Jackson home, accused officers of using excessive force.
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó ejected from Colombia

  25-04-2023 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Guaidó lands in Miami after failed bid to attend summit hosted by leftwing president, with return to Venezuela looking unlikelyVenezuela’s best-known opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, has touched down in the United States after being unceremoniously ejected from Colombia while attempting to gatecrash a summit about the political future of his crisis-stricken homeland.Guaidó shot to fame in early 2019 and for a brief moment looked poised to topple Venezuela’s author
  
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• 'He made America better': Harry Belafonte's death prompts outpouring of tributes

  25-04-2023 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Entertainers, lawmakers, clergy, academics and titans of industry celebrated the life of Harry Belafonte on Tuesday, remembering the "uncompromising black man" who "made America better."
  
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• Biden vs. Trump 2024 would be the rematch nobody wants

  25-04-2023 21:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign launch Tuesday pushes America one step closer to Biden-Trump II, the rematch voters don't want.
  
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• Iran-linked hackers broke into election results website in 2020, general says

  25-04-2023 20:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hackers working for Iran broke into a U.S. city’s website ahead of the 2020 election with the possible intention of altering the unofficial vote counts shown on Election Day, a senior military cyber official said Monday.
  
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• Kenya starvation cult explained in 60 seconds

  25-04-2023 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kenya has been gripped by the story of cult death as detectives continue to dig up mass graves.
  
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• How Tucker Carlson rode a wave of populist outrage

  25-04-2023 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He was Fox News' biggest star - but also its most controversial. And now he's out.
  
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• Khartoum residents agonise over staying or going

  25-04-2023 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands have fled the Sudanese capital since fighting began, but some say they feel safer at home.
  
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• Biden's new campaign launch video explained

  25-04-2023 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president just announced his run for re-election in a video. We'll dissect what it means.
  
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• Democratic voters react to Biden's 2024 run announcement

  25-04-2023 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  While some feel he has accomplished much as president, others say he wasn't their first choice.
  
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• Senate will vote on Equal Rights Amendment this week, Schumer says

  25-04-2023 17:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate will vote this week on a measure that would seek to remove barrier to enshrining the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
  
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• Biden v Trump: The sequel few Americans want to see

  25-04-2023 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A potential re-run of the 2020 US election is on the cards - that's not exciting voters for now.
  
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• 1-year-old girl shot, hospitalized in stable condition

  25-04-2023 17:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A 1-year-old girl has been shot in Oakland, California, and hospitalized in stable condition, according to police.
  
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• Korean American chef makes mom proud at White House dinner

  25-04-2023 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Edward Lee will prepare dinner for US President Joe Biden and South Korea president Yoon Suk-yeol.
  
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• Who is running against Biden?

  25-04-2023 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Polls show about half of Democrats want the party to nominate someone not named Biden. So who else is running?
  
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• Manchin threatens to back repeal of major climate and tax measure over Biden's energy policies

  25-04-2023 17:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Joe Manchin threatened to support repealing a climate, health and tax bill called the Inflation Reduction Act if Biden does not implement fossil fuel investments.
  
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• Biden taps into culture wars in reelection announcement

  25-04-2023 17:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Biden is running for president in 2024, possibly in a rematch against Trump, he announced on Tuesday
  
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• East Palestine families living in limbo months after fire

  25-04-2023 16:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they're still living in limbo almost three months after a fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment blackened the skies and sent residents fleeing
  
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• Harry Belafonte, actor and pioneering Calypso singer, dies at 96

  25-04-2023 16:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Actor and pioneering Calypso singer Harry Belafonte has died at 96 from congestive heart failure.
  
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• Prince William got 'very large sum' in Murdoch phone hacking settlement

  25-04-2023 16:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Prince William, the heir to the British throne, quietly received “a very large sum of money” in a 2020 settlement with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire for phone hacking, according to court documents aired Tuesday in one of his brother’s lawsuits.
  
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• Don Lemon’s co-anchors address his departure

  25-04-2023 16:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  CNN anchor Don Lemon tweeted that he's been terminated from the network.
  
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• Harry Belafonte obituary: A US icon of music, film and civil rights

  25-04-2023 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor, legendary Calypso singer and committed civil rights campaigner dies at the age of 96.
  
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• Joe Biden: 'Middle Class Joe' vows to 'finish the job'

  25-04-2023 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Biden has said that democracy and 'freedom' are at stake in the upcoming 2024 election.
  
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• Prince William got 'very large sum' in phone hack settlement

  25-04-2023 15:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Court papers say Prince William quietly received “a very large sum of money” in a 2020 phone hacking settlement with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire
  
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• Man who attacked church with Molotov cocktails over drag show event federally charged

  25-04-2023 15:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A man who allegedly attempted to burn down a church with Molotov cocktails after it planned to hold a series of drag show events has been charged with federal crimes.
  
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• Proud Boys Jan. 6 jury to hear 2nd day of closing arguments

  25-04-2023 15:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A federal jury is scheduled to hear a second day of closing arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial for former Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election
  
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• UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul

  25-04-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: People who risked their lives and were evacuated to Britain were forcibly removed to Nepal days laterMore than 100 Nepali guards who risked their lives to protect British embassy staff in Afghanistan before the Taliban seized back control were secretly returned to Nepal against their wishes shortly after being airlifted to safety in the UK, the Guardian can reveal.Hundreds of Nepali nationals and a smaller number of Indian nationals who protected key institutions in Kabul were brought
  
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• Farmers rally over first lady's comments on banning dog meat

  25-04-2023 14:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dozens of dog farmers in South Korea are rallying to criticize the country’s first lady over her reported comments supporting a possible ban on dog meat consumption
  
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• Ron DeSantis' trip abroad funded by group long despised by some Florida Republicans

  25-04-2023 14:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ global trade mission this week is being planned by an organization that fellow Republicans have been trying to eliminate.
  
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• Haitian residents lynch and set fire to suspected gang members

  25-04-2023 14:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Haitian police said on Monday that at least 10 suspected gang members had been lynched and their bodies burned by residents of Port-au-Prince.
  
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• Archaeologists in Peru find adolescent mummy wrapped in bundle

  25-04-2023 14:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Peruvian archaeologists unearthed a more than 1,000-year-old mummy on the outskirts of Lima on Monday, in the latest discovery dating back to pre-Inca times.
  
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• Major flooding along Mississippi River, severe storms possible in Florida and Texas

  25-04-2023 14:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Significant flooding is happening along the Mississippi River this week, from Minneapolis to Davenport, Iowa.
  
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• Portland nursing program at risk of closure due to leadership void

  25-04-2023 13:23 via foxnews.com
  
  A leadership void is putting a nursing program in Portland, Oregon, at risk of closure, causing concern for students and faculty as the state grapples with a nursing shortage. The director of Portland Community College's nursing program hasn't been replaced since resigning last month, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The school has until May 4 to fill the position under state nursing regulations. Students and faculty members say they're worried. BIDEN TO DRAW HEALTH CARE CONTRAST WITH GOP IN
  
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• Trump slams Biden's 'calamitous and failed presidency' as president announces 2024 re-election campaign

  25-04-2023 13:22 via foxnews.com
  
  As President Biden declared his bid for re-election Tuesday morning, former president and Republican 2024 contender Donald Trump welcomed Biden to the race with a blistering indictment of the current president's record.  "You could take the five worst presidents in American history, and put them together, and they would not have done the damage Joe Biden has done to our Nation in just a few short years. Not even close," Trump said in a statement.  Broadly outlining the avenues of attac
  
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• Supreme Court ruling in YouTube case could have implications for ChatGPT

  25-04-2023 13:19 via foxnews.com
  
  When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have implications for rapidly developing technologies like artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The justices are due to rule by the end of June whether Alphabet Inc's YouTube can be sued over its video recommendations to users. That case tests whether a U.S. law that protects technology platforms from legal responsibility for content posted online
  
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• NYC Mayor Adams is 'coming for your food,' waging war on modern US diet to boost climate agenda, expert says

  25-04-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Climate warriors are waging war on the modern American diet with crackdowns on beef and dairy products, author Marc Morano said Monday, firing back at Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams after he announced an effort to push plant-based meals citywide. "First, they came for your energy. Then they came for your gas-powered cars, your freedom of movement, your cheap flights. Now they're coming for your food," Morano, author of "The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Perman
  
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• FLASHBACK: CNN, MSNBC, mainstream outlets eagerly touted infamous letter alleging Biden laptop was Russian op

  25-04-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Mainstream news outlets like CNN and MSNBC eagerly reported in 2020 on the letter making evidence-free accusations that Hunter Biden's laptop was a Russian disinformation operation, which it was revealed last week was set in motion in part by President Biden's future secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees and revealed that Blinken helped trigger the public statement signed by Morell and 50 ot
  
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• Ernst looks to rein in bloated federal projects, proposes bill targeting Biden’s ‘reverse Midas touch’

  25-04-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will unveil new legislation today aimed at curbing the amount of taxpayer dollars being spent on delayed and over-budget projects. The Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair is introducing the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act, which would force government agencies to disclose detailed reports on taxpayer-subsidized government projects that are either running more than five years behind schedule, or whose costs exceed $1 billion of the initial estimates. It&rsqu
  
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• Bias, deaths, autonomous cars: Expert says AI 'incidents' will double as Silicon Valley launches tech race

  25-04-2023 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  As Silicon Valley races to build powerful and popular artificial intelligence systems, troubling "incidents" ranging from convincing AI deepfakes, banking fraud, bias and even deaths will increase this year, a tech expert says. Following the release of ChatGPT last November, tech companies have been rushing to develop powerful AI systems to keep the pace with competitors. The AI Incident Database, which is run by nonprofit Responsible AI Collaborative, tracks various incidents caused by AI and i
  
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• President Biden launches 2024 re-election campaign, Bud Light rivals stealing sales and more top headlines

  25-04-2023 12:55 via foxnews.com
  
  'FINISH THE JOB' - President Biden officially announces bid for re-election, Harris to remain as running mate. Continue reading … BITTER TASTE - Bud Light rivals stealing sales after Dylan Mulvaney controversy. Continue reading … TROUBLING TRACKS - Viral AI-generated music mimicking artists sparks dialog over copyright concerns. Continue reading … NO CASH, NO PRIVACY - Biden admin is quietly planning for a future where you don’t own money, writes Ju
  
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• Premier League title decider? Manchester City now looks likelier than ever to win elusive Treble

  25-04-2023 12:54 via cnn.com
  
  Winning the Treble is an achievement reserved only for football's most dominant teams.
  
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